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Professor Nick Davies FRS - Photo: © Ucraraa [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Cuckoos vs Hosts: an Evolutionary Arms Race

Monday 5 February 2018
The 2018 Tinbergen Society Lecture, given by Professor Nick Davies FRS
The 2016/17 M&Ms rugby team

MMRFC Old Members' Rugby Match and Dinner

Saturday 3 February 2018

Mertonians were invited to play, and to attend a black-tie post-match dinner at Mansfield College.
Sir Howard Stringer (1961)

Merton Society London Dinner

Friday 2 February 2018
Speaker: Sir Howard Stringer (1961), Honorary Fellow and President of the Merton Society.
Merton College Music Society

MCMS Showcase Concert

Thursday 1 February 2018
An evening showcase of music featuring Beethoven, Dvořák, Vaughan Williams, Howells, and jazz.
Merton College, Oxford

The Annual Halsbury Society Lecture

Monday 29 January 2018
Lord Justice Beatson QC on 'Challenges and Opportunities for the Independence of the Judiciary in the 21st Century'.
The Hong Kong Skyline at night - Photo: © Alfonso Jimenez [CC BY_SA 2.0]

Merton in Hong Kong

Thursday 25 January 2018
A dinner for Mertonians in Hong Kong.
Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba, Tokyo - photo: Jack Soma [CC-BY 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Merton in Tokyo

Tuesday 23 January 2018
A dinner for Mertonians in Tokyo.
Singapore, Marina Bay (Photograph: Leonid Yaitskiy, flickr.com)

Merton in Singapore

Wednesday 17 January 2018
A dinner for Mertonians in Singapore.
Maria Gond funerary pillar made of saga wood as a memorial after a cremation, photographed by Verrier Elwin - © Ashok Elwin

Tribal Tales of India Retold

Wednesday 17 January 2018

The life, work, and legacy of Verrier Elwin (1902-1964), presented by Dr Tara Douglas, Secretary of the Adivasi Arts Trust.
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, in 2012 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Epiphany Carol Service

Sunday 14 January 2018

Sung by the College Choir and the Girls' Choir.