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Bells on Sunday comes from the Great Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford. Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynfleet, and the Great Tower was completed in 1509. The tower contains ...
The Magdalen College Choir has been singing from the college's iconic tower on May Day morning for centuries. Thousands of people gather below to hear the service.
Mark Williams took the role at Magdalen College earlier this year and will take the choir to the top of the Great Tower as they sing in front of thousands of people gathered below at 6am on Monday.
The adaptation featured an original script and music by the school's head of drama, Alex Thomas, with input from pupils. ...
Oxford's Magdalen College has carried out a restoration of the bells that ring out from its great tower every May morning, for the first time since 1884.
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford will on Sunday hold its first live May Morning ceremony since 2019. The annual tradition – said to date back at least 500 years – sees the 16 choristers and 12 ...
Magdalen College (pronounced mawd-lin) is known for its imposing Great Tower and extensive grounds including five quads, a park for three dozen deer known as The Grove, and a picturesque footpath ...
UP TO 25,000 revellers are set to descend on Oxford city centre this weekend for the city's annual May Day spring celebration on Monday. From the ethereal Magdalen tower choir to Morris dancers ...
Thousands of people have gathered in Oxford city centre to celebrate May Day morning. The Coming of Spring celebrations at Magdalen College are a tradition that stretch back more than 500 years.
Revellers at Oxford's May Day morning celebrations will be able to access Magdalen Bridge for a second year after it was closed for the previous five.
A WOKE Oxford student who led a controversial move to remove a portrait of the Queen has been unmasked as an American post-grad. A committee of students in Magdalen college agreed the painting of Q… ...