Poems written by Professor Archie Howie about colleagues at Churchill College to celebrate birthdays, retirements and memorials.

Poem subjects include Ray Abrahams, Corelli (Bill) Barnett, Alec Boksenberg, Hermann Bondi, John Boyd, Jennifer brok, Canon Noel Duckworth, Marcial Echenique, Philip Gaskell, Frank Hahn, William Hawthorne, Anthony Hewish, Brenda Jennison, Willem Jongman, Anthony Kelly, Richard Keynes, Paula Laycock, Richard Partington, Gillian Secrett, Natasha Squire, George Steiner, Andrew Tristram, David Wallace, and Dudley Williams.