Commentthe College Newsletter Issue No 144 | December 2002

COMMENTTHE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 144 | DECEMBER 2002

DOMINIC TURNER Queen opens King’s Maughan Library

er Majesty The Queen, library and information services Lucas and the Chairman of Continued on page 2 Patron of King’s College centre for King’s makes it the Council, Baroness Rawlings. HLondon, ofﬁcially opened largest new university library Baroness Rawlings then presented the College’s new Maughan facility in Britain since World Sir Deryck and Lady Maughan, in Library on 14 November. War II. whose honour the Library has This magnificent building, The Queen and His Royal been named in recognition of formerly the Public Record Highness The Duke of Edinburgh their generous donation to its Ofﬁce, is widely regarded as a were met by The Rt Hon the restoration, and their daughter, masterpiece of neo-gothic archi- Lord Mayor of the City of Chelsea Maughan. Mrs Vivien tecture. It is believed that its London, Alderman Gavyn Arthur, Robertson, Site Services Manager transformation into a modern the Principal, Professor Arthur for the Library, was also presented.

those at Shrivenham) and a which has so far been spectacu- Letter from the King’s wins turnover of £2 million. larly successful. War Studies is one of only Chairman of Council My fellow Council members Queen’s prize two such departments in the and senior officers await with country to be consistently The highlight of this term for me great interest new Government ing’s has been awarded a awarded the highest rating over was the opening of the Maughan plans for higher education which prestigious Queen’s Anni- the last three RAEs, and in 2001 Library by HM The Queen and are due to be unveiled in Jan- versary Prize for Higher and both the Departments of War HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. uary. It is no secret that every K Further Education. The award is Studies and Defence Studies This was a truly memorable university in the country has in in recognition of the achieve- were also awarded the highest occasion enjoyed by a large num- recent years been under consid- ments of the War Studies Group possible mark of 24 by the QAA ber of staff and students, and one erable financial pressure. We can as a whole, as exemplified by the for the quality of their teaching. that signified the final stage in only hope that these plans fully Defence Studies Department’s Members of the War Studies the long process of transforming address the problem, without work at the Joint Services Com- Group play an important national this wonderful building into a compromising academic inte- mand and Staff College (JSCSC) and international role in the modern library. grity or the potential of young over the past six years. development of defence and Other distinguished visitors to people, from all backgrounds, to Since the Cold War, the security policy, working with the College continue to under- study at university. requirement for command and governments, international organ- line the esteem in which it is Best wishes for a very Happy defence decision-making has isations and NGOs. Its remit cov- held. In recent weeks we have Christmas and a successful New undergone considerable change, ers studies supporting the ‘New welcomed the new Archbishop Year. necessitating a new approach to Chapter’ of the Ministry of of Canterbury, key US Presiden- military education that has been Defence’s Strategic Defence tial adviser Tom Ridge and met through an academic-mili- Review, advising countries in Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, tary partnership at the JSCSC, Africa and Asia seeking to assert the latter delivering a fascinating whose mission is to ‘provide civilian control over their military lecture as part of the College’s The Baroness Rawlings command and staff training at establishments, and offering Year of Humanities 2002-3, Chairman of Council junior, advanced and higher comment and analysis to the EDE & RAVENSCROFT levels for all three Services to a world’s media. world-class standard’. Education King’s also won the Prize in and training at the JSCSC is pro- 1996 in recognition of the work vided by 40 academics from of the Centre of Medical Law & King’s who are now based in Ethics. a new purpose-built facility Principal Professor Arthur at Shrivenham, in addition to Lucas commented: ‘It is a tremen- military staff who are appointed dous honour for the College to for a term of duty. receive the Queen’s Anniversary The War Studies Group (com- Prize, and this is in recognition of prising the Department of War how our staff in the War Studies Studies, the Defence Studies Group have so rapidly, and so Department at JSCSC and the confidently, become a vital part Baroness Rawlings and Principal Professor Lucas with Lord Rothschild, who was International Policy Institute) has of the academic training of the made an Honorary Fellow of King’s earlier this year and was recently awarded the over 80 academic staff (including British armed forces.’ Order of Merit by The Queen

