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We are delighted to invite you to an exclusive Dinner-Talk with the Right Honourable Dominic Grieve KC.  Grieve will speak on: ‘The Role of the Attorney General and the Fate of the Rules Based International Order.’

Dominic Grieve served as Shadow Home Secretary 2008-2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales 2010-2014. Grieve was Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield 1997-2019 and Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee 2015-2019. 

We are honoured that the H.E. Joanne Olivier, British Ambassador to Luxembourg, will be among our guests.

The Talk will be followed by a three-course dinner at Cercle Münster.

Date & Time: Tuesday 7 October, drinks at 19h followed by three-course dinner and dinner talk.Sign-up: with Mette Ahlefeldt on chair@oxford.lu, with cc to David Clark : davidowenclark@gmail.com.

Price: €110/person – NB, please note that this is an exclusive event as places are limited.

Invitations with full information to be sent out shortly.

Programme:

10:27-11.21:       Train journey from Lux to Trier.

11:25am:           Walk to Rheinisches Museum, Weimarer Allee 1, Trier (15min)

12:00pm             Rheinisches Museum: Marcus Aurelius Exhibition (90min)

13:40pm:               Walk (15min) via the 4th century Imperial Roman Baths to ‘Weinstube Kesselstatt’, Liebfrauenstraße 10, for lunch and drinks

And if you would like to know more on Marcus Aurelius and governing:

14:30pm:              Walk (15min) to optional tour at Stadtmuseum Simeonstift: ‘What is Good Governance’ (75 min), from Marcus Aurelius to the present day.

16:10 pm:             Walk via Porta Negra to drinks then train back to Luxembourg.

Venue: Atmos Bar & Restaurant 1^st floor 32 Rue de la Poste.

A evening with the fascinating history of Gin in England and the tasting of delightful gins, each with its own peculiar story.

Dear Oxonians, hand on the heart – were you aware that as an alumni you are most welcome to join the annual alumni weekend in Oxford called Meeting Minds??? If not, read on!

This year, Jan Könighaus and Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig went along and it was a FABULOUS weekend. As always, there were back-to-back lectures, concerts and tours — from Poisons in Literature, Creative Writing Course, and Spanish for Beginners, to the latest on Malaria Vaccines and guided tours to the Ashmolean and Rhodes House.

The weekend opened at the Weston Library with the by Oxford University Chancellor, The Rt Hon William Hague, who gave us a highly entertaining talk followed by a lively panel discussion and Q&A from the audience. The event was followed by drinks and nibbles for all attendees.

Only your Chair and Vice Chair represented OUSL, but with nearly 100 registered members, we could be many, many more. So do mark your diaries for 18–20 September 2026 — the next Meeting Minds in Oxford!

We had a great Freshers Dinner at Chiche! This year we only had three freshers, but we were lucky that two of them could come, one who will read a Masters in Law and another who will read a Dphil in Mathematics (Merton). We also had the pleasure of including several members who kindly help each year carrying out mock interviews as well as members of the committee.

This was a packed Oxbridge weekend! Yesterday OUSL organised the hike in Müllerthal and today Camsoc spearheaded the annual game of croquet in Parc Pescatore followed by pizza.

We had a great turnout from both societies with participants of all ages and a good number of students joining in. We were extremely lucky as the park was bathed in sunshine for most of the afternoon. With glasses of crémant and nibbles in hand, we did our best to follow Fanny and Andrew’s expert instructions in the fine art of croqueting. Two matches were played – three teams in the first match, and two in the second. The ingenious format left plenty of time to chat and have a laugh between turns, and the day wrapped up with a pizza at Bacchus for around fifteen of the group, mostly students. Once again, a thoroughly nice day in a thoroughly nice weekend.

What a lovely day this was! Our former Chair, Andrew Hallam, led us through a path in the beautiful Müllerthal. On our way we passed the waterfall and walked through the narrow path of Eulenberg towards the top with its stunning view. Our group was certainly not alone on the tracks which we shared with a lot of enthusiastic runners competing in various races, so it was a busy but fun hike. Afterwards we enjoyed a good lunch at Heringer Millen and by the time we left, the sun had come out, making it a perfect day out. Thanks again to Andrew for being our expert trail finder and to David for initiating this event, despite being unable to join us.

Organised by Cambridge Alumni, and the wine kindly sponsored by Intesa Sanpaolo Bank.

There was a great turn-out for the annual Oxbridge Fish Dinner at Restaurant Friture Armand amid the bustling Schueberfouer. As usual, the evening was expertly arranged by John Speed from ‘the other place’ and it was a most enjoyable evening.

Thursday 31 July from 19h, at Beim Lentz

Beim Lentz, 2, rue de l’Eau, 1449 Ville-Haute, Luxembourg
Although there is no strict sign-up, we would be grateful if you would kindly let John Speed know (president@cambridgesociety.lu, cc Mette Ahlefeldt on chair@oxford.lu) if you are thinking of going, so that sufficient seats can be reserved.

Partners are welcome – See you there!