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Category: Beyond the Bailey

Beyond the Bailey follows St John’s students beyond College grounds and into the wider world. From travel diaries and exchanges to placements, volunteering, and new discoveries, these pieces explore what John’s looks like outside the familiar walls. It’s a space for curiosity, growth, and the experiences that shape life before, during, and after time at St John’s.

  • 2023

Fundraising Potluck for Global Week

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 27 Mar 202326 Mar 2023

Clodomiro Cafolla, Jojo Kang, Jemima Millar and Hattie Pollard. There is a great Johnian tradition…

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  • 2023

Erasmus Students at St John’s Fairtrade Formal

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 16 Mar 20235 Dec 2025

Erasmus student Victoria, from Germany, recounts her experience of the Fairtrade Formal, which was held…

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  • 2023

A College Trip to Whitby

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 14 Mar 202314 Mar 2023

First year student Dan Bavister recounts the recent day trip to the North Yorkshire coastal…

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  • 2023

Baba Marta: Welcoming Spring in Bulgarian Style in the MCR

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 4 Mar 2023

MCR Member Magdalena Stanilova explains the origins of the traditional Bulgarian festival and shares how…

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  • 2023

Celebrating Lunar New Year at John’s

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 23 Feb 20235 Dec 2025

Haoyu Hu explores some of the celebrations that took place in the College in January to…

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  • Beyond the Bailey

Placement with the Diocese of Egypt

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 24 Jan 202317 Feb 2023

Daniel Tsoi shares how the St John’s Student Opportunities Fund helped him travel to Egypt…

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  • 2022

Day Trips from Durham

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 16 Nov 202215 Nov 2022

Lucy Irving takes us through some of the best locations to visit only a stone’s throw away from Durham!

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  • 2022

Searching for Sacred Space

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 14 Oct 202216 Dec 2022

Alex Hibberts reflects on his resident tutor project ‘Sacred Spaces’, discussing places of sanctity and inspiration in the city of Durham.

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  • 2022

Pilgrimage to Israel

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 19 Sep 20225 Dec 2025

Ben Scott embarked on a pilgrimage to Israel, facilitated by the St John’s College Student Opportunities Fund. Here he tells us all about his experiences in Israel.

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  • 2022

Reflections in Times of Covid: Communication and ‘Aloneness’

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 16 Sep 202216 Dec 2022

In the second of two articles, SCR President Richard Roberts is thinking about communication.

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