Emmanuel was not among the first tranche of pairings, but this was not due to indifference on our part. Some of the couplings were between colleges sharing a common factor, such as a benefactor, a founding ethos, or, in the case of Jesus, Corpus Christi and Magdalen(e), a name. A good example of the cordial relationship between the two places is the college twinning scheme, established between the World Wars. The legendary rivalry between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge is, in truth, a friendly one. Menu cards for the 1937 dinner at Exeter (left) and the 1938 dinner at Emma (right), with a photo of Professor Richard Dawkins and a note sent from him to Emmanuel’s Bursar Explore Exeter College, Emmanuel's Oxford 'Sister' 2 August 2023
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