Continued from page 1 nity to speak to The Queen and The Duke. over 100 guests in the Weston Room, formerly The tour progressed to the Foyle Special the Rolls Chapel and renamed following a The Royal Party then spent nearly an hour Collections Library where the College’s donation from the Garfield Weston Founda- touring the building, seeing significant fea- Special Collections and Rare Books are tion. Members of the Library Appeal Board, tures of the £35 million, two-year creation of located in a purpose-designed facility. This donors and supporters, staff, the project a state-of-the-art library and meeting stu- was named in recognition of a grant from the team, contractors and current and former dents, staff and donors. Foyle Foundation and members of the Foyle members of College Council were presented The project architects, Gaunt Francis family and Trustees of the Foyle Foundation during the reception. Before she left, The Associates, gave a short presentation on the were introduced. Queen unveiled the plaque to officially open refurbishment and restoration of the build- The Royal party was then shown a spec- the building. ing. The Queen and Prince Philip toured the tacular panel of stained glass depicting the The Queen last visited King’s in 1978 law and history libraries and met Royal Arms of King George IV, originally in when she opened the Strand Building. students from those disciplines, together the east window of the Rolls Chapel. Its with library assistants and current sabbatical restoration was funded by the Crown Estate officers from the Students’ Union and many and it now hangs by the staff entrance. Turn to page 8 for more pictures of the Royal others who enjoyed an unexpected opportu- The visit concluded with a reception for visit.

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Top Bush aide gives major speech at King’s

MOHAMED PANCHBAYA om Ridge, Assistant to the President consequences. Our public safety and health for Homeland Security, gave a keynote infrastructures can be quickly overwhelmed, T speech at King’s Strand Campus on producing casualties in the thousands or tens 7 November. In it he warned that America of thousands. This is the inescapable reality and its allies faced the threat of terrorism ‘for of the 21st century.’ the foreseeable future’ adding that al-Qaeda During the lengthy question and answer ‘remains our most immediate and serious session afterwards, impressionist and King’s threat’. alumnus Rory Bremner asked the Governor The lecture, entitled Protecting against the about his country’s ‘catastrophic failure’ to Global Threat: Strategies from American Home- avoid the September 11 hijacks. land Security, was Governor Ridge’s only The lecture was covered by national and major speech on this, his first official visit to international media and afterwards David the UK. He was sworn in as the first Assis- Frost interviewed Governor Ridge at King’s tant to the President for Homeland Security for his Breakfast with Frost programme. on 8 October 2001 – a post established following the tragic events of September 11. He also said: ‘Our transportation networks, Presidential power generating plants and industries can Assistant: Tom Ridge be attacked with potentially catastrophic outlines his strategies for homeland security

ensuring that prison management operates within an ethical context is by measuring it against Ministers launch King’s the wide range of human rights covenants and standards relating to imprisonment. This is exactly Prison Handbook what this new Handbook sets out to do. I believe it will meet a frequently expressed need in ack Straw, the Secretary ment in November. The book The FCO will be sending two many countries and hope that it of State for Foreign and translates universally agreed stan- copies to every UK embassy and will become a standard text for JCommonwealth Affairs, and dards on prison reform into prac- high commission while ICPS will training prison staff all around the Hilary Benn, Prisons Minister, tical guidance for prison staff. distribute the handbook to prison world.’ together launched a major new Written by Dr Andrew Coyle, services around the world as well handbook on prison manage- Director of the International as to international bodies such Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) as the UNHCR, the Council Hope that it will become a PATRICK TSU at King’s and funded by the of Europe, ICRC and WHO. standard text for training FCO’s Human Rights Project It is currently being translated prison staff all around the Fund, it is entitled A Human into Arabic, French, Russian, world Rights Approach to Prison Man- Spanish and Turkish and the vari- agement. In it Dr Coyle calls for ous versions will be published on prison management to be under- the ICPS website (www.prison- There is increasing use of taken within an ethical context. studies.org) in due course, as will imprisonment around the world – Mr Straw welcomed the book the FCO. currently there are 8.7 million saying: ‘If the standards of care Hilary Benn noted: ’The way a people in prison – and from the this handbook sets out are imple- country treats its prisoners is a countries in which ICPS works, a mented, we will have taken good test of its wider approach to number of common problems another important step towards human rights. I hope this hand- such as overcrowding, disease the universal application of book will help all of us to reﬂect and ill health, inactivity, violence human rights. I am sure it will be on how we approach this task.’ and abuse are common. An addi- well received by Government Dr Coyle said: ‘The Internation- tional problem is that staff who ministers, international organisa- al Centre for Prison Studies has are poorly paid and badly trained tions and prison staff alike.’ found that a very effective way of have little respect in society.

