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Section One: College Reports

3 The Master

Professor Peter Clarke MA PhD LittD FRHistS FBA Professor of Modern British History

Fellows and Fellow-Commoners

Professor John Denton MA PhD FREng FRS Vice Master, Professor of Turbomachinery Aerodynamics Professor Colin Austin MA DPhil FBA Praelector, Graduate Mentor, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics; Professor of Greek Graham Howes MA Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Social and Political Sciences; Tutor for Board of Continuing Education David Fleming MA LLB Tutor and Staff Fellow in Law Professor Thomas Körner MA PhD ScD Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics; Professor of Fourier Analysis Dr David Rubenstein MA MD FRCP Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine; Associate Lecturer and Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Dr David Moore MA PhD Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering; University Reader in Engineering Dr Peter Hutchinson MA PhD LittD Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages; University Reader in Modern German Studies Dr Christopher Padﬁeld MA PhD Tutor for Graduate Students, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering; Director of the University’s Corporate Liaison Ofﬁce Professor Paul Smith MA PhD Professorial Fellow; Professor of Spanish Dr Alison Liebling MA PhD Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow in Social and Political Sciences; University Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Prisons Research Centre Professor Michael Kelly MSc MA PhD ScD FRS FREng Graduate Mentor, Professorial Fellow; Prince Philip Professor of Technology Dr Simon Guest MA PhD Tutor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering; University Senior Lecturer in Engineering Dr Michael Hobson MA PhD Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Physical); University Reader in Astrophysics and Cosmology Dr P John Clarkson MA PhD Tutor and Staff Fellow in Engineering; University Reader in Engineering Design Dr James Montgomery DPhil Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Oriental Studies; University Reader in Classical Arabic

4 Dr Florian Hollfelder MA MPhil PhD Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biological); University Lecturer in Chemical Biology Dr Drew Milne MA PhD Fellow Librarian, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in English; Judith E Wilson University Lecturer in Drama and Poetry; Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Faculty of English Professor Brian Chefﬁns MA LLM Professorial Fellow; S J Berwin Professor of Corporate Law Dr Juliet Fleming MA PhD Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in English; University Lecturer in English Dr Simon Moore MA MEng PhD Graduate Mentor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Computer Science; University Senior Lecturer in Computer Science Dr Sarah Cooper MA MPhil PhD Tutor, Staff Fellow, Newton Trust College Lecturer in Modern and Medieval Languages Dr R Vasant Kumar MA BTech PhD Tutor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Physical); University Senior Lecturer in Materials Science & Metallurgy Dr Nick Bampos MA PhD Senior Tutor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Chemistry); Assistant Director of Research in Chemistry Angus Johnston MA LLM BCL Graduate Mentor, Tutor, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Law; University Lecturer in Law Dr John Bradley MA DM FRCP Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine; Associate Lecturer in Medicine and Consultant Physician, Director of Renal Medicine and Director of Research and Development, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Dr Louise Haywood MA PhD Tutor and Staff Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages; University Senior Lecturer in Medieval Spanish Studies Dr Martin Bucher MS PhD Graduate Mentor, Stephen Hawking Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics Dr J Clare Jackson MA MPhil PhD Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in History; University Lecturer in History Dr Jan-Melissa Schramm MA LLB PhD Graduate Mentor, Tutor, Staff Fellow, College Lecturer and Director of Studies in English Revd Dr Jeremy Morris MA DPhil Graduate Mentor, Dean and Chaplain, Secretary to the Governing Body, Robert Runcie Fellow and Director of Studies in Theology John Pegler MA ACA Staff Fellow, Bursar and Steward Dr Mario Kozah MA PhD Gott Research Fellow in Oriental Studies Dr Andrew Harkins MA PhD Walter Grant Scott Research Fellow in Mathematics Dr Richard Baker MA PhD Fellow-Commoner in Music

5 Dr Graham Pullan MA PhD Rolls Royce Fellow-Commoner in Turbodynamics Dr Richard Miles PhD FSA Admissions Tutor, Staff Fellow and College Lecturer in Ancient and Early Medieval History; Director of Studies in Classics John Armour BCL LLM Staff Fellow in Law; University Lecturer in Law Dr Ian Wilkinson MA DM MRCP Staff Fellow in Clinical Medicine; University Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Dr Samantha Williams MSc PhD Staff Fellow in History; University Lecturer in History Dr Cristiano Ristuccia MA DPhil Tutor, Staff Fellow, College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Economics; University Senior Research Associate in Applied Economics Dr Annette Imhausen PhD Thole Research Fellow in Egyptology Dr John Pollard MA PhD FRHS Archivist and Staff Fellow in History Matthew Conaglen LLB(Hons) LLM John Collier Fellow in Law; City Solicitors Educational Trust Lecturer in Law Dr Dirk Slotboom MSc PhD Research Fellow in Biochemistry and Structural Biology Jan Gilbert MPhil Research Fellow in Medieval Spanish Literature Dr Nigel Chancellor MA PhD DL Graduate Mentor, Fellow-Commoner in History Dr Kylie Richardson MA PhD Staff Fellow in Modern and Medieval Lanuages (Slavonic); University Lecturer in Slavonic Linguistics and Philology Dr Jerome Jarrett MA MEng PhD Staff Fellow in Engineering; University Senior Research Associate in Engineering

6 Emeritus Fellows

Richard Newton MA John Collier MA Dr Bill Grundy MA MD BCHIR Clifford Pratten MA David Marples MA Dr Sandra Raban MA PhD Dr Malcolm Gerloch MA PhD ScD Dr David Thomas MA LLD QC Professor Jonathan Steinberg MA PhD

Honorary Fellows

Revd Professor Owen Chadwick OM KBE MA DD LittD(hon) FBA Rt Hon Lord Simon of Glaisdale PC MA LLD(hon) Rt Hon Sir Robert Megarry PC MA LLD FBA Sir Robert Honeycombe DSc PhD FRS FREng Professor William Alexander Deer PhD FRS Professor Lionel Elvin MA Shaun Wylie MA Rt Hon Lord Oliver of Aylmerton PC MA LLD(hon) Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool KBE MA PhD FRS Rt Revd Lord Sheppard of Liverpool MA LLD(hon) DTECH(hon) DD(hon) Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE PhD DSc(hon) FRS Rt Hon Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead PC MA Professor Sir Philip Randle MA PhD MD FRCP FRS Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE MA PhD ScD FRS Professor Guy Jameson MA PhD Revd Professor Keith Ward MA PhD DD FBA Dr Kenneth Miller CBE MA PhD FREng Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC Hon Mr Justice Corbett Hon Donald Macdonald PC LLM Hamish Maxwell LLD(hon) Rt Hon Lord Millett of St Marylebone MA PC Sir Mark Tully KBE OBE MA Dr Graham Storey OBE MA PhD LittD Sir Derek Thomas KCMG The Very Revd John Drury Brigadier Paul Orchard-Lisle CBE MA TD DL Graham Ross Russell MA MBA Professor Sir Roy Calne MA FRCS FRS Professor Alexander Goehr MA MusD(hon) Professor John Langbein MA PhD Sir John Lyons MA PhD LittD FBA Dennis Avery LLM His Honour Alan King-Hamilton QC Rt Hon The Lord Justice Thomas

7 Report from the Master

This is the fourth time that I have introduced our Newsletter and it will be the last – this time next year Maria Tippett and I will have left the Lodge. We will do so with very mixed feelings: looking forward to more time for our own writing; looking back upon a very happy time in a College that was new to us four years ago but is now peopled with so many old friends. And of course we shall keep in touch. The election of Professor Martin Daunton as my successor is described elsewhere in the Newsletter and I will not repeat here what the Vice Master and I say there, except to give advance notice that it's all very favourable and bodes well for Trinity Hall. In the Newsletter two years ago I gave a preview of the Strategic Plan, which the College was then drawing up. It has guided our planning and priorities ever since, with the big building project at Wychfield conspic- uous at the centre of the picture. So in last year's Newsletter I tried to explain why it was so necessary for us to go ahead with this expensive commitment despite all the worries that now cloud any discussion of university finance. Personally, as you all know, a new generation of students will face a regime of fees and loans; institutionally, the College has to reckon with the aftermath of a dramatic decline in equities. But on both scores the outcome is less fraught than it may have looked a year ago. In Cambridge we are committed to protecting students from poorer homes from financial disincentives – indeed they may end up better off here than they are at present. In this the College will continue to play a big part, enabled to do so by the generosity of former benefactors. Likewise, our stewardship of past benefactions is attested to by the way that our own equity portfolio has out-performed its benchmarks through astute financial management. So my final message is a positive one. Can we fulfil Trinity Hall's strategic plan? Can we simultaneously look after our own students and afford a building of which we will be proud on the Wychfield site? Yes, with your help, yes!

Professor Peter Clarke

8 The Mastership Election

When the Master resigns or retires it falls to the Vice Master to lead the search for the new incumbent. The statutes dictate that we are not allowed to elect a new Master more than 9 months before he or she would take office and so in this instance, when Peter Clarke announced his resigna- tion last July, effective from the end of September 2004, we had plenty of time to find his successor. We immediately set up a "search committee" from amongst the Fellow- ship. In choosing the composition of this we tried to achieve a balance between senior and junior, arts and science, and male and female members of the Fellowship. As a result we ended up with a committee of 9, rather larger than ideal but well balanced. Early discussions in this committee and in the Governing Body ascertained that we preferred a working Master with great academic distinction and some knowledge of the Oxbridge system, rather than a figurehead from Government, the Civil Service or Industry. We immediately solicited suggestions for the names of suitable candidates from the Fellowship and from the Heads of House (Masters) of all other Cambridge colleges. The latter were especially fruitful in bringing forward many promising names. The committee screened these by sounding out all possible contacts via the Oxbridge "grape-vine" and any with strong support were invited to submit a formal application. The position was advertised in the national press in late September and alumni were invited via the Year Reps to bring the vacancy to the attention of anyone they felt suitable. The advertisement brought relatively few responses but by that time we already had many promising names from other sources, including alumni. By the end of October we had a list of 18 credible applicants and it was obvious that we had a very strong field. The committee discussed these in depth, sounded out more contacts, and narrowed the list down, first to 10 and then to 4 finalists whom we wished to interview. References were obtained on those 4 and all members of the Governing Body were invited to view their CV's and to comment on them. The interviews took place on 13 December. Each candidate was invited to make a short presentation followed by questions from the committee. All four candidates were strong and the College would not have fared badly with any of them. However, we were able to agree on two exceptional candidates whom we agreed to present to the Governing Body who would make the final decision.

9 The intervention of Christmas meant that this had to wait until the 13 January when both candidates gave presentations to the Governing Body and answered questions from the Fellowship. After the search committee had presented a summary of their findings and their recommenda- tion there was no time for further discussion at that meeting and so a final discussion, followed by an election, took place at a special meeting of the Governing Body on the following Tuesday. The discussion was very positive, all present seemed to agree that either candidate would make a good Master. The statutes decree that the final election must be by secret ballot and the result of this was not obvious until the votes were counted and Professor Martin Daunton emerged as the winner. The whole process from start to finish took place in a very civilised manner. There was no acrimony at all, quite the opposite of the process described by C P Snow in his novels. This is very much in the tradition of Trinity Hall as being a friendly College where decisions are taken by consensus. It is a tradition we can be proud of.

Professor John Denton

The New Master – Professor Martin Daunton

It is a very good principle that incumbents should not be involved in the choice of their successors. I therefore played no direct part in the fascinating process that the Vice Master describes above and it came as a slight surprise to learn that the Fellows had chosen Martin Daunton. A surprise only because one historian of modern Britain was to be succeeded by another, as though the Fellows had simply got used to the idea. We have cooperated closely in the History Faculty since Martin came to Cambridge seven years ago. We both hope that our experience of working together can be turned to the College's advantage in making this a smooth transition, at a time when major projects, notably our new building at Wychfield, need continuity to see them through. Martin Daunton unquestionably fills the search committee's brief for 'a working Master with great academic distinction.' Born in 1949, educated at Barry Grammar School, he is no ingrown product of the Cambridge system but has had wide experience elsewhere: in his own first degree at Nottingham, then as a graduate student gaining his PhD at Kent, and in his first teaching post at Durham. It was during his eigh- teen years at University College London, where he was appointed as a

10 lecturer in 1979, that his career took off. He published books on urban history and housing in Britain and on the Royal Mail before tackling a major economic and social history of Britain since 1700 (the second volume of which is about to appear). He was promoted, ﬁrst to a Readership, ultimately to the Astor Chair of British History. Little wonder that he was the obvious appointment for the chair of Economic History at Cambridge in 1997. While in post, he has established himself as the leading authority on the history of taxation – a more appealing subject in his hands than it may sound – as has been widely acknowledged in appre- ciative reviews of his two impressive volumes, published in 2001 and 2002. It is plain that Trinity Hall will welcome not just a working Master but a notably hard-working one. For Martin Daunton has simultaneously held a series of demanding administrative posts in the University, chair- ing the History Faculty for two years and later the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. And he has just begun a four-year stint as President of the Royal Historical Society. Some of his outside commitments will have to go, as he well recognises; but his ability to carry a heavy load while maintaining a relaxed composure will stand him in good stead. He met his wife Claire (also an historian) while they were both at University College London, and she has carved her own niche in the University here as Administrator in the English Faculty. They both enjoy a range of cultural pursuits, from opera to art-collecting, and can be expected to sustain a lively and outgoing social ambience in the Master's Lodge.

Professor Peter Clarke

Report from the Senior Tutor

Every year presents new challenges for the College and for those who work to serve the purpose for which it was founded. Borrowing the words from the commitment made by Fellows and Scholars, the College strives to be a “place of education, learning and research”. While our purpose remains the same, the way in which we aim to fulﬁl our duties is an evolv- ing process, responding to the changing needs of the students, and the demanding expectations of the community at large. During the past year, we inevitably bid good friends ‘farewell’. David Thomas, retired after 32 years of teaching Law, however remains in the College community as Emeritus Fellow. David has shown a tireless

11 commitment to the College and has been a great friend to all who have had the pleasure of knowing him. Joanna Womack leaves us after 13 years, having acted as Bursar before moving on to become University Treasurer and College Professorial Fellow. She now takes on the role of Bursar at Clare Hall. We wish them both the very best, and look forward to seeing them at College events in the future. Peter Ellis resigned his Senior Scholarship not long after he joined us, to take up a position at the world renowned HGMP just outside Cambridge. But Cambridge being what it is, every set of ‘goodbyes’ is accompanied by a set of ‘hellos’. A new batch of young Fellows joined the College over the past year to inject a fresh perspective into the way we educate our students. The two Junior Research Fellows are Jan Gilbert in Medieval Spanish Literature, and Dirk Slotboom in Biochemistry and Structural Biology. History as a subject has been strengthened by the election of John Pollard to a Staff Fellowship (previously Professor of History at Anglia Polytechnic University) and Nigel Chancellor (a great friend of the College and recent Hall graduate) as Fellow-Commoner. Matthew Conaglen became the first John Collier Fellow in Law, and joins the talented team of Lawyers in Trinity Hall. We are very fortunate to have Richard Baker stay on as Fellow-Commoner in Music. Richard has done a great deal for the musical life of the College, supporting the choir and organising an excellent series of concerts, despite his own busy schedule conducting and composing. Jerome Jarrett, a Hall graduate, joins us as a Fellow in Engineering, while Kylie Richardson becomes our Fellow in Russian and Linguistics, having been appointed to a University Lectureship straight out of her graduate studies at the other Cambridge (Harvard). Angelo Carollo joins us as a Senior Scholar, based in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His Hon Judge King-Hamilton QC and the Right Hon The Lord Justice Thomas have been elected to Honorary Fellowships for the outstanding contributions they have made to their profession. I suppose one significant change has been my appointment to the Senior Tutorship. Only a couple of terms into my first academic year, I appreciate how complex the role is, and how well it had been done by my predecessors. The College owes its gratitude to David Fleming who stepped in as Senior Tutor over the past year, and as always, executed his duties with dedication and professionalism. I personally owe him a great deal, as he has been a very kind friend and experienced guide when help is needed. The role of Senior Tutor is impossible to do well without the support of our fabulous team of Tutors and Directors of Studies. Having been a member of the Fellowship prior to the appointment to Senior Tutor, I have had the advantage of knowing people in the College well enough

12 to be able to ‘hit the road running’ at the start of the academic year. I suppose the reason I took on the responsibilities in the first place, was because of the individuals I knew I would work with. The Master and Bursar have been outstanding colleagues, and it will be very sad to see them go at the end of the academic year. While the incoming Master and Bursar will no doubt commit themselves to our collective objectives, I am very pleased to be working with Richard Miles as Admissions Tutor and Christopher Padfield as Graduate Tutor. The relationships we have forged this year will allow us to work constructively in supporting our undergraduate and graduate communities. The burden on the Fellows, acting either as Fellows or Directors of Studies, is becoming more demanding as they struggle to balance their commitment to the College and their duties to the University, and I am grateful for their support and goodwill during the four years I have been a Fellow of this College and since I became Senior Tutor in October. My gratitude goes to all the staff, but without Jackie Harmon and Fran Sutton, I do not think I could manage my commitments from one day to the next. The JCR, with whom I have dealt personally, have been a wonderful group of individuals who have put the best interests of the College ahead of any individual agendas. Such support from the JCR (and the MCR) is rare amongst the Cambridge colleges, and helps develop the College community as a place in which people are happy to live and work. What are the challenges ahead as I see them? Well, the new fee proposals and how we respond to their effect on people applying to university is most probably the major issue. Making sure students who come to Trinity Hall are not financially disadvantaged as a result of coming to Cambridge is also a concern. Providing suitable accommodation in a traditionally ‘old’ College with a limited number of rooms, which we are constantly trying to renovate, is a high priority for the College. I believe that we need to provide the level and quality of support that will enable our bright students to make the most of their Cambridge experience. This means both educational support and pastoral support. Thankfully, our capacity to offer support has been made so much easier by the generosity of our Benefactors and friends of the College. If we can respond to the needs of our students, then being Head of the River, at the top of the academic tables, and the most popular and exciting College in Cambridge will be a formality. I look forward to the coming years, and to being able to report our achievements in future issues of the Trinity Hall Newsletter. I also look forward to meeting former students of the College, from whom we can learn so much. Dr Nick Bampos

13 Report from the Graduate Tutor

Another year of intense activity in the graduate community has been, on the surface, just like any other year, but under the surface it has been, as ever, utterly unique. It was of course special because it has been made by talented individuals whose story is unique. It has been a year of sunshine, but also a year with a long shadow. In the sunshine we have had a splendid MCR committee, led with character, restraint and charm by Adam Amara, and a tremendous atmosphere. It was a summer like none other for years, with months without rain, and the community took full advantage. During the Michaelmas term, elections were held, and Adam and his successful committee gave way to Daniel Schroth and his. The culture of this new one is much more explicitly politically active, and they are already reviewing the MCR constitution with professional thoroughness. The long shadow of last year was the tragic illness of Raul Rivadeneyra, which started in February, apparently with flu, but which climaxed in emergency brain surgery to remove a rapidly expanding tumour. There followed a long and agonising period of chemotherapy, his repatriation in October to his native Mexico, and death in November. Raul had been everyone’s favourite, urbane, warm and friendly. By the end of the story, everyone also knew his lovely wife Rosie, who had previously quietly played underscore, but whose devotion to Raul’s care, her resilience against nightmarish pressures and the quality of unstinting love she gave, earned her support and love in her turn, from all quarters. We learned to respect also his agonised parents, who spent quite some time here at his bedside, and in the end lost their wonderful son. The story had many ghastly twists, a veritable Greek tragedy, but Rosie has now returned to Cambridge where she made so many friends, as an honorary member of the MCR for the rest of the academic year 2003/4. She hopes to get a new life kick-started from Cambridge as a launchpad. We will celebrate Raul’s life and mourn his loss at a ceremony in College in the Spring. Two other practical matters I reported last year have made progress – the Tutorial Office has been gutted, and, now half rebuilt, is looking promisingly beautiful. The Wychfield development has been designed, and Planning Permission has been granted. If all goes to plan, this will be finished for occupation in October 2006. During the past year we have introduced a new scheme to link the grads more closely with Fellows who have professional interests germane to their own. This is more of an academic link than a tutorial one. When we introduced the Graduate Mentorship Scheme, we anticipated that it might take

14 several years to achieve full coverage of the grad community of about 250 students (including all the students who have over-run the deadline for submission of their PhDs). In the event it appealed to a range of Fellows, and we achieved full coverage instantly. The Mentors now include some of our most senior Professors, and some younger Fellows – a complete range. To my delight it seems to be giving pleasure to the Fellows involved; and benefit, as well as pleasure, to the grads. Fran Sutton, who until the creation of the Mentorship scheme was responsible uniquely for undergraduate matters alongside Jackie Harmon, and for all the Praelector’s administration and protocol, has taken on administration of the mentorship scheme. Fran has emerged as a real entrepreneur, and the scheme’s success owes much to her enthusiasm and effectiveness, working always with the wonderful Julie Powley, the central pillar of the College’s grad provision. Jackie has broken new ground by enrolling, in parallel with her role in the Tutorial Office, on the part-time MSt course in Local History, and so becomes at once a grad and a member of College Staff! During this year too we have welcomed into the Fellowship two new Fellows who were quite recently leading members of the MCR community. Nigel Chancellor is now a Fellow Commoner and a Grad Mentor, with a broad range of mentees. Jerome Jarrett is now a Staff Fellow in Engineering, and will, I hope in time, extend his engagement with the grads. Finally, we are proud to note that Callistus Mahama, reading for a PhD in Land Economy, took with him some money raised by the South African Fund for Education in Cambridge, when undertaking fieldwork back in his homeland, Ghana, and used it to build a beautiful new library, called “Trinity Hall Library”, in his home town Salaga.

Dr Christopher Padﬁeld

Report from the Bursar

In the past, Cambridge colleges have been required to produce their formal statutory accounts in a format that is archaic and very difficult for the average reader of the accounts to judge the financial health of the colleges, or to see how much income the colleges receive and how they are spending it. Indeed, it is not just the lay reader of the accounts who will have had difficulty with them: they are extremely difficult for an experienced accountant to interpret, not least because the balance sheet is missing.

15 But all that is about to change. For the year ended 30 June 2003, as well as the old-style statutory accounts, Trinity Hall will be producing accounts in a new format called RCCA. For that year only, the RCCA accounts will be a “shadow” of the old-style accounts. From 2003/2004 onwards, we will only be producing RCCAstatutory accounts. These will be much more like the normal format of accounts produced by other charities, and will not be hugely different from commercial organisations’ accounts. The advantages will be twofold: firstly there will be greater openness, something that I personally welcome because I feel that the College should be accountable to its benefactors for its expenditure; secondly, we can produce management accounts that are much more consistent with the statutory accounts, which should be much more efficient. In advance of the production of RCCA accounts, I shall take this opportunity to admit that 2002/2003 was not a particularly good year financially for the College. Trinity Hall has, like nearly every charity, been affected by the Stock Market decline that started in Summer 2000 and went on, with the exception of a few temporary rallies, until early 2003. However, we have benefited from very high quality advice from our financial advisors. This has meant that we were never quite as badly affected as the FTSE-100 or All Share indices, and we have recovered earlier and more quickly than those indices. Even so, by March 2003, we had seen more than 40% wiped off the value of our equities compared with their peak value in August 2000, and at November 2003 they were still more than 20% below their peak. Perhaps surprisingly, we were able to ride out the investment storm for both 2000/2001 and 2001/2002, but in 2002/2003 we recorded a small operational loss as a result of the decline in equity values continuing into early 2003. But the pundits are advising that the recovery over the last 8 months should continue. Therefore I anticipate that the deficit will be greatly reduced for 2003/2004 and that by 2004/2005 our income will once again be equal to our expenditure on operations. In the meantime, we are exercising financial constraint, which means that some proposals for new expenditure have to be rejected, at least temporarily, however worthy the ideas might be. But the size of the College’s endowments means that we can cope with a small loss for two years without long-term problems. Trinity Hall has benefited hugely from a joint venture with Trinity College to allow the extension of the Science Park onto Trinity Hall’s land at Milton South, on the north side of Cambridge. Approximately 60% of the anticipated total proceeds have already been received and further income is expected in the next few years. The College is planning to use

16 approximately 80% of the proceeds from Milton South to fund projects in the Strategic Plan. The remaining 20% is to be invested in the General Investment Fund to meet anticipated increases in operational expenditure. The Strategic Plan is split roughly in the ratio of 3:1 between capital expenditure and investment to generate income. The capital expenditure is almost entirely on buildings – replacing the Wychfield Pavilion, building new student accommodation at Wychfield, and upgrading facilities on the historic main site in central Cambridge (see a separate article in this Newsletter about progress on the two projects at Wychfield). The operational initiatives funded from Milton South proceeds are principally the employment of additional Fellows and staff. In addition to the money from Milton South that is to be spent on the Strategic Plan, the College needs to raise £5 million from benefactors. About three-quarters of this £5 million will be needed to complete the building programme. The remainder will be used mainly for student support. The expenditure on the Strategic Plan will be phased over a number of years. This is the College’s safety net in case the estimates of costs prove to be wrong or the outstanding income from Milton South is delayed. Similarly, the design of the building projects is such that we can still go ahead with the parts to be paid for from the Milton South proceeds even if fundraising takes longer than is hoped. Therefore, although there is a need for financial restraint on day-to-day activities, Strategic Plan projects do not currently have to be postponed. At this stage it is impossible to anticipate what the consequences will be of the Government’s plans to change the University funding regime. The calculations by the University suggest that existing funds, plus top- slicing any additional fees that the University may charge, should be sufficient to provide support for students who experience hardship as a result of the increased fees. However, the position is fluid and it may be that Trinity Hall will have to undertake further fund-raising in the future in order to increase its already generous support of undergraduate and graduate students. To summarise, Trinity Hall appears to be in a reasonably secure situa- tion. I believe that we have sufficient funding to cover current and planned operations. Also, the proposed expenditure on capital projects can be tailored to respond to any errors in forecasting capital income. But, if Trinity Hall is to complete all its aims to improve facilities for students and is to respond to external pressures, additional financial support will be necessary, especially from our alumni.

John Pegler

17 Wychﬁeld Report

Anyone walking through the Wychfield site is likely to be shocked by the scene of devastation on the playing fields side of the access road. Not only have we had to fell two truly magnificent beech trees, but also most of the Pavilion has been demolished. The trees had a terminal fungal attack for which there is no known cure and which was threatening a third tree. The Pavilion has been partially demolished as the first stage of the refurbishment project designed by the architectural practice of Freeland Rees Roberts. The scheme will give us greatly improved changing rooms – the old ones had not been significantly upgraded since they were built in the 1920s – two competition standard squash courts, better spaces for social activities, and a large room that we hope to use for a gym. Realisation of the gym is subject to our being able to attract outside funding for buying the equipment and for a fund to provide income to pay for a gym manager. The work will take the rest of this academic year, but should be completed by October 2004. In the meantime, users of the playing fields have to change and shower in temporary huts, a regrettable but necessary inconvenience, but we hope a small price to pay for a somewhat overdue improvement to our sporting facilities. The groundsman, Simon Judd, is at least happy – in addition to his pleasure at the work to enhance the pavilion, he is housed in a portacabin that he says feels palatial, against the small room he had enjoyed for so long in the side of the old pavilion. There is devastation on the other side of the road too – in the practice pitch, known to some as “the cabbage patch”. Trial pits have been dug, and the archaeologists are at work to uncover anything of value before the College embarks upon a major building project there to provide 155 ensuite bedsits and two flats. Why is this necessary? The College has expanded over the last decade. The number of undergraduates has increased in line with the gradually increasing population within the University; additionally there was a steep increase when the four-year undergraduate course was initiated. The number of graduate students was also increased ten years ago, in response to pent-up demand for additional graduate admissions within the University, and it should start to increase modestly again. Over this period, the College was not in a position to deliver a proportional increase in its housing stock. The consequence has been a much greater proportion of students housed in property that the College does not own, widely separated within the city,

18 that is not optimal for the students, and unhelpful for the sense of community within the College. The College’s Central Site has become seriously in need of updating and investment to bring it more in line with current expectations, to reduce running costs, and to improve the College’s provision of rooms for teaching, meetings, etc. The same holds true for some of the satellite hostels. The College also needs to increase its overall provision for disabled students, which has proven difficult in the existing buildings. Such development and updating will necessarily severely reduce the number of bedsits available in the city centre, at a time when the College is struggling to cope with managing leased properties widely dispersed in the city. The College’s only developable land within reach of the city centre is the “practice pitch” at Wychfield, zoned, since the structure plan of 1997, for student accommodation. This new building needs to be completed before we can embark upon the much needed, costly and difficult reno- vation of our Central Site and other city centre properties. As well as replacement bedsits, the development will include temporary space for decanting students while the work is ongoing at the Central Site, and eventually rooms to cope with anticipated expansion. Planning permission has now been granted for an extremely attractive development that will enhance the site, improve security, and maintain the character of the Eastern half of the site as “buildings within an English Garden”, complementing the pavilion and its playing fields on the other. Incidentally, the project includes provision of a new, improved hard tennis court, and will involve the creation of new grass courts near the road. The new, as-yet unnamed, residential development is planned to be completed for the start of the academic year in 2006. This development is absolutely essential to the College’s ability to fulfil its Strategic Plan. If funds can be raised to complete it, it will unlock all the rest. Immediately after occupation, work will start to rationalise the use of the other accommodation at Wychfield, creating for the first time a truly integrated campus, but deliberately without any communal catering facilities — it is our firm intention that the College’s Central Site should remain very much the social and academic hub of the College. Strategic options are already being drawn up for the (as-yet unfunded) next stages on Central Site. Improvements to St Clements Gardens will follow after the Central Site work, and will also be dependent upon fund-raising.

Dr Christopher Padﬁeld

19 Report from the Development Director

As a result of the recent Strategic Plan, a set of priority projects have been established for which we now begin to seek the financial support of our alumni, friends and others. The Wychfield Site is key to our plans and the Wychfield Report (page 18) sets out the detail of the scheme. One should not underestimate the cost – or importance – of this project. When completed, the site will provide an additional 155 student rooms and two flats at a total cost of £15.15 million. The College is able to provide funds of £11.25 million which will enable the first module of 96 rooms and 2 flats to be built, meeting our immediate accommodation needs. This money will also enable the “rationalisation” of the existing Wychfield site buildings (for instance, Wychfield House will no longer house a mixture of undergraduates, graduates and Fellows but will revert back to providing 9 Fellows flats). But we need to raise £2.6 million to meet the medium-term accommodation needs providing a further 42 rooms (Module 2). And looking further ahead, a further £1.3 million to meet the longer-term needs providing an additional 17 rooms (Module 3). Inevitably, there are cost benefits if we can combine the building of the second and third modules into one construction – and this is particularly true of Module 2 – but the design is such that we can develop according to the money available. Running alongside this is our genuine desire to upgrade and refurbish some of the old College rooms on our Central Site and we are currently in discussion with architects to draw up a feasibility plan. Although this is long over-due, we cannot begin any refurbishment until the new development at Wychfield is complete. And of course, the more money we are able to raise for the Wychfield Development, the more rooms we will have to decant students from existing accommodation, which will allow us greater freedom as we tackle the problem of modernising rooms on a complex, old and labyrinthine site. At this point we are uncertain of the exact costs, suffice to say that the College has set aside £1.6 million to invest in this project and has set a target of £500,000 to be raised from other sources.

