From Plato onwards, ancient Greek philosophers sought to explain the complex but orderly movements of the sun, moon, planets and stars as combinations of…
20 March 2026
College Library
Walking through Eton College Library today, it’s easy to imagine the music that once echoed through its…
27 January 2026
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from all of us in the…
05 December 2025
Exhibitions
Over the past year, a major re-cataloguing project has transformed access to the Moulton-Barrett family…
13 November 2025
In the 18th century mathematics was considered an ‘extra’ subject at Eton to be…
10 September 2025
This academic year began with the installation of a new Provost (chair of the board…
21 May 2025
Birds have always fascinated humans for their mastery of the sky. This blog presents a…
29 April 2025
The Founder of Fort William College In August 1800 Lord Richard Colley Wellesley, an Etonian…
30 January 2025
The Art and Writings of J.G. Lubbock These images are drawn from a body of…
05 December 2024
“Right in the middle of everything sits the sun” wrote Copernicus in his work De…
13 June 2024
Eton College and King’s College Cambridge were established by Henry VI as sister institutions who…
25 February 2026
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