December 2002 | COMMENT | 3 News

JO FISHENDEN King’s Nursing celebrates 25 years

ursing and Midwifery at King’s has cel- requiring academic validation for their vide positive examples from King’s. Health ebrated its 25th anniversary. The diploma courses. This heralded an exciting care in general has benefited from them and NDepartment, established in 1977 at partnership and subsequently the integration over the 25 years, millions of patients have Chelsea College, has now expanded to form of King’s, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Schools been cared for and assisted by our work. Our the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & which then joined King’s as the Nightingale Trust partnerships and other significant Midwifery and is one of the top nursing and Institute within the School of Health, Bio- relationships have helped us thrive.’ midwifery schools in the country. medical & Life Sciences. In 1999 the new The School originally comprised two staff School of Nursing & Midwifery was formed. but now employs 240, including ten profes- During the 25 years there has been sub- Congratulations: (above) Present and former members of Nursing celebrate 25 years. In the foreground sors. In excess of 1,300 students are under- stantial evolution, especially in the area of Professor Jenifer Wilson-Barnet with Jack Hayward, taking undergraduate, postgraduate and Dip nursing research, in which King’s has under- the first Professor of Nursing at Chelsea then King’s HE courses each year and the range of post taken a ground-breaking role. Research Farewell: The Principal signs the ‘Goodbye Book’ for registration education spans 16 undergrad- income now stands at over £2 million per year. Professor Sally Redfern, Director of the Nursing uate programmes with 360 different courses. The excellent working relationship with the Research Unit The first intake at Chelsea was of 14 students NHS Trusts and the SE London Workforce on the four-year BSc in Nursing Studies. Development Confederation has led to a new Over the last 25 years 350 BScs and more ten-year contract for nursing and midwifery than 2,0000 DipHEs in Nursing have suc- education. cessfully graduated. There are ten masters Professor Jenifer Wilson-Barnett, Head of programmes and postgraduates number over the School said: ‘Looking back on 25 years 200, including 50 at the doctoral level. There has been a positive experience and gratitude have been 60 PhDs awarded since 1977. is owed to so many people. Most crucial, After the merger of Chelsea with King’s, however, has been the influence of our grad- the hospital-based nursing schools were uates who have, over the years helped to pro- JO FISHENDEN

Course Enquiries The CEU now role during this year’s clearing one of the many things we have process: over the initial two days discovered is how much callers Unit update • handles the prospectus requests it took 5,883 calls. With the intro- appreciate a voice at the end of for many departments, includ- duction of the Student Database the phone. Even if we cannot airead A Carroll from ing War Studies and Pharmacy we were not only able to filter solve the enquirer’s query we the Course Enquires Unit • offers cover for Switchboard calls for the various departments, can take time to listen and then M (CEU), established back in and Reception but also to confirm places and point them in the right direction. February as an initial point of • maintains a comprehensive suggest alternatives for students This is a positive way of repre- contact for general queries and database who had not secured their first or senting King’s to the general prospectus requests, outlines the • provides valuable information second choice. We were also on public as a whole and making success the Unit has enjoyed in and statistics to various hand to provide valuable assis- King’s stand out from other aca- the past eight months. Schools and Departments. tance to the Accommodation demic institutions. As places at Since our official opening in Office by being able to confirm universities become more com- February the Unit has handled The CEU has also taken places for students who had been petitive, departments increasingly an impressive 219,032 calls, dis- responsibility for booking the offered College accommodation, busy and student expectations patched nearly 50,000 prospec- College’s paid-for events includ- leaving it to deal with more higher, the role of the CEU will tuses and has grown and devel- ing the Art of Dying Symposium. complex queries. become ever more important in oped significantly. The Unit also played a pivotal In an age of computerisation providing that listening ear.

