of the history of children
from the Greeks and Romans to the present day.
Magdalen held 'Head of the River
between 2004 and 2007. This means it won the Summer Eights
competition in each of these
years. Summer Eights
is the most
prestigious university regatta held in Oxford. The Men's 1st Torpid
became Head of the River in the 2008 Torpids
; in 2009 they dropped two places.
Magdalen has drama, organized by the Magdalen Players
(P. G. Wodehouse
attributes a Magdalen undergraduateship to his fictional literary
character Bertie Wooster
; Tibby, in
Forster's Howard's End, is also a Magdalen undergraduate.)
Old members who are current Members of Parliament
Currently (and since February 2009) the posts of Shadow Chancellor
of the Exchequer and Shadow Foreign Secretary are all held by
alumni of the College.
- Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated