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6 Mar 2023: This week Professor Robert Tombs reflects on his own experiences of Lent when he wasyounger. Dear Woolf Friends,. Lent, which begins on Shrove Tuesday, 21 February,is a time for the recollection of important matters oflife and death in preparation

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. It seems our world is becoming an increasinglyunsettled place: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, globalrefugee numbers increasing to over 100 million,China is flexing its muscles, internally and externally,and peace between

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. “Do you know anyone who would be interested inworking as my PA?”, came the question from EdKessler. I did, and the rest, as they say, is history. I am thinking back on my journey at the WoolfInstitute. I first started

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. The Woolf Research Days are a valuableopportunity to present the work of some of our bestyoung researchers to audiences in brief TED-styletalks. These occasions also give our students andacademics an opportunity to practise the

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. At the start of each new year, I find myself thinkingabout the past 12 months and wondering what I’ll bereflecting on next January when I look back at the. year just gone by. But with the Woolf Institute’s 25th. Anniversary

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Most teenagers who found themselves growing up inthe drab suburbs of South East London in the mid-1960s felt the need for escape. Skiffle music andAmerican Rock and Roll were popular. But not withme. I was captivated by the

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Over the summer I had the joy of cycling with mydaughter across the solar system. We packed oursandwiches and got on our tandem bike, starting ourjourney at the sun. Mercury, Venus, and Earth wereall within a stone’s throw,

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Too often interfaith dialogue focuses on our sharedground and skirts away from the contentiousconversations about what divides us. Althoughrecognising our common beliefs and sharedstandards is always a good thing, if we don’t

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Powerful – Evocative – Moving. These are just someof the words used to describe the CambridgeTheological Federation’s Holocaust Memorial DayCommemoration. There is a long-held tradition withinthe CTF for the Woolf

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. November is Islamophobia Awareness Month. Nowin its tenth year, the campaign was originallyestablished by a group of British organisations led byMuslim-interest charity MEND (Muslim Engagementand Development). Despite receiving