Films about King's College - its culture and its history

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Created: 2018-05-08 09:42
Institution: King's College
Description: Alan Macfarlane talks about various aspects of the College while walking around the College - questioned and filmed by Xu Bei in 2009.
 

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M R James and Ghosts - James' portrait in King's College

   40 views

2012 is the 150th anniversary of of MR James the famous ghost story writers' birth - he will be on the first class stamp. As a very distant descendant of James, but, like him, a...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


Spiralling time in Cambridge: reflections in the King's College staircase

   26 views

Alan Macfarlane, climbing the spiral staircase up to the roof of King's College Chapel, reflects on the long and spiralling history of an ancient building and an ancient...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


Xu Zhimou's stone at King's College Bridge in Cambridge

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The famous Chinese poet Xu Zhimou was at King's College, Cambridge from 1920-2 and wrote his most famous poem about the view of the river near the College, 'On Saying Goodbye to...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


A short history of punting in Cambridge

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Filmed on the Backs in Cambridge, Alan Macfarlane explains a little of the background to the quite recent invention of the tradition of punting along the Backs. Filmed by Xu Bei...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


A summer walk through Cambridge: part 2 - King's College

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A compilation of various films, available also in parts. Alan Macfarlane is interviewed by Xiaolong Guan and filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan on 8th August 2006

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Fri 2 Aug 2013


A tour round a set of rooms in King's College, Cambridge

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Alan Macfarlane explains to Xiaolong Guan, filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan in August 2006, how the 'set' and staircase of Oxbridge colleges work - inherited from a time when all the dons...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Fri 2 Aug 2013


Ancestor Halls of Cambridge

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A film made in summer 2010 of Alan Macfarlane, filmed by Xu Bei, talking about well-known figures in Cambridge.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 27 Mar 2018


Beer and friendship and conversation in a Cambridge College

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Filmed in King's College in summer 2009, Alan Macfarlane explains some of the creative effects of beer and friendship, filmed by Xu Bei.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 27 Mar 2018


Cambridge Combination Rooms and How they Work

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Filmed in a Cambridge Combination (or Common) Room which functions as a club and is the centre of a College. Their particular nature and function and how they contribute to...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012


Cambridge University from the roof of King's College Chapel - 2009

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Film taken from the roof of the famous chapel, with Alan Macfarlane a Fellow of the College explaining a few of the sights. Filmed in summer 2009 by Xu Bei.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012


Climbing to the roof of King's and reflecting on time

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Alan Macfarlane on the way to the roof of King's reflects on time, continuity and change in England and Cambridge. Filmed by Xu Bei in summer 2010.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012


Fellowship and the meaning of community in a Cambridge College

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An interview with Alan Macfarlane in August 2006, questions by Kenong Guan, filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 5 Aug 2013


Ghosts & Great Ideas in Cambridge

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Alan Macfarlane in Cambridge reflects on some of the great figures in Cambridge in the past and their influence on creativity and intellectual excitement. Filmed by Xu Bei in 2010.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


How Cambridge University changes all the time - yet remains the same

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Alan Macfarlane talks on King's College front lawn about the history and politics of Cambridge and how the University and Colleges have perfected the art of constant small...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012


Inside the roof of King's College Chapel - 2009

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Alan Macfarlane, a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, visits the roof above the famous Chapel and explains some of its features. Filmed in summer 2009 by Xu Bei.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


Intellectual creativity and the College system in Oxbridge

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Alan Macfarlane reflects on the role of the collegiate system of Oxbridge in sheltering and encouraging intellectual creativity and discovery. The role of clubs and associations....

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2012


John Maynard Keynes at King's College Cambridge

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The economist John Maynard Keynes spent much of his life in Cambridge, connected to King's College. Alan Macfarlane reflects on a few aspects of his life and work. Filmed by Xu...

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


On living in an Old Cambridge

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Filmed on King's College lawn in 2010, reflecting on life in an old city. Filmed by Xu Bei

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


Placing of the memorial stone for Xu Zhimo

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A film about the placing of a memorial stone for the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo by the bridge of King's College, Cambridge, on 2nd July 2008

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 13 Nov 2012


Relaxation & Creativity in Cambridge

   5 views

Standing on the Backs at King's College Cambridge and reflecting on the need for relaxation alongside concentration in order to produce creativity.

Collection: Reflections on Cambridge

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 23 Aug 2012


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