Saint John's College News

John Roberts may seem an unlikely name for a saint, but this farmer's son from Trawsfynydd was one of the most recent Catholic martyrs in British history.

Why spend thousands of pounds to make an episode of one of the most popular TV series of the time, only to leave it gathering dust in the archive? Thirty years ago, with only three channels to choose from, Dr Who and Secret Army on BBC One and The Professionals on ITV routinely delivered audiences bigger than even the most successful programmes do ...

A play originally performed by students from St John's College, in the 1590s, is to be read at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

ASTUDENT who suffered serious injuries when he tumbled down a flight of steps more than two years ago has had his recovery boosted by Sunderland boss Steve Bruce.

Rajasthan Governor S.K. Singh died in Delhi Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 77.

One old postcard features a 1910 picture of Naval Academy midshipmen wearing dark uniforms with white leggings while blasting away with artillery pieces on the school's parade ground.

A WAR memorial display has been put up at UCP Marjon in Derriford. Nicola Chaffe, library assistant at the college, designed the display following Remembrance Day on November 11.

LAHORE: Today marks the 13th death anniversary of Dr Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel laureate.

St. John's University, one of the leading wireless universities in the country, has expanded its databases to provide the University community access to a new Web-based language software program.

Privilege. That's what lawyers tell their clients to say before they say anything that might be used to incriminate them.

Five years ago, Mary Cockey watched her sister, who suffered from liver disease, become "jaundice yellow and slip into a coma" before she died at age 24.

KURNOOL: An engineering student who was allegedly kidnapped by his friends at Yemmiganur was rescued on Sunday.

ELDERLY residents face losing their home in the new year over an increas-ed rent demand.

A specialist care home in Oxfordshire is to close after the landowner increased the rent ninefold.

What do Georgetown , George Washington , and Johns Hopkins have in common? They all cost over $50K per year to attend and they all made it onto the list of the top ten most expensive colleges in America, according to numbers recently compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education .

Miracle survivor Jordi Beach and her father Gerald. Photo: Kerry Marshall The scene of the crash.

Paula Tabutoa, second from from left, with old scholars and teachers of St John's College Cawaci during the launch of the website THE parents of students of a remote college can now pay school fees online.

Cooper joins national arts panel Jill Cooper, wife of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., was sworn in this week as a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Marking the growing partnerships between the University and Sikhs, Professor Martin Daunton , Master of Trinity Hall, and Professor of History, was invited to speak to the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Hounslow, West London.

The television industry has its Emmy, Broadway theater has its Tony and film has its Oscar, all awarded at ceremonies steeped in rivalry.