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From poetry to prisons: a number of high proﬁle speakers, as well as Tom Ridge, gave major lectures at King’s during November. Yuri Kalinin

wide-ranging audience crime. He also described the gathered to listen to Yuri problems that still faced the AKalinin, Deputy Minister prison system in Russia, includ- Seamus Heaney of Justice in the Russian Federa- ing the fact that almost half of all tion, on 12 November. The lec- prisoners suffered from some ture was a major event in the form of disease. Minister’s short official visit to The audience in the Strand the UK, which was sponsored by Campus Council Room included the Foreign & Commonwealth academics and students from Office and organised by the Inter- King’s and other colleges, a num- national Centre for Prison Studies ber of well-known Russian spe- at King’s. cialists and representatives of In the course of his lecture the various Government depart- Minister said that it would have ments, including the Foreign & been inconceivable even a few Commonwealth Office and the years ago that a Russian Minister Department for International would be speaking at a British Development. university about the state of Russian prisons. He underlined the determination of the Russian Excessive use of Government to reduce the num- imprisonment did nothing to ber of people imprisoned in improve public safety Russia and to increase the use of alternatives to prison. As evi- dence of this, he said that the In his vote of thanks the Princi- number of people in pre-trial pal, Professor Arthur Lucas, told detention in Russia fell by 24 per the Minister of his satisfaction cent between July and October that King’s, through the Interna- this year. tional Centre for Prison Studies, He said that his Government was working so closely with the was working hard to convince Russian authorities on penal the Russian public that excessive reform issues. use of imprisonment did nothing to improve public safety; on the Prison visiting: Yuri Kalinin (centre) with Baroness Vivien Stern, Senior JO FISHENDEN contrary it was liable to increase Research Fellow, ICPS and Dr Andrew the likelihood of a rise in future obel prize winner for liter- during their first year in English Coyle, Director, ICPS. JO FISHENDEN ature, Seamus Heaney, and it provides a stepping-stone Nfilled the Great Hall at to learning Anglo-Saxon in subse- King’s Strand Campus on quent years. 12 November with his talk on He also offered insights into Reading Beowulf. This marked his translation methods, which the first event in this year’s he characterised as both ‘raids’ series, ‘Medieval Cultures in and ‘settlement’, exactly the Contact’ (supported by the Annu- behaviour of the early Anglo- al Development Fund) and organ- Saxons and Vikings alike. ised by Professor Clare Lees of ‘Medieval Cultures in Contact’ is the Department of English. designed to bring students of all Seamus Heaney read from his levels into contact with aspects celebrated translation of the of medieval culture that they Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, would not normally encounter as which won the Whitbread Prize part of their day-to-day studies. for Poetry. Students read it

December 2002 | COMMENT | 5 DNA at King’s

Model for the future: King’s double-helix data

Adrian Hayday, Kay Glendinning Professor of Immunobiology and the Head of the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, writes about the 50th anniversary of the publication in Nature of the discovery of the structure of DNA.

‘It has not escaped our notice that sion of the genetic material to on the Strand Campus. Fitting the specific pairing we have postu- the next generation. Moreover, because Watson and Crick’s lated immediately suggests a pos- the insight that the discovery paper was published without sible copying mechanism for the provided into how human char- their undertaking a single exper- genetic material.’ So ran the acteristics arise from our individ- iment other than some undeni- penultimate line of a remarkably ual genes created a veritable ably inspired model building. short scientific paper, known offi- super-highway of research, Instead, the experiments under- cially as a letter, that was pub- ushering in gene therapy for pinning those models were lished on 25 April 1953 in Nature, inherited diseases and culminat- undertaken over the previous the premier scientific journal of ing in the recent sequencing of three years in the Strand base- the time. ment laboratories of the newly- It was perhaps the most formed Medical Research Council momentous paper of the modern The most momentous paper of Biophysics Unit of King’s era, proposing a structure for the the modern era College London. large polymeric chemical, DNA The prime movers in obtain- (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid), that ing the data at King’s were composes the hereditary materi- the human genome. Almost as an Professor Maurice Wilkins, who al of all living cellular organisms. incidental, the discovery paved had commenced pilot studies The proposed structure – a dou- the way for a whole new arena of on the use of X-rays to analyse ble helix – rapidly became an human endeavour: the biotech- DNA structure, and Dr Rosalind icon, aesthetically beautiful, and nology industry. Franklin, a Turner-Newall Fel- stunning in its capacity to Few would be surprised then low who arrived at King’s in explain how DNA is replicated by the grand scale of the celebra- January 1951 and who advanced in preparation for the transmis- tions being planned to mark the the X-ray resolution of DNA paper’s 50th anniversary in 2003. structure to a new level of clarity A full week of events is sched- and sophistication. Their data uled to include scientific collo- were published alongside the quia, theatre and art projects, Watson and Crick paper and in make no mention of King’s. television coverage, nationwide 1962 Wilkins shared the Nobel On the one hand, this matters schools’ activities and public dis- Prize with Watson and Crick: little. That human beings can cussions of both the scientific tragically Franklin had died a understand the nature of their and ethical issues germane to few years earlier at the age of 37. heredity is arguably the essential current DNA-based research. Nonetheless, because neither point, and the personalities Similar grand-scale events will Wilkins’ nor Franklin’s pub- behind the story are merely take place in North America and lished work provided a crisp and details. On the other hand, sci- elsewhere throughout 2003. compelling model for DNA ence has at its core creativity, Although neither author of the structure, their contribution has fidelity and the application of historic paper, Francis Crick nor often been overlooked and even experimental technique. In James Watson, was affiliated with today, in anticipation of next deference to creativity, it is King’s, it is fitting that the year’s events, one can read press arguably appropriate that the Golden Anniversary events in stories that refer only to Watson genius and determination of Rosalind Franklin Britain begin on 22 April 2003, and Crick at Cambridge and that Watson and Crick be the light-