20 There are a number of other key on-going fundraising projects: • we must continue to increase the funds available for Student Support, particularly for postgraduate and overseas students, by raising a further £1 million; • we need to ensure that our computer and internet facilities keep up- to-date, requiring an investment of £100,000; • on the sporting front, the Boat Club requires funds of £8,000 – £10,000 pa to help ﬁnance, amongst other things, a rolling programme of equipment purchases; • additionally we would like to be able to provide all our resident members with a gym facility in the soon-to-be newly refurbished Sports Pavilion. To equip the gym and provide a part-time instruc- tor will require £360,000; • and we are keen to enhance the proﬁle of music in the college and to that end we have launched an appeal to raise money to endow a Choral Scholarship scheme, for which an initial £30,000 is required. In summary, our goal is to raise upwards of £5 million over the next two to three years. We know already that there are additional projects requiring our attention for which we have no spare funding and undoubtedly there will be further appeals in the future. For example, the Old Elizabethan Library has never been properly catalogued, and many of the rare manuscripts and books require conservation. To undertake this would be highly desirable, but is not within our reach at the moment, particularly when we have other higher priority goals to achieve. The support of those closest to Trinity Hall will be crucial to the success of our fundraising. We hope that many of our members and friends will wish to contribute to preserve and enhance the Hall for future generations. Your generosity in the past has made a real difference to the College. We hope you will consider helping us now to enable these important and exciting projects to be completed.

Mrs Jocelyn Poulton

21 Roll of Benefactors

1 January 2003 – 31 December 2003 The Master, Fellows and students of Trinity Hall wish to thank the following members and friends who have so kindly and generously made donations or legacy pledges to the Hall during the last year. The College also wishes to thank those many benefactors who wish to remain anonymous.

1929 1956 Dr Christopher Hardwick FRCP Sir John Guinness CB 1933 Hon Donald Macdonald PC CC Dr Basil Cooke 1957 1934 Mr John Brown Dr Guy Turgeon Mr Brian Donaldson 1942 Mr David Iwi Mr David Stross 1958 1943 Mr Patrick Mackie Mr Philip Baines Dr Roger Reavill 1944 1960 Mr Dick Butterworth Professor Donald Wesling Mr Hamish Maxwell 1962 1945 Mr Ron Watts Mr Gerry Frank 1964 The Venerable Ronald Scruby Mr James Hanson 1946 Professor John Langbein Colonel Ian Lister FRCS 1965 Mr Norman Reeves Dr Nick Patterson 1948 1968 Mr Sandy Stephen Mr Peter Howell Mr John Varga Dr Kent Smith Mr Michael Walker 1969 1951 Mr Robert Watkins Mr Harry Guest 1970 Dr Richard Levy Mr Ben Paster Mr Russell Marris 1971 1952 Mr Robert Brodie Mr Rodney Barker 1972 Mr Brian Gotto Mr Charles Bird Dr Robert Waterhouse Dr Ellis Wasson FRHistS 1953 Mr Brian Watson Mr Michael Howe-Smith 1973 Mr Tony Kay Mr Martin Howe QC Mr Martin Morgan 1974 1954 Mr Frank Morgan II Mr Michael Lucas

22 1975 1987 Dr John Stroughair Dr Lawrence Shields MD 1976 1988 Professor Tom Barton Mr John Naylor Mr Stephen Cumberbatch 1989 Mr Mark Dennis Mr Anthony Falzon Mr Mark Whitehorn Mr Glen Newman 1977 1991 Mr Pieter Knook Mr Jonathan Leiboff 1979 1993 Mr Ian Hawkins Mr Iain Tuddenham Mr Richard Parrino 1996 Ms Anne Wolff Mr Matthew Goldin 1982 Dr Akhil Mehra Mr Paul Vatistas

Organisations The Aula Club Philip Morris Companies Inc Cambridge in America (Altria Group Inc) Chase Manhattan Foundation Microsoft Procter & Gamble (USA) Trinity Hall MCR

Friends of Trinity Hall

Mr Jim Brandi Mr Thad Kemp Mrs B F Emerson-Maclean Mrs Ronda Gras Ms Sylvia Helfert Mr Ronald Mansbridge Dr Michael Howley

Current and Former Fellows and Staff of Trinity Hall Dr Patricia Penn Hilden Mrs Jocelyn Poulton Dr David Rubenstein FRCP

If you would like to make a gift to the College, please complete the relevant form in the cream section and further details of our fundraising projects will be sent to you. All donations of whatever size make a real difference to the College.

23 Commemoration of Benefactors Address

On Sunday 1 February 2004, the Commemoration of Benefactors Evensong Service took place in the Chapel. The College was honoured by the presence of the Revd Canon Anthony Phillips, Dean and Chaplain at Trinity Hall from 1969 – 1974, who gave the following address:

From St Mark’s Gospel: ‘And he called the multitude with his disci- ples, and said to them,”If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life, for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.”’

I wonder what you would say if you had been asked to preach this evening when we commemorate our benefactors. It would, of course, depend on your concept of God. If you thought of God as a gentleman then you would say very little. Your concern would be not to offend. You would no doubt remark on what a privilege it was to be here, but generally you would do as little as possible to ruffle the feathers of the congregation. Politeness would be the order of the day. On the other hand, if you saw God as a kind of terrorist, threatening to exterminate everyone who did not bow the knee to him, you would encourage the congregation to get on God’s side fast. You would point out what a threat hung over them, what a risk they were running. Hellfire would be your theme. You might, though, see God as a profit-seeking business man who had created an enterprise known as earth and rewarded those who were successful in operating it. You would then emphasise the importance of achievement. Winning – coming out on top would be your buyline. I do not believe that God is either a gentleman, a terrorist or a business man. I believe he is love. The reason that I believe that this is so is because I see in Jesus Christ the very nature of God himself. And what is that nature? It is to suffer, be rejected, be killed and to rise again. Our God, far from being impervious to human activity, endures the pain we inflict. He allows us to wound him by our sinfulness, even freely to reject him, and yet comes back for more. In Jesus’ passion and resurrection, God shows that no matter what man may do, he will not let man go. Even the death of his Son results in resurrection love. We may wound him, reject him: he cannot reject us and be God – for love knows no ability to reject. And the chief characteristic of love is to take the other not as he would like to be, but as he is. Like the father of the prodigal son,

24 as soon as we are in sight, God runs out, not just to embrace us, but to bless us. God is not then concerned about good manners, nor is he intent on frightening us home, nor is he interested in our success – he is interested in us as us, me as me. When week by week in Eucharist I present myself before God to be fed by Him, I do not come as a good man, an honest man, a loving man: I come simply as I am, a mixture of light and dark, of joy and shame, a shade of grey as Jane Austen told her sister Cassandra. I offer God not what I consider is acceptable, but also what is unaccept- able – for to God it is I who am acceptable. He embraces not only that side of me that most people see, but also that shadow side, which I wish no one to see. He cannot resist me: that is the Gospel. You may say – well your concept of God is a pretty comfortable one. You mean that whatever you get up to, God will still embrace you. Yes – if you will let him. St Paul knew that. You may remember that contem- plating this essential truth that is Christianity, he considers sinning yet more in order that he can enjoy more forgiveness. But if you think that that is an enjoyable possibility, then you have never experienced love. For when one enjoys the love of another, the last thing one wants to do is to hurt the other. The tragedy is that through our weakness, our own limi- tations of loving, we do this. Lovers do hurt each other – which is why in the marriage service they pledge that whatever hurts they cause, they will go on accepting, go on loving. Sometimes our frailty makes that impossible: but it is not impossible for God. Even though we do not want to hurt Him, we do – yet God still loves us. He can do no other for He is love. The best definition I know of a Christian community occurs in the prospectus to Chetham’s School of Music, which ends with a quotation from the then Bishop of Manchester: ‘This building and your school are places where we dare to admit our failures, fears and fragility…and not be thought less for doing so.’ That should be true of any Christian institution including this College. What makes an individual or a community stand out is not how they enjoy success, but how they cope with failure. Few of us are ever entirely satisfied with what we become. There is always a wistful longing at what might have been. If only…if only we had worked harder, loved better, been more disciplined, learnt to forgive. Yet our failures can be our greatest learning points: they have more influence on shaping our lives than all our successes, for it is these with which we have to come to terms, both as individuals and a community, if we would be whole. It is no accident that in the Gospel narratives it is life’s failures who recognise Jesus for whom he is, and are enabled to accept

25 what he offers, his grace. Recognition that we are not as we would like to be, recognition that we are going to have to live with our shadow side, recognition that we have failed – such recognition liberates as nothing else can do. And once recognised we can be consoled. As Scott Peck has written: ‘A life lacking the emotional upheavals of depression and despair, fear and anxiety, grief and sadness, anger and the agony of forgiv- ing, confusion and doubt, criticism and rejection, will not only be useless to ourselves, it will be useless to others’. If this College community is to be free from all that inhibits, these are issues which dons, graduates and undergraduates must address. We need not fear our failures: we need only fear not bringing them to God’s transforming love. Yet as our text reminds us, there are consequences which follow from accepting God’s love. If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. It’s common for newly weds to try and marry off their friends. Once one enjoys that most perfect and intimate love which marriage brings, one wants everyone else to enjoy it too. So it should be with enjoying God’s love. Once you experience what it is to be accepted and loved as you are – and God knows me far more intimately than my wife – once you are accepted and loved by God, you want others to share in that love. But there is only one way in which you can secure that, and that is by becoming that love yourself. It is all acted out in the Eucharist. You come to God as you are: You acknowledge that you are not as you would like to be. God embraces you with Himself by feeding you with the body and blood of His Son – the man who took up His cross. Then you go out into the world as Christ bearers – go out to bear His cross which is your cross among all who are unloved and unlov- able – until again next week you return conscious of having been and not been that love, and ﬁnd that he still embraces you with Himself – wills you to be that love. And how are we to be that love? It is certainly not by being a gentleman – leaving people where they are undisturbed by the radical nature of what being God’s love means. If as we enjoy the riches with which God surrounds us, we feel no tension, then we have not understood the Gospel. God has, of course, given us freedom to use our resources as we choose. But in both Old and New Testaments, God also has something to say about our responsibility to those who have no freedom to choose – the widow, orphan and the alien – the poor and the dispossessed – the unemployed and the starving. The church can never support freedom to choose at the expense of others; that is not being God’s love. In the face of so much greed, which has gripped the ﬁrst and supposedly Christian world, governments will only be encouraged to tackle the world’s pressing social issues in so

26 far as men and women of good will urge them to do so, and are prepared to back that urgency with their own resources. For someone whose ministry has been in a Cambridge and an Oxford College and then an independent school situated at the heart of the Anglican Communion, the tension of having in the face of so much not- having, and of enjoying the having hugely, has at times been unbearable. But there ought to be this creative tension at the centre of our lives – the tension symbolised in the ancient Christian practices of feasting and fast- ing. What is wrong with our society is that we seek to escape this tension, pretend it does not affect us, think that we have a right to an ever more abundant feast and end up wallowing in destructive tension as we take it out on others and ourselves. General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, said that the one thing that he feared for the Army was that it would settle down. Christianity is not about settling down: it is about creative tension – taking one’s cross and following Him who allowed Himself to be stretched in tension on His cross for us. It is in that tension that we have to be God’s love. There are no easy answers: no quick solutions. We shall not achieve the coming of that kingdom for which we daily pray by frightening people into church – that is an attempt to save life – when what God wants is for us to lose it – lose it in love. Nor shall we find the way simply in success. For one can gain the whole world, and never know what love is. The only way we shall bring about that peace, wholeness, holiness that is God’s will is by a greater loving than any of us have yet begun to grasp. That cannot be achieved by our own efforts: it can be realised by letting the love that is God spill from us into His divided and distracted world. He has no other means but this love, no other way of expressing it but through us. The future of us all depends on whether we will let God’s love loose, accept the true cost of discipleship. That is what our benefactors did and why we commemorate them today. I doubt that all were good, all were selfless, all inspired by faith. But wherever there is generosity, God who is love is inevitably at work. What we who have benefited from their liberality need to remember is that it is not our sins which can defeat God, but our wretched complacency.

27 Report from the Chapel

Another year has passed in the life of Trinity Hall Chapel. Some friends have moved on, having graduated last June, and many new ﬁrst years have joined us, ensuring that our Chapel community continues to thrive. Over the last year we have welcomed many guest preachers to our Sunday Evensong, where the choir, led by Organ Scholars Edd Capewell and Gary Davies, set the service to beautiful music. The preachers have included Peter Sedgwick and Christopher Foster, former students of the College. Thursday evensong with the choir also continues, and Morning and Evening Prayer are said Monday to Friday during term. Sunday morning services continue to be held at 9am, and are followed by a cooked breakfast. In the last year we have said goodbye to Peter McIntyre, who was sacristan, and James Cruise, his successor, has now handed over the reins to Nick Vanston-Rumney. Their valuable contribution in preparing the chapel for services is – as ever – greatly appreciated. Once a term we join with Clare Chapel for a Sunday morning service, giving us a slightly different worship experience as they celebrate communion ‘in the round’. Then it is back to Trinity Hall to continue our fellowship over a hearty breakfast! Last summer in May Week saw the Chapel outing to Hemmingford Grey, a very peaceful village just outside Cambridge, where a group of us picnicked by the river (some chose to swim!!) and then celebrated communion in St Francis House, a retreat centre owned by the Community of the Resurrection. It was a gloriously hot day and perfect for relaxing and meditating at the end of a very busy term. Commemoration of Benefactors was held in February, a new position in the calendar, and was celebrated by a large congregation of current and former students and guests, with a special dinner afterwards. The preacher in 2003 was Owen Chadwick, former Dean; his sermon caught the press in time for last year's Newsletter. Trinity Hall Chapel continues to support a variety of charities, through Sunday collections and also ‘Charity Lunch’. A popular alternative to a hall lunch on a Monday, anyone is welcome to join us for a simple meal of soup, bread, cheese and fruit and then donate what they would normally pay for their lunch to charity. Over the last year we have raised money for Armonia, a charity working in South America. Other Charities supported in the past year by collections during services included Wintercomfort, Christian Aid, Contact, Tearfund, Fideo, and the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture.

28 At the end of Michaelmas term the Chapel was once again ﬁlled with candles for the traditional Advent Carol Service. It was a full house (standing room only!), and everyone who attended enjoyed welcoming in the season of hope and anticipation by singing carols and listening to the choir. Other special services in the year included an equally packed memorial service for Brooke Crutchley, former Fellow and Vice-Master. Gifts of new hymn books, and of twenty shiny copies of the Book of Common Prayer, were gratefully received, and should be acknowledged here, as should Mrs Womack's generous gift of a silver chalice and patten as her leaving gift to the College. Thankfully, Joanna and Michael continue to join us on Sunday mornings. Now, as we look forward to the coming year, we continue to ask for God’s blessing on our Chapel community – that it will go from strength to strength and that every member may be a faithful witness to Him in every aspect of our lives. As always we would love to see any friends and former members of Trinity Hall at any service.

Claire Hooper Chairman, Chapel Council

29 College Statistics

Undergraduate Students During the year ending September 2003, the total number of undergraduates in residence was 361. The numbers reading for degrees in the main subjects were as follows:

Natural Sciences: 73 Modern Languages: 25 Law: 36 Mathematics: 19 Engineering: 31 English: 18 Medicine: 29 History: 23 Economics: 11 Social and Political Sciences: 24

The number of undergraduates taking classiﬁed examinations in 2003 was 331 of whom 63 were placed in the First Class and 241 in the Second Class. At present, there are 362 undergraduates in residence.

Scholarships The following elections and awards have been made in the academic year 2003–2004: Elected to Bateman Scholarships: Archaeology and Anthropology: E C V Bates Computer Science: P J McIntyre, M A Nabarro Economics: S J Stehn English: W J Turtle (re-elect) Engineering: R E Green, P Loucaides History: P A Fairley, I A F Hollingshead, V V Kara-Murza (re-elect) Law: J Brinsmead-Stockham (re-elect), C D Buckley Management Studies: R G Smyth Mathematics: J R Bourne (re-elect), G C Wrennall Medicine: E R S Elliot, J H Ford Natural Sciences: G A V Bradﬁeld, J M Dutton (re-elect), E C G Exell (re-elect), E M Kreysa, R S Paton (re-elect), F Witham Modern and Medieval Languages: C M S Calimani, M C P Muldoon Oriental Studies: H Inwood Philosophy: J A Stewart (re-elect) Social and Political Sciences: AJ Joseph, T S F Peck, LH Sillence (re-elect) F C Swaney (re-elect), H A Symonds

30 Elected to Scholarships: Computer Science: S R Horne, M J Johnson (re-elect) Engineering: R C Harris (re-elect), C L Hooper (re-elect), H J O’Malley (re-elect), H Pinder English: H L Crawforth, H E A David History: K M C Beal-Preston Law: S Lemer, D D Peters, N S Sivakumaran, S J Tan (re-elect), J C Willan Mathematics: B Adcock, I N Mathieson, E A Spence Medicine: H F Davis, K A MacGloin (re-elect) Modern and Medieval Languages: M Abbot, C M Brookes, J H LMason, C Schaefer (re-elect), J A Miller Natural Sciences: D A M Anderson, A R Barr (re-elect), J Finegold, C P Parr, M K Pollock, N R Vanston-Rumney, R S Young Philosophy: D H R Evans Social and Political Sciences: M R E Gittins, M E Loades Theology: E J Capewell

Named College prizes awarded in 2003 were as follows: Angus Prize for Classics: A B Atkinson Harcourt Prize for Economics: S J Stehn Baker Prize for Engineering: P Loucaides R A Hayes Prize for Engineering: R C Harris Ernst Frankl Prize for Engineering: R Green, C L Hooper, H J O’Malley, H Pinder E G Harwood Prize for English: W J Turtle Cressingham Prize for English Essay: H L Crawforth Graham Storey Prize for English: H E A David C W Crawley Prize for History: V V Kara-Murza Kitty Crawley Prize for History: I A F Hollingshead, P A Fairley Henry Bond Prize for Law: D D Peters David Clement Davies Prize for Law: J Brinsmead-Stockham Dr Ellis Lewis Prize for English Law: V Hyde Ian Malcolm Lewis Prize for Law: C D Buckley Lovell White Durrant Prizes: N S Sivakumaran, J C Willan Wylie Prize for Mathematics: J R Bourne, G C Wrennall Parks Prize for Mathematics: T Weigand Henry and Irene Dean Prize for Medicine: J H Ford Bill Grundy Prize for Medicine: E R S Elliot Elmore Travel Exhibition [Modern Languages]: M Abbot, J A Miller Sylvia Olive Stearn Prize for Music: Not awarded Reginald Pillai Prize for Natural Sciences [Physical]: F Witham Kareen Thorne Prize for Biological Science: G A V Bradﬁeld, E C G Exell Michael Stobbs Prize for Natural Sciences: E M Kreysa N R Pillai Travel Scholarship [Oriental Studies]: Not awarded

31 Kitty Crawley Prize for Philosophy: J A Stewart, D H R Evans Dean Nurser Prize for Sociology: F C Swaney Excelect Awards: H L Crawforth, G C Girdler Dr Cooper’s Law Studentships: H Butler, K Gunaratna, E Phillips Trinity Hall Studentships: J Brinsmead-Stockham, C D Buckley, L Crook

Postgraduate Students At present there are 251 graduate students in College, working on a wide range of advanced degrees. Of these, 73 are working towards PhD degrees in arts subjects and 85 in science subjects. Nearly all the remaining students are pursuing the Postgraduate Certiﬁcate in Education, the LLM degree, the MPhil degree in Criminology, European Studies or International Relations. There are 12 students enrolled in clinical courses in Medicine or Veterinary Medicine. The College also has 2 postgraduate students in the MBAprogramme, 13 in the MEd Programme and 5 in the MSt programme. In the academic year 2003-2004, College scholarships or prizes were awarded to the following graduate students:

Trinity Hall Research Studentships S J Stehn (1 year 2003-2004) A Alexandrova (3 years 2003-2006) A N Adebanwi, Honorary Bursary* B Fellegi (1 year 2003-2004) A Baghdachci, Honorary Bursary* W M Hill (1 year 2003-2004) T Bell, Honorary Bursary* J Jacobs (1 year 2003-2004) T-J Chi, Honorary Bursary* K J Lane (1 year 2003-2004) S R Dolan, Honorary Bursary* Y Liu (2 years 2003-2005) C Lachance, Honorary Bursary* H Pedersen-Mjaanes (1 year M Leistner, Honorary Bursary* 2004-2005) X H Lim, Honorary Bursary* D A Schroth (2 years 2003-2005) J Marchandise, Honorary Bursary* O M Thorne (1 year 2003-2004) A Miller, Honorary Bursary* L D Throness (2 years 2003-2005) T Rajkovaca, Honorary Bursary* T Weigand (3 years 2003-2006) R Singaravelu Naidu, Honorary P Zinn (1 year 2003-2004) Bursary* Dr Clark’s Theological Scholarship Trinity Hall Research Bursary K Chatterjee (1 year 2003-2004) V Chondrogianni (3 years 2003-2006) C Mahama (Michaelmas 2003) Tidmarsh Studentship A Rokison (2 years 2003-2005) L D Throness (2 years 2003-2005) P A S Schartau (3 years 2003-2006)

*Honorary bursaries are awarded to those to whom we offered a bursary, but who in the event obtained funding from a Research Council.

32 Students who Matriculated in 2003

Undergraduates

Ian Abel David Greenwood Emily Paine Alexandra Adams Flora Greenwood Andrew Palmer Katja Armstrong James Grifﬁths Sabine Patarin Maxwell Barnish Catherine Gunn David Pearce Simon Beaumont Thomas Hartley Eleanor Penfold Clare Betney Douglas Heller David Pfeiffer Kristie Bewers Victoria Henderson Jonathan Pinner Tay Blyth-Kubota Caroline Hickerton James Platt Oliver Bolland James Hilton Jisa Prasannan Tobias Brandvik Samuel Hole Rachel Price Thomas Burrell Ruth Hughes Ashley Rowlands Bethan Carden Charlotte Hunton Malcolm Scott Edward Carr Susan Hutchings Colin Scott Robert Clayton Dafydd Ifan Helen Scott Matthew Clough Daniel Igra Robert Severn Jonathan Cohen Rhian James Hannah Shergold Kathleen Connolly Marie Jenkinson Neil Singh Helen Craig Victoria John Jennifer Skene Edward Craven Lauren Jones Amelia Sleat Alexander Crockford Alasdair Jones Rebecca Small Oliver Cummings Jennifer Kan Alison Tesh Gary Davies Jonathan Keane David Third Laura Dearlove Sarah Keen Gwawr Thomas Alice Debelle Hannah Kilduff Helen Thomas Gareth Dobson Nadia Klich Graham Thompson Luke Donnan Andrew Lane Benjamin Titmus Kai Er Eng James Laybourn Jennifer Tiu Ruth Fasham David Lloyd Laura Todd Fiona Fee Catherine Malcolmson Thomas-Leo True Bethan Ferguson Sophie Martin William Turner Owen Fry Muzhafar Mohd Mukhtar Alice Turtle Laura Gardner Helen Morgan Philip Wales Christopher Gee Rumbidazi Moyo Amy Watt Thomas Georgiou Rachel Mundy Gillian White Edwin Goh Robert Mundy Mark Wrigglesworth Alexandra Goss Waheedullah Mustafa David Wyatt Charlotte Gray James Norman Louis Yee

33 Postgraduates

Adewale Adebanwi Abigail Goodwin Kaila Mikkelsen Rositza Alexandrova Joanna Gruder Mladen Miliksic Amir Baghdadchi Douglas Guilfoyle Anne Miller Marius Banica Benjamin Hardy Elwasila Mohamed Camille Barth Mrs Jackie Harmon Thomas Newman Captain Brendan Bartlett Lucy Hepburn David O'Mahony Philip Booth Weston Hill Stefanos Claudia Brunner Dominic Holland Papanikolopoulos Oliver Brupbacher Rachel Hooper Darci Phillips Paula Burn Craig Hovey Gareth Podd George Camiller Jordan Jacobs Craig Prosser Stefano Carpani Sunil Kavuri Tonko Rajkovaca Krishna Chatterjee Mohammad Khan Natalie Ridgard Tsung-Jen Chi Kaori Kuroda Abigail Rokison Alessandro Cipollini Christian Lachance Matthew Roman Mrs Ann Coggins Jeffrey Lau Barbara Sandhoefer Adrian Cybriwsky Rebecca Lee Patricia Schartau Jean de Pomereu Matthias Leistner Dr Tonia Schoﬁeld Sam Dolan Frances Linehan Rachel Scott Keira Driansky Lisa Ling Rachel Simpson Suzanne Duke Pablo Lopez Rios Roubie Singaravelu Naidu Tamerlane Edwards Mrs Eleanor Mackenzie- Francisco Solorzano Rebecca Elliot Lambert Santos Borbala Fellegi Elizabeth Madgett Olivia Thorne Jacques Fournier Clara Manzillo Jenna Tong Jonathan Gaugler Joachim Marchandise Martin Vechev Ralf Geretshauser Mrs Margaret Mather Shu Yang Alison Gilbert Michael McKeaveney Pamela Zinn

34 Section Two: Trinity Hall Association & Alumni Reports

35 THA Committee

Ofﬁcers President Dennis Avery (1980) Hon Treasurer Frances Daley (1977) Hon Auditor Rory Silkin (1976) London Secretary Barry Lewis (1959) Cambridge Secretary Dr Clare Jackson (Fellow 2000-)

Committee Professor John Edwards FRCP FRS (1946) Sir Alan Donald KCMG (1950) Martin Williams (1966) Dr Nicholas Reading MRCP (1973) Neil Tidmarsh (1978) Sarah Webbe (1981) Dr Sarah Barrett Jones (1992) Amol Prabhu (1998)

Trinity Hall Association 88th Annual General Meeting

In the Chair: Alan Grieve, President 1. Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on 18 May 2002, which had been published in the Newsletter, were approved and signed by the President.

2. Mr Dennis Avery (1980), having been duly nominated, was unanimously elected President of the Association for 2003-2004

3. The following, having been duly nominated, were unanimously re- elected to serve as Ofﬁcers for 2003-2004: London Secretary Mr Barry Lewis (1959) Cambridge Secretary Dr Clare Jackson (Fellow 2000-) Hon Treasurer Ms Frances Daley (1977) Hon Auditor Mr Rory Silkin (1976)

36 4. The extension by one further year of the tenure of Mr Martin Williams (1966) as a committee member, notwithstanding that he had already served 5 years tenure, was ratiﬁed.

5. The Hon Auditor, Mr Rory Silkin, summarised the Treasurer’s statement (in the absence of Ms Frances Daley who had sent her apologies). Subscription income in 2002 had amounted to £7,020 at £15 per head. Total income for the year (including net interest) amounted to £7,073. Expenditure during 2002 had included the Association’s contribution towards the June event, the welcome party for new members, the London event and the Annual Dinner held at the College (in the latter case, the cost to the Association included the ticket price subsidy for younger members). Overall, there was an excess of income over expenditure of £4,081. Net assets of the Association at 31 December 2002 amounted to £13,075, up from £8,994 at the previous year end.

6. Mr Martin Williams read out the report from the London Secretary, Mr Barry Lewis, who had sent his apologies for being unable to be present at the meeting.

7. The Master presented a brief introductory report on behalf of the College, including reference to the recent appointment as Alumni Officer of Mrs Liz Pentlow, to whom a warm welcome was extended. He was happy to be able to report that a new permanent appointment had been made to the post of Senior Tutor, Dr Nick Bampos being due to take up this position on 1 October 2003. Meanwhile, the College had been admirably served by Dr David Fleming who had filled the role of Senior Tutor on an interim basis. He was pleased that the new appointee was an existing tutor, well known to and respected by his colleagues. Finally, he assured members present that the College’s need for fund-raising would not cease in the foresee- able future! The Development Director, Mrs Jocelyn Poulton, briefly outlined the College’s ongoing fundraising plans, which were to raise a total of £5 million over a period of 3-5 years. The purpose of the fundraising related principally to the proposed development at Wychfield, but would also include the provision of improved accommodation on the central site, improved pastoral support and other matters, the overall aim being to enhance Trinity Hall for future generations. She expressed the thanks of the College once again to all those who had

37 contributed to the Milestones Campaign, but emphasised that fundraising had now to be part of the College’s way of life and that more remained to be done. Mrs Liz Pentlow, the newly-appointed Alumni Ofﬁcer, expressed her thanks to Ms Gina Brown, her predecessor. A number of new initiatives were currently being developed. Among these would be an organised MA dining rights evening, which would be aimed at alumni living in and around Cambridge. Steps would be taken to secure a closer involvement of the Year Reps. Members were encouraged to visit the College’s website for details of future events generally. Ideas were invited regarding the London event for 2004, proposed to be held on 25 March (believed to be the date of the inaugural meeting of the Association in 1904), and ideas as to suitable venues would be particularly welcome. The Annual Gathering for 2004, which would be the main occasion for the celebration of the Association’s centenary, was likely to be held not on the traditional date but on 26 June 2004 to enable advantage to be taken of the marquees that would be used for General Admissions.

8. CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION Mr Martin Williams introduced a discussion of proposals – on which the Committee wished to consult members – for some reorganisation of the way in which the Association works. The background to the proposed reorganisation was explained and its aims were summarised as being: • To emphasise that the Trinity Hall Association is the representative body of all Trinity Hall alumni • To preserve the independence of the Association as drawing its being from the alumni themselves rather than from the College administration. • To rationalise and streamline the organisational arrangements as between the membership, the Committee of the Association, the Alumni Liaison Committee, the Year Reps and the Alumni Ofﬁcer. In discussion, comments centred around the question of whether membership of the Association should become free of charge and on the preservation of the independence of the Association:

38 • Some members disliked the idea of membership being “free”, on the grounds that people value more highly things that they pay for, and considered that a modest subscription ought still to be required. • Others considered that the existing subscription requirement was a genuine deterrent to membership for some people. • Ideas put forward included (i) that subscriptions might be made voluntary, (ii) that people might have the option of writing in to say that they did not wish to pay a subscription, and (iii) that the College might pay over to the Association a percentage of donations received from alumni under its fund-raising programme. • Support was expressed for the continued independence of the Association but questions were raised as to how this could be achieved if the Association were dependent upon the College for its funding. • In response to a question as to whether it was necessary to have an Association at all: – The President commented that the point was that of “independence”, i.e., in contrast to a system in which alumni relations were run solely by the College, that the membership should have a voice. – The Master envisaged the Association as the “bottom up” part of the alumni relations structure, with representatives being elected by the membership in general.

