Headline Wadham, July - September 2017

• Journalist Jude Rogers (English, 1996) returns to her Wadham student rooms to talk to students living there today. BBC Radio 4 • A tribute to Wadham Honorary Fellow Sultan Abdul Halim, who died on 11 September at the age of 89. Malaysia Chronicle • Why did the police back this shocking child abuse smear on Ted Heath? asks Warden, Ken Macdonald KT QC. The Telegraph • Images of Wadham’s Queerfest, Chaplain and welfare dog are featured in a new photobook by Martin Parr. Apollo BBC, Times Higher Education • Wadham SU’s letter to Vice Chancellor following her comments regarding homophobia at the university. Cherwell Online • Democracy and human rights are vital for the rule of law – and so is legality writes Ken Macdonald Kt QC. South China Morning Post • May’s scaremongering deters foreign students, says Melvyn Bragg (History, 1958). online • Zoologist David Macdonald (Zoology, 1969) suggests commercial enterprises profiting from the representation of wildlife could contribute to conservation. The Economist • Wadham's Ursula Martin, Senior Research Fellow in Computer Science, busts the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristocrat. New Scientist • Family judge Sir James Munby (Law, 1967) speaks out about the lack of protection for a suicidal girl. BBC • Wadham Fellow in Law Laura Hoyano comments on Jehovah’s Witness abuse allegations. BBC Radio 4 (38 mins on the clock) • Wadham owned Iffley Road home of ‘Open House’ squatters is flattened. Oxford Mail • Wadham triumphs in women’s single sculls at Oxford City Royal Regatta. Oxford Times • ‘Resurface’ a new docu-film by Wadham alumnus Wynn Padula (Sarah Lawrence Programme, 2000) is to be broadcast on Netflix. Broadway World TV • Societies’ reactions to solar eclipses quotes alumnus Dr Allan Chapman (History of Science, 1972). The Independent • Obituary for Wadham alumnus, poet and publisher Arthur Boyars (English, 1944). The Independent