Happy birthday to us! Christ’s College is 520 years old today. On 1 May 1505, Henry VII granted our Letters Patent. Our founder was able to cut through sixteenth century bureaucracy: Lady Margaret Beaufort was the King’s Mother ⁦Christ's College⁩

Deadline 4 nominations 4 Chancellor Cambridge University has now passed. Old Schools will reveal slate of candidates idc. Already clear that Sandi Toksvig offers necessary/unique blend of brains, communication skills, energy, inclusion & strong Cambridge links #Sandi4Chancellor109

"Welcome home Freddie" Letter in today's Times

They did it! Huge congratulations to Anniko, Brendan, Oscar and Linus on their #UniversityChallenge win - a first for the College. In a thrilling final they beat formidable opponents Warwick by 175 to 170. We are very proud! ow.ly/2SCi50VRy4R 📷 #ChristsCollegeCambridge

She’s official! Her papers passed scrutiny, so today Cambridge University announced that Sandi Toksvig was 1 of 10 candidates to be its next Chancellor. She’ll Stand Up For Cambridge! #Sandi4Chancellor109

Will the Strategic Defence Review make Britain safer? Lord Simon McDonald thinks there's a danger it could 'unravel' unless 'painful cuts elsewhere' are made.

Undaunted: new Chancellor Cambridge University must be clever, articulate & fearless, must care about academic freedom & rigour, & for all the people who work, research & study at Cambridge. Being wise & funny is a bonus. Vote for Sandi!

Käthe Kollwitz’s original sculpture Mother And Her Dead Son stands barely one foot tall. Harald Haacke magnificently enlarged it to become the Pietà, focal point of Neue Wache Monument to Victims of War & Tyranny. Berlin yesterday…

View from Platform 11 Berlin Hbf: from left to right, Reichstag to Chancellery, via best bit of Swiss diplomatic real estate in the 🌍

I’ve always really liked this latter day performance of Sloop John B by Brian Wilson and Al Jardine.

Online voting opens tomorrow for new Chancellor Cambridge University. Every living Mistress of Girton (her undergraduate college) has nominated SANDI TOKSVIG! Here’s her closing campaign message:

“Laughter is no enemy of learning” (Walt Disney). The oddest hesitation over SANDI TOKSVIG’s candidacy for Chancellorship of Cambridge University is that she cannot be serious because she’s funny. 🌍’s most serious political leader is Zelenskyy, a comedian… Sandi’s closing message:

“The time for business as usual has passed…” If you have a vote, please vote for SANDI TOKSVIG as next Chancellor of Cambridge University. As she points out, the fact she would be 1st woman is not best reason to choose her: she’d speak up for academic freedom. Voting opens today

SANDI 4 Chancellor! Sandi is serious, articulate and funny, also passionate about defending & promoting Cambridge University. Watch & be convinced: youtu.be/AGGu8x7MzFg

She is also the very first Girton College, Cambridge University alumna to be on the shortlist for Chancellor! (Just when we need someone fearless in the face of adversity, who believes in the triumph of hope…)

I just voted for SANDI TOKSVIG as Chancellor of Cambridge University. She offers a different approach - accessible, energetic & kind. Vote in person at Senate House today & Wednesday 16 July.

My portrait of Prof. Margaret Stanley, was unveiled at Christ's College during their Midsummer Feast. An Hon Fellow of Christ's, revered for her work on HPV, it's an honour to paint such a distinguished individual, who I found to be full of warmth and humour. Simon McDonald

I voted for SANDI TOKSVIG to be Chancellor of Cambridge University because she’s energetic enough to be interested in everything & wise enough not to interfere when interference would snarl things up. If you’re MA Cantab, you can vote at Senate House from 10am until 5pm today.

What next for an institution that was first to have a College for Women yet last to give them degrees? Someone experienced in the role, and sure to speak up for students? A Girton alumna? (online voting is open until and including Friday this week ).

As Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “I believe in the power of negotiations. If they don’t work, there’s always the power of humour.” With humour, you achieve more. Last chance to vote online for SANDI TOKSVIG to be Chancellor of Cambridge University. Voting closes today at 5pm.