– The President added that the Association, as an independent body, had in the past been able to exert pressure on the College on matters on which the alumni as a body may have had a different opinion from that of the fellowship. • The suggestion was made that, in order to secure its independence, the Association needed a mechanism for generating its own funds – which could perhaps be by agreeing with the College for payments to be made on a “per capita” formula basis. Whilst time did not allow full discussion of the proposals set out in the Agenda paper as to the structure of committees, etc., some dislike was expressed for the idea that the elected members of the new Alumni Committee (i.e., those elected by Association members

39 at the AGM) might meet separately from the full meetings of that committee. The President thanked members for their comments, which were most helpful and would be the subject of further thought on the part of the Committee. The next step would be for consultation with the Year Reps at their conference in September. It was not intended that the timetable should be rushed, but nor should the proposals be allowed to stultify. Those present expressed encouragement for there being further communication with the membership as to the way in which the ideas were developing, before a ﬁnal decision was required to be taken.

9. CONSULTATION ON THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS Mr Neil Tidmarsh (1978), committee member with special responsibility for the Association’s centenary celebrations, invited members with ideas as to the form that the celebrations should take to commu- nicate them to him.

10. CALENDAR DATES The dates set out in the Agenda and referred to earlier in the discussions were conﬁrmed as follows:

Annual Dinner 2003 Saturday 27 September 2003 London Event 2004 Thursday 25 March 2004 (venue to be conﬁrmed) Annual Gathering 2004 and Saturday 26 June 2004 Centenary Celebrations Annual Dinner 2004 Saturday 25 September 2004

11. A NY OTHER BUSINESS • The President raised as a question for the Master whether, in connection with the planned fundraising by the College referred to earlier, it would be the intention of the College to make an open disclosure of its balance sheet to those from whom it was seeking funds? The Master referred to the recent joint meeting of the Development Board and the College’s committee on development, at which the £5 million target had been set as the amount required to “bridge the gap” and enable the development plan to

40 go ahead. He conﬁrmed that the Development Director would be approaching potential donors on that basis of “opening the books”.

• On a light-hearted note, His Honour Alan de Piro QC (1938) referred to the minutes of the previous AGM in which he was recorded as having been described by the President as Father of the Hall. He had received an amusing letter on this subject from His Honour Alan King-Hamilton (1923), who could reasonably claim precedence in the matter, suggesting that if Alan de Piro was to be described as Father of the Hall then he, Alan King-Hamilton, should be accorded the title of Grandfather of the Hall. The suggestion was warmly received by those present and it was agreed that the Development Director should write to His Honour King-Hamilton accordingly.

The meeting was concluded.

London Secretary’s Report 2003-04

This past year seems to have been dominated by the urge to change, continuing the momentum built up over the past couple of years or so. This momentum has been fuelled both by the imminent centenary and by the financial considerations resulting from the Government’s increasing pressure not only upon the University, and hence the College, but also the students. Ironically, but most laudably, the College’s answer to this financial pressure is to express the desire that the Association be free to all members, which means the abolition of the £15 life subscription payable by every undergraduate and graduate. However modest that subscription may be, it has always been the source of problems and it is felt that it inhibits some alumni from joining the Association (or would if the alumni were alerted to this subscription prior to receiving their College account). If members of the College do not join the Association, there is some danger of them losing touch with the College – a danger best avoided if possible. If they do, then the family of the Hall is weak- ened, which would be disastrous at a time when everybody should be pulling together for the benefit of the Hall. The Association is very fortunate in that, in this centenary year, we

41 have a far-sighted and generous President, Dennis Avery, who is arrang- ing things so that the Association shall become financially independent. The mechanics of this endowment, and it is no less than that, are still being finalised as indeed are fundamental changes to the structure of the Association. These changes are aimed at a greater involvement of the Year Reps and closer inter-action with the College through the Alumni Liaison Committee, with the Alumni Officer taking a much more visibly active part in the Association’s affairs. Martin Williams, former Treasurer of the Association and now a Committee member, is the architect of these new proposals. He has worked extremely hard to draft them in the first place and then to refine them, in the light of some very interesting and constructive Committee meetings that have taken place over the past few months. These proposals are to go to the Governing Body and the Year Reps for consideration and hopefully approval, subject to any further amendments that may be required. The final “package” will then be presented to the membership as a whole for approval. Leaving aside these vital issues, the Association has had an active year so far. The main functions were the Annual Dinner in Cambridge, the London event at the Geffrye Museum in East London and the AGM in Cambridge. The careers event was as ever most successful. The College online directory (www.THAlumni.net), presented helpfully at the Year Reps Conference by Mike Hyde (1993) and Bent Grøver (1995), is up and running. It is an exciting project and must surely be proving most useful to Association members, furthering the object of keeping members in touch with each other and the College. This Report cannot perforce deal fully with the changes within the Association, since these have not yet been finalised. Suffice it to say that special thanks are due to our President not only for his extraordinary generosity but also for the time and energy he has devoted to the Association, shuttling between San Diego, California and London and Cambridge, loyally supported by his wife Sally, on a number of occasions for meetings concerning the Association. He has presided over Committee meetings in a most informed and cohesive manner, preparing fully for each meeting and ensuring a constructive outcome. Thanks are also due to Martin Williams whose tireless energy in producing viable and constructive proposals is to be admired. Finally thanks are due to the Alumni Officer, Liz Pentlow, who has worked behind the scenes, always cheerfully, to ensure that Association events take place and run smoothly. The Master, Professor Peter Clarke, and his wife Dr Maria Tippett will be leaving College at the end of the summer. The Master has been closely involved with the impending changes and contributed greatly to them.

42 Our thanks are due to him and, whilst a little in advance, we extend the best wishes of the Association to them both for a happy, healthy and, I am sure, productive retirement. We look forward to welcoming the new Master, Professor Martin Daunton in October and I feel sure that he will maintain the high tradition of his two predecessors, Sir John Lyons and Professor Clarke, by showing the same positive interest as they have in the affairs of our, what is about to become, venerable Association.

Barry Lewis Trinity Hall Association London Secretary February 2004

The Nick Nicholson/THA Careers Seminar 2004

Another well attended careers seminar took place in the Master’s Lodge on Thursday 29 January, despite freezing weather. We were very pleased to welcome Jeremy Nicholson QC (1973) representing the Nicholson family who generously support the initiative. Sarah Webbe (1981) chaired the seminar, which was introduced by the Master. The alumni panel was made up of five Trinity Hall graduates with varying experience. Dr Ralph Elias (2001, MBA Management Studies) is Head of Planning & Performance Management at Havering Primary Care Trust; Alessandra Norman (1998, MPhil Latin American Studies) is a PR consultant with Munro & Forster in London; Fiona Morgan (1995, BA Modern & Medieval Languages) teaches Spanish and French at Seven Kings High School in Essex; Dr Mark Griffiths (1994, PhD Biotechnology) is involved in Medicines Licensing with Proctor & Gamble and Lindsay Dodsworth (1981, BA Engineering & Music) a former partner at Ernst & Young, is now Financial Director of a private company and involved with a charitable trust. Each alumnus spoke about their career development. Ralph Elias trav- elled extensively before he came to Trinity Hall, and fell into various roles in Botswana, including Head of Mining Engineering for the University of Botswana and Technical Education Officer at the Ministry of Education. He gave advice on the relative merits of doing an MBA, and of NHS management structure, stressing that you didn’t have to go straight in to your chosen career on leaving university. Fiona Morgan had always wanted to teach and talked enthusiastically about teaching in a large comprehensive, contrasting her experience with

43 colleagues across the education spectrum and talking about the personal and career benefits which teaching’s media profile rarely highlights. Knowing he didn’t want more bench science, Mark Griffiths chose to go for large companies, applying to Proctor & Gamble through their graduate programme. Despite turning up for his interview a day late, he showed that if you are determined enough about a job you should pursue it until they give it to you. He has much experience of the milk round interview process, and encouraged students to get as involved in College life as possible, as all experiences would help provide examples for the interview process. Lindsay Dodsworth planned a music career, fell into accountancy to fund the music and found she enjoyed doing both. As well as funding studying and working with music in Indonesia, her accounting skills and training had taken her to eastern Europe and proved portable enough to allow a career change to accommodate her young family. Alessandra Norman had been less sure about what she wanted to do. Her languages got her a Stage with the European Commission but she decided that she didn’t want to pursue that track. A recruitment consultant introduced her to PR. She was keen to show how wide the world of PR reached, and that work experience was a good way to get into it. The students asked questions and raised concerns they had about the job market. Supper in the Hall provided a chance for the panel members to have further discussions with the students, and everyone there found the experience very worthwhile. I would like to thank Sarah Webbe for organising the speakers, and the speakers themselves for giving up their evening to come back to College. If you would like to take part in any future career seminars (usually scheduled for the last week in January) please contact Sarah on [email protected], or get in touch with Liz Pentlow in the Alumni Office.

44 Report from the Alumni Ofﬁcer

It seems only yesterday that I took up the Alumni Ofﬁcer reins from Gina Brown, who did such a fantastic job during her 3 years here at Trinity Hall. It is in fact almost a year, and an incredibly busy year it has been! We have enjoyed a record attendance at a variety of events and have been delighted that so many of you could join us across the world (we’ve visited Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle) and closer to home at the traditional events in London and Cambridge. Most impressively, the Reunion for 1976, 1977 and 1978 attracted over 160 alumni back to College to share their experiences and catch up with each other. The London Event at the Geffrye Museum provided a unique occasion for a Trinity Hall gathering, and by the time you read this, 140 of you will have met at the Royal Society of Arts for this year’s reception. The Cambridge Dinner saw a full house from all generations enjoying wonderful hospitality in the Hall, and the Annual Gathering gave alumni another excuse to come back to College (see details of the new look Annual Gathering to commemorate 100 years of the THA in the cream section of this Newsletter). Of course, none of this could happen without the support of the dedicated College staff who welcome and look after us at the various and many dinners and lunches in Hall, and who ensure the grounds and rooms look immaculate. The Year Reps too have provided invaluable support, and this year many year groups will be enjoying informal gatherings, organised by their Reps. It has also been a year of new initiatives, ﬁrstly with the launch on the Online Directory, www.THalumni.net. Again, the response to this has been beyond our expectations and we thank those 600 plus of you who have already signed up. We encourage those who have not yet registered to do so, as it is a great way to keep in touch with each other and with College news. Secondly, the Trinity Hall Association Committee has been working hard at ensuring that the Association remains vibrant and relevant to the 21st century by preparing a new constitution for its centenary year. Further details of this will be circulated before the Annual General Meeting (to be held on the morning of the Annual Gathering) and we would urge as many of you as possible to come along and endorse the proposals, which will pave the way for a very exciting partnership between the College and the alumni. Additionally, 2003 has seen the promotion of The Hidden Hall, to which over 1,000 members have already subscribed. It is an amazing anthology

45 of articles by academics and specialist writers, together with recollections of people who have been at the College in various eras. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to purchase a copy of this book. The subscribers price is now closed, but you can still buy a copy at a price of £35. An order form is at the back of the Newsletter and more information about the contents of the book will be available at the Annual Gathering in June. With other initiatives growing in strength thanks to the support of the alumni – the Careers Network being one project that has been relaunched to the students, and has already prompted many enquiries for help and advice – I feel that 2004 will be another busy year, and I look forward to meeting many of you at one or more of our events.

Mrs Liz Pentlow

Year Rep Meeting, Saturday 27 September 2003

The Year Reps gathered in College for their Annual Conference, with two main issues on the agenda. Firstly, the future of the Trinity Hall Association, and secondly the new online directory that was launched soon after their meeting.

Following a quick run through other College news, including forthcoming events (London Event at the RSAand the revamped Annual Gathering) the re-launch of the Careers Network, a resumé of fundraising projects, and information on The Hidden Hall, the discussion turned to the THA.

The London Secretary of the Association, Barry Lewis, presented his ideas for the reorganisation of the THA. These included the following points – • The THA wished to remain independent of the College • The current THA President, Dennis Avery, had made a gift to the Association that would allow them to maintain this independence • The Association should work with the College to keep the alumni in touch

The subject was opened to the ﬂoor, and the following points form a summary of comments made – • The Association should represent members of the Hall, and have a voice in College. • Despite holding separate events, the two entities of the THA and the

46 Alumni Office are aiming at the same results, following the same principles. • There was clearly a need to address the constitution of the THA. • The Master explained that he saw the THA as working from “the bottom-up” in Alumni Relations. • It should be clearly explained where everyone fits in to the College, whether it be the careers network, the Association, events etc. It was felt that there was a need to clarify all the different roles. • What is the role of the Alumni Liaison Committee as an interface between the College and the Alumni? It has become more of a report- ing committee, rather than a means for the Alumni to feed back to the College. • It was felt that for some year groups, alumni didn’t really care how they were represented, and the Association meant nothing to them. The Year Reps were seen as the main link between the College and each other. • There should be some rationalisation of communication between the THA, the College and the Year Reps. • There is a definite need to educate current students as to what is on offer once they leave the Hall.

The feedback from this meeting has already played an important part in the reworking of the Trinity Hall Association constitution. It was realised that the Year Reps are the fundamental link between the alumni and the College, and should therefore form the basis of the “Association”, working closely together to improve relations with the alumni.

Next on the agenda was the online directory (www.THAlumni.net) Mike Hyde (1993) and Bent Grøver (1995 and a Year Rep) from FX Technology gave a presentation of the site, looking at the sample data from the pilot years of 1979 and 1980, and showing how simple it was to register, and also what else the site can offer. The site will become the main alumni website, and will include news and features from the College, and alumni. The feedback from the pilot groups was extremely positive. There had been a few suggestions made, such as – • Using the site to send blanket emails to your year. • Having a message board for each year that you see when you log in. • Offering a prize for the most interesting/entertaining feature

It is hoped that the site will eventually become an electronic version of Black & White News, in that Year Reps will be able to submit news and information relevant to their year, which will then be placed on the front screen.

47 It is a hugely exciting project, and it is hoped that the Year Reps will spread the word, and encourage the rest of their year to sign up. The conclusion of the meeting emphasised that the Year Reps provide a vital service to the Alumni Ofﬁce, and the alumni themselves. The role will only be strengthened with the changes in the THA, and their help and support is greatly appreciated by the Alumni Ofﬁcer.

Mrs Liz Pentlow

Alumni Liaison Committee

The Trinity Hall Alumni Liaison Committee meets twice a year, in January and September, and reports to the Governing Body. It is made up of Fellows, staff and alumni and acts as the formal interface for alumni with the College. A brief summary of what was discussed on 26 February 2004 follows: • The Vice Master outlined the process of the search for a new Master, which had resulted in the election of Professor Martin Daunton. There had been a strong ﬁeld of applicants, with the candidates split roughly two-thirds from Cambridge, and a third from external applicants. • Mrs Pentlow reported that there had been a fantastic response to the THA London Event, taking place on Thursday 25 March 2004 at the Royal Society for Arts. The programme for the Annual Gathering on Saturday 26 June is being compiled, and currently includes a lecture to be given by a current graduate student Amir Baghdadchi on the playwright Ronald Firbank; a performance of a Chekhov play by the Preston Society; wine-tasting; musical performances; and costume interpreters to entertain the children. The hope is to make the event as appealing to everyone as possible so that a wide range of alumni come back to celebrate the centenary of the THA. The online directory (www.THAlumni.net) is ﬁlling up well, with 600 members already registered, which is 10% of our connected alumni. • Mrs Poulton updated the committee on the progress of The Hidden Hall, to which over 1,100 people had already subscribed and that it was on schedule for publication in November 2004. The Fellows and alumni who had contributed to the book were thanked for all their efforts. Front Court in 2004 is due to focus on medics and vets, and it has been decided that the 2005 issue will be used to showcase those contributions that hadn’t made it into The Hidden Hall.

48 The Development Director then circulated two papers, one being the case for support, on which she requested comments from the Committee, and the other being a summary of current fundraising projects. It is hoped that the College would once again receive the support of the Alumni, and that a telephone campaign in the summer would be used to tell them about the current projects. The Bursar explained that the College had been successful in managing its investments so as to realise significant capital sums, and hence that it was both possible and prudent to provide the £11.25 million needed for the first stage of the Wychfield project.

• Martin Williams presented the current proposals for the future of the THA, which have deliberately been left open to allow the Year Reps to have some say in the future of the “Association”, in which they will play a fundamental part. Sarah Webbe emphasised that the new system will provide the element of democracy that is currently missing from the Association. The main objective of the proposals is to create an “Association” that all alumni realise they are part of. With this in mind, the issue of the name of the THA was discussed, whether “Association” should be retained to give some continuity and deﬁnition, or whether the THAshould become “Trinity Hall Alumni”, including all and herald- ing a change. Jocelyn Poulton pointed out the link between this and the online directory – THAlumni.net. The Committee was not entirely decided, but what was clear was that the Year Reps should have the ﬁnal decision. The proposals would be presented to the Year Reps at a special meeting on the 8 May, and would then be circulated to all alumni before the AGM.

The Committee thanked Martin Williams, Sarah Webbe, and the rest of the THA Committee for all their hard work on the reorganisation.

Members of the Alumni Liaison Committee: the Master, the Vice Master, the Bursar, the Senior Tutor, the Development Director, the Alumni Ofﬁcer, Dr John Clarkson, Angus Johnston, London Secretary of the THA (Barry Lewis, 1959), Treasurer of the THA(Frances Daley, 1977), Dr Fiona Cornish (1978), Rory Silkin (1976), Aula Club Representative (Richard Walker- Arnott, 1957), Graduate Representative (Ron Watts, 1962).

Minutes written by the Alumni Ofﬁcer, Liz Pentlow

49 Calendar of Events and Important Dates in 2004–2005

20 April Full Term Commences 6 May Alumni Dining Evening (see p51) 8 May Year Reps’ Meeting 11 June Full Term Ends 16 June June Event 24 June General Admissions Lunch & Graduation (‘Degree Day’) 26 June THA Annual Gathering & AGM (Centenary Celebrations) 3 July Reunion Dinner for up to and including 1946 18 September Reunion Dinner for 1979, 1980 & 1981 25 September Year Reps’ Conference THA Annual Dinner in Cambridge 24-26 September University Alumni Weekend (further details in the cream section) 5 October Full Term Commences 21 October Alumni Dining Evening November Milestone Lecture The Hidden Hall to be published 3 December Full Term Ends March 2005 MA Congregation for 1998 matriculation year – letters will be sent out in December London Event 2 July 2005 THA Annual Gathering & AGM 9 July 2005 Reunion Dinner for 1982, 1983 & 1984 (Note change of date from Front Court) 17 September 2005 Reunion Dinner for 1987 & 1988 24 September 2005 THA Annual Dinner in Cambridge

Please refer to the website (www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk) or www.THAlumni.net for further details.

50 MA Dining Rights

The College has for many years granted High Table dining rights to all those who have taken their MA as members of Trinity Hall. This includes those who have taken the PhD (or higher doctorate) or a ‘Master’s Degree’ (LLM, MPhil, MSc, MBA, MEd, MB, Mlitt, MSt) as members of the Hall, provided that they are not currently in statu pupillari and in residence.The Governing Body reserves the right to vary the conditions associated with what we continue to call ‘MA Dining Rights’. Currently they are as follows: any member of Trinity Hall who has been granted ‘MADining Rights’ is entitled to dine at High Table free of charge (except for wine) on any four Wednesdays, Thursdays or Sundays each year during Full Term. There will not be a High Table, however, unless the Master, one of the Fellows, or one of the resident Honorary or Emeritus Fellows is there to preside. Anyone wishing to dine should give notice to the Butler (who will be able to say whether or not there is to be a High Table) not later than 10am on the day in question (on Saturday, if it is for dinner on Sunday). The Butler, Sara Rhodes, can be contacted on 01223 766333. If you have not taken your MA, but completed your BA degree more than 4 years ago, it is not too late. Please contact the Alumni Ofﬁcer, who will let you know the dates of forthcoming ceremonies, and the choices that are available to you.

MA Dining Rights Evenings

As it can be difficult to know in advance whether there will be a High Table on a particular night, and to find out who will be dining, we have set up one night per term when a High Table and good company can be guaranteed. All alumni entitled to MA Dining Rights (see above) are welcome to exercise them on these set nights in the Hall, together with current students and Fellows. Unfortunately, guests are not permitted. The meal itself will be free, but you will be charged for wine if you wish to drink with dinner (usually around £6). The evenings will begin over drinks in the SCR from 7pm and the dates for the next two evenings are on the Calendar of Events. Please contact the Alumni Officer on 01223 332567, or [email protected] if you wish to attend.

Section Three: Lectures & Research

53 Milestones Lecture, 29 November 2003

Dr Mike Hobson is a Fellow of Trinity Hall and lecturer in the Astrophysics Group of the Department of Physics. Much of his research is in theoretical and observa- tional cosmology. In particular, he has been involved in a number of Cambridge-led projects to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB). He is currently head of the Very Small Array project. This telescope, situated in Tenerife, has recently provided images of the CMB that severely limit the type of universe in which we live and tell us how the structure within our universe was formed.

Mike Hobson presented an exciting and extraordinarily visual presentation. Since words alone would not do the lecture justice, we have prepared the lecture as a pdf or PowerPoint file for you to download from the website: http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/alumni/publications.html The PowerPoint presentation (if viewed as a slide show) gives a more complete version of the lecture, but the pdf version provides a good overview. The website also links to the Adobe Acrobat site, so you can install the necessary software to read the pdf file for free. We strongly encourage those of you without a PC to beg, borrow or steal access to a computer from family or friends! However, please get in touch with the Alumni Office if you cannot get access, as a black and white print out is available as an alternative.

54 Eden Oration, 6 December 2003

A tradition since 1645, the Eden Oration is given by one of the Fellows at a service in Chapel that precedes the Eden Supper. This year Professor Michael Kelly was given the honour.

Professor Michael Kelly returned to Cambridge as the inaugural Prince Philip Professor of Technology and to Trinity Hall as a Fellow for a third time in 2002. He was here ﬁrst as a Research Fellow and Staff Fellow 1974-81, and then as a Staff Fellow during 1989-1992 while working at the Cavendish laboratory on secondment from industry. For the last 10 years he was a Professor of Physics and Electronics at the University of Surrey, where from 1996-2001 he was Head of the School of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics. It is this mixed background of experience in industrial and academic leadership that informs his views below. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vice- President of the Institute of Physics and has been Executive Director of the Cambridge-MIT Institute since January 2003.

We gather for what would in theory be the 357th Eden Oration, where I assume that it all started in 1645 and continued annually without inter- ruption to the present day. No doubt colleagues will point out the exact number. I suspect that I am the ﬁrst person who has been elected a Fellow of Trinity Hall on three separate occasions: 1974, 1989 and 2003, having resigned to leave Cambridge in 1981 and 1992. While I have greatly enjoyed and beneﬁted from my membership of the Fellowship, I have spent more of my UK career outside than inside Cambridge, and I want to use this fact to discuss three matters this evening. Two, the role of mentors and the IT revolution, may be uncontroversial, but I will have failed if my third point, the running of our great University, is also considered uncontroversial.

Mentors I want to begin with a litany of thanks to key mentors, and to consider the role of mentor a little further. In March 1967, I arrived as a new undergraduate at Victoria University of Wellington, clutching a transcript of my marks in the nationwide University Scholarship Examination of 1966. A maths lecturer took my transcript and remarked: ‘These results indicate you may have what it takes to be a New Zealand

55 academic, but in order to fulfill that ambition you will have to work hard here for four years and get a scholarship to do a PhD in Cambridge England or Cambridge Massachusetts, and then come back.’ I was interviewed at Trinity Hall for a Research Fellowship on a Tuesday in mid-February 1974, and the following day I received an offer letter from Ernest Frankl. I was a research student at Caius, and was due to be interviewed there two days later, but Len Sealy, the then Senior Tutor at Caius who hails from the same part of New Zealand as I do, made an important observation: ‘A bird in the hand.’ In 1980 I received an approach from Derek Roberts, then Director of the GEC Hirst Research Centre, and later the Provost of UCL. I made an appointment to see the Master, Maurice Sugden, in his study – the first time I had been in that room since my interview – and received a great piece of advice: ‘I think if you leave Cambridge now for industry, it may be the smartest decision that you have made since you came to Cambridge in the first place’. And so it proved. In 1996, Eric Ash, former Rector of Imperial College, and one of my referees on my return here last year advised me: ‘Don’t go back to Cambridge now, you will do much more for yourself and the UK if you stay at Surrey for the next 5 years’. He was right. These are the four key pieces of precious advice I have received from mentors throughout my career, starting as the son of an Irish Catholic rail- way worker in a small town in New Zealand to now being the inaugural holder of the Prince Philip Professorship of Technology in Cambridge, with the added distinction afforded of being asked to lead the wonderful experiment that is the Cambridge-MIT-Institute, and the tables at which it has given me a seat! Nearly all Fellows act as mentors, whether through the tutorial system, supervisions, or during other interactions with our students. What do students look for in mentors? (i) Wisdom, (ii) Knowledge, (iii) Savoire faire, and (iv) Disinterest and (v) Interest in equal measure. How do we measure up in practice in giving advice, as there is ample evidence that students place great store by it? In practice we see others succeeding or failing with choices they have made, and we subconsciously store all this. We get feedback from former students about their own progress and that of their friends, and we store all this up as well. Do we have a conscious method for updating the advice that we give? Are we sufficiently radical with our advice? Or do we do our students a disservice by being too cautious, or out-of-touch? The world of 2003 is greatly different from the world 10, 20 or 30 years ago when we were in the same position as the students, and do we adequately reflect the differences when giving

56 advice? This applies not only to the advice we give about choices students face while in Cambridge, but also choices they will make on leaving Cambridge, and indeed in their subsequent career and life. In many cases we do not have the breadth of personal experience to give ﬁrst-hand advice, but how do we make allowances for this? If we gave some systematic thought to these issues over the next few months, I am sure we could raise our game as mentors.

The IT Revolution When I first arrived at Cambridge, the state-of-the-art computer chip consisted of about 1500 transistors. Since then that number has continued to double every two years, and over the last decade that doubling time has reduced to 18 months. Today the figure is over 500 million transistors. My career as a researcher nicely coincides with the IT revolution. In the late 1960s, a meeting at Texas Instruments dwelt on the fact that integrated circuits seemed arcane, and it was time that their use became pervasive. At this meeting the pocket calculator was conceived, and this was the start for you and me as individual consumers of solid-state electronics. Together, the IT, electronics and communication (ITEC) sector constituted about 10% of world trade, and this share has been growing at a remarkably constant rate of 14% per annum, compared with the same remarkably constant 6% growth of world GDP over the last three decades. These numbers imply that the ITEC sector has been doubling its share of world trade every 8 years. Clearly this cannot be sustained, and a new regime must emerge in the next decade, as man does not live on silicon chips alone. To date, the doubling of the transistor count on a chip by shrinking the transistor size has provided the essential empowerment for the IT revolution. In the last two years there has been another leap forward with working transistors whose gate lengths have shrunk from 0.1 microns at the leading edge of commercial exploitation today down to 0.015 microns, or 15 nanometres in advanced prototype devices. Taking recent history as a guide, these latter transistors are those needed for introduction into commercial products in 2015 if nothing stops interim progress. Now a transistor is like a capacitor, storing excess charge in a confined region. The on/off state of the transistor as a switch is determined by whether or not excess charge is stored. The number of electrons actually stored in each transistor has shrunk from 100 million in 1980 to a few hundred now, with only ten needed for the most recent research transistors. We certainly have not conceived the switch that works on less than one electron! Miniaturisation will stop at that point, if not before.

57 The other catch is that the investment costs for development, and for equipment and manufacturing facilities, is also growing exponentially. The economics of return on investment may kill the further march forward sooner rather than later. If we wake up in a few years to hear that there will not be Pentium N (N=10, 11 ….), it will be a combination of technology and cost doing for silicon just as it did for mass supersonic transport after the introduction of the jumbo jet in 1969. What will be the new IT paradigm? Until now raw computing power has been the differentiator of one product from another. What will differ- entiate one computer game from another in the era of fixed transistor count on a chip? That is where it all gets interesting. Some say that the quality of the display will be the differentiator. Others point to the civil air transport industry, which had an exponential growth era during the 1950s and 1960s, and say that the IT hardware will diversify and differ- entiate: more special purpose arrangements of the transistors on each chip giving an unbroken increase of effective computer performance for particular applications going forward – one size and shape will not fit all. Still others point to the utter wastefulness of mainstream software in using the silicon technology available, and suggest a return to the software writing disciplines of the 1960s and 1970s, when silicon was not free or infinite. Better software will continue the advance of effective computing power. Whatever happens, we as end users will probably see a steady increase in performance, but the origin of that increase may be quite different from just more and smaller transistors. It is beholden on universities to reflect the mix of skills appropriately, and ahead, not behind, time, if the future IT paradigm shifts. We may need fewer engineers concerned with silicon and more concerned with architecture and software. My own main contribution to this IT revolution occurred during my first absence from Cambridge with the invention and development of a new generation of sources of microwaves, now used in military and civil radar systems, the latter including nearly 0.5M high performance European cars that have on-board cruise control and/or collision-awareness radar systems. To see at first hand the various stages, and the time lines, associated with the development from concept to volume product, was an education in itself. The current view within universities that companies undervalue intellectual property is in large part a failure by people within universities to realise the huge investments required in the process of creating and selling a real product from an initial idea. In short my career spans, almost exactly, the IT revolution as empowered by silicon.

