As a year passes since the pandemic changed the lives of everyone, many people are looking back to last Easter to see what has changed. The record of the Eton College Chronicle however, affords us an opportunity to look even further back and see what was happening during the Easter Half and Easter Holidays for... Continue Reading →
Within the Archives is a podcast series where we look at aspects of Eton College life throughout the decades through our archival collections. This month's podcast discusses Eton's teachers: Assistant Masters, known colloquially as Beaks, are central to a boy’s experience at the school. Teacher's Podcast Teachers podcast transcriptDownload From left to right: Letter from... Continue Reading →
Within the Archives is a podcast series where we look at aspects of Eton College life throughout the decades through our archival collections. Following last months inaugural episode on school exams, this month's podcast discusses Eton's student societies. Societies podcast Societies podcast transcript - FebruaryDownload 1897 Chronicle - Article on the Literary and Scientific Society1933... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the first episode of ‘Within the Archives’, a new podcast series where we look at aspects of Eton College life throughout the decades through our archival collections. This month we start by looking at school exams. School Exams podcast exams-podcast-transcriptDownload An article from the Chronicle on how to avoid Trials (Issue No. 3247,... Continue Reading →
