Some places are fleeting. Others become part of you. Wroxton is one of those places.

Long after you leave, it stays with you. Not only as a memory, but as a feeling. The feeling of arriving at the Abbey for the first time. The scale of it. The quiet of the grounds. The sense that you were standing in front of something much larger than yourself, while also standing at the edge of something that was about to become deeply personal.

Firstly, let me wish everyone a very happy birthday, even if the noise one can hear when I write that is Lord North spinning in his grave!

We are having a very busy spring/summer here at the College what with a total of some sixteen different groups/programs taking place during the mid-May to mid-August period.

Amara Stewart is no stranger to Wroxton. She attended Wroxton this past summer for the Honors program and she undertook a teaching placement at a local primary school this past January. Not only that, she’s also just completed a 15 week Spring semester here at the College.

Here Amara talks us through a typical week at Wroxton.

2026 is a year of celebration. We are celebrating the future of the College under our new alumni-led ownership, but we are also marking a significant milestone in US/ UK relations – 250 years of US independence.

A fete is a staple tradition in villages across the length and breadth of Britain. The Wroxton village fete has been running for more years than people can remember. A fete is a public festival, a real community gathering with stalls, bric-a-brac, a raffle, teas and cakes, Morris dancing, activities for the children and a whole raft of games.

It has been a dynamic start to the year at the Abbey, with visiting scholars, a full Spring Semester underway, and a wide range of academic programs already in motion. With international travel, immersive coursework, and a busy season ahead, Wroxton continues to thrive.

Long before the American colonies declared independence, their fate was tied to a man raised at Wroxton Abbey. Lord North’s life connects this quiet English estate to one of the most consequential conflicts in modern history.

Stephanie Dalianis-Antell (Summer 2001) came to Wroxton while pursuing her master’s in English — and left with an experience that reshaped how she saw literature, culture, and scholarship. Studying at the Shakespeare Institute through Wroxton College and living at the Abbey brought texts to life in ways the classroom alone never could. Today, as a PhD in Modern Literature, she still calls Wroxton a once-in-a-lifetime experience.