58 Running a Great University I have been greatly saddened on my return to Cambridge to see the level of mistrust between senior academic staff and the central administration. Until this mistrust is abated, and I am certain that the academic staff must make the first move in any rapprochement, I believe that this university, great as many people perceive it both here and outside, will continue to be punching well below its true weight on the international stage. I am certain that both authority given and responsibility expected, of a cadre of high-quality professional administrators, are essential for the future health of this university. Success should be rewarded, not least with recompense exceeding standard professorial salaries, but with substan- tial failure meriting prompt dismissal. I was very pleased to see the importance of mutual trust as the closing point in the first address by the new Vice-Chancellor. I had months of training and supervision in learning to manage and to lead both in industry and in university. I have found it enigmatic that Heads of Departments, Faculties, Schools etc, are expected somehow to rise effortlessly here to master leadership, let alone administration and management. One first fact that will bring great change to Cambridge is the introduction of the resource allocation methodology (the RAM). I was one of those who pioneered its introduction at the University of Surrey seven years ago. We can anticipate the end of top-slicing, decisions by remote committees, and arguments about resources at the margins within departments. Having worked within a system of 100% open transparency about income and expenditure, I am convinced that better academic decisions, and much more sophisticated decisions, are made in an atmosphere of utter financial clarity. All money generated by any activity – teaching, research, consultancy, etc – must go straight to the person, group or department that generated that money and they have to pay all their bills. The various authorities can then levy an infrastructure charge to run the department or the university. The important point is that the debate of what service is provided for what charge should be the point of an open, mature and realistic annual dialogue by the giver and receiver of that service. In addition, at both the departmental level and the university level, there needs to be an agreement to take a corporate view, and to require the most successful to make an added contribution into a central strategic development fund. This extra contribution is not to bail out the under- performers, but rather to give them a time-limited opportunity to get

59 themselves away from under-performing. In addition, the university will need to debate, again openly, the degree of provision of minority subjects, or funding the botanical gardens, or the museums, where a value must be placed on a strong element of the university’s contribution to the town and nation. Otherwise such extra contributions to the central strategic development fund should be used to invest in new initiatives – today’s successful initiatives were made possible in part by the strategic investment provided by the university and department in the past. Even so, the level of that extra central levy should be set sufficiently low that the most enterprising and energetic still see significant fruits of their labour at first hand, in terms of being able to reinvest some of their own resources going forward. Once departments, and all the people within them, get used to this view, and learn the discipline that a budget can be spent only once, and has to cover all costs – staff, buildings and equipment (both purchase and maintenance) – clear decisions on what can and ought to be done are easier to make and to justify. In my previous existence, I worked with computing and electronic engineering and mathematics; we routinely planned to break even on our forward budget, but always came in, after all levies, with about an 8% surplus which went into reserves for future investment. We did this by exceeding targets on income and controlling expenditure. When SRIF (the Scientific Research Infrastructure Fund) and other such calls came along, we had no trouble raising our 25% or 50% share of the costs. A second important aspect of running a great university is to have a robust strategy, a clear and agreed framework within which all our activities are undertaken. The decision-making associated with the RAM will force this issue. I am profoundly out of sympathy with the view that the best strategy here is to have no strategy, other than to appoint the best and let them get on with it. What robust checks, I ask, are there at five- year intervals that the staff are keeping their side of the bargain? There are only a few people in Cambridge who have the international gravitas that should place pressure on us to look after them, whatever they might do. The rest of us owe it to be accountable to the taxpayer, at least while we are in annual receipt of £300M+ of public support. We should choose to organise ourselves, focus, and take on the greatest international universities. What will be the shape of Cambridge in 10, 20 and 30 years? Strategy is about placing bets in the quest of achieving a desired future. Some object that we might miss great opportunities by placing our bets: what about all the missed opportunities over the last three decades because we did not think strategically, and backed things

60 too lightly and too late? For much of the last century, strong leaders of real distinction determined what was right for this university – they placed bets and won prizes, Nobel prizes come to mind, as a result. It is worth remembering that the great advances in, say, the physics department, were made 50-100 years ago under strong leadership, where a clear vision of the subject was held and implemented by successive Heads of Department. For the last thirty years, I think that we have had far too much Californian-style democracy, where any and every view is equal, and look where it has got California. Let us hope that the new Vice-Chancellor will import the notion of the strategic imperative that saw the rise of the great US universities in the 20th century. It is only by devoting time and resource to thinking and deciding about these questions that we will move away from the curse of being reactive to the pressure of events, and on to being proactive in shaping both our vision and our future.

Hall Matters It is my great pleasure to be able to thank Dr David Thomas and Mrs Joanna Womack for their loyal service to this college over 32 and 13 years respectively, and to wish them both well in their futures. I welcome new Fellows, Mr Matthew Conaglen, Staff Fellow in Law, Dr John Pollard, Staff Fellow in History, Dr Dirk Slotboom, Research Fellow, Ms Jan Gilbert, Research Fellow and Dr Nigel Chancellor, Fellow-Commoner. It is truly a privilege to have been able to deliver this oration, and now let us retire to toast Dr Eden, and his beneﬁcence, which has kept us in good heart and warm fellowship for over three centuries.

61 Research in College

Dr Dirk Slotboom was appointed to a Junior Research Fellowship in 2003. He studied chemistry and biochemistry at the Free University in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). As part of his undergraduate course he spent a year as a research trainee at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg (Germany) where he became interested in membrane protein structure. In 2001 he completed his PhD studies in biochemistry at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). In the same year he was awarded a Fellowship from the Human Frontier Science Program for postdoctoral research at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, where he still works.

Last year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded to two biochemists, Roderick MacKinnon and Peter Agre. Both of them use methods from physical sciences to solve basic biological problems of medical relevance; in other words, they are multidisciplinary researchers. Multidisciplinary research often leads to astonishing progress in biological sciences, which on many occasions has been recognised by the Nobel Prize committee. MacKinnon and Agre received the Prize for discoveries concerning chan- nels in cell membranes (www.nobel.se). More precisely, they made spectacular discoveries about proteins in the cell membrane that allow specific molecules to pass in and out of the cell. X-ray crystallography was one of the key-methods they used. Their work is in many ways related to my day to day research and here I will try to explain (1) what membrane proteins and X-ray crystallography are, (2) why it is relevant for medical and basic scientific reasons to study membrane proteins and (3) why it is very difficult and challenging to do so. But first I will give a brief overview of the history of protein X-ray crystallography in Cambridge, which will make clear why I came to Cambridge in 2001 for a postdoctoral research period.

Cambridge and X-ray crystallography To be truly multidisciplinary requires great effort, because it is usually already a full-time occupation to become a specialist in one discipline, let alone in two or more. Most scientists specialise in one field and then seek multidisciplinary research through collaborations with scientists in other fields. Only on rare occasions is a scientist truly specialised in different fields and such people really make science progress. One scientist who was truly multidisciplinary was Max Perutz, a Cambridge scientist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1962. He developed the technique

62 of macromolecular X-ray crystallography, which allowed the study of biologically important molecules (proteins, DNA, termed macromole- cules because they are so big) at the atomic level. The development of macromolecular X-ray crystallography required knowledge of physics, mathematics and biology alike. Furthermore, it required great technical skills to develop the technique and Max Perutz recognised at a very early stage (1940’s) that help from computers was indispensable. The result of his efforts was a landmark in the history of biological sciences: he provided the first “snapshot” of a protein (together with John Kendrew with whom he shared the Nobel Prize) and, just as importantly, he provided scientists with an invaluable new technique, which is still an extremely important tool in research in biological sciences. Max Perutz became the first director of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, a unit of the Medical Research Council. The LMB has since become one of the most successful laboratories in the field of multidisciplinary research in the biological sciences. Max Perutz has written many essays for a general audience about the history of science in Cambridge during the 20th century and I can warmly recommend his book I wish I’d made you Angry Earlier, in which he describes work in the laboratory from the human point of view1. Although X-ray crystallography is now widely used in many laboratories around the world, the LMB is still at the forefront of developments using this method. In 1997 John Walker was awarded the Nobel Prize for work carried out in the LMB using, amongst many other techniques, X- ray crystallography. He became director of a new Unit of the Medical Research Council, the Dunn-Human Nutrition Unit, which is located next door to the LMB at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital site. An important line of research in the unit is to obtain information by X-ray crystallography about a particular class of proteins (membrane proteins), which are notoriously difficult to work with. These “difficult” proteins, as I will try to explain below, are extremely important for medical reasons. The presence of a great scientific environment and the challenging work on membrane proteins were the reasons for me to come to Cambridge.

Membrane proteins All living creatures are built from cells: adult humans consist of some 1,000,000,000,000,000 cells, bacteria have only one. All cells are roughly built according to the same principle, regardless whether they originate from a bacterium or from a human being or any other living creature: a cell

63 is a compartment that is separated from the outer world by a membrane, a very thin “greasy” layer (the lipid bilayer), which is largely impermeable and forms an effective barrier between the inside and the outside of the cell. Inside the cell, the genetic information is stored in the form of DNA, which is the blueprint for the cell. DNA holds the information to tell the cells which proteins it can use and also tells them how to make these proteins. Humans can make over 30,000 different proteins. The proteins do all the work in the cell and all the observable features of an organism are the result of work done by proteins. For example, our blood is red because of the presence of a red protein named haemoglobin inside certain blood cells. In the lungs haemoglobin binds oxygen, which is later released in other body parts such as the brain where oxygen is consumed. A snapshot of how haemoglobin looks and of how oxygen is bound was produced by Max Perutz using X-ray crystallography2. The snapshot immediately made clear how the protein works and also helped to explain what happens in certain diseases such as sickle-cell anaemia. The proteins inside the cell are named “soluble proteins” because they are dissolved in water. The membrane separating the inside of the cell from the outside also contains proteins with highly speciﬁc functions. For example, membrane proteins are often receivers for external signals. We can smell food because membrane proteins of cells in our nose bind molecules that are spread by the food, which leads to a change inside the cell and eventually results in a “smell-signal” in our brain. Membrane proteins are not soluble in water because their natural environment is the membrane, the greasy layer. About 30% of all the proteins currently known are membrane proteins.

X-ray crystallography A microscope can produce an image of a small object using a lens. The smallest detail that a microscope can resolve is (for optical reasons) roughly similar to the wavelength of visible light and therefore objects that are approximately 400 nanometre or 0.0004 mm apart can be distinguished. To understand how proteins work we need information about the exact position of their atoms. Atoms are usually 0.1-0.15 nanometre apart and to see such detail we need “light” with a wavelength which is similar to this distance. Such “light” exists and is named X-ray radiation, but unfortunately it is impossible to build a microscope that can focus X- rays and produce an X-ray image. Instead photographic ﬁlm may be used to measure the scattered (unfocused) X-rays and with the help of mathe-

64 matics (Fourier transforms) and a computer it is possible to calculate the image of the molecule. Acomplication is that the interaction of atoms with X-rays is very weak and therefore it is necessary to obtain the diffraction data from many identical proteins, typically about 1012 (one million times one million), and to calculate their average. The only way to do this is to make three dimensional crystals of the proteins in which many identical proteins are packed in regular arrays. Then, it is possible to use X-ray crystallography to produce an image of a protein. Presently over 20,000 snapshots or “structural images” of all sorts of proteins have been produced by many different research groups and the information has had an enormous impact on our understanding of basic biological processes.

X-ray crystallography of membrane proteins As mentioned above about 30% of all known proteins are membrane proteins. Notwithstanding their natural abundance less than 0.25% of the 20,000 available structural images of proteins are images of membrane proteins. Some of the images of membrane proteins were produced by last years Nobel Prize winner Roderick MacKinnon. The reason that structural images of membrane proteins are so scarce is that it is very difﬁ- cult to obtain crystals of these proteins. Membrane proteins normally reside in the greasy layer of the cell membrane and are not soluble in water, but in order to obtain crystals of proteins it is an unconditional requirement that they are dissolved in water. The only way to obtain crystals of membrane proteins is to ﬁrst dissolve these proteins using soaps or detergents. The solubilised proteins are then used to produce crystals. The problem is that the proteins are not always stable when solubilised in detergent and that the presence of detergent complicates the crystallisation process for membrane proteins as compared to soluble proteins: detergents often prevent the packing of proteins in regular arrays which is necessary for X-ray analysis. In practical terms it means that a lot of effort will have to go into attempts to obtain crystals of membrane proteins. There are many variables such as the type of detergent used, the temperature during the crystallisation and the presence of salt or other small molecules during the crystallisation, which have to be optimised in order to obtain crystals suitable for X-ray analysis. To be successful up to 100,000 conditions may have to be screened before crystals are found. If you take into consideration that it is not possible to screen more than 500 to 1000 conditions per week, it becomes clear that crystallisation of a membrane protein is a lengthy process.

65 Why try to crystallise membrane proteins? From the above it will be clear that it may take many years before a structural image of a membrane protein is obtained. At present an average of 5 years is often considered as a reasonable time scale, but success can not be guaranteed beforehand and therefore many scientists consider the work too risky. Fortunately, some laboratories such as the Medical Research Council Units in Cambridge undertake the effort to obtain structural images of membrane proteins. Such work will eventually have enormous medical implications, because about 70% of the drugs presently on the market target membrane proteins. If we can understand how these proteins work at an atomic level we can find better drugs or new cures for diseases. However, what drives me is not only the medical relevance of the work, but also the basic scientific importance: I am curious to find out how these “black-box” like proteins really work.

References 1. Max Perutz, I Wish I’d Made You Angry Earlier; Essays on Science, Scientists, and Humanity, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2002)

2. MF Perutz, MG Rossmann, AF Cullis, H Muirhead, G Will & ACT North, “Structure of haemoglobin. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis at 5.5Å reso- lution, obtained by X-ray analysis”. Nature 185: 416-422 (1960).

66 Dr Andrew Harkins was appointed Walter Grant Scott Research Fellow in Mathematics in October 2001. He studied mathematics ﬁrst at the Open University, then at the university of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He was awarded his PhD in pure mathematics in 2001.

My research is in the area of geometric group theory. First I will offer some explanation of this. Then I will tell you about my own research. A group comes in two parts. The first part is a set containing the elements of the group. The second part is the group product, which is a way of combining two elements to give another group element. A familiar example of a group is the set of real numbers. Here the group product is the ordinary addition of real numbers. The addition of real numbers has two special properties that should be noted. First there is an identity element, this is an element whose group product with any number leaves the number unchanged. Because the group product is addition, the identity element is zero. Second every element has an inverse element, given any number n, the inverse of n will be the number whose group product with n is the identity. So the inverse of n has to be –n, as n +(–n) = 0. In every group there must be an identity, and an inverse for each element with respect to the group product. If g and h are elements of a group then gh will denote the product of g and h, and g–1 the inverse of g. We can describe more groups using presentations. A presentation P is given by two sets A and R usually combined in a single notation, such as P = . The set A contains the generators of the group, these can just –1 be thought of as letters ai. We assume that A contains an inverse ai for each generator. The elements of the group described by the presentation P, are to be identifiedwith the words over A, that is, any concatenation of the letters in A which has finite length (but do note that the length of a word may be arbitrarily large giving, in general, infinitely many words –1 –1 over A). For example, if A = {a1, a2, a 1 , a 2 } are generators, an example of –1 –1 a word over A would be w = a1a2a2a 1 a2a 1 . To find a word representing the group product of two elements, take two words that represent our elements, then the concatenation of these two words, followed by the deletion of any inverse pairs of generators, aa–1 or a–1a, that may appear represents the product. There is an identity, represented by the empty word, this is the word with no letters. To get a representative word for the inverse of an element, take a word representing our element and first rewrite so that the generators (letters) occur in reverse order, then replace all generators by the appropriate inverse generator. Our word w above –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 has inverse w = a1a2 a1a 2 a2 a1 , you can check that ww is the empty word when all the inverse pairs are deleted. The reason I have been

67 careful not to just identify an element with some word, and talked about words representing elements instead, is that in general different words may represent the same group element. This is where the set R comes in. The set R contains special words over A, called the relators, that represent the identity element. These can be used to list, via an algorithm, all the words that represent the identity, or any other element. Intuitively an algorithm can be thought of as a systematic method that carries out some task. Algorithms for solving various problems have been known since ancient times. But the idea of making intuitive concepts like algorithms, and computations, precise is a modern one beginning with the work of A Church, A Turing and others in the 1930s. Because algorithms are so important, some extra explanation is in order. Algorithms are perhaps best described in terms of the problems that they are intended to solve. An algorithmic problem is an infinite list of fixed and well posed questions, called the instances of the problem. An example would be: Is a number n a prime? The list of instances could begin, is 1 a prime, is 2 a prime, and so on. In the case of constructing a list as above, the nth instance asks, what is the nth member of the list. An algorithm consists of a fixed and finite set of possible computations. Given an instance of an algorithmic problem the algorithm is a finite sequence of computations on that instance. The precise sequence of computations depends on the particular instance, but each computation is taken from the fixed set of computations that defines the algorithm. A computation will end by giving the next computation to be carried out, or will indicate that the sequence of computations is over and an answer to the instance of the problem is given. The solution of an algorithmic problem is given by specifying an algorithm that solves (correctly) each instance of the problem. There are problems where one can prove that no algorithm exists that will solve every instance of the problem. Such problems are said to be undecidable, as there is no possibility (even in principle) of systematically giving the answer to each instance. The existence of undecidable problems was first demonstrated by A Church and A Turing (independently) in 1936. We note for later that having an algorithm that produces a list of words representing the identity, does not mean that we can always decide whether a word represents the identity element or not. Given a word that we suspect may represent the identity. Then all we can do in general is list all the words equal to the identity and wait for our word to appear on the list. But how long do we wait ? Groups make very many appearances in pure and applied mathematics. But many of the groups that interest geometers arise from the follow-

68 ing application. In topology one wants to classify all spaces up to a certain equivalence. (A space is really just a set, but we call a set a space just to emphasise that we are going to do some geometry. Familiar examples are the Euclidean plane from school geometry, the surface of a ball or the universe). One problem is that the same space can have many different descriptions. To decide whether two descriptions really are the same space we need invariants. An invariant is a mathematical object attached to each space. Any invariant must depend only on the space and be independent of any of the possible descriptions of the space. An invariant can be various things, a number, a group or something more or less complicated. If two spaces have a different invariant, we may conclude that they are definitely not equivalent. One invariant is the fundamental group, invented by H Poincaré in 1895, this is a group. It is impossible to identify the fundamental group of a general space. But if we restrict ourselves to spaces that are constructed by gluing very elementary spaces together, and there is an algorithm that describes how our spaces are to be glued together, then it turns out that we can algorithmically give a presentation of the fundamental group. So in the two dimensional case, this construction can be thought of as gluing labelled polygons together along edges using a set of instructions telling us which faces to glue together. Anyone who has built at-pack furniture has done this. In higher dimensions we have to glue polyhedra of the appropriate dimension across faces. A famous application of this method is the classification of surfaces up to topological equivalence by calculation of the fundamental groups. All surfaces can be constructed by gluing polygons together according to an algorithm. So we can find presentations of the fundamental group. Unusually the presentations turn out to be quite simple, and we can tell in this case whether two surfaces have equal fundamental group. We can also do this in reverse. That is, given a group presentation, we can construct a space by gluing discs or polygons to a graph, so that the given presentation actually presents the fundamental group of the space. By a graph I mean a set of vertices that are joined by edges, something that looks a bit like the molecular models that chemists build with vertices representing atoms and edges representing bonds. But note that our graphs may have infinitely many vertices. Let us describe the construction in a special case when a group G has a finite presentation, this means that the sets A and R are finite. If the presentation is finite we may think of the group as a graph as follows. There is a vertex for each element in G. We place an edge, labelled by a generator a between vertices labelled by g and h if ga = h in the group. This graph is called the Cayley graph,

69 introduced by A Cayley in 1878, and for a group G with generators A is usually written C(G,A). Note that any word in G defines edge paths in C(G,A). Given a word w start at any vertex and follow the edges whose labels from A spell out w. The elements of R describe edge paths in C(G,A) that are polygonal loops. Indeed any word representing the identity will describe a loop, and conversely every loop describes a word that represents the identity. To complete the construction of our space we attach the appropriate polygon to each edge path labelled by an element of R. This space is called the Cayley complex of the presentation. Now we let G act on the Cayley complex, this means that we think of the elements of G as moving the points of the space around. Take an element g in our group G, g will move the vertex labelled h to the vertex labelled gh. As soon as we know where all the vertices go, the edges are moved so that the endpoints match positions of the displaced endpoints. Similarly the polygonal faces are moved so that the edges match up correctly. Now we take the quotient space of this action. If x is a point of the Cayley complex, an element g moves x to the point denoted by g:x. We put all the points g:x, where g varies throughout G together, and call this set the orbit of x. The quotient space of the action is the space whose points are the orbits. The quotient space turns out to be our space above with fundamental group G. Now suppose that we give each edge in the Cayley complex unit length, and then insist that the attached polygons are identical to polygons with the appropriate number of sides, and with each side of unit length sitting in the Euclidean plane. Then we may assign a length to any path in this space. (Given a path, divide it up into segments so that each segment is contained in a single polygon. The length of each segment will be equal to the ordinary Euclidean length. The length of our path will be the sum of the lengths of the segments). Now we have a notion of distance between any two points in the Cayley complex, and this distance will be the length of a shortest, or geodesic path between two points. A space, which has a distance defined between two arbitrary points, is called a metric space (the distance has to satisfy certain properties that need not detain us). So whenever G has a finite presentation we can associate with G a metric space. Having a metric space associated with a group is a considerable advantage. This is because we can then use geometric tools to study groups and suggest interesting classes of groups that have geometric features built in. This is essentially what geometric group theo- rists do. For example, it is possible to define a notion of curvature for metric spaces. One notion of negative curvature is this: given any triangle with geodesic sides in our space (i.e no matter how large), if there is a number, say, such that any point on a side of our triangle is always

70 within distance of some point on the opposite two sides, then the space has negative curvature. By drawing some geodesic triangles in the Euclidean plane (the sides are straight lines), you will easily be able to convince yourself that the Euclidean plane does not have negative curvature as described above. Saddle shaped objects are perhaps the closest approximation to negative curvature (for a surface) that will be familiar to people. M Gromov has shown that building negative curvature into the Cayley graph of a group leads to a very large class of groups, that already includes many groups of interest to geometers. My research has concentrated on the polycyclic groups, a class of groups that have been of interest to algebraists perhaps since the thesis of K Hirsch in 1937, who studied under the supervision of P Hall here in Cambridge. Many of the geometric properties of polycyclic groups were worked out by A Mal’cev and G Mostow in the 1950-1960s. One problem associated with finite presentations, hinted at earlier, is the so called word problem. The word problem associated to a finite presentation , asks, is there an algorithm that decides whether an arbitrary word over A represents the identity element in the associated group. It may surprise the reader to learn that there exist finite presentations such that the word problem is undecidable. This is a famous result of P Novikov and W Boone, proved (independently) in 1955. Because the words that represent the identity are associated with closed edge paths in the Cayley graph, it turns out that the word problem is equivalent to the filling problem in the Cayley complex. The filling problem asks how many polygons, whose edge paths represent the relators, one needs to fill some region of the Cayley complex bounded by some closed path. In this application the polygons are called tiles, and one talks about tiling the region of the Cayley complex. The importance of this is that the word problem has an equivalent geometric formulation. Now, it can be proved by straightforward algebra that certain standard presentations of polycyclic groups have decidable word problem. But then it is interesting to know what are the lower bounds on the complex- ity that an algorithm would need to decide the word problem. The simplest algorithms are described by computer programmes called finite state automata. A group with a finite presentation, whose word problem is decided by finite state automata, is called automatic. The many properties of automatic groups were first worked out by J Cannon, D Epstein, W Thurston and others in the 1990s. Amazingly very many of the groups of interest to geometers turn out to be automatic, including all the nega- tively curved groups mentioned above. Because the word problem for polycyclic groups is decidable and easily solved (for special presenta-

71 tions), it is natural to ask whether polycyclic groups are automatic. The main result of my early research was to demonstrate that, apart from certain elementary examples, no polycyclic groups are automatic. We know that when a group is automatic the filling problem for the Cayley complex is decidable. In fact W. Thurston proved that when a group is automatic, given a region with perimeter of length n in the Cayley complex, there is a constant C so that Cn2 tiles will always be enough to tile the region. This is true in higher dimensions as well. Recall that we build the Cayley complex by attaching our polygons to the Cayley graph. It may happen that polygons are attached together so that they close off regions of three dimensional space. Asking how many three dimensional tiles we will then need to fill a three dimensional void, with a two dimensional boundary consisting of n tiles, gives a new filling problem. When we fill in all the three dimensional voids in the Cayley complex, we may close off four dimensional voids with three dimensional boundary, and there is an associated filling problem. For some presentations this process continues indefinitely. But, when a group is automatic, D Epstein and W Thurston proved that the process stops at some dimension, and that there are finitely many different types of m+1 tiles that will fill in any m+1 dimensional void. Also if an m-dimensional boundary made from n tiles closes off an m+1 dimensional void, we never need more that Cnm+1 tiles to fill the void. When a group is polycyclic, I showed that there will be some dimension where the filling problem, associated to some boundary, requires an exponential number of tiles to fill the void. We conclude that a polycyclic group is not generally automatic. We have already mentioned that geometric group theory suggests how to define new and very interesting classes of groups, however it may also offer new interpretations of the groups that are traditionally interesting to algebraists. One approach to this is to say that groups are geometrically equivalent whenever the associated Cayley complexes are essentially the same metric space. This does not in general mean that the groups have to be related algebraically. On the other hand celebrated theorem of M Gromov, proved in 1981, shows that the property of being nilpotent is geometric. That is, if a finitely presented group has a Cayley complex that is equivalent to the Cayley complex of a nilpotent group, then the given group must be (almost) nilpotent. Agroup is nilpotent when the group elements satisfy certain algebraic conditions. It is astonishing that in some sense the complicated algebraic properties are really equivalent to simple geometrical ideas. The definition of a polycyclic group is an algebraic one. But it is interesting to ask whether the property of being polycyclic is geometric. This

72 problem seems to be a long way from being resolved with present knowledge. I have considered this problem only in the simplest instances where the problem is unresolved. But even the polycyclic groups involved here are of great interest to geometers as fundamental groups of certain three dimensional spaces. Here it is possible to attach an ideal boundary to the Cayley complex of our group. To gain an intuitive understanding of the boundary, you imagine that certain geodesic paths in the Cayley complex appear to converge at some infinite point, called an ideal point. Just like the parallel lines that appear to converge in a perspective drawing. Other geodesics may appear to converge at a different ideal point. The boundary is the set consisting of all ideal points. For example in three dimensional Euclidean space, there is one ideal point for each set of mutually parallel lines. Equivalently there is an ideal point for each direction, so that one thinks of the ideal points lying on a sphere which would be the ideal boundary. You will recall that many ancient people imagined that the Earth was inside a sphere which had the stars fixed on it, so ideal boundaries are perhaps a very old idea. In the case of our polycyclic groups the boundary consists of two disjoint copies of the real line. This allows one to use results from real analysis to conclude that any group that is geometrically equivalent to our polycyclic group is a subgroup of a certain group whose elements are functions on the real line. Then geometric methods, in particular a theorem of S Gersten, allow us to conclude that the group must be polycyclic. Future research will concentrate on extending the proof to all polycyclic groups. It is possible to define a notion of boundary for many polycyclic groups, but here the boundary has dimensions greater than one, and the results used above in the case of the real line do not generally hold in higher dimensions. The other strand of my research has concentrated on the nilpotent groups. As stated above it is already known that being nilpotent is a geometric property. But it seems possible to describe the invariants that will distinguish geometrically individual nilpotent groups from one another. So far I have been able to show that there are pairs of nilpotent groups that are geometrically identical but algebraically very different. Future research will concentrate on extending the methods of this proof to determine all geometric invariants for nilpotent groups.

Section Four: Student Activities, Societies & Sports

75 The JCR 2003-2004

Only now, as I hand over the amassed papers, memos, agendas and minutes to my successor, do I fully understand the almost manic glee with which Dave Hart passed the millstone that is the JCR Presidency on to me this time last year. It has been an eventful and at times difficult year; for myself, for the JCR and for the College; but ultimately it has been a successful one. The end of Lent term 2003 – and across the vac and well into Easter term – the debacle that was the room ballot seemed at times to be an irresolv- able crisis. An inability on the College’s part to agree on the number of students in College, combined with a shortage of rooms, an unwillingness to alter the status quo of allocation between the various types of College members, and a lack of procedure to deal with students changing Tripos, led to the possibility that there would again be less rooms than students, and the room ballot would not go ahead. Thanks in large part to the quick response and tireless efforts of the JCR Executive Committee, however, an eleventh hour solution was found. Unfortunately it remained incomplete, and it is to the shame of all involved that one student has had to live in alternative accommodation, and once again the College has failed to honour its Red Book commitment to house all undergraduates for three years. It was a difficult experience, but hopefully one which we can learn from and use to finally put this perennial accommodation problem to rest. The room ballot hurdle out of the way, things soon picked up. The decision to extend the positions of Treasurer and External Officer to include the roles of Vice-President (Internal) and Vice-President (External) respectively ensured that, in the event of the abduction of the President, the JCR would continue to function. Eager to take on the challenges of these and other JCR Exec responsibilities, a new team of fresh-faced and energetic people took the reins, allowing the veterans to return to their private lives and work out how to salvage the distant memory that was their degree. The modernisation and reform of the Exec continued, with the co-opted position of Ents Treasurer becoming permanently established, the proce- dures for co-option being clarified, and the relationship between the JCR and the Computer Society (who run Hal and the JCR website, and without whom a large part of the JCR Committee’s work would be scuppered!) being formalised. More recently, the refurbishment of the JCR Office has been completed, and the position of Services Officer has been created as a new major role on the Exec. For the first time in some years, the Women’s Officer was properly ratified as a major role. Continuity, a problem that plagues Cambridge Student Unions with their annual turnovers, has

76 been addressed with the institution of compulsory reports as a final duty of outgoing JCR officials. Both the JCR website and Constitution are sorely in need of review and, although far from complete, significant progress in both these areas has been made. Interaction with the MCR has further improved, thanks to the dedication of Tim, the Grad Rep on the JCR Exec. and the addition of the JCR President and External Officer to the MCR mailing list. Loose ends involving the omission of the MCR Committee in the JCR Constitution, and anachronistic MCR voting rights in the JCR Presidential election have been tied up, in principal at least. The start of the new academic year saw the influx of 100-odd youthful initiates to the Hall, a highly successful Freshers’ Week, and welcome developments within the College structure as well. With the appointment of Dr Bampos, a choice very popular with the student body, a period of rapid turnover of Senior Tutor came to an end. Just when we thought the waters were settling, however, we discover that at the end of this academic year we lose both the Master and the Bursar! These key members of the College have been an integral part of the productive and progressive relationship the JCR and the College have had over the last few years, and they will be sorely missed. Fortunately, good relations between the JCR and the various departments of the College are prevalent. Increased interaction with the Development and Alumni Office is a very welcome and (hopefully mutually!) beneficial development. Negotiations with the Bursar brought the unfair system of Gyp Room meter charging to an end. Relations with the Porters, Joseph and his team, and the other members of staff remain characteristically strong, a constant reminder of the unique community feel Tit Hall has. The College Admissions programme has gone from strength to strength, and the JCR’s absolute and enthusiastic support for the strategies and excellent work of Dr Miles and Angela Eason in the Admissions Office continues unabated. More and better organised Open Days have displayed College life to a vast array of potential students from increasingly varied backgrounds. Current students have also been increasingly involved in these events, and Morgan French, the JCR Access Officer, and Tom Bishop, the JCR Academic Affairs Officer, have worked hard to implement the CUSU access schemes. The legendary Tit Hall Ents have maintained their position as the back- bone of undergraduate social life, but under Louis’ helmsmanship bravely branched out beyond the traditional boundaries of Viva! cheese to explore new genres. These ventures have enjoyed varying degrees of success, but the Open bops have remained hugely popular and the variety of the programme has far outweighed any potential drawbacks. Despite displaying what is fast becoming a traditionally apathetic

77 response towards CUSU and their major campaign against so-called ‘top- up fees’, there was one issue that really stirred us to action. The announce- ment of the enforced closure of Gardie’s by Caius College resulted in a cry of outrage around Tit Hall, and our spearheading of a CUSU motion to mobilise against this most unjust of decisions. Our efforts may have ultimately come to nothing, but The Gardenia will have a special place in our hearts for many years. In other areas, Tit Hall continues to lead the way. Signiﬁcantly, we are the only College to have achieved the full cost rents demanded by University Statute, and the quality of the relationship we as a JCR have with the College authorities and the amount we have achieved is the envy of JCR Presidents across Cambridge. The mighty Hall continues to go from strength to strength. With the plans for development of the Wychﬁeld site moving ever closer to realisation, and the upgrade of Central Site and St Clement’s Gardens hover- ing in the wings, the College is looking to the future. The opening of negotiations on the increasingly unsustainable Kitchen Fixed Charge, and on improvements to the disciplinary system, indicate that the College is keen to remain one of the most progressive in Cambridge and at the forefront of the University. For its part, the JCR continues to modernise, to improve its continuity, its accessibility, and its abilities to respond to the needs of the undergraduate body. A fresh cohort has joined us, melding as seam- lessly as always with the Tit Hall way and bringing new talents to the community. The future seems as bright for the College as it is for those it is about to unleash upon the world this summer. As for me, my time in the JCR is done. And there’s nothing left to say, except a huge thank you to everyone on the Committee, and maybe something that is fast becoming a Tit Hall motto: it’s been emotional.

