These cuttings date from 1928 and concern a book written by an LMH undergraduate which won the prize for the best novel written by an undergraduate at Oxford or Cambridge. The top cutting notes that the prize was awarded without the judges knowing the sex of the student in question. The Punch cutting below is a humorous take on the incredulous reaction to this award in some quarters [ LMH Archives, Album 3].

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Punch cutting from the LMH archives