For Keith George, an American student at Oxford in 1983, it turned out to be the future emperor of Japan. The crown prince, now Emperor Naruhito, was in the room next door at Merton College.

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Errollyn Wallen’s ‘Peace on earth’ by the Girl Choristers of Merton College Oxford, under the directorship of Benjamin Nicholas. Within this recording they ...

Prof Irene Tracey has been the warden of Oxford's Merton College since 2019. She will succeed outgoing vice-chancellor Prof Louise Richardson next year. Prof Tracey, a former pupil at Gosford Hill ...

Keith George and the Emperor of Japan met while both of them were studying at Oxford University's Merton College in 1983. Naruhito and George became close friends while the then-crown prince lived ...

John Earle (or Earles) was Dean of Westminster from 1660-1662 but he has no monument in Westminster Abbey and he is buried at Merton College chapel, Oxford. A portrait of him hangs in the Deanery. He ...