Ben Rawlings (JCR President)

JCR Exec Committee: Ben Rawlings (President), Garrett O’Reilly (Treasurer/Vice- President Internal), Tomoyuki Togo (External Officer/Vice-President External), Rachel Hughes (Welfare Officer), Eddy Davidson (Communications Officer), Morgan French (Access Officer), Tom Bishop (Academic Affairs/Target Schools Officer), Louis Verdi (Ents President), Elaine Court (Green Officer), Caroline Roberts (Women’s Officer), Alex Adams (1st Year Rep), Ed Carr (1st Year Rep), Helen Scott (1st Year Rep), Tim Lewis (MCR Rep), Ian Dean (LBGT Rep), Ishani Bandaranayake (International Students Rep), Tris Pedelty (Ents Technical Officer), James Willan (Ents Treasurer).

78 The MCR and Graduate Society 2003-2004

Trinity Hall is on the verge of change on many fronts: Trinity Hall has a new Senior Tutor, who will continue to play a key role in helping the MCR to maintain good relations with the JCR and the Fellowship. We will also have a new Master. As we look forward to welcoming the new Master, Prof Daunton, we will surely miss Prof Clarke as he and Dr Tippett embark on another chapter. We hope they are proud of everything that they have achieved for the College. It has been a real pleasure for the MCR to work with them, and we too are proud of the legacy left behind. Continuing the theme of change, new accommodation and a new sports complex are also on the horizon at the Wychfield Site. The Sports Pavilion has now been torn down with only the Edwardian front remaining. Many ferocious squash battles were fought within the walls of the old pavilion, and the MCR is looking forward to resuming its prestigious squash tournament once the building project is finished by the start of the next academic year. The new set of accommodation buildings at Wychfield will take longer to complete, but some things are worth waiting for. Last year we reported on Trinity Hall’s brush with international star- dom. The talented actress Gwyneth Paltrow filmed parts of her new film Sylvia at our beloved college. At the time of last year’s Newsletter report, the MCR was busy brainstorming on ways to spend the money that the film company gave us for the inconvenience caused by the filming. The original idea was for the MCR to invest in a punt with a golden plaque, with the engraving “Gwyneth”, permanently fixed to the punt. After a careful financial feasibility study, the MCR decided to forego the extremely expensive punt idea for a DVD player, lovingly called Gwyneth. By the way, if you see the movie, remember to keep an eye out for Trinity Hall students. Trinity Hall’s reputation as one of the liveliest and friendliest colleges in Cambridge continued with the great work of our own ENTS, headed by Jennifer Ifft. The team organised events such as bops, exchange dinners (where we reaffirmed the status of TH kitchen as one of the best in Cambridge), movie nights, Chinese New Year celebrations, BBQs, a Sports Day with the JCR, and wine tasting. These are just some of the activities from what seemed to be an endless list of distractions from work. Add to this list the usual weekly social staple of Grad Halls, including the special Valentines Grad Hall (where Joseph the Manciple happily gave out roses to all the ladies) and the Burns Night Grad Hall (where Frank the Head Porter nostalgically recited an ode to haggis). The

79 atmosphere at these dinners was so warm and popular that tickets often sold out before the closing date. Looking back it was another successful year for MCR sports teams. Half-way through the cricket season, the MCR invested in two new cricket bats. Unfortunately, these new acquisitions failed as miracle work- ers, and the team did not win the next game. The team, however, can boast of a very loyal following who always stayed until the very end to cheer for the players (or until they ran out of fresh strawberries and cream). We have very high hopes for this year’s cricket team, mainly because we have fresh new talents, such as Tariq Khan from Pakistan who captained his university’s cricket team against the West Indies! The penultimate boat race of the May bumps, took place on the same evening as the MCR’s Farewell Dinner. Throughout the dinner, everyone was in suspense. Even the Master could hardly contain himself and kept on asking the question: Did we do it? Joseph rang the bell to announce that Trinity Hall had bumped and would be chasing Head of the River on the last day of the May bumps. This set the scene for an electrifying final day, with everybody turning up to watch the race. Unfortunately, it ***didn’t happen***, but we are sure that this year’s May Bumps will see TH grads turning out in full force again to support our boathouse as it chases down Caius and becomes Head of the River! This year’s Freshers Week got the academic (and social) year off to a flying start. Helping new students to find their way not only through the city of Cambridge but also in navigating some of the quirky traditions of an old college like TH, has been an interesting experience. Nonetheless, this year’s Freshers should fare better than most. Not only do they have the rest of the graduate bodies to lean on, but they are also taking part in a new graduate mentor scheme set up just this year. This scheme represents part of a grander College vision of a better MCR-SCR integration. It is here that the MCR must thank our Graduate Tutor Dr Padfield for his unwavering support for this programme, which fits in well with other steps taken for greater academic involvement of graduates at College, such as the McMenemy Seminars. These seminars have continued to flourish. In the past year the schedule has included, amongst many others, an energetically optimistic talk by Haakon Pedersen-Mjaanes on hydro- gen energy as the next revolution (see http://www.thehaakon.com) and Bonny Lings moving account on United Nations post-war reconstruction and peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Interspersing this wide range of local talents, the McMenemy Team was also able to bring a number of external speakers to TH. We are still waiting for one TH alum that has captured so much of the lime light in the present international

80 political context, Dr Hans Blix, to come back to his alma mater to give a McMenemy talk. We know he is busy… The newly-elected committee that has become operational in November is actually the biggest MCR Committee ever. This is clearly a testament to all the great work done by previous committees that have resulted in so many new students volunteering their time to serve their fellow grads. The famous MCR Christmas Grad Hall (where we actually do sing all the known Christmas carols) simultaneously bid farewell to the old committee and marked the inauguration of the new group of committee members. This year’s dinner not only contained the traditional presidential toast to the Queen, but grads also raised their glasses to toast to news of the former President Adam Amara’s engagement to Bonny Ling. New academic year, new MCR Committee, new MCR website (http://www-mcr.trinhall.cam.ac.uk) containing many new features such as a notice board and certainly the most fancied of all Cambridge MCR websites, a new MCR constitution currently under discussion in order to bring the somewhat outdated constitution in line with new real- ities such as the wonders of electronic mail. But the same old spirit of community and friendship remains!

Adam Amara (Ex MCR President) Daniel-Alexander Schroth (MCR President)

MCR Committee: Daniel Schroth (President), Jackson Armstrong and Pamela Zinn (Vice-Presidents), Douglas Guilfoyle (Secretary), Shufan Lin (Treasurer), Jonathan Gaugler and Alex Thorn (Stewards), Kaila Mikkelsen (Ents Officer External), Anne Miller (Ents Officer Internal), Keira Driansky (External Officer), Tim Lewis (Graduate Representative), Henry Midgley (Academic Officer), Mohammad Tariq Khan (Computing Officer), Natalie Ridgard (Women’s Officer), Francisco Solorzano-Santos (Welfare Officer Male), Amir Baghdadchi (Green Officer), Krishna Chatterjee (Welfare Officer Female), Jasmine Solomonescu (International Officer), Carolin Moje (LesBiGay Officer)

81 College Societies

Asparagus Club Trinity Hall without the Asparagus Club would be like a Rolls Royce motorcar without the walnut dash: still excellent, but lacking that certain something. Thus it is with relief and pleasure that I offer news of the Club’s vigour and vitality. Surely the highlight of May Week 2003 for all the resident members was the Club garden party and annual croquet extravaganza, held in the beautiful surroundings of Wychfield lawns. We were blessed with sunshine and soaring temperatures all afternoon, and the sound of leather on willow (as the College cricket team took on the Old Boys) was the ideal background music for a lazy day of good food and dubious cocktails. Unfortunately, some of the ladies in the group extended the ‘lazy’ theme to the croquet lawn and gave up halfway through a match, leaving the men to frown competitively in typical testosterone-fuelled fashion. As is customary, the following Michaelmas term saw the recruitment of a group of new and eager members, all of whom acquitted themselves impeccably at this academic year’s Michaelmas Eating. The Leslie Stephen Room proved to be a grand venue, if a little less cosy than those of previous years, and the fine cuisine of Caroline Harding-Edgar and Kate Ware was a treat for all concerned. Likewise, Tomo Togo’s choice of champagne, wine and port proved his talents as a wine steward. Unfortunately, the absence from the Michaelmas Eating of Asparagus Club favourite, Martin Macleod, could not be helped, since Martin’s Modern Languages degree has whisked him away to Europe where, I am assured, he regularly wows the continental socialites with his charms. Equally impressive however, are the efforts of Asparagan Rona Smith, who completed her medical studies and became a doctor just before Christmas, while still finding time to attend the Michaelmas Eating. Congratulations, Rona. It is with optimism, then, that I look forward to the Lent term cocktail party and, of course, the May Week croquet. Thus, with the help of enthusiastic resident Asparagans, frolics in the name of the revered plant continue apace in 2004. Alastair Atkinson (President)

Resident Members: Alastair Atkinson, Caroline Harding-Edgar, Kate Ware, Tomo Togo, Martin Macleod, Samuel Gallagher, Jari Stehn, Rona Smith, Richard Morrison. New Members: Anna Lerner, Alex Rushmer, Tom Richardson, Sima Varsani, Tris Hager.

82 Chapel Choir The Chapel Choir this year has continued its regular pattern of singing two services of Evensong a week on Thursday and Sunday evenings. We were fortunate in maintaining most of the choir from last year having lost only a handful of people to graduation following our successful tour to New York in the summer (report in Front Court). Nevertheless, the choir has been strengthened by the addition of two new second basses, three new sopranos and an alto, not to mention our new Junior Organ Scholar! The total number of the choir is now 22 including the organ scholars. I have tried this year to maintain a broad repertoire for the choir, concentrating on music that will be suitable for the intimate atmosphere and acoustic of the Chapel. I have thus tried to make the larger Victorian and Edwardian canticles and anthems the exception rather than the rule, and moved towards a little more Tudor music and a little more twentieth century music. In the Lent term we will also be singing a Plainsong Evensong with just the gentlemen of the choir. The Michaelmas term is always busy for the choir, this year with a memorial service for former Vice Master Brooke Crutchley and the Advent Carol Services both in Chapel and at St Edward’s Church. Both of these were very well attended and the choir sang a mixture of advent carols and more traditional Christmas carols, nearly all of which were by English composers or arrangers. It’s one of the peculiarities of Cambridge that Christmas is celebrated at the beginning of December as well as on the 25th! At the end of the term, the choir beneﬁted greatly from a workshop kindly led by Dr Richard Baker at which points of psalm singing, vocal technique and Tudor music were worked on. We hope to have a workshop like this at least twice a year led by visiting choral conductors. Plans for the Lent term include a service of choral mattins on the 29th February, the service of Lenten meditation and a collaboration with the College orchestra. A Chapel music list is now produced, copies of which are available in the ante-chapel, or, alternatively by post. Please contact the Alumni Ofﬁce. Edd Capewell (Senior Organ Scholar)

83 Christian Union

As a part of the Cambridge Intercollegiate Christian Union, we exist as a group in College to make Jesus Christ known to those around us. The group is made open to all those – regardless of background – who recognise Christ’s claim on their life and trust in him. The group meets each Christian Union houseparty with Robinson and Fitz Wednesday evening for prayer and praise and to study God’s word together in order to ﬁnd out how to live for God and to encourage each other in this. We pray for College members and College authorities and are involved in the Intercollegiate Christian Union which puts on talks from the Bible and runs discussion groups giving anyone the opportunity to investigate the claims of Jesus Christ for themselves. Last term we studied John’s Gospel together and learned from the book of 1 Corinthians in central meetings. We organised a lunch for Freshers at the beginning of term, and are now preparing for the big university-wide event called ‘Promise’ – a series of talks presenting the good news of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Rachel Saunders

Computer Society The society was founded at the start of Michaelmas 2002 with the objective of making computing more accessible to students of Trinity Hall. It also provides a forum for people interested in computers to extend and explore that interest. We have doubled our membership since last year and have boosted the number of non-Computer Scientists in the society. It looks like the Publicity Ofﬁcer has done a great job. The society currently has three computers for members to access. The society looks after the student-run webserver (http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk), which hosts some of the other societies’ pages such as the Chapel’s pages, RAG and the Ents website. The most popular service on hal is halbook.

84 Halbook manages all undergraduate formal and super hall bookings (using a web page), which has made selecting and booking formal halls easy. This is a service designed, from scratch, and maintained by society members for the beneﬁt of everyone. The society has also had some social events (pub meets and a curry) this year which give members a chance to relax away from their computers and/or discuss computer issues with friends who’ve had greater experience. At the AGM, the outgoing committee handed over the reins to the new one and a few amendments to the constitution were proposed and accepted. We’re still hoping Barclays will eventually be able to provide us with a bank account and are also looking to expand/upgrade the main student server, hal. Stuart Rowan (President)

Crescents 2003-2004…a great year for the Crescents…shame none of us can remember any of it!! In all seriousness though, the past year, for me and I’m sure for most of the society, will be remembered by the faces of 2 truly great men: “The Marr”…that’s Andrew Marr and Ahmed, the owner of the Curry King, and if I may say so, a rather good looking Indian man! Andrew Marr, BBC political correspondent, Tit Hall alumnus and a newly elected honorary member of the club, passed his initiations with ﬂying colours by sporting his tie on Prime Minister’s Question Time, which is now viewed on a weekly basis by all members of the club… congratulations Andrew, or Andy as he likes to be known to his Crescent pals. Ahmed, or Azif, as I tend to call him after a few too many glasses of Fleurs de Lys (excellent value at just over £3 from Trinity Hall bar), has provided some truly fantastic hospitality over the year. As I thanked him the other day, standing somewhat naked on my chair (the ladies of Queens’ said they’d never seen anything like it!!), he said in return how amusing he’d found it that Max von Etzdorf and Ben Smith had taken his beloved signs and decided to advertise his restaurant outside the doors of Clems House 7! Indeed JT (and the honorary Vice President) were most shocked when they were woken up the next morning by Jay Brinsmead- Stockham ordering 2 more lamb bhunas. Ahmed, Azif…you are our curry king. Suicide Sunday saw the initiation of a ﬁne young breed of sporting talent…Tom James, international rower; Nathan Mcgarry, blues rugby player; and Al Rushmer, captain of the Trinity Hall croquet club…well done

85 Al. It was a lovely day….the Fellows’ garden awash with beautiful people, sipping exquisite cocktails in the glorious sunshine…and 10 or so buffoons performing “Marilyn’s” on the river wall! I have to say that these were very well executed….you must all be congratulated… apart from Tristrum Hager, whose thighs being slightly too large, ended up looking like some kind of hermaphrodite…..in fact, now I think about it, not too dissimilar to one of the girls Cameron Duncan was chatting up the other week! Crescents cocktails, sponsored by chekov vodka, proved to be a huge success this year and I’m so glad that everyone has such fond memories of the ﬁrst 42 minutes. The fact that it went on for another 3 and a half hours is neither here nor there. Currently we are looking forward to the biennial dinner, Jay Brinsmead-Stockham more than most, which is “coming up next term!”….(ha ha, chalk it up!!!) I look forward to seeing all the Crescents (and maybe a few Penguins) then.

In bebendi veritas Rhys Evans (President)

History Society The History Society began the year with a drinks reception, as a way for us all to get to know the new first years and graduates, so that friendly smiles can be exchanged in the Seeley library throughout the academic year! We held two meetings in Michaelmas and will hold two in Lent, continuing the trend set in previous years. Last term it was a delight to welcome Dr Mark Goldie of Churchill College. He talked to us about his involvement in a new project within the History Faculty, to do with the recent discovery of the diary of Roger Morrice, a previously unknown diarist of Restoration England. He encouraged us to think of it as The Not Samuel Pepys Show! There was a really good attendance for the meeting and no one left disappointed following Mark’s fascinating exploration of the process involved in that kind of research, what he hopes the project will achieve, as well as anecdotes from the diary itself. The second meeting welcomed Professor Abulafia, from Gonville and Caius, who gave an insightful talk on ‘Mediterraneans’. This term we look forward to welcoming Josh Zeitz from Pembroke College for our first meeting at the start of February. We are also planning to hold a black tie annual History Society Dinner early in Easter Term, which should be an enjoyable occasion for all. Finally, we would like to thank the Master for kindly allowing us to

86 hold the meetings in the Lodge, and also Sam Williams, John Pollard, Nigel Chancellor and Clare Jackson for their support during the year. Celyn Evans and Jo Stott (Co-Presidents)

Law Society The Law Society has begun the year with another active term. The Freshers Drinks Reception was a lively event which provided an opportunity for the Freshers and other members of the Society to meet one another. Later in the term, Sarah Gerwig gave an interesting insight into her career as a US criminal defence attorney and some Law Society members enjoyed an evening at Chez Gerrard courtesy of Linklaters. Events planned for next year include the popular Annual Dinner, a presentation by Clifford Chance and a talk by barristers from around the country. This year will also see the revival of the Society’s Garden Party. Leanne Warren and Natalie Robinson (Vice-Presidents)

Corps Missionaria Trinity Hall Missionaries Society for Sporting Graduate Gentlemen This year being the (hundred and) tenth anniversary of the Missionaries Society, it was felt that it was time that its hitherto unpublicised good works should be brought to light in this publication. The Missionaries Society was founded in 1894 in the wake of the admis- sion of ladies to the University with the foundation of Girton and Newnham Colleges, with the express remit of spreading the good word of Bishop Bateman to the aforesaid ladies, in order that assaults on their purity should not be made by other, less worthy, societies. Tragically, the early records of this incarnation of the club were lost in a mysterious cask-punting accident, and the Missionaries Society was re-founded in 1994 by Holy Brothers Ebo, Scarﬁe and Mozza, inspired by the activities they witnessed in the Aula Trinitas imbibing establishment that year. The Missionaries Society for Sporting Graduate Gentlemen continues its good work to this day, using the activities of its members on the river and sports pitches as a foil for their mission to identify ladies in need of their moral attentions. As well as initiations of some worthy new Brothers, the past year has seen the “Winter Succour” Lent cocktail party and the May Week 2003 Annual Dinner at the Hawks’ Club, which was accompanied by Pimms/punting on the river and the usual pre-prandial taking of liba- tions at Wychﬁeld House. Most importantly, of course, our constitutional

87 responsibilities were discharged by holding liaisons with Caius Cupids, the Tadpoles (University swimmers), some fine ladies from Sidney whose collective moniker is not printable, return fixtures with Pembroke’s Martletts and the Peterhouse Petals, and with Trinity Hall’s very own Penguins. We trust that we fulfilled our obligations, even to the extent that we were credited with being “less messy than the other societies we have been out with”. Congratulations must go to Bro Ram-Man (Jimmy Ellis) for his heroic completion of the London Marathon, and we welcome back to the fold Bro Enkidu from his year in the wilderness. 17 September 2004 sees the grand (hundred and) 10th Anniversary Dinner, to be held in Trinity Hall, in the Graham Storey Room. Any past members who have not been receiving Missionaries emails, and would like to be added to our email list for details of this and other gatherings should contact [email protected], [email protected] (Blakeney), [email protected] (G-Force) or [email protected] (Kov). Brother Blakeney (Codicier, President 2002-03)

Members in Aula: Bro Kov (President), Bro G-Force (Fixtures Secretary, President 2001-02), Bro Blakeney (Codicier, President 2002-03), Bro Bantam, Bro K-Stand, Bro Enkidu, Bro Finger, Bro He-Man

Members ex Aula: Jezza, Monty, McTikka, Mixing-Bowl, Dixie, Wizard, Scarﬁe, Innocent, Ram Man, Chaz, Unbundler, Nad, Minty, Ebo, Bigsy, Icarus, Obi-Wan, Lezza, Arab, Rhino, Bunda, Blinky, Ogre, Le Duc, Duchamp, Tactical, Dino, Snoopy, Daid, Posie, Speedy, Mozza, Mason, Giggsy, Skippy, Darkstar, Prabsy, Grazza, Colonel, Le Pieu, Snorky, Shrimpy, Keneival, Wojtyla, Finger, Stella.

Members in Honorariam: Frank Dickson, Junior, Chunks, Salty Dog, Bushy, Top Man, Impy.

Music Society The past year has seen a very encouraging increase in musical activity within the College. In the Lent and Easter terms of 2003, the College saw a concert by the re-formed College Orchestra and other musicians given in Hall, the annual May Week Concert given in the Fellows’ garden as well as various solo instrumental recitals. We were fortunate enough at the end of the Easter Term to secure the funds for a brand new upright piano in the music room to replace the existing unusable instrument. We now have, thanks to money from the

88 College, a new Schimmel upright piano, which is used for all the recitals and practise in the music room. At the start of the 2003-2004 academic year, the committee was re-formed and Dr David Rubenstein became President of the Society. We have had a healthy number of new subscriptions from undergraduate and graduate Freshers, some of whom performed in the annual Freshers’ concert in the Michaelmas term. We have begun a series of regular lunchtime recitals this academic year on Thursdays at 1.15pm. So far we have seen an array of musical talent from within the Hall and from outside, ranging from 18th century organ music to the piano music of Beethoven and Brahms, 20th century Russian ﬂute music and the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein! The College and Society have also been very happy to receive a number of professional players periodically throughout the year to give recitals in the Senior Combination Room. Alongside music for unaccompanied violin played by David Le Page, we have been entertained by Jane Chapman on the harpsichord and Sioned Williams on the harp. Planned activities for the Lent and Easter terms include the continua- tion of the lunchtime recital series, an orchestra and choir collaboration and a production of Grease in the Fellows’ garden during May Week. Edd Capewell (Chairman)

Natural Scientists Society “The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is fully open”. In only its second year, Trinity Hall Natural Scientists Society is going from strength to strength. The society began in 2002, when our founder, Liz Wilcox, organised the ﬁrst Annual Natural Scientists dinner. Since then the society has expanded to bring all years of scientists together on a more frequent basis. Not only do we still have the annual dinner, but we have also forayed into highly successful book sales and drinks evenings. Perhaps our highest achievement so far was the visit of Professor Chris Dobson of the Chemistry department. His talk on protein folding diseases, such as new variant CJD, truly opened the eyes of everyone who attended and left anyone who had had their tonsils removed feeling just a little queasy!! After the success of Prof Dobson’s talk, we hope to bring in guest speakers at least once a term, and with the continued support of Dr Bampos we aim to make the Natural Scientists Society a true force in College. Alexis Barr (President)

89 Penguins The Penguins have swelled in size this year with the addition of over ten sporty young ladies. The new members showed their various talents at the initiations at the beginning of the Michaelmas term, which were held at the Penguins and Crescents’ Freshers cocktails. Flexy Dexy showed off her skill and agility in the cereal box game while Lucy and Hayley proved themselves to be domestic goddesses by whipping up some seemingly delicious banana splits to the delight of many. Old and new Penguins got the chance to get to know each other a bit better over drinks and nibbles leaving some people wishing they had not revealed quite so much! The social calendar kicked off with the now-traditional double formal with the Crescents at Queens’. The Queens’ boys really were perfect gentlemen! The commitment and dedication of the Penguins was demonstrated as they trekked through the snow to entertain the Pembroke Idlers at a ﬁne greek eatery. The Penguins are looking forward this term to dinner at the Master’s Lodge with our honorary president Maria Tippett, which as always promises to be a wonderful evening. Next term we will be hosting the Penguins and Crescent’s biannual dinner, which sees the reunion of Penguins and Crescents who have left Trinity Hall with those of us still here. Tara Lyons (President) Sarah Adams (Secretary)

Honorary President: Dr Tippett Members: Pippa Dudley, Vicky Copaz, Lucy Preece, Lucy Martin, Rona Smith, Rowan Lepley, Gemma Girdler, Alexis Barr, Lucy Butcher, Jo Stott, Kate Bailey, Caroline Harding- Edgar, Kat Young, Kate Ware, Anna Lerner, Ellie Hyde, Hayley Palmer, Ashna Patel, Louise Boynes, Ellie Berry, Natalie Robinson, Maddy Gowlett, Rachel Hughes, Amy Watson, Frances Dennis, Charlie Kendall

RAG Once again Trinity Hall’s RAG team is striving towards making another impressive donation to Cambridge RAG. Following in the footsteps of our predecessors, who raised a stunning £7,144.58 for RAG last year, we realised we had a lot to live up to, especially as our 2003-4 target was set at £8,000. However, after a highly successful Michaelmas term we have already exceeded our target, and currently stand as ‘top college RAG’ in the league tables with £9,188.11. In keeping with tradition, the year kicked off with the infamous Miss Tit Hall, a cross-dressing pageant entered into by the Fresher males as a way of introducing them to the alternative side

90 of Cambridge life! After spectacular performances by all, Johnny Keane was crowned best woman! Other events this term have included an ear- deafening karaoke, a time-warp bop, and bar quizzes. But by far the greatest sum has been raised in the course of our street collections (called ‘raiding’ in the Cambridge lingo) for various charities including Children in Need and Barnados. The most spectacular raid this term was undoubtedly in Edinburgh when we sent three of our collectors up to the cold climes over New Year to collect for Cancer Research UK, in the course of which we raised over £1,000. For the rest of this year we still have much to look forward to: with RAG Week occurring in February during which Trinity Hall will have their own ﬂoat in the RAG carnival, the RAG blind date, bingo evenings, and the karaoke will be back by popular demand! We would like to thank everybody who has got involved with RAG this year, whether by helping setup at bops, going out raiding, or simply from attending our events – we hope you have had as much fun as we have! Special thanks must go to Joseph for his outstanding contribution to RAG through Super Hall collections. To keep up to date with what we are up to and to which charities we will be donating, take a look at our brand new website: http://hal.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/RAG/ May there be a continued era of great achievement for Trinity Hall RAG! Katy Carson & Lucy Butcher

91 College Sports

Badminton – Men’s Following promotion from division 5 up to division 2 in consecutive seasons, our meteoric rise up the university league came to a stop last year, as against tough opposition and having lost players through injury we were relegated and found ourselves back where the year had began in division 3. This was followed by two thirds of the team then having the indecency to graduate or go on a year abroad, myself and Michael Brear being the only regular players remaining. So at the start of the new academic year we were heavily reliant on the new influx of first years to provide more players. In a change from previous years we now play our home matches at St Luke’s Barn, as the journey to Hills Road often tired players out before they’d even lifted a racquet. Here we’ve been able to get a regular weekly slot and so can have team training sessions, which have been invaluable in helping with the selection of players and pairings and working on improving technique. This is something that hadn’t been possible in the past, as we wouldn’t play outside matches, so it is hoped that all the players and the team as a whole will benefit. It also gives those players at Trinity Hall who don’t wish to play competitively an opportunity to have a social game and pick up any tips that may help them to enjoy their badminton more in the future. In our first match of the season, we fielded a team with 4 new players in untested pairings and came up against stiff opposition in Christ’s, the eventual league winners, who inflicted upon us our heaviest defeat of the season. Sadly this set the trend for the season and we lost all our matches, finishing bottom of the division and being relegated to division 4. The season was always going to be a struggle without having any tested part- nerships to use, but as the season progressed, different combinations of players were tried and as the pairs gained more experience of playing together the results improved significantly. The team as a whole has improved to a great extent and I firmly believe that we have a strong chance of winning a lot of games against division 4 opposition, with promotion being a definite possibility. Also, the enthusiasm of the players and their receptiveness to coaching has been outstanding, and it certainly bodes well for the future. I’d like to thank all those who’ve played for the Hall this year, especially when only given very short notice! I would especially like to thank Andy Palmer for the time and effort he’s put into coaching training sessions, and Gemma Girdler, who volun-

92 teered to inaugurate and captain the Trinity Hall ladies badminton team and has been invaluable in helping with the running of the club. Mark Abthorpe (Captain)

Squad: Ian Abel, Mark Abthorpe, Tom Bishop, Michael Brear, Gareth Dobson, Mads Mani, Andy Palmer, David Pearce, David Wyatt

Badminton – Women’s Michaelmas term 2003 saw the introduction of the first ever Tit Hall ladies badminton team. With lots of interest from Freshers and willing 3rd years, a ladies team was entered into the college league in division 4. After a slight hitch in finding courts close enough to College, the season got underway and we played our first match against Robinson II. After just one practice, we stormed to victory, which was brilliant considering this was many people’s first ever badminton match. The next match was equally as good, with a few more new players getting a game, again resulting in a win. However, we seemed to have played the worst two teams first, as we lost the last two matches of the season, although everyone’s badminton had improved tremendously to produce the best performances of the term. Overall we finished a very respectable third, narrowly missing promotion to division 3. I want to thank all the players who have helped me in making this new venture very worthwhile: Freshers Helen Thomas and Gill White have formed a formidable pair

93 when not trying to knock each other out; Nicola Gaukroger has given us invaluable experience and expertise; Laura Gardner, Jo Stott, Natalie Robinson, Rachel Mundy and Laura Todd have all proved indispensable, playing well and with enthusiasm; ﬁnally thanks to all the men, especially Mark, who have coached us and offered their support. Promotion is our aim for Lent term, as we have all gained much more experience, but whatever the outcome I hope that everyone has had as much fun as me this year. May the ladies badminton team continue to be evermore enjoyable and successful. Gemma Girdler (Captain)

Boat Club – Men’s The hard work of successive captains over the past few years is deliver- ing results as this year the Hall saw some of the best and most exciting races in a long time. The 2003 Lent Bumps saw the first winds of change for the Hall. The first VIII showed the effect of integrating college rowers with schoolboy rowers and established blues by bumping up two. The destruction of Emmanuel on the Saturday at Grassy corner was particularly pleasing. A special mention must also go to Ben Smith and Tom James who represented the Hall in the Boat Race. The May races promised and delivered much excitement. An enormous crowd of parents, staff and alumni gathered at Ditton Corner on the Saturday for Pimms, sandwiches and successful Hall crews. The third men set the standard early by bumping up three. Starting only as a self proclaimed ‘beer boat’ they took their training very seriously and made it pay off. Their dogged commitment in the event of technical failure was exemplary. It was only the cruel twist of a falling poor crew that stripped them of their blades. The second men were taken under the wing of Martin and so were possibly the fittest in the club. They had perhaps the unluckiest bumps draw possible and were very unfortunate to slip down one at the hands of Catz. The first VIII had the most roller coaster term. The many returning blues promised one of the strongest crews for years. However, their late return in week seven required a rolling sub programme. The first success came early in the term at Bedford Regatta where the team won S4. A significant loss in the ‘99s regatta prompted a change in gear and so it was with trepidation that the crew approached the Bumps. The first day destruction of Emmanuel at Grassy was to be a perfect repeat of the Lents. On the second day we shattered LMBC’s headship hopes in the Gut.

