Social distancing means singing on the steps in Canterbury Canterbury Cathedral

When you see it…

Indeed! Every time it's exposed to the air, a little bit more fur falls off! It's now only inspected once a year

The hood was handed down from Boris Ord to Simon Preston before coming to the Society

Prof Edwards' academic mourning cap, worn on the occasion of the death of a member of the royal family, the Chancellor, etc.

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When to wear scarlet gowns at Oxford, a handy guide:

🚨 Spring Conference! 🎓 A day of talks on academic dress history, design and ceremonial 📅 Sat 9 April 🏢 Deloitte LLP, London 🎟️ £18. £15 for Society members Full details eventbrite.com/e/292097510517

Today we’ll be welcoming members and visitors to the heart of the ceremonial City of London for our Annual General Meeting and Spring Conference 🎓

More hoods from Bruce Christianson's talk: a literate's hood, a Durham LTh, and an AKC (Associate of King's College London)

The hood of St Aidan's Theological College, and a Cambridge MA.

Next, Philip Waters (just elected the Society's new Treasurer about two hours ago) is telling us about the academic dress of the University of Hertfordshire (which he helped design, along with Bruce Christianson and other colleagues).

Seeing the Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry yesterday reminded me of those times my mum used to make me cycle to school with my cello!

I'm fundraising for Balls to Cancer . Check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/ch…

Thank you so much, Chris! We look forward to welcoming Vassa Kontouma École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL for this lecture on 'Bruno Neveu, Directeur de la Maison Française d'Oxford, 1981-1984' at Brasenose College, Oxford, on Friday 24 June, 2-3.30pm. eventbrite.co.uk/e/first-confer…

Me getting up late, and only having 10mins to get to work 🤣

Just a quick heads-up for our lovely conductor Chris Williams who is planning on jumping out of a plane for charity. Friends of the choir, please check out his JustGiving page and donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving #BallsToCancer justgiving.com/fundraising/ch…