The Colony comprises several houses or lodging houses, some of which were built by Clare and some were already in existence in the early twentieth century. Castlebrae was built by Agnes and Samuel Lewis in 1889 on land leased by the College and then it passed to Clare College in 1926 and was converted into lodgings. Braeside & Etheldreda were built later and led to the existence of "the Colony"; various refurbishments have taken place since with the most recent being conversion of Castle End to high quality accomodation 2008-2009
Special concert held at King's College Chapel in September 2010 to celebrate Tim Brown's retirement including Beethoven's Mass in C
Movember was an intiative through which money would be raised by sponsoring an individual to grow a moustache during the month of November.
Clare College established a dedicated school liaison officer post in 2003, the role being designed to outreach to children at schools in Warwickshire, Coventry and inner city parts of London including Tower Hamlets and encourage them to apply to a University place at Cambridge.
Note: the Debating Society called itself the Phoenix Society from 1966
Previously known as Amalgamated Clubs (from 1886), Junior Common Room (JCR) significant by 1968-1972; Clare College Student Association (CCSA) from 1972-1989 and later Union of Clare Students (UCS) from 1989. More recently the main business of the UCS (formally JCR) is run by the Executive Committee.
From 1988-2011 the College bar was run by the Deputy Catering Manager in conjunction with representatives from the JCR and MCR. In 2011 the running of the bar was given back to the MCR and JCR but with the Deputy Catering Manager remaining as overall manager.
The final volume of the Clare Association Annual was produced for the academic year 2015-16 - as of 2017 the publication has been combined with the College Annual Report to form Clare News , a newsletter produced by the College Development Office.
Clare College Boat Club (CCBC) was founded in 1831. It celebrated its centenary in 1931, its 150th anniversary in 1981 and the 175 anniversary in 2006.
Strict clauses had been added to the 1551 statutes so not more than two Fellows could come from the same county of the UK (presumably to discourage cronyism). This was overturned in this 1828 revision: 'in future the society be directed by that part of the original statutes of Lady Clare which declares that no question is to be made of what nation the candidates are'.