94 Friday presented us with the third station and a chance at Downing. Pacing ourselves for a longer row we made our move in the Plough and bumped them early in the reach. Suddenly all eyes were upon us as Men’s first VIII at the May Bumps 2003 we prepared for a Saturday showdown with Caius for the Headship. As the lighter crew we pulled out the fastest start on the river taking half a length, but we were unable to hold their pace and rowed over a comfortable 2nd. Michaelmas term saw the success continue. The first IV had a particularly pleasing term with solid results in the Autumn Head and Head of the River IV’s and then with victories in the Winter Head and University IV’s. Injury set the club back requiring an inexperienced VIII to take on the challenge of Fairbairns, coming in at a respectable 8th place. The future continues to look bright, as a record number of novices have joined the large senior squad. At this stage in term we can expect four VIIIs training for the Lent Bumps. A first day behind Jesus promises another eventful term for the first VIII as we set a precedent for the Headship challenge ahead. Tom Robins (Captain of Boats)

Boat Club – Women’s This year has seen Tit Hall women start to pick themselves up out of a low, with some good, winning crews. Lent bumps 2003 saw only 2 senior rowers returning, leading to a low level of experience throughout the club, and the first boat went down 3 (with a gutsy rowover on day 2), and the second boat went down 4, having been frustratingly close to a rowover on the last day. Mays saw our luck turning, as a few senior rowers appeared out of the woodwork, and we got off to a good start, reaching the finals of Bedford regatta. For the Bumps, Kate Grose sorted out an excellent team of finishing coaches for us, which made such a difference. The first VIII were bumped by LMBC while they had overlap with Catz on the 1st day, had

95 a brilliant rowover on the second day, which left us to bump Catz on Grassy on day 3. Then we rowed over again on the 4th day, leaving us in the same place overall. The second VIII had problems with commitment, Women’s first VIII at the May Bumps 2003 not managing to have as much training or coaching as would be hoped, and they just weren’t as big as the girls around them, and ended up going down 4. The third VIII was made up of grads. They were awarded technical rowover on day 1, then due to injured stroke girl didn’t make it to the start in time on day 2, and were technically bumped, then they were bumped on day 3, leaving them a well fought gutsy rowover on day 4, with Emma constantly on their tails. There was a very positive feeling within the club, with many keen to carry on this year. During the summer, we entered a scratch IV for the Cambridge Autumn head, winning our 1st round, losing to the winners in the semi-finals. In Michaelmas term quite a few rowers returned, so we could put out 2 competitive IVs, and a non competitive grad and undergrad IV were also training. The first IV raced the IVs head in London, and had a good row; although bow’s seat broke and stern pair had to row the last kilometre or so alone, we still managed to beat quite a few crews. We came 3rd in the Cambridge Autumn head, and won our division of the Winter head comfortably, with the 2nd fastest time of any coxed IV entered. We did well in the Uni IVs races, with both IVs rowing well in the initial rounds, and reaching the finals of their division. For Fairbairns we combined the two IVs, and the VIII went well. Unfortunately we hadn’t finished overtaking Sidney by Ditton corner, and were forced to take a wide line round. Then the 2 boats clashed in the gut, so we didn’t get a good time and came 20th. Both IVs raced again in the afternoon, coming 7th and 18th.

96 We had a great novice intake this Michaelmas: our 3 women’s novice boats came 9th, 28th and 55th in novice Fairbairns. There is a lot of potential and keenness amongst the novices, which is very encouraging for the women’s side of the club. For Lent term 2004, many of the novices have carried on, and we have 3 VIIIs in training. Frances Denniss (Women’s Captain)

Trinity Hall Boat Club 2003-2004 Captain of Boats & Men’s Captain: Tom Robins Women’s Captain: Frances Denniss Secretary: Charlie Kendal Junior Treasurer: Elaine Court Captain of Lower Boats: Hayley Palmer First May Boat Chris Balmer (cox), Doug Perrin, Ben Smith, Louis Verdi, Cameron Duncan, Andy Simmonds, Tom Robins, James Wright, Ross Williamson First Women’s May Boat Jenny Trapp (cox), Charlie Kendall, Charlotte Gill, Frances Denniss, Tracey Nelson, Ali Mitchell, Ellie Berry, Hayley Palmer, Riccarda Torriani First University IV Eddy Davidson (cox), Ross Williamson, Miles Loveday, Tom Robins, Phil Reed First Women’s University IV Susan Hutchings (cox), Charlie Kendall, Frances Denniss, Hayley Palmer, Ellie Berry Fairbairns VIII Eddy Davidson (cox), Neil Burkett, Wes Hill, Danny Rolands, Tom Robins, David Peters, Doug Mc Ilwraith, Phil Reed, David Ranc Fairbairns Women’s VIII Jenny Trapp (cox), Hayley Palmer, Laura MacFarlane, Charlie Kendall, Frances Denniss, Tanuja Rudra, Ellie Berry, Rebekah Sherwin, Julie McKittrick

97 Cycling With the departure, a week before Cuppers, of the best cyclist in College and University, Duncan Alexander (his impressive record includes ﬁve half-blues and at least two full blues, three individual and four team victories in the Varsity Match, the double in the BUSA 10 and 25 miles time trial last year and a collection of individual and team victories in other BUSA events), Trinity Hall was left with very little experience. Nevertheless, we were able to enter a record number of 8 people in Cuppers in early March (with a puncture eventually forbidding Oli May to take part). The Bottisham course proved extremely windy and slowed down most people considerably. Emma Pooley deserves a very special mention as she put on the best women’s performance in the University and beat most of the men with a good time of 30:20. Unfortunately, there were not enough women in the race this year to rank them separately. The best times from Trinity Hall riders were recorded by Tom Bishop and Bernhard Payer. The three College teams ranked 6, 7 and 9 (out of 14). All in all an encouraging performance – we hope to see more people on the road next year. David Ranc

The following people took part in cuppers: Emma Pooley, Tom Bishop, Bernhard Payer (2nd participation), Ben Adcock, John Freed, David Ranc (2nd participation), Aidan Reilly, Oli May (DNS: puncture)

Football – Men’s For what is known as both “the nation’s” and “the beautiful” game, I often wonder why rugby is often considered the College’s premier ball game. That may well be about to change as the Association Football club goes on ever upwards. The previous captain remarked in his report that “this club is steadily improving”. I fear he may be correct. Although last season looked pretty messy at times, division 3 status was retained mostly thanks to the 4-2 win over Catz – two total wonder- goals from Paulinho (even Becks would have been proud of that free kick) and a star performance by captain Rogers showing them how we really can play. The ﬁnal (02-03) league table actually places us 3rd from bottom, a touch deceptive since we were 12 points above the drop zone; bearing in mind the champions, Caius, against whom we put up a good ﬁght, only had 21 points in total, shows it wasn’t too bad after all. In fact it was quite encouraging really. And so to the new season: sadly our only season-ticket holding spec- tator Marian Luff has graduated, thus causing our gate receipts to plum-

98 met dramatically. Nevertheless, thanks to a healthy grant from the JCR (hang on a minute, doesn’t the JCR Treasurer play Centre-Mid…) a new Nike kit sponsored by alumni entrepreneurs “Gal•peck” was acquired. Sadly Peck is the only man who can fit into the kit: the shirts are so big that were they all sown together they could act as a tent for a small army. New faces this season include Malcolm the Porter who has refereed at professional level, Adrian the grad in sticks when “the wall” is away; Griffo marshalling defence; Tobias joins Evo in the middle (Little and Large reunited); Irish maverick O’Mahoney on one flank with the man the oppo love to hate Sami Lua-bility on the other; Palmer, Pfeipfer and Turner look pretty handy too. A touch of new blood seems an under- statement – a transfusion perhaps. As I write things are looking frighteningly good for the 1st XI. 3 wins on the trot with 14 goals scored and a Cuppers quarter-final looming. We nearly took points off Hills Road, something no side in Cambridge has done for two seasons. Af alone put 5 past the Magdelene keeper and a brilliantly gutsy 4-1 win at Long Road (a notoriously difficult fixture) shows we really are a tidy outfit this year. As long as injuries stay away: (yours truly is stuck giving it the “Jonny big spuds” on the side lines due to a rodded back, while last year’s skipper and Murph nurse dodgy shoulders, plus Tom “Sailor” True’s wonderful form of pulling a gluteal when climbing the rigging before getting knocked out on his debut after 3 mins)…we really could go places. How good it would feel to see our photo up in the bar! So England won the rugby world cup…well I still have no doubt that the balls most frequently confiscated outside the Jerwood this summer by Alan the Porter and his colleagues will be round ones. James Thomas (Captain)

Squad: James Thomas (Captain/Coach), Robert Paton (Vice-Captain), Tobias Brandvick, Chris Brookes, Angus Chudleigh, Eddie Craven, Adrain Cybriwsky, Paul Davies, Rhys Evans, James Grifﬁths, Dan Igra, Vladimir Katunin, Gorazd Kert, Richard Kowinecki, Sami Lua-bility, Paul Murphy, David O’Mahoney, Garrett O’Reilly, Afolabi Oliver, Andrew Palmer, David Pfeipfer, James Rogers, Ashley Rowlands, Michael Roy, Tom True, Will Turner, Aled Williams, Aiden Wilmott (2nd team captain), Rob Wylie.

Football – Women’s Although the results in the league may not reﬂect it, the women’s football club has made a fantastic start to the season. With a squad large enough to support two teams (and more!) our commitment puts many of the larger colleges to shame. With training sessions under the guidance

99 of our new coach/manager Malcolm the Porter many of us have discov- ered skills we never knew we had. Our confidence and ability has grown over the Michaelmas term and with the majority of league matches and Cuppers to look forward to in Lent term, it promises to be a good season. The size of the squad reflects members from all years. Many players have remained committed to the team from previous years such as Kate, Jasmine, Rowan, Vicky, Gemma, Ellie, Mags, Lois, Julia, Jenny and Rona – providing a wealth of experience and a solid base to build a team around. This plus a fresh influx of talented first years including regular first team players Ruthie, Astrid, Helen and Catherine has formed a fun first team whose effort in matches is always 100%. But lets not forget the second team! Traditionally a team for those who have never kicked a ball before, second team matches are always lots of fun. But although many have never played before this is not to say that skills are lacking – most players find they have hidden talents and nearly all second team players progress to the first team. Under the guidance of their ever energetic and enthusiastic captain Ellie, the second team has maintained its element of fun. Second team starlets include Anna, Vicky, Flora, Yuni, Sophie, Fran, Lucy, Amelia, Jisa, Sophie, Vix, Elaine, Laura, Maddy, Rosie and Ellie H. Aspecial thank you should go to Malcolm for his enthusiasm and effort and also to Nick, Morgan and Garrett for their support and refereeing skills! Alexis Barr (First Team Captain)

Hockey – Men’s After seeing a number of players leave at the end of last season, this year has been one of consolidation. The team is always dependent upon Freshers coming through to fill the ranks of those that have headed off to pastures new, and the new faces are beginning to gel in what looks like promising fashion. After drawing Jesus (who presently reside at the top of division one) in the Cup we were left to concentrate on the league with it looking increasingly like a year that would finish mid table – if only Wanderers’ striker Jay Brinsmead-Stockham could find the net as often for us as he does for them we’d be laughing. With Eddie Craven moving in to fill Vlad ‘The Wall’ Katunin’s shoes between the sticks and Ashley Rowlands showing increasing promise in the middle (once again) perhaps next year will be the one Tit Hall Hockey has been waiting for. That said, for a small college, when so many others fail to get out a team, we can still hold our heads high when we run out on the pitch. Tom Ebbutt (Captain)

100 Hockey – Women’s With memories of a somewhat disheartening relegation from the 1st division at the end of last year, I sought comfort in the fact that we were now top of division 2 and in with a chance of a very successful season… if only we could find replacements for the 3 core players we lost to the real world in the summer. My hunt for new members produced Alice, Amelia, Rumbi and Clare, all of whom have proved themselves thoroughly dedicated to the pursuit of black and white glory. As with any newly formed squad the first match becomes a matter of throwing everyone in at a position, seeing what happens and working from there. Well an 8-1 victory over Selwyn was what happened and special mention here must go to Charlie for her amazing tally of 5 goals in one match! League matches so far have produced results that don’t truly reflect the quality of many players or our potential as a team. I’m not normally one to make excuses but if Churchill hadn’t made us play on their grass pitch “with an incline and one or two rabbit holes” and if APU hadn’t made us cycle all the way out to Abbey Pool (Abbey where?) to play them then things may have been different. However the 1st round of Cuppers saw us drawn against our neighbours, Clare and we rapidly saw them away with a 6-0 win. Round 2 brought us up against a Girton side fully padded out with University players. We held our own but an unfortunate lapse in concentration towards the end of a tiring first half led to the single goal that ended our quest for the cup. Stuck on the sidelines for most of the term due to injury I found myself in the unique position of being able to watch each match from an outside perspective, not the kind of opportunity a captain gets very often. And what I saw was a team that improved every time they played. There was dedication from Alzeena in goal, bags of enthusiasm from Ellie and real team spirit from all. It was great to see the return of many for their 2nd season in a row, along with the well established ‘oldies’. With all to play for in the league this term I am confident that we will see ourselves in a good position for attacking the top colleges once more. Louise Boyns (Captain)

Squad: Louise Boyns (Captain), Charlie Kendall, Alzeena Bata, Alice Turtle, Amelia Sleht, Caroline Roberts, Rumbi Moyo, Melissa Milner, Clare Pemberton, Kate Bailey, Vicky Copaz, Tory Hallett, Fiorien Bonthius, Rebecca, Ellie Hyde, Shufan Lin, Samia Mantoura, Ishani Bandaranayke, Hannah Shergold, Anna Lerner.

Hockey – Mixed The mixed hockey team has seen a couple of outings this year. Mixed Cuppers once again saw us take a raw draw coming up against Robinson in the ﬁrst round and going down ﬁghting against a team which contained

101 three Blues in what was a brilliant performance by the Hall. We now head on to a season of social friendlies with Queens’ being held to a draw far too early one Sunday morning and ﬁxtures against Clare and Catz to come. In addition this year also saw the return of the 1989-90 Tit Hall league winning team, on tour and facing up to both the men’s and the women’s teams on grass and astro on a two day extravaganza. The result? Resounding success for the students. Better luck next time guys, hope you enjoyed your weekend, oh, and breathtaking dancing at Saturday night’s Viva. Rob Harris and Louise Boyns (Captains)

Netball The 2002-2003 netball season came to a magnificent end with both the Women’s team and the Mixed team carrying away the winning trophies at the Netball Cuppers Tournament. The prize giving at the end of the year was made even more exciting for Trinity Hall because the Mixed first team ended at the Mixed Netball team preparing for a match very top of the league table for division one. The 2003-2004 season started off with the Women’s firsts and Mixed firsts in the premier divisions of their respective leagues and the women’s seconds and the Mixed seconds being in the third and second divisions respectively. After more than a term of netball, players from all years and at different stages of their academic life at Cambridge have gelled wonder- fully together to form teams which are not only fun and very enjoyable to play in, but also competitive whilst at the same time friendly to play against. The enthusiasm of the players and their determination (especially of the boys) to fight till the very end makes playing netball and organising matches that much more rewarding. With more than half a term of netball left for the league matches and with the Cuppers tournament in the near future, I, together with Maddy, wish the teams the very best of luck because they deserve nothing less! Ishani Bandaranayake (Captain) Madeline Gowlett (Secretary)

102 Squad: Anouk Lang, Anna Lerner, Cerian Hatton, Ashna Patel, Camilla Klich, Charlie Kendall, Ellie Hyde, Gemma Girdler, Henry Pinder, Hugh Lloyd-Jukes, Ishani Bandaranayake, Jim Selemetas, Jo Stott, Lauren Jones, Kate Ware, Louise Boyns, Lucy Martin, Lucy Preece, Madeline Gowlett, Nathan McGarry, Nick Vanston-Rumney, Olivia Thorne, Rachel Hughes, Rhian James, Rob Wylie, Sarah Adams, Seb Oram, Sophie Martin, Sima Varsani

Rugby – Men’s For the second year running, Trinity Hall’s drive for promotion to the first division was thwarted by bureaucracy and politics. At the end of the 2002/2003 season, Girton, Fitzwilliam, and Trinity Hall all had the same number of points at the top of their table, yet only two could proceed to the promotional playoffs. As it stood, Girton and Trinity Hall should have taken first and second spot respectively with regards to points difference but the powers that be decided to hold a ‘revolutionary’ 3-way play off instead. Reluctantly the black and white army trudged onto Wychfield to play two back to back 40 minute games. On a sombre day the Hall ended up losing both matches and being unceremoniously dumped from the playoffs altogether. Swallowed by bitterness and with their pride hurt, Trinity Hall’s men had to postpone the idea of promotion for another year. So what of the 2003/2004 season? With the loss of many gutsy veterans and the acquisition of only a handful of Freshers, the season started inauspiciously. Furthermore, random injuries and the ineligibility of certain key players left a threadbare squad in a difficult pool. Although Anglia were dispatched 41-0 in our first game, this was shortly followed by a lacklustre display against our perennial archrivals Trinity that saw us lose 24-17. A draw against Christ’s before the Christmas break left our team needing two wins in our remaining three matches to be assured a place for the promotion playoffs. Adifficult task, but who dares to bet against the men from Trinity Hall? Returning with a stronger and deeper squad, the Hall was baying for Trinity blood. Thundering tackles from the two centres, Al and Gee, stifled the attack of Trinity whilst the grit and determination of our forwards kept us firmly on the offensive throughout the game. The 15-5 scoreline belied our dominance but revenge was exacted. This epic victory was followed by an equally solid 22-0 win against Christ’s and a walkover against Anglia. Having secured second place and a playoff position in our pool, all that stands between Trinity Hall and the 1st division are two games, the first of which is against the whipping boys of last year, Pembroke.

103 With greater power in the forwards, a plethora of ﬂair and gusto in the backs, and an awesome defence, could this ﬁnally be our year? After 2 years of agony and frustration, is it third-time lucky? Tomo Togo (Captain)

Squad: Tomo Togo (captain), Paul Murphy (secretary), Max von Etzdorf, Alastair Atkinson, Rhys Evans, Ben Musgrave, James Rogers, Ben Smith, Yorick Moes, Miles Loveday, Daf Jones, David O’Mahoney, Rob Wylie, Rosario, Richard Breen, Nick Vanston-Rumney, Tris Hager, Cameron Duncan, Louis Verdi, Nathan McGarry, Ben Maude, Tom Barnes, Chris Jeffreys, Tom Richardson, Chris Parr, Daf Ifan, Chris Gee, Oli Cummings, Dan Igra,

Rugby – Women’s Tit Hall Women’s rugby started its second season in the 7’s league after a slight delay due to the very hard ground. Following our promotion at the end of last season we had a lot to prove in the ﬁrst division. The majority of last year’s successful team had deserted us so we were forced to almost start from scratch. Recruiting Freshers proved to be a problem, the impact of the rugby-mania that followed the World Cup was yet to be felt in early Michaelmas! We decided to join forces with the Clare team, also struggling with numbers. Luckily we have gained the experience of a couple of University players who have been a real asset to the team. Training from Murph in the initial stages was much appreciated for our beginners, Fran, Charlie and others. Lucy and Julie, still with us in their fourth year, have continued in their front row positions. So far we have won half our matches! This is, however, something to do with the fact that we have only played two! We lost to Churchill, with only six players and a brutal wind to battle against. The undoubted achievement of the season to date has to be the defeat of Trinity, the score was 17-12 and victory was sweet. Matches and training have been ﬁtted in alongside the multitude of other things everyone on the team takes part in, which makes the atmosphere really fun. With only one blow to the nose we have done well on the injury front so far too! Thanks to everyone for turning up and enabling the team to continue! Joanna Stott

Ski Trip Skiing: The one time of year when man can truly be at one with the elements, listening to the music of the slopes as the beautiful people carve

104 their way down an expanse of exquisite snowflakes in glorious harmony. One rises bright and early, eats a hearty breakfast before enjoying a darn good ski, interrupted only by luncheon. In the evenings, one samples the local restaurants and cocktail bars, perhaps indulging in the odd glass of fine vintage, but never too much that it might compromise one’s ability to make the first ski lift in the morning. The Trinity Hall Ski Trip: The one time of year a student can truly be at one with the elements, listening to the cries of anguish and subsequent laughter as an unwisely attired member of the group (nice hat by the way Rhys) wipes themselves out whilst attempting to showcase their talent, and then claims that they were much better the last time they were on the slopes…or was it the time before Jeffreys? One rises bright and early to the hammering of satan inside one’s temples, having slipped over and accidentally consumed a litre of Zubrowka, misses breakfast entirely, and has a darn good ski, interrupted firstly by a moment of epiphany when it’s no longer necessary to hold back the bile and pray, and then by the need to eat a hearty meal, but being unable to find one is forced to go the nearest overpriced café. In the evenings, one is fortunate enough to sample the gourmet offal of Petit Danois, before visiting the local club and its democratic drinks prices – can’t we all afford £8 pints? This was of course if it was possible to walk to the club after imbibing several bever- ages with the digit that was not one’s dominant hand (that’s the right one for you Mr Rogers in case it’s been a while) during a very simple game of 21s where one was not allowed to emit a profanity of any sort. There were tears, there was laughter, but most of all there was just a lot of fun, and despite hearing disturbing things about everyone on the trip during a marathon session of ‘I have never’, I know that I will take a lot of great memories away from the trip. I’m sorry I can’t say a lot about the skiing, but you will all remember I’m sure that I was restricted to the modest heights of the nursery slopes for most of the trip (due to chronic ineptitude). I did, however, complete the 10 days due to my decision not to vastly overrate my own ability and attempt to master the snowboard having never set foot on the slopes before. But I’m told the skiing was absolutely wonderful. Muzza and Lilly snow-ploughed La Face, everyone but me skied down it at least 64 times and the other slopes it seems were REALLY good as well. But did they take out a small child in the queue for the nursery slopes (Rosie)? Did they heck.

The 2004 trip to Val d’Isere was organised by Anna Lerner and Nathan McGarry Report written by Tris Hagar

105 Table Tennis Last season, with the return of old captain David Gillingham, Trinity Hall Table Tennis Club managed to gain some vital wins and stay in division 2 of the league. Despite the loss in the league match, we were quite successful in Cuppers, beating King’s to enter the quarter-ﬁnal stage, unfortunately then being defeated by Trinity. This season, the club gets even stronger with the addition of a couple of good new players. Our team was able to defeat Trinity 2 by 8-1 in the league match. Tom Burrel is one of the new players to the team who has demonstrated great table tennis talent by winning all the games in his very ﬁrst league match. Robert Severn is another new talent who has played for the club in several matches. I expect them to do very well in the future. Also, I would like to thank our old members: Ben Wylie, Ye Liu and David Gillingham, who have been playing for the club for years. I am sure as we all work together as a team, Trinity Hall Table Tennis club will enjoy more successes in the future. Chu Chen (Captain)

Team: Ben Wylie, Chu Chen, David Gillingham, Robert Severn, Tom Burrel, Ye Liu.

Tennis – Women’s For the Trinity Hall tennis players, last summer term was not all about time spent in the Jerwood library! The girls got off to a good start in both the tennis college league and the Cuppers event. The Fresher talent was clear to be seen at trials and we managed to select a very strong squad for the subsequent games. After a number of good matches, Trinity Hall succumbed to the Christ’s team who went on to play in the Cupper’s semi ﬁnals. Hopefully next year we will have similar enthusiasm and tennis will continue to provide a welcome relief from the stresses of exam term. Chrissie Readman (Captain)

106 Waterpolo It is said that if you agree to play sport you have to accept that some days you will be the pigeon, and other days you will be the statue. Water polo is no exception and this year proved to be a tumultuous one with exceptional competition drawn against us in the league games. Having made an excellent start with several promising new Freshers joining the team, the Hall beat Trinity, Churchill and Caius in our ﬁrst three matches and then put up extremely good defences to the St Catharine’s and Addenbrookes teams but were narrowly beaten by strong sides anchored by solid Blues players. Nonetheless our efforts were rewarded and, having started the season in the lower half of the league, the Hall gained ground over our closest rivals. At the time of writing the Trinity Hall team was in ﬁfth position in the league tables. With the Cuppers competition approaching at the end of Lent term there remains all to play for and the team will be going into the competition knowing that while the early bird catches the worm, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! Sebastian Oram (Captain)

107 Trinity Hall Representatives

The following have represented Cambridge against Oxford since the publication of the last Newsletter:

Athletics Louise Boyns Anna McKay

Cross-Country Emma Pooley

Cycling Emma Pooley

Dancesport Sarah Adams

Gliding Claire Hooper

Hockey Charlie Kendall (1sts) Fleur Swaney (3rds) Jill Goodier (3rds)

Karate Charlotte Gray

Lacrosse Chrissie Readman

Orienteering Emma Pooley

Rowing Ben Smith Tom James

Lightweight Rowing Doug Perin (1st VIII) Ross Williamson (2nd VIII) James Wright (2nd VIII)

Rugby – Men’s College’s XV Alastair Atkinson

Rugby – Women’s Vicky Copas Pippa Dudley

Swimming Euan Spence

Alan Godfrey and the Cambridge RAG Team raised more money than Oxford over a week’s competition

108 Section Five: The Gazette

109 The Master, Fellows, Honorary and Emeritus Fellows and Fellow-Commoners

Elections, Retirements & Resignations

Dr Richard Baker was admitted as a Fellow-Commoner in Music with effect from 1 October 2003 Dr Nigel Chancellor was admitted as a Fellow-Commoner in History with effect from 1 October 2003 Matthew Conaglen was elected the John Collier Fellow in Law with effect from 1 October 2003 Ms Jan Gilbert was elected into a Junior Research Fellowship in Medieval Spanish Literature with effect from 1 October 2003 Dr John Pollard was elected into a Staff Fellowship in History with effect from 1 October 2003 Dr Dirk Slotboom was elected into a Junior Research Fellowship in Biochemistry and Structural Biology with effect from 1 October 2003 Dr Jerome Jarrett was elected into a Staff Fellowship in Engineering with effect from 5 January 2004 Dr Kylie Richardson was elected into the Fellowship as Director of Studies in Linguistics with effect from 5 January 2004 Dr David Thomas, Staff Fellow in Law, retired after 32 years teaching Law and has become an Emeritus Fellow. Mrs Joanna Womack left after 13 years to become Bursar of Clare Hall; she began her time here as College Bursar and then, in 1993, became a College Professorial Fellow and University Treasurer. His Honour Alan King-Hamilton QC was elected as an Honorary Fellow with effect from 9 July 2003 The Right Hon The Lord Justice Thomas was elected as an Honorary Fellow with effect from 27 January 2004 Senior Scholars Dr Angelo Carollo was elected as a Senior Scholar with effect from 1 October 2003 Dr Peter Ellis resigned from his Senior Scholarship to take up a position at the Sanger Centre.

110 Honours, Appointments & Personal News

Professor John Denton was awarded the James Clayton Prize 2002 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for his “outstanding contributions to, and impact on, the design of turbomachinery largely through the development of practical computational methods which have been adopted throughout the world”. Professor Colin Austin published Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae, edited with introduction and commentary by Colin Austin and S Douglas Olson (OUP, 2004) Dr Peter Hutchinson has published an article on Thomas Mann and edited a volume of essays on German short prose. Dr Alison Liebling has been appointed to a University Readership in Criminology and Criminal Justice. She has also written Prisons and their Moral Performance: A Study of Values, Quality and Prison Life, Oxford: Clarendon Press (2004) Dr Simon Guest has published papers in both the International Journal of Solids and Structures and the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Dr Mike Hobson has been appointed to a University Readership in Astrophysics and Cosmology. He has published numerous papers in Astrophysics Journals. Dr Florian Hollfelder received the MRC Career Establishment award (2004-2009) Dr Vasant Kumar has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Institute of Material’s Journal on “Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy”from 1 January 2004, and has become the Director of Environmental Monitoring and Control Ltd, a spin-off company set up in Stafford. Angus Johnston has been appointed to a University Lectureship in Law from 1 January 2004. He also published Markesinis & Deakin’s Tort Law (5th edition, OUP, 2003) with Simon Deakin and Basil Markesinis, and “Draft Constitutional Treaty of the European Union” (2003) 28 European Law Review 3 Dr Clare Jackson was appointed a co-editor of The Historical Journal from 1 January 2004. She also published Restoration Scotland, 1660-1690. Royalist Politics, Religion and Ideas (Boydell, 2003) 258pp as well as “Revolution Principles, Ius Naturae and Ius Gentium in early Enlightenment Scotland: the contribution of Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen (c1660-1726)” in T J Hochstrasser and Peter Schröeder (eds) Early Modern Natural Law Theories: Contexts and Strategies in the Early Enlightenment, (Kluwer, 2003) pp107-40 Revd Dr Jeremy Morris published “The strange death of Christian Britain: another look at the secularisation debate” in Historical Journal, 2003 Dr Richard Baker’s recent compositions (all published by BMIC/Contemporary Voices) include Breaking the Ground (2003) for solo piano, commissioned by the

111 Leamington Festival, Huiusmodi sunt omnia (2003) for women’s voices, commissioned by the BBC for the winners of their international choral competition ‘Let the Peoples Sing’, and The Key to Songs (2003) for Oboe and String Trio. John Armour and Catherine Daniels announced their engagement in February 2003. During the year, John also co-edited Vulnerable Transactions in Corporate Insolvency (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003) to which he contributed three chap- ters, published several journal articles and took up a short visiting appointment at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the Easter Vacation. Dr Ian Wilkinson was the British Pharmacological Society Australasian Visitor for 2003. He has also been appointed Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and published Hypertension – your questions answered and the Oxford Handbook of Medicine. In March 2003 he married Dr Phillippa Lawson at Trinity Hall. Dr Annette Imhausen published Ägyptische Algorithmen. Eine Untersuchung zu den mittelägyptischen mathematischen Aufgabentexten [Egyptian Algorithms. A Study of Middle Egyptian Mathematical Problem Texts], Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2003 and wrote the following articles, “Egyptian Mathematical Texts and Their Contexts”, Science in Context 16, 2003, p 367-389; “Calculating the Daily Bread: Rations in Theory and Practice”, Historia Mathematica 30, 2003, p 3- 16; and “Zahl, II. Ägypten”, in: Hubertus Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (eds.), Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike, Vol 12/2 Ven-Z, Stuttgart 2003: p 668-669. She also married Mr Paul Warner on 4 April 2003 Brooke Ernest Adenbrooke Crutchley CBE died on 31 August 2003 Dr Joseph Anthony Cremona died on 19 March 2003 Dr Jonathan Steinberg ﬁnished his term as chair of the Department of History of the University of Pennsylvania at the end of June 2003 but continues as Walter H Annenberg Professor of Modern European History. His translation: Lilian Karina and Marion Kant, Hitler’s Dancers: German Modern Dance and the Third Reich, (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, 2003) was published in November 2003. He has also just completed “European History and European Lives: 1715 to 1914”, a series of 36 recorded lectures published by the Teaching Company [www.teachco.com] in audio and visual form. Dr Sandra Raban published “Edward I’s other Inquiries” in eds. M Prestwick, R Britnell, R Frame Thirteenth Century England, IX, 2003, 43-57 Professor William Cochran FRS DSC died on 28 August 2003 The Right Revd Lord David Sheppard saw his autobiography Steps Along Hope Street published in paperback. Revd Dr John Polkinghorne was awarded an honorary DSC from Marquette University. He also published Living with Hope, SPCK, 2003

112 Hon Donald Macdonald received an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Carleton University, Ottawa on 16 November 2003. He also welcomed his 10th grandchild, Sydney Beatrice Carty, on 2 December 2003, daughter of Christopher Carty and Althea Macdonald Carty. Brigadier Paul Orchard-Lisle received an Honorary LLD from the University of Reading. He has also become Chairman of the Falcon Property Trust, and Chairman of the RICS Foundation.

College Staff Arrivals & Departures

Appointments Rebecca Davies Bedmaker 17 March 2003 Suprana Ghose HR Assistant 24 April 2003 (ﬁxed term 6mths) Malcolm Pearman Porter 28 April 2003 Ginny Barrett Master’s PA 28 May 2003 Marcia Bird Assistant Accountant 19 May 2003 (ﬁxed term 6mths) Tracy Williams Bedmaker 2 June 2003 Victoria Fangen Development Assistant 2 June 2003 Heidi Golding Bedmaker 2 June 2003 Nancy Wu Bedmaker 14 July 2003 John Holden Bedmaker 1 September 2003 Vivien Hill Admissions Assistant 15 September 2003 Ting Chen Bedmaker 15 September 2003 Nicholas Porter Porter 13 October 2003 Roger Blows Trainee Chef 20 October 2003 Sonia Pires Bedmaker 29 October 2003 Dean McParlan Kitchen Porter 4 November 2003 Kim Brown Porter 1 December 2003 Svetlana Baibekova Assistant Bar Manager 19 January 2004 Steven Hipkiss Kitchen Porter 20 January 2004 Sarah Munemo Bedmaker 26 January 2004 Dion Barrett Bedmaker 26 January 2004

113 Departures Mark Jenkins Assistant Bar Manager 7 March 2003 Wendy Mitchell Bedmaker 7 March 2003 Anna Robinson Bedmaker 4 April 2003 Gina Brown Alumni Ofﬁcer & 11 April 2003 PA to the Master Sylvia Davidson Assistant in the 16 May 2003 Master’s Ofﬁce Victoria Horton Assistant Archivist 6 June 2003 Ashley Wright Trainee Chef 6 June 2003 Deborah Smith Bedmaker 20 June 2003 Moria Wolfe Bedmaker 27 June 2003 Peter Valentine Bedmaker 7 August 2003 Ian Anderson Porter 29 August 2003 Rebecca Davies Bedmaker 5 September 2003 Judith Brown Bedmaker 12 September 2003 Leis Arroul Kitchen Porter 3 October 2003 Nicholas Porter Porter 3 November 2003 Dean McParlan Kitchen Porter 21 November 2003 Graham Squires Carpenter 2 January 2004

Retirements Peter Oakman Bedmaker 6 September 2003 Ian Plumb Painter/handyman 28 November 2003 John Farish House Porter 27 February 2004

Long Service Awards Kay Arnold (10 Years) Housekeeper February 2003 Paul Kidman (10 Years) Porter May 2003 Martin Fordham (30 Years) Boatman June 2003 Ron Peachy (10 Years) Deputy Clerk of Works August 2003 Frank Dickson (10 Years) Head Porter September 2003 Elizabeth Maksymowicz Asst. to Residential Manager September 2003 (10 Years) Joseph Risino (10 Years) Manciple October 2003

114 Other Members of Trinity Hall

Honours, Distinctions and Awards 1933 Dr Basil Cooke was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal 2003 1956 Sir Cyril Taylor was awarded a Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for services to education in the New Year’s Honours 1966 Francis Annett received an MBE for his services to education on 27 November 2003 1988 Dr Simon Fisher received a University Research Fellowship from the Royal Society (October 2002 onwards) 1984 Dato Dr Dennis Ganendra received the DIMP award on 24 October 2003 from the Sultan of Pahang, Malaysia, in recognition of, inter alia, achievement in the ﬁeld of engineering and infrastructure development. 1991 Dr Emma Tovey (neé Ridler) became a chartered civil engineer in December 2003 1994 Dr Chak Hong Lee was awarded the silver award for outstanding inno- vation and technology products by the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association in October 2002 1998 Professor James Passamano received the Mediators Certiﬁcate from Harvard University Law School in November 2002 1999 Mr Julian Hunt was awarded the Lord Denning Scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn in May 2003

Recent Appointments 1956 His Honour David Marshall Evans QC has been promoted to Senior Circuit Judge 1957 The Hon Mr Justice Anthony Hooper was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from March 2004 1960 Right Hon Mr Justice Richard Gibbs has been appointed the new presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit 1961 Khurshid Kasuri has been appointed Foreign Minister of Pakistan 1962 Colin Hayes has been appointed Captain of the Great Britain Match Riﬂe Team to tour Australia in 2004 1963 Professor Brian Hoskins CBE FRS was elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, and as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002 1964 (F) Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Harcourt AO FASSA was awarded Doctor of Commerce, honoris causa, by the University of Melbourne on the 8 March 2003 1966 Nik Van Leuven was appointed QC and HM Attorney General in Guernsey on 7 October 2002 The Hon Mr Justice Roger Thomas was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal.

115 1967 Richard Kinchen MVO was appointed Ambassador to Belgium 1969 Chris Sadler was elected to Elmbridge Borough Council as a Member for Walton Central Ward in 2003 1970 Allan Gore was appointed QC in April 2003 1972 Professor Ron Leslie was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the Faculty of Medicine of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada Dr Anthony Ward was appointed Master of Darwin College, University of Kent in 2003 Dr Ellis Wasson FRHistS has been appointed Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge for Michaelmas Term 2004 1973 Tony Narula MB FRCS FRCS (ED) was appointed Honorary Professor at Middlesex University 1977 Professor Jon Bowen has been appointed Professor of Modern English Literature at Keele University John McCaughran was appointed QC on 1 April 2003 (F) Rev Dr Barrie Williams has been appointed Honorary Fellow of the University of Hull from 1 March 2004 1978 Meryll Dean has been appointed Professor and Head of Law at Oxford Brookes as from 1 April 2004 1982 Tony Pagone QC has been appointed an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne from 10 March 2003 until 8 March 2008. He was also Special Counsel of the Australian Taxation Office from July 2002 until December 2003 1983 Dr Tim Barringer will hold a Senior Fellowship at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles in 2004–5 The Very Revd Peter Bradley was appointed Dean of Sheffield Cathedral from October 2003 1984 Jane Pepperall was appointed Senior Health Advisor for Africa in the UK Department for International Development in February 2003 1985 (F) Professor A Jonathan Bate FBA was appointed Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick in April 2003. He was also appointed to the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2003. 1988 Dr Simon Fisher was appointed University Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford from February 2003 and Royal Society Research Fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford from October 2002 1994 Dr Fiona Griffiths was appointed the Walter Jackson Bate Fellow in History at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Dame Brenda Hale became the ﬁrst woman to be appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

116 Recent Publications

1931 Professor Geoffrey Stagg published “Don Quijote and the ‘Entremés de los romances’: A Retrospective” in Cervantes, vol XXII, no 2, 2002 and “Entremés de los romances” Ed Geoffrey Stagg et al in Cervantes, vol XXII, no 2, 2002 1933 Dr William Kirkaldy-Willis FRCS published An Atlas of Back Pain with S Haldeman and T Bernard, 2002, The Parthenon Publishing Group (CRC Press), New York 1947 Revd John Whitehorn published One Hundred Paiwan Texts, with Robert Early, 2003, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, Australia 1956 Professor John Fletcher published About Beckett (Faber & Faber, 2003) 1957 Dr Graham Martin published “A History of the Institute of Linguists, 1970-2000” in The Linguist [in 3 parts] ‘Part IV: 1970-1979’, Vol 42 No 2, 2003; ‘Part V: 1980-1989’, Vol 42 No 4, 2003; ‘Part VI: 1990-2000’, Vol 43 No 1, 2004 1964 Professor Emeritus Geoff Harcourt AO FASSA published “Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies?” with Avi Cohen in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol 17, no 1, winter 2003, pp199-214 1965 Dr Ted Lankester published Travellers’Good Health Guide (Sheldon, 2002); Setting Up Community Health Programmes (Macmillan, 2002); and Urban Health & Development (joint author, Macmillan, 2001) 1968 Dr David Billett FRSC published “Understanding Electrode Potentials” in Chemistry Review, vol 12, no 1, 2002 and “Using Electrode Potentials” in Chemistry Review, vol 12, no 2, 2002 1971 David Paul published Teaching English to Children in Asia (Longman) and Communication Strategies (Thomson) in 2003 1972 Dr Ellis Wasson FRHistS published “The New Peerage: Recruitment to the House of Lords, 1704-1847”, The Historical Journal, vol 46, 2003, pp1-38 1974 Alan Griffiths published Quicksilver Companies: The Battle for the Online Consumer (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) and Digital Television Strategies: Business Challenges and Opportunities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) 1976 The Hon Daniel Janner QC edited the Criminal Appeal Reports 2003 1985 (F)Professor A Jonathan Bate FBA published John Clare: A Biography (Picador, October 2003) 1988 Dr Simon Fisher wrote several journal articles, including joint first author on Lai & Fisher et al. “A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder” Nature, vol 413 pp519-523; Fisher et al. “Independent genome-wide scans identify a chromosome 18 quantitative-trait locus influencing dyslexia”, Nature Genetics, vol 30 pp86-91; co-author on Enard et al. “Molecular Evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language” Nature, vol 418 pp869-872; Fisher

117 & DeFries “Development dyslexia: genetic dissection of a complex cognitive trait”, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, vol 3 pp767-780; Fisher et al. “Deciphering the genetic basis of speech and language disorders”, Annual Review of Neuroscience, vol 26 pp57-80; and Marcus & Fisher “FOXP2 in focus: what can genes tell us about speech and language?” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol 7 pp257-262 1989 Ms Penny Davenport published A Practical Guide to Collateral Management in the OTC Derivatives Markets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) 1995 Dr Barry Blades published his PhD Thesis “Deacon’s School, Peterborough 1902-1920: A Study of the Social and Economic Function of Secondary Schooling” Andres Garin published “The Impact of International Humanitarian Law on Armed Stand-Offs Opposing Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Authorities: An Overview of the Oka-Kanesatake Crisis” in Revue du Barreau, vol 62, p161, 2002, with Christian Beaulieu 1998 Professor James Passamano published “County Law Library Funding Challenges in the 21st Century” in Houston Lawyer, vol 40 p54, August 2002 and Representing Americans with Disabilities Act Plaintiffs with Beth Suﬁan, (2003, James Publishing, Cosa Mesa, California) 2001 Jackson Armstrong has written Seven Eggs Today: The Diaries of Mary Armstrong, 1859 and 1869 due to be published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press in April 2004. See http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/ for further details.

Dr Andrew Lacey (Librarian) wrote The Cult of King Charles the Martyr (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2003)

Marriages, Engagements and Anniversaries

1947 Revd John Whitehorn married Elizabeth Bruce on 13 July 2002 1948 Humphrey Buckler married Jan Galbraith on 5 October 2002 1959 Dato Mustafa Mohamed Ali and Yun celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 2003 1968 Dr David Billett FRSC and Susie celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on 1 June 2003 1971 David Paul married Yumi Uchikoshi in 2002 1975 Ian Freer married Ramona on 25 January 2003 1976 The Hon Daniel Janner QC and Caroline celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on 15 May 2003 1982 Richard DiNardo married Dr Susan Busch on 16 August 2003 in Dwight Chapel on Old Campus at Yale. 1983 Andrew Dowden married Jocelyn Lucy Shinner Rees on 2 November 2002

118 1991 Stephanie Dyster and Malcolm Gray became engaged in 2003 Dr David Foord married Victoria Kay Price on 22 March 2003 1992 Martin Franks married Christine in Mont Tremblant, Quebec in August 2003 1993 Dr Bodil Holst became engaged to Christoph Freiherr von Campenhausen Helen Trinder married Patrick Pakes on 5 July 2003 1994 Dr Chak Hong Lee married Yi Ping Chui (Downing College) on 10 November 2002 1995 Andres Garin married Vonda Marie Peach on 22 September 2001 Linda Johnson became engaged to William Hayllar (1996) 1996 William Hayllar became engaged to Linda Johnson (1995) Alexander Stoddard married Beth Blauvelt in Philadelphia, USA on 16 August 2003 Clare Wibberley and Robert Merriﬁeld became engaged in May 2003 1997 Simon Halliwell became engaged to Emma Waring, proposing in Newnham gardens after the 2003 Cambridge Dinner 1998 Professor James Passamano and Beth Suﬁan celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on 2 July 2003 1999 Julie-Anne Marie Bosich married Craig Andrew Ryan on 22 February 2003

Births

1974 Nicholas Crocker welcomed daughter Xenia Elizabeth Crocker on 28 July 2003 1978 Martin Hall and Sarita Uribe welcomed daughter Olivia Blythe Hall on 22 December 2002 1979 Gavin Purssell welcomed son Edmond Purssell on 8 December 2003 1980 Dr Tom Alderson and Louise welcomed daughter Annabel Lucy Alderson on 31 May 2003 1982 Tim Steele and Angela welcomed son Benedict (Ben) Iain Thomas Steele on 4 January 2004 Carl Ward and Heather welcomed son Cian Ward on 11 December 2003 1983 Kate Barker and Phillip Joe welcomed son Finn Ju de Joe on 26 August 2003, a brother for Eli David Foreman and Leah welcomed son Joshua Alan Jack Foreman on 11 May 2002, a brother for Samuel 1985 Mrs Chantal Amoore Cox (neé Amoore) and Mark welcomed Romilly Ellis Cox on 8 July 2003 Mrs Alison Hanson (neé Fears) welcomed son Andrew Richard Hanson on 2 March 2003, a brother for James Philippa Stacey and Patrice Negre welcomed son Benjamin Louis Negre on 15 November 2002

119 1988 Iain Bartram and Mrs Wendy Bartram (neé Rogers, 1990) welcomed daughter Emily Jade Bartram on 11 July 2002 Mrs Alison Fanagan (neé Farrell) welcomed son Stephen Jody Fanagan on 13 March 2003 Dr Simon Fisher and Vicky welcomed daughter Sophie Alice Fisher on 3 May 2003, a sister for Thomas Cameron Mellor welcomed son Ashdon James Mellor on 28 February 2002 John Naylor and Emilia welcomed son Joseph Mathew Naylor on 20 September 2003 Jon Thornber and Liz welcomed son Benjamin Edward Thornber on 9 April 2003 1989 Justin Wise welcomed Lior Ilan on 12 February 2003 1990 Mrs Wendy Bartram (neé Rogers) and Iain Bartram (1988) welcomed daughter Emily Jade Bartram on 11 July 2002 Dr Ebo Grant welcomed Somerset Grant on 28 October 2003 1991 Dr David Foord and Victoria welcomed son Luca Joseph Yannic Foord on 5 December 2002 Richard Snell and Mrs Suzanne Snell (neé Lynch) welcomed daughter Emily Jane Snell on 16 February 2003 Dr Emma Tovey (neé Ridler) and Martin welcomed Abigail Grace Tovey on 19 November 2003, a sister for Lilian 1992 Dr Sarah Barrett Jones (neé Barrett) and Lindsay Jones (1995) welcomed daughter Brooke Margaret Barrett Jones on 13 March 2003 Dr Wendy Goolcharan-Kumeta and Satish welcomed son Ajay Kumeta Reddy on 22 November 2003 Wendy Russell Barter (neé Russell) and Gary Barter welcomed daughter Evelyn Grace Barter on 21 February 2003 1993 Assistant Professor Mary Bosworth and Anthony Gerbino welcomed daughter Ella Michal Bosworth-Gerbino on 9 December 2003 Mrs Eiko Heffer (neé Shiomi) and Christopher welcomed son Reuben Mizoguchi Heffer on 2 April 2003 Dr Rebecca Macfarlane (neé Ebsworth) and Iain Macfarlane welcomed son James George Julian Macfarlane on 9 March 2003. He is a grandson for Julian Ebsworth (1960) Dr Nicola Saunders (neé Perkins) and Nicholas welcomed daughter Olivia Emily Saunders on 8 January 2003 1994 Mrs Felicitas Fletcher (neé von Selchow) and Harald welcomed daughter Emilia Donata Felicitas Fletcher on 18 September 2003 1995 Andres Garin and Vonda welcomed son Juan Carlos Garin on 24 November 2002 Mrs Nathalie Gleisberg (neé Lohse) and Thilo welcomed daughter Margaux Gleisberg on 2 June 2003, a sister for Antoine Martin Hurcomb and Clare welcomed son Matthew Charles Hurcomb on 11 June 2003, a brother for James

120 Lindsay Jones and Dr Sarah Barrett Jones (neé Barrett, 1992) welcomed daughter Brooke Margaret Barrett Jones on 13 March 2003 1996 Jaap Ora welcomed daughter Marta on 3 December 2002 1998 Donna Smith and Declan Murphy welcomed daughter Caitlin Sophie Murphy on 26 May 2003 1999 Julie-Anne Bosich welcomed son Craig Andrew Ryan on 22 February 2003 2002 Kim Field and Frantz welcomed daughter Audrey Grace Field on 25 February 2004

Sons & Daughters

It is well known that relatives of alumni of Trinity Hall cannot be given any pref- erence in the admissions system, but the following students, currently in residence, are now ready to reveal their hitherto well-kept secret:

Sarah Bolton (2001) is the daughter of Dr Peter Bolton (1971) Steven Cooper (2002) is the son of Andrew Cooper (1971) James Grifﬁths (2003) is the son of Paul Grifﬁths (1976) Zoe Lunnon (1997) is the daughter of Robert (Bob) Lunnon (1970) Christobel Readman (2001) is the daughter of Peter Readman OBE (1966) and granddaughter of Major John Readman TD (1933) Alice Turtle (2003) is the sister of William Turtle (2000), daughter of Trevor Turtle (1971), niece of Tim Guest (1971) and granddaughter of Gordon Guest (1941) Ben Wylie (2001) is the son of Bartow Wylie (1969), nephew of Malcolm Wylie (1967) and grandson of Shaun Wylie (Fellow 1939-1958, Honorary Fellow 1980-)

121 Deaths

1925 Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Reeves DSO died on 26 November 2003 1926 Lieutenant-Colonel A D Hunter died on 19 October 2003 1928 Hon Sir Ralph Kilner Brown DL OBE TD died in June 2003 1929 John Starke McGavin MC died on 16 March 2003 Gideon Elliot Pott died in July 2003 1932 Colin Drake Yarrow died on 9 April 2003 1933 Brigadier W Michael Eastwood White CBE died on 15 February 2003 William Douglas Wilson died on 5 April 2003 1934 Peter Blandford died on 3 October 2003 Colonel David Archibald Campbell CBE died in 2003 Dr George Fraser Purves FRCA died in October 2003 Harold Wilberforce Roe Wardlaw died on 12 March 2003 Dr Keith Digby Young OBE died on 25 May 2003 1935 Patrick St John Back QC died on 26 April 2003 Dr Cyril Brynmor Davies died on 5 November 2003 Peter Richard Oliver CMG died in January 2004 1936 Professor Garth Chapman died in 2003 Theodore Sanger died in Spring 2003 1938 Dr John Harley-Mason died on 1 October 2003 Michael Robert Hill died in March 2003 Thomas Symington McLeod died on 12 August 2003 1939 J F Merceron died in May 2003 Donald Humphrey Spark died on 17 October 2003 1940 Dr Eric Henry Walter Burt died on 13 June 2003 C Hugh Kinder FRCS died on the 22 December 2002 Francis Gordon McFarlane died on 20 March 2003 1941 Dr David Berkeley Cathcart MRCGP died on 12 January 2003 Dr Leonard Haas FRCP died on 29 May 2003 1942 Rt Hon Lord Milner of Leeds died on 16 September 2003 John Vaughan Wynne-Jones died in November 2002 1943 John Drex Bush died on 30 January 2004 1944 Professor Arthur Hubert Terry died on 24 January 2004 Edward John Carleton Wynne FRCS died in September 2003 1946 Peter Henry Orme died on 7 October 2002 Revd Bill Seymour Skelton DSO DFC died on 24 May 2003 1947 Norman Leonard Webb died on 8 March 2003 1948 Ian McCulloch died in March 2003 David William Ruffell died in March 2003 1949 Sir Antony Fyson Buck Kt QC died on 6 October 2003 1950 James Beswick died on 1 April 2003 1951 E J Trevor Davies died on 2 June 2003 Revd David Leonard Stevens died on 3 January 2004

122 1952 Andrew Arthur Bishop OBE died on 18 November 2003 1954 William Gwynne Hopkin died on 31 October 2003 Basil Fullelove Mogridge died in April 2003 1955 J Roger Tresias died on 17 February 2003 1956 J Michael Jackson died on 22 December 2003 Professor David Edmund Newbold died in 2003 1958 Professor Simon Daniel White Collier died on 20 February 2003 1959 Clive Michael Richard Wills died in July 2003 1961 Dr Michael St John Arnold died in 2003 1964 Stephen Laurence Richard Kellett died on 21 January 2004 Professor Leon Edward Wein died in 2003 1965 Anthony Hemens died on 14 December 2003 1970 David James Cattle died on 25 January 2004 Douglas Brian George Curtis died on 3 September 2003 1972 Nicholas Adrian Meadows died on 8 July 2003 1991 Jonathan Leiboff died on 13 October 2003 2000 Raul Rivadeneyra died on 17 January 2004

Ex-Fellow, Professor Geoffrey Stephen Kirk FBAdied on 10 March 2003

Obituaries

Brooke Ernest Adenbrooke Crutchley (Emeritus Fellow)

Brooke Crutchley’s 28 years as university printer at Cambridge saw enormous changes both in the University Press and in the wider printing industry. Crutchley, who has died aged 96, oversaw not only a great expansion of University Printing – and the move of the printing house from its cramped city-centre site to new factory buildings on the edge – but also the shift from hot-metal composition and letterpress printing to ﬁlmsetting and offset. Crutchley was born in Bedford Park, London, the son of a civil servant. After Shrewsbury school and Trinity Hall, where he later became Vice- Master (1966-70), he worked for a year as a journalist on the Yorkshire Post before being invited to Cambridge as assistant university printer in 1930. Walter Lewis, the man who took him on, was a master-printer of the old school, and was making the press one of the most highly regarded printing houses in the country – both for its design and its presswork.

123 Lewis retired in 1946, and Crutchley took over, himself retiring in 1974. In those three decades, the University Press ﬁnally outgrew the Pitt Building site, where the printing workshops were crowded cheek-by- jowl with the editorial ofﬁces. The move to Shaftesbury Road was made in 1963. Crutchley’s organisational ability and interest in people made him the ideal person to plan the new factory, supervise the change of location and oversee the enormous developments in printing technology and working practices. But his respect for learning and typographical tradition ensured that the University Press’s reputation for good design and high production standards was maintained. After his retirement, Brooke wrote an autobiography, To Be A Printer (1980), adding to his memoirs of a working life, which had begun with the 1968 Christmas Book, Two Men. He was made a CBE in 1954. Brooke Crutchley is survived by his wife Diana, whom he married in 1936, two sons and a daughter. Taken from The Guardian (5 September 2003)

Dr Joseph Anthony Cremona (Emeritus Fellow)

Asked once what his native language was, the Romance linguist Joe Cremona, who has died aged 80 of a heart attack, replied that he was unsure. He was born and raised in Rome, where he spoke Italian, along with some Maltese at home, and French at school. At 17, he came to London to study English; in time, only the keenest ear could tell that he was not a native speaker. Yet it was not always apparent that he would be a linguist. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s hospital before joining the Royal Navy in 1943, where he wrote technical manuals on radar equipment and developed an enthusiasm for language teaching, giving private lessons in French and Italian. This growing inclination led Joe, in 1946, to read French with Spanish at University College London. He took his PhD (on a dialect of the Pyrenees, under the supervision of W D Elcock) at Westﬁeld College in 1956, having become, the previous year, the ﬁrst lecturer at Cambridge University in Romance philology, a subject covering the history and structure of languages derived from Latin. He became a Fellow at Trinity Hall in 1966, and retired in 1989.

124 Joe was a great and dedicated teacher and in time became chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern Languages and Vice Master of Trinity Hall. His name became known to a non-specialist public through his involvement in the highly successful BBC French, Italian and Spanish courses. His research flourished in retirement, with a series of studies on the history of Maltese, the Mediterranean lingua franca, and the use of Italian as a diplomatic language from the 16th century. He was at his most memorable in small tutorials. His speech was clipped, and so quiet that he was sometimes inaudible. Frequent puffs on his cigarette were accompanied by characteristic interjections, such as “Do you follow?” and “Listen”, which could give more timid undergraduates the impression that they were being reproached, but actually reflected his concern that students really should understand. Joe firmly established the study of Romance linguistics at Cambridge, and was justly proud of the fact that a great many of those currently teaching the history and structure of Romance languages in British universities had been his students (or, latterly, had been taught by his students). If the subject is buoyant and flourishing today, then a very large share of the credit goes to him. He favoured no particular language, and no particular theoretical approach, encouraging a tolerant, but critical attitude to all aspects of the subject. This genial spirit is the hallmark of what has become the principal forum of British Romance linguistics, the annual Cambridge Romance linguistics seminar, which Joe, together with a group of graduate students, founded more than 30 years ago. A devoted family man, he leaves a widow, Pamela, two children by his first marriage, and three stepchildren. Taken from The Guardian (23 April 2003)

Professor William Cochran (Honorary Fellow)

William Cochran, who died on 28 August 2003 at the age of 81, was a distinguished physicist of international renown. During the 1950s and 1960s he did pioneering work on many of the problems that underpinned Nobel prizes won by others, including the structure of DNA, so-called ‘direct methods’ for determining the arrangement of atoms in crystal structures, and the interpretation of the way atoms vibrate in solids. He

125 was also responsible for major advances in the theoretical understanding of the way crystalline solids transform from one structure to another, often accompanied by important changes in physical properties. Bill Cochran was born on 30 July 1922 and was educated at Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh before going to the University of Edinburgh to read physics. After receiving a First Class degree he became an Assistant in the Department of Natural Philosophy in Edinburgh, but soon realised that his research would be better pursued in the Chemistry Department. Here he worked with Arnold Beevers on x-ray crystallography, and determined the crystal structure of sucrose and its derivatives, combining this with his wartime obligations as an air-raid warden. He was awarded his PhD in Chemistry in 1946 and left Edinburgh in 1948 for the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge where he held a succession of posts as Demonstrator, Lecturer and Reader until 1964. In this period he performed much of the research for which he is well known. His interest and skills in the determination of complex crystal structures of organic molecules led Francis Crick to seek his assistance with the problem of understanding the diffraction patterns of DNA, and together they worked out a solution for the scattering from a helical structure that enabled Crick and Watson to obtain their Nobel prize-winning structure of DNA. In 1964 Bill was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Edinburgh, and established a new research group on condensed matter physics. In 1975 he became Professor of Natural Philosophy and Head of Department, leading to roles as Dean of the Faculty of Science and then Vice-Principal. Bill was also a Fellow and then Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall. As a teacher he was revered by all students for the clarity of his explanations of even the most difﬁcult topics, leavened by humour and an annual limerick competition. He was a keen Scotsman, with interests in Scottish literature and heritage, and an enduring affection for the Scottish landscape. He will be sorely missed by his son and two daughters, and by his wife, Ingegerd, whom he married in 1953. Written by Professor P N Pusey, Professor of Physics at the University of Edinburgh.

126 Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Reeves (1925)

Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Reeves, who has died aged 97, played a leading part in one of the crucial actions fought by the British Expeditionary Force near Dunkirk and was awarded one of the first DSOs of the Second World War. On 21 May 1940, 3 Royal Tank Regiment received emergency orders to proceed immediately from England to Calais. On the night of 23 May, Reeves was ordered to reconnoitre the road to Gravelines and to report on the strength of the enemy forces. After clearing some unmanned road- blocks, he found himself passing between a column of German tanks, half tracks and artillery parked at the roadside. It would have been suicidal to engage them, and he ordered his crews to keep down in their turrets. Some of the German troops, mistaking the tanks for their own, waved to the British, who returned the greeting. At 2am the troop got through to Gravelines, where Reeves contacted the French garrison commander and strongly advised him to destroy the three main bridges over the canal to the west of the town. The commander was not prepared to do this, and the next morning, as Reeves deployed his tanks overlooking the bridges, the Germans signalled the start of the battle by bombarding the town with mortars. The Germans, determined to break through the Allies’ rapidly shrinking defensive perimeter, made repeated assaults throughout the day in an attempt to get their tanks across the canal; but Reeves, continually moving his tanks to keep the enemy in ignorance of the size of his tiny force, beat them back again and again. He finally withdrew after dark on the orders of the garrison commander, his ammunition almost exhausted. Hitler’s order to halt the German Panzer forces was sent out “in clear” at midday. Had Reeves and the French troops at Gravelines not stopped the Germans, the 1st Panzer Division might have been in Dunkirk that morning. On 26 May, in a special order issued by the Commander-in- Chief, Field Marshal Lord Gort, Reeves was awarded an immediate DSO in recognition of the part that he had played in these events. William Robert Reeves, always known as Bill, was born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 26 May 1906. The son of an officer in the Field Artillery, he was educated at Monkton Combe, near Bath, before going up to Trinity Hall to read Geography. He was a good runner, rowed in the College VIII and, after serving in the OTC, was granted a Direct Entry Commission into the Royal Tank Corps. In 1942 Reeves took command of 4 RTR in Palestine where the regiment, which had suffered heavy losses at Tobruk, was being reinforced and retrained. 4 RTR was ordered into Tobruk on 19 June and, the next

127 day, after the Germans broke through the outer defence, Reeves was ordered to counter-attack. Despite being dive-bombed, outnumbered and outgunned, 4 RTR inﬂicted heavy losses on the German armour before all their tanks were destroyed. Tobruk having fallen, the survivors of the regiment attempted to make their way along the coast on foot; but Reeves, like most of his comrades, was captured within a few days and handed over to the Italians. He escaped from the PoW camp in Italy and spent several months on the run in the Appennines. He was re-captured and, after the Italian Armistice, transferred to Oﬂag 79, near Brunswick, where he spent the rest of the war. Having retired in 1949, Reeves farmed in Wales until he was 75. He was a gentle, unassuming man with a great love of music, and throughout his life, at moments of stress, he would turn to his piano and Chopin. Until well into his nineties, he kept geese, hens and bees. Bill Reeves married, in 1929, Joan Jarvis, who predeceased him. He is survived by a son and a daughter.

Taken from The Telegraph (27 November 2003)

Hon Sir Ralph Kilner Brown (1928)

Sir Ralph Kilner Brown, who has died aged 93, served during the Second World War as a Brigadier on Field Marshal Montgomery’s staff planning the Normandy landings, and later concluded a varied judicial career as a kindly and fair-minded judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division. When war broke out Brown was a barrister of ﬁve years’ standing and a Young Liberal noted for his impassioned speeches denounc- ing appeasement. Also an outstanding athlete, he was British 440 yards hurdles champion and had competed at international meetings on the Continent. His greatest disappointment was missing the Berlin Olympics in 1936 due to injury. Brown enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment as a private and was commissioned the next year. In 1941 his application to transfer to the RAF for pilot training was rejected on the grounds that he was “too old and too intelligent”, and instead he was chosen for Staff College.

128 In January 1942 Brown began work on the detailed planning of cross- Channel operations, with particular responsibility for questions of build- up, supply and maintenance. This was the planning team that would lay the foundation for the ultimate “Overlord” invasion of Europe in 1944. When the war ended he was kept on by Montgomery to help oversee the transfer to military government, during which time he compiled the ofﬁcial Army textbook on Administration in the Field of War. He was mentioned in dispatches and appointed OBE (military) in 1945. After retiring, he wrote a book, Top Brass and No Brass (1991), in which he challenged the view that a vigorous America had won the war for a spent Britain. Ralph Kilner Brown was born on 28 August 1909 in Calcutta and spent his early childhood 100 miles north of there at Bankura. In 1915 Ralph’s mother took him and his three younger siblings back to England. After six months they all returned to Bengal apart from young Ralph, who was left with his maternal grandparents. He was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and at Trinity Hall, where he was Squire Law Scholar, runner-up for the Presidency of the Union and leader of the Young Liberals. He represented Cambridge three times at athletics and only narrowly missed a Blue at cricket. Called to the Bar by Middle Temple as a Harmsworth Scholar in 1934, he began practising in Birmingham at the chambers of Donald Finnemore, a nonconformist and teetotaller who expected his juniors to take on a company of the Boys’ Brigade. Brown duly formed a company at Kingstanding, a new estate on the outskirts for families from the slums of Aston. When Brown resumed his mixed common law practice at the Bar after demobilisation in 1946, he took over the command of the Birmingham Battalion of the Boys’ Brigade, whose 40 companies trained 2,000 boys over the next 10 years. He also contested four general elections for the Liberals, polling well but without success. At the Bar Brown was known as a measured, skilful advocate and a brilliant mitigator. He took Silk in 1958. His judicial career began with his appointment in 1954 as deputy chairman of Warwickshire Quarter Sessions; he became chairman 10 years later. Always fair and likeable, he was Recorder of Lincoln (1960-64) and Recorder of Birmingham (1964-65) before being appointed as an Additional Judge of the Old Bailey and then as Recorder of Liverpool (1967-69). After being appointed to the High Court bench in 1970, Kilner Brown spent ﬁve years as presiding judge on the Northern Circuit. He was elected a Bencher of Middle Temple in 1964, knighted in 1970 and was Master Reader of Middle Temple in 1982, when he published

129 The Ofﬁce of Reader in the Middle Temple. He served for many years as a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Ralph Kilner Brown was a gentle and modest man of complete integrity, as popular with other members of his profession as he was with friends. In 1943 he married Rosemary Brefﬁt; they had a son and two daughters.

Taken from The Telegraph (20 June 2003)

Donald Humphrey Spark (1939)

Donald Spark, former senior partner of long-established Worthing solicitors Verrall and Son, died on 17 October, after falling asleep while on a cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean, a style of holiday he loved. He was 82. He was at Trinity Hall from 1939 to 1941 and again in 1945/6. He played hockey for the Hall, and the College awarded him the Squire law scholarship after he passed the law tripos with first class honours starred. At the start of the war, young men did not join the Forces till they were 20. This led Cambridge to offer two-year degree courses. Donald Spark did a year of history and then a year of law before going to an officer cadet training unit and being commissioned into the Royal Artillery. He served in North Africa and Italy from late 1942 until 1945, taking part in the assault on the Mareth Line in Tunisia and the landing at Salerno. He narrowly escaped serious injury when the Germans lobbed a grenade on to the parapet of his observation post near an Italian river. When the war ended, Trinity Hall got him released early from the army and he spent a year studying for his bachelor of laws degree. Then he served articles with Freshfields. On qualifying, he decided to give up commercial law and deal with people. He joined Verralls soon after his marriage and dealt with the legal problems of anyone who came into the office off the street, hundreds of clients in all. A colleague describes him as “an absolutely cracking good lawyer”. He became senior partner in 1976, at a time when legal practices were merging to form larger ones. The Verrall practice is now part of Thomas Eggar, one of the largest in the South-East. His wife Ruth died in 2001, shortly after they celebrated their golden wedding. He leaves two daughters, Judy and Hilary, and three grandchildren.

Written by his brother, David Spark

130 C Hugh Kinder (1940)

Hugh Kinder died just before Christmas 2003. He died as he had lived: bravely, and with the full support of an army of friends and a loving family. Indeed he chose to allow himself to die from malignancy in much the same way as he chose to retire from urological practice – at a time of his choosing. And such was the man that he shrugged off his first two primary malignancies and it took a third one to finally fell him. He was born in 1922, the son of a civil engineer in Egypt and his early days were spent in Alexandria. As a boy, he returned with his family to England and the rest of his childhood was spent in Kent. After prepara- tory school in Seaford, he went to Sherborne where he developed three of his many interests in life outside medicine. He became a sportsman, he learned about falconry and he learnt to paint. From Sherborne he went to Trinity Hall, shortly after the outbreak of the second world war. He enjoyed himself enormously, not least because that is where he met Audrey, his wife to be. He was a prop forward in Ronald Sinclair’s very successful Cuppers XV, and rowed in the Rugger boat. As an undergraduate he was already firmly committed to a career in surgery, and in 1942, he went from Cambridge to Guy’s for his clinical training – and also to further his career in rugby football. Much as he enjoyed playing rugby and boxing for the hospital, which seems to have taken up much of his time, he developed his interest in surgery. He then spent two years in the Royal Air Force before returning to Guy’s. He became interested in urology as a result of working with Kilp (Mr F R Kilpatrick) who was urologist at Guy’s and at St Peter’s Hospital (as it was then). In 1958, he became Consultant Urologist at Guy’s and with Kilp turned Guy’s into one of the best departments of urology in London. He retired in 1986, after being involved in almost every activity he could have been involved in and chairman of almost every committee at one stage or another. The central focus for Hugh was always his family. Hugh and Audrey had a happy and enduring marriage, celebrating their Golden Wedding in 1999. They had five children – all of whom have been prolific in providing grandchildren – and one of whom, Richard, also became a urologist. But more than anything he was just a great guy. He encouraged, cajoled, persuaded his junior and senior colleagues to work, to learn, to develop and particularly to work together. On retirement he and Audrey moved to South Walsham in Norfolk to pursue his interests: his family, sailing, gardening, painting and in village life around him. Norfolk had become the major family focus for the Kinder family many years ago because of his love of sailing and it was

131 the obvious place to retire to. He raced sailing dinghies for 64 years and was still racing a few months before he died. Living just down river from Hickling, Hugh was a founder member of the Hickling Broad Sailing Club, and was a highly skilled and successful helmsman. He and Audrey became very active in local village life and as in every other thing he had ever done, he became Chairman of that too – speciﬁ- cally Chairman of the Parish Council. Despite cancer, he fought off ill health all his life until his last few years when he developed a third primary tumour and he fought that off too until he ﬁnally decided he had had enough and died with his family all around him on 22 December 2003. Written by A R Mundy, a friend and colleague

Rt Hon Lord Milner of Leeds (1942)

Lord Milner of Leeds, who died on August 20 aged 79, combined a career as a solicitor, specialising in property, with that of being a busy, if modest, member of the House of Lords. He served as a junior Labour whip during the Heath government from 1971 to 1974. When Tony Blair introduced his constitutional changes in 1999 he was one of the two hereditary Labour peers elected. Arthur James Michael Milner was born on 12 September 1923 into a family of Leeds solicitors. His father was a solicitor and Labour MP for Leeds, who became the 1st Lord Milner of Leeds and a Deputy Speaker of the Lords. Young Mike was brought up in Leeds and sent to Oundle before going into the RAF. After the war, he went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to read Law and, as a member of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, flew Spitfires with 609 (West Riding) Squadron at weekends. In 1952, he came out to specialise in property law with the family firm, based in London. A rally driver in his younger days, Milner was a useful member of the Lords swimming team. Although broadly supportive of the Blair government’s constitutional changes, he was bemused by the way they were introduced. His own death creates a by-election in the Lords amongst Labour hereditaries. Milner married Sheila Margaret Hartley in 1951, who died in 2000; in 2002, he married Helen Cutting Wilmerding. There were two daughters, one of whom predeceased him, and a son, Richard James Milner, who succeeds in the peerage. Taken from The Telegraph (15 September 2003)

132 Revd Bill Seymour Skelton (1946)

The Rev Bill Skelton, who has died aged 82, was part of a highly successful night-fighter team during the Second World War; later he was ordained an Anglican priest and was drawn to the liberal tradition often called “South Bank religion”. Known as “the night hawk partners”, Skelton (as navigator) and Branse Burbridge (as pilot) were officially credited with destroying 21 enemy aircraft. Skelton’s brilliance with airborne radar over Britain and Germany was recognised with the awards of a DFC and Bar in 1944 and a DSO and Bar in 1945. Frank Seymour Skelton, always known as Bill, was born at Pirbright, Surrey, on 26 August 1920 and educated at Blundells. He enlisted in the RAF in 1940, and was commissioned the following year to rise to the rank of acting squadron leader. After the war, he read History and Theology at Trinity Hall, and came under the influence of Launcelot Fleming. Skelton, a moderate evangelical, completed his training for the ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. From 1950 to 1952 he was a curate at Ormskirk, Lancashire, then returned to Cambridge as chaplain of Clare College. Skelton shared in devising one of the early new ways of celebrating the Eucharist, and also in the re-ordering of the College chapel to make this possible. But his primary responsibility was pastoral work among the undergraduates, and he exercised this more widely in the Cambridge pastorate. Also at Cambridge then, as Vicar of Great St Mary’s, the University church, was Mervyn Stockwood. When Stockwood moved to Southwark, where he founded “South Bank religion” with Robinson, Skelton, whose own beliefs were now becoming more liberal, followed him. From 1959 to 1969 he was Rector of the large parish of Bermondsey where, aided by four curates, he carried out a vigorous pastoral ministry, with much civic involvement throughout the area. In 1963 he became one of Bishop Stockwood’s honorary chaplains, which mainly involved walking with him on Saturday afternoons; two years later Skelton was appointed Rural Dean of Bermondsey. Stockwood tried, but failed, to persuade him to become suffragan Bishop of Kingston upon Thames, and later Skelton declined the offer of the Bishopric of

133 Liverpool. In the circumstances this was probably wise, for in 1969 he had a severe emotional breakdown. On his recovery, Skelton decided not to return to the direct service of the Church, and became director of the Lambeth Endowed Charities. Over the next 16 years he administered with considerable flair an old housing estate, almshouses and several other charities, laying the foun- dations of their present financial strength. He also became involved in the charitable work of the Coopers’ Company, of which he was a Liveryman for many years. Skelton served as Master in 1985, and was associated with St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate, which provided him with a spiritual home in retirement. Skelton, who died on 24 May, was unmarried; but for the last 21 years of his life he found emotional fulfilment with his close friend Christopher Eldridge. Taken from The Telegraph (31 May 2003)

Norman Leonard Webb (1947)

The statistician Norman Webb invented TAN-ratings in the early years of television audience measurement. As an executive working for the market research ﬁrm Attwood Statistics, conducting consumer polls, he was instrumental in devising a system in which recording equipment was ﬁtted on to a representative number of television sets scattered throughout Britain in a social mix to measure the week’s viewing. The data was processed studiously by housewives enjoying a pocket-money cottage industry. From Attwood, Webb joined Gallup Poll, and could be seen at night pacing the corridors of The Daily Telegraph, clutching a bunch of damp galley-proofs relating to the latest Gallup results. The poll was under contract to the newspaper, and one of Webb’s functions was to liaise with its leader writers as to how best to interpret the results. Webb rose to be chief executive and international secretary of Gallup in Britain, visiting the Soviet Union to open up new business.

134 Sir Antony Fyson Buck (1949)

Smiling Sir Antony Buck QC, who has died aged 74, was, for 31 years, the Conservative MP for Colchester (1961-83) and Colchester North (1983- 92), and a former navy minister. His smile, which could lighten any room, was powered both by good nature and gullibility. This gullibility was shown in both his professional and public life. While he was an active politician, he swallowed, in 1968, the PR men’s gloss about the loyalty to the Nato alliance of the semi-fascist Greek colonels. He even welcomed the Turkish army’s takeover of northern Cyprus. He was gullible, too, about President Reagan’s star wars’ proposals in 1987. But these could be understood as the naivety to which orthodox Tories, superloyal to the Atlantic alliance, were prone. What destroyed his reputation, within two years of his 1992 retirement from the Commons, was his incredible gullibility about women. His brief marriage (1990-93) to the Spanish-born adventuress Bienvenida Perez- Blanco was an expensive misadventure. Within months, Bienvenida had moved on to another marriage, and Sir Antony had acquired a persistent Russian widow, Tamara, as his third wife. The exposure of Buck’s inappropriate private life was all the greater because, until then, his career had seemed the epitome of middle-rank- ing orthodox Tory establishment achievement, crowned by a knighthood. He was born in Cambridge. After King’s school, Ely, he went into the army for his national service, serving in Berlin during the Soviet block- ade. On his return, he read history and law at Trinity Hall, and was chairman of the University Conservative association and College captain of swimming. He became a barrister in 1954, and a QC in 1974. He tried unsuccessfully to become the Conservative candidate for Cambridge in 1960, but was elected for Colchester in 1961. Initially, he was a seldom-heard, dull but courteous, clubbable right-ish loyalist with a heart. Under Edward Heath, he served as parliamentary under-secretary of state for defence (Royal Navy), from 1972 to 1974. In the contest for the next leader, in 1975, he strongly backed Sir Geoffrey Howe instead of Margaret Thatcher. Tall and bony, a jolly, wine-drinking charmer, he seemed to have a weakness for foreign women. His ﬁrst marriage, to an Australian, Judy, lasted from 1955 until 1989; his divorce compelled him to sell his Georgian house with its swimming pool. The next year, he was scooped up by the social- climbing Bienvenida. His 1994 on-off marriage to Tamara lasted until his death. She survives him as does Louisa, a daughter of his ﬁrst marriage. Taken from The Guardian (11 October 2003)

135 Andrew Arthur Bishop (1952)

Andrew Bishop entered Oundle School in Dryden House in 1946. He left in 1950 to do his National Service in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment before going up to Trinity Hall in 1952 to read Natural Sciences. He played rugby and rowed for the College and was a member of the Asparagus Club (of which he was “Chief Chef” in 1954/55). On going down from Cambridge he went to teach chemistry at Harrow School. Before going to Harrow he had married Margaret whom he had met at Cambridge. They went to Harrow with a young daughter. A son and a second daughter followed. He was following a family tradition set by his father, and proudly taught from his father’s text book. The large and tired lecture room in which he first taught was ideal for his large and inspirational personality. His lectures were full of exciting demonstrations – flames, phosphorescence, bangs and even his own voice raised in pitch an octave or two by inhaling helium. He set high standards for himself, his colleagues and his pupils. In 1958 he was appointed Head of Chemistry and then in 1966 Head of Science. He was an excellent organiser whose administrative skills were extremely sound. From an early stage he was active in curriculum development both inside and outside the School. The Nuffield Development of Science revolutionised the way science was taught in schools and he became the first chief examiner for Nuffield ‘A’ level chemistry. He wrote his own ‘0’ level course in ‘Environmental Science’, feeling strongly that all pupils had the right to have an education in Science up to the age of 16, but that syllabi were not always appropriate. In 1981 he felt that he knew all the answers on School Chemistry and so he switched to teaching Physics; this he did to all levels with considerable success, moving into the new Physics block which he had helped to master-mind when it was built in 1971. Andrew was active in general education outside the School for most of his teaching career and early on he became involved with the School Science Review. In 1966 he became the editor of this august and excellent quarterly journal for Science teachers. He was chairman of the Association for Science Education for a year in 1976. For his many services to Science education he was honoured with the OBE in 1994. In 1973 he was appointed House Master of Rendalls where he ruled with a firm hand for fifteen years. When he entered Rendalls, his family were in their teens and this gave him a balanced outlook on the problems of young people. Andrew was also a sincere and enthusiastic Freemason. He was initiated into the Universal Lodge in 1964 and later became its Master. He

136 joined the Old Harrovian Lodge in 1972 and was later appointed to Senior London Grand Rank and Senior Rank in the Province of Middlesex. Andrew was one of the great tradition of inspirational schoolmasters. He was loved by all with whom he came into contact and will be greatly missed. Written by Patrick Cooke-Priest MA FRICS, Harrow School (1952-1957), Christ’s College, Cambridge (1960-1963)

Professor Simon Daniel White Collier (1958)

The prime academic interest of Simon Collier, who has died aged 64, was Chilean political history, and he co-edited the groundbreaking Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Latin America and The Caribbean (1985). Yet it is for his passion for Argentinian tango, and his The Life, The Music and Times of Carlos Gardel (1986), and his biography of composer Astor Piazzolla (2000) that he will be best remembered. Collier was part of a generation that emerged from Cambridge University in the 1960s to establish Latin American studies in British universities. His first book was a history of Chilean independence, while his latest (forthcoming this year) is on the making of the Chilean republic in the 19th century. As one of the first academics to talk about popular music and culture, notably the intertwining of the history of the tango with the city of Buenos Aires in the work of Gardel, his seminars were insightful and hugely entertaining. “I love it as it is an opportunity to play records and have fun,” he would say. And like any historian, his hugely rich collection was meticulously catalogued. As consultant for Harlequin Records, his sleeve notes for 20 of their tango history collections are a major contribution to tango recording history. Collier’s evocative biography of Gardel was the first in English, and undoubtedly one of the best in any language, and if his Gardel was an accessible, popular book, Collier’s biography of Piazzolla, written with his Argentinian colleague María Susana Azzi, was a tour de force. It followed Tango (1995), which he and Azzi had co-authored, and which Collier described as a serious, coffee-table book. The eldest of seven children, born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, he inherited his father’s passion for history and literature, and his mother’s for music. He played the piano by ear, and entertained his family with popular hit songs. He went to Bedford school and, after national service in the RAF, read history to postgraduate level at Trinity Hall, where he led the Hourglass debating group.

137 He taught history at Essex University (1965-91), during which time he had four spells as a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin. In 1991, he was tempted away to become Director of the Centre for Latin American and Iberian studies, and chairman of the History Department, at Vanderbilt University, Nashville. In his Essex farewell speech, ever informed by popular music, he cited Hank Williams: “No, it ain’t Dallas, it ain’t Dynasty, It’s jest knocking out a living down in Tennessee.” And he always ensured his visitors got a rich taste of Nashville’s music scene. Warm, generous and full of wry humour, Collier was supportive and encouraging to his colleagues and friends, and cherished by all. Collier’s honours included the Order of Andrés Bello from the Republic of Venezuela. In 2000 he became a Knight Commander of Chile’s Order of Bernardo O’Higgins. He died peacefully, the songs of his beloved Carlos Gardel playing softly in the background. He is survived by his six brothers and sisters. Taken from The Guardian (11 October 2003)

Nicholas Adrian Meadows (1972)

I cannot remember exactly which year Nick Meadows ﬁrst entered my life, but it marked an unforgettable and important moment. It may have been when he came for interview or when he ﬁrst arrived at Trinity Hall, but what I can remember as if it were yesterday is that he had long hair, Granny Smith round glasses and wore work clothes. The Trinity Hall style had changed. The year before, cavalry twills, checked shirts and tweed jackets had been the mode; Nick represented something different. And I knew it at the time. Nick reminded me of that passage in Goethe’s autobiography, Poetry and Truth, where he describes how in 1770 he and his fellow students “went natural”, took off their powdered wigs and French cravates and allowed their hair to grow long. They opened their shirts and loosened their belts. It was the beginning of Sturm und Drang, an early version of Romanticism. As I looked at Nick, I knew I was looking at one of those mysterious sea-changes in human affairs, a break in sensibility. Now with hindsight, I know that Nick represented the 1960s, its new sensibility, its political engagement, its rejection of bourgeois morality and convention. As you mourn him, I mourn with you and not only for the person but for that whole generation whose hopes rose in 1968 only to be crushed

138 and who lived to see the world of Bush, global McDonaldism, religious fundamentalism, inequality and despair. Nick died as he lived, looking for and working towards a better future. There are worse fates. His friends and family, can be proud of what he represented. Written by Professor Jonathan Steinberg (Fellow, 1966-1999) for Nick’s Memorial Service

Professor Geoffrey Stephen Kirk (Fellow)

Professor Geoffrey Kirk, who died aged 81, held the Regius Chair in Greek at Cambridge from 1974 until 1982, and revolutionised the study of the Presocratic philosophers and, later, Homer; he was also one of the band of classicists involved in cloak-and-dagger operations around the Greek islands during the Second World War. Throughout his career his main interests were in early Greek literature, especially philosophy, Homer and myth, and on these often murky and always much disputed subjects he shone a bright, clear, cool-headed and well-focused light. In 1954 he produced Heraclitus: the Cosmic Fragments, a brilliant and quite new attempt to penetrate this most interesting and obscure of Presocratic natural scientists. This was followed in 1957 by The Presocratic Philosophers: a Critical History with a Selection of Texts (with J E Raven), in which he and Raven attempted an analytical coverage of all the Presocratics, based on the surviving fragments, which were all quoted in Greek and translated. This was an immediate success, bringing these fascinating but difﬁcult early thinkers within the scope of anyone with an interest in the subject. Constantly revised, updated and re-edited, it is still the standard work on the subject. During his war service with the Levant Schooner Flotilla, Kirk landed at many points on the Greek islands and along the Turkish coast. On Andros, he quelled a rebellion by German prisoners over their rations by offering to present them to the starving Greeks nearby (who planned to pull out their ﬁngernails before killing them). This move immediately calmed German and Greek discontent. He was awarded the DSC for his work in 1945.

139 Geoffrey Stephen Kirk was born on 3 December 1921, and was educated at Rossall School and Clare College, Cambridge. After the outbreak of war, Kirk enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1941, and was commissioned the following year. After the war, Kirk graduated from Cambridge in 1946 and was immediately offered a Research Fellowship, and then a full Fellowship, at Trinity Hall, which he held till 1970. Kirk was a breath of fresh air in the Classics faculty. On the strength of the precocious brilliance demonstrated in Heraclitus and The Presocratic Philosophers, Kirk was appointed a youthful Fellow of the British Academy in 1959 and Reader in Greek at Cambridge in 1961. In 1962 he produced another deeply influential work, The Songs of Homer, a superbly clear and well-reasoned survey of the state of the Homeric studies. Now a scholar with a world-wide reputation, Kirk took up the chair of Classics at Yale in 1965, and in 1971 returned to Britain to take up the chair at Bristol. When he returned to Cambridge in 1974 as Regius Professor of Greek and as a Fellow of Trinity, a degree of disillusionment had already set in. Prone to a degree of cynicism about academic decision-making anyway, he became something of an alienated and detached figure, not helped by the fact that he had chosen to live in Suffolk where he could sail. As a result, he retired early from the chair in 1982, and devoted his next 10 years to the brilliant Cambridge six-volume commentary on Homer’s Iliad. General editor of the complete series, he contributed the first two volumes (Books 1-4, 1985, and 5-8, 1990) and was a generous and sympa- thetic adviser to the international team of scholars which completed the series in 1993. He married Barbara Traill in 1950; they had a daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1975, and that year he married, Kirsten Ricks (née Jensen). She survives him, together with his daughter and his four stepchildren. Taken from The Telegraph (13 March 2003)

140 Trinity Hall Year Representatives

1935 Michael Page MC

1936 Bevis Sanford

1937 Dr Robert Miller FRCP

1938 Dr Peter Trier CBE FREng

1940-46 d’Arcy Orders MBE

1947 Dr Michael Mynott

1948 Roy Barter

1949 Ian Romer

1950 Bob Ely

1951 His Honour Angus Macdonald

1952 Dr Keith Humphreys CBE

1953 John Russell

1954 Dominic Brooks

1955 Miles Halford

1956 Michael Shipley

1957 Martin Wolferstan

1958 Peter Hill RD

1959 Richard Devit

1960 Julian Ebsworth

141 1961 Andrew Medlicott

1962 Colin Hayes

1963 Professor John Pollard

1964 Dr Tom Bigge RD

& Frank Conley FRSA 1965 David Bell

1966 Martin Williams

1967 Chris Angus

1968 Henry Poole

1969 Simon Jones

1970 Tim Stevenson

1971 John Ellard

1972 Geoff Gardiner

1973 Roy Warden

1974 Guy Brannan

1975 Nick Eastwell

1976 Rob Highmore

1977 Andrew Burr

1977 Lizzie Irons

1978 Christopher Grigg & Dr Fionna Grigg (née Stirling)

1979 Roger McKinlay FIEE

1980 Dr Geoff Parks

1981 Sarah Webbe

1983 Year Rep Wanted

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1984 Andrew Moore & Mrs Sue Whalley

1985 Jackie Horne

1986 Tim Bennett

1987 Dave Johnson

1987 (Grads) Dr Harry Bradshaw

1988 Mrs Helen Powell

1988 (Grads) Mrs Rosalind Lane

1989 Arwen Handley & Dr Andrew Pauza

1990 Mrs Helen Chalk

1991 Paddy Doris

1991 (Grads) Dr Mark Field

1992 Chaz Dheer

1993 Miss Lee Davidson

& Liz Phillips 1993 (Grads) Wendy Russell Barter

1994 Chris Hancock

1994 (Grads) Dr Sarah Barrett Jones

143 1995 Nick Forbes

1995 (Grads) Dr Alex Schroeder

1996 Helen Barraclough & Mary Wilson

1996 (Grads) Dr Eric Breton

1997 Kirsten Etheridge & Dan Smith

1997 (Grads) Bent Grover

1998 Laura Jeffery & Richard Morrison

1998 (Grads) Dr Marina Terkouraﬁ

1999 Amy Burchell & Tim Nixon

1999 (Grads) Dr Andrew Lennon

2000 Anna McKay & Jill Goodier

2002 (Grads) Jenny Ifft

Regional Reps:

John Edwards (Singapore)

Jackie Horne (Hong Kong)

144 Keeping in Touch Reply Slips Keeping in Touch

If you are, or have ever been, a graduate, undergraduate or Fellow of Trinity Hall, you are a member of the College. The Development & Alumni Ofﬁce, together with your Alumni Association, the THA, seeks to keep all members in touch with the College and with each other by sending out publications, organising events and maintaining a database and website for all members, friends and staff of Trinity Hall.

If you therefore have a change of address or job to report to us, or if you would like to get involved in the Careers Network, or if you have any news suitable for the next Newsletter, please use the forms on the following pages to let us know. Alternatively, send your news via email to [email protected], via the website at www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/update or through the online directory www.THAlumni.net.

Remember that your news can also be included in Black & White News, the next issue of which will be included in Front Court in the Autumn. Please contact your Year Rep or the Alumni Ofﬁcer by early July 2004, if you have any interesting news to tell your year group. THAlumni.net also provides a forum for sharing information and keeping alumni informed of events and news within your year. Trinity Hall Association Annual Gathering Saturday 26 June 2004

Centenary Celebrations of the Trinity Hall Association

The planned programme for the Annual Gathering this year is as follows: 11.00am AGM (with coffee) in the Graham Storey Room Coffee in the Master’s Lodge for those not at the AGM 12.30pm Light sandwich lunch 2.00pm-5.00pm Events in College to include: lectures Amir Baghdadchi (grad student) – “Ronald Firbank, Mad Genius of Trinity Hall” Professor Jonathan Steinberg (Emeritus Fellow) – “The View from 0.4: Reﬂections on historial studies at Trinity hall in the 20th Century” theatre the Preston Society & the Music Society present Grease music Performance by the choir & an open concert wine tasting by Cambridge Wine Merchants (£5 a ticket) silver on display to include THA pieces Victorian costumed interpreters to entertain kids (& adults!)

There will also be a display of The Hidden Hall and the Wychfield development in the marquees, which will be available all afternoon 3.30pm-4.30pm Tea 5.30pm Drinks followed by Buffet Dinner If you would like to take part in a concert of student and alumni performances, please indicate this on the reply slip There will be some accommodation available in College on a first-come, first- served basis, at a cost of £30.00. Please book early to avoid disappointment. We hope that as many members (and their guests) as possible will attend the Annual Gathering. Please return the reply slip to the Alumni Officer as soon as possible, and no later than Friday 18 June. Please note that parking is not available in College. Parking is available in Lion Yard and Park Street Car Parks, and the Park & Ride scheme runs all day on Saturdays. This programme is correct at the time of going to print, but may be subject to alteration Trinity Hall Association Annual Dinner in Cambridge Saturday 25 September 2004

The cost to members will be:

For dinner only

£15 for members and their guests matriculating in and since 1996

£35 for all other members and their guests

With room and breakfast

£38.50 for members and their guests matriculating in or since 1996

£58.50 for all other members and their guests

Guests (one per member) are welcome to attend the Dinner in College.

The reception will commence at 7pm with dinner at 7.30pm.

Dress is black tie/smart

At 3pm in the afternoon, John Wells (1983) will be offering an introductory talk on the Manuscript Poetry Exhibition at the University Library for Trinity Hall alumni. As under-librarian in the department of Manuscripts and University Archives, he is curator of the exhibition, and this would therefore be a great opportunity to learn more about the collection. Please contact the Alumni Ofﬁce for details of opening times, and indicate on the reply form if you would like to attend the special talk.

Please return the reply slip to the Alumni Ofﬁcer by Monday 20 September 2004 Trinity Hall Association Annual Gathering Reply Slip Saturday 26 June 2004

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Other News: The Hidden Hall

Due to be published in November this year, The Hidden Hall is a must for all, so don’t miss out on your chance to order a copy! Please fill in the form below and return to Victoria Fangen in the Development Office, Trinity Hall, Cambridge CB2 1TJ The price is £35 including post and packaging for UK orders. For continental Europe add £2.50 per book, and for all other international addresses add £7.50 per book. Payment will be accepted either by a £ sterling cheque or credit card. (To view the original leaflet again, visit www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/alumni/publications) ______

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Alumni Weekend 2004 The threats & hopes posed by science 24 – 26 September

Why not return to Cambridge and join us for the Tours include: 14th annual Alumni Weekend? Explore the latest Parker Library, Institute of Astronomy, Herbarium, developments and discoveries through a stimulating Turing Archive, Wren Library, Madingley Hall, Selwyn mix of lectures and tours, and participate in social College Gardens, Cambridge University Press, Botanic and sporting events. There might even be time to visit Gardens, Kettle’s Yard, Law Faculty, New Hall Art an old haunt or two … Collection, Cavendish Laboratory and Judge Institute of Management. Lectures include: • Professor Sir Christopher Frayling – Ed Stourton will chair a special edition of Question The Image of Scientists in the Movies Time – Where’s it all going to end? – with Professor • Professor Paul Cartledge – The Agony Sir Martin Rees, Professor Onora O’Neill, Professor (and Ecstasy) of the Ancient Olympics Steven Rose and Professor Sir David King discussing • Dr Eileen Rubery – Truth and Uncertainty: the threats and hopes posed by science. Health Crises in the 21st Century • Professor Simon Conway-Morris – To receive the full programme and booking details Life’s Solution: Does Evolution Have a Destiny? please complete the form below and return it to the • Professor Tim Blanning – The Triumph of Music Alumni Ofﬁce. Places are limited so please book early in the Modern World to avoid disappointment.

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