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‘It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postu- lated immediately suggests a pos- Maurice Wilkins portrait unveiled sible copying mechanism for the genetic material.’ So ran the he College was delighted to host an event in penultimate line of a remarkably November in conjunction with the New short scientific paper, known offi- TZealand High Commission to unveil a portrait cially as a letter, that was pub- of Maurice Wilkins, himself a New Zealander. lished on 25 April 1953 in Nature, Maurice Wilkins was born in Pongaroa in the the premier scientific journal of Wairarapa, and then moved to Kelburn Parade, the time. Wellington. His family returned to Britain when It was perhaps the most Maurice was just six-and-a-half, and though he momentous paper of the modern never returned, he still has clear and cherished era, proposing a structure for the memories of his New Zealand childhood. He large polymeric chemical, DNA regards himself as a New Zealander still. (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid), that The portrait was commissioned by the New Zealand Royal Society and the NZ Portrait Gallery and painted by Juliet Kac, a New Zealand artist A veritable super-highway of who lives in Brighton. It was unveiled by the research, ushering in gene High Commissioner Russell Marshall before being therapy returned to the New Zealand Royal Society. The Royal Society of New Zealand also commissioned a poem by Chris Orsman, International composes the hereditary materi- Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of al of all living cellular organisms. Wellington, which was read to Professor Wilkins at The proposed structure – a dou- the event by New Zealander writer Emily Perkins, ble helix – rapidly became an who is currently living in London. icon, aesthetically beautiful, and stunning in its capacity to explain how DNA is replicated in preparation for the transmission of the genetic material to take place in North America and Franklin, a Turner-Newall Fel- and Crick at Cambridge and that the next generation. Moreover, elsewhere throughout 2003. low who arrived at King’s in make no mention of King’s. the insight that the discovery Although neither author of the January 1951 and who advanced On the one hand, this matters provided into how human char- historic paper, Francis Crick nor the X-ray resolution of DNA little. That human beings can acteristics arise from our individ- James Watson, was affiliated with structure to a new level of clarity understand the nature of their ual genes created a veritable King’s, it is fitting that the and sophistication. Their data heredity is arguably the essential super-highway of research, Golden Anniversary events in point, and the personalities ushering in gene therapy for Britain begin on 22 April 2003, behind the story are merely inherited diseases and culminat- on the Strand Campus. Fitting Grand scale of the details. On the other hand, sci- ing in the recent sequencing of because Watson and Crick’s celebrations being planned to ence has at its core creativity, the human genome. Almost as an paper was published without mark the 50th anniversary fidelity and the application of incidental, the discovery paved their undertaking a single exper- experimental technique. In the way for a whole new arena of iment other than some undeni- deference to creativity, it is human endeavour: the biotech- ably inspired model building. were published alongside the arguably appropriate that the nology industry. Instead, the experiments under- Watson and Crick paper and in genius and determination of Few would be surprised then pinning those models were 1962 Wilkins shared the Nobel Watson and Crick be the light- by the grand scale of the celebra- undertaken over the previous Prize with Watson and Crick: ning rod for molecular biology. In tions being planned to mark the three years in the Strand base- tragically Franklin had died a deference to fidelity, and to the paper’s 50th anniversary in 2003. ment laboratories of the newly- few years earlier at the age of 37. application of experimental A full week of events is sched- formed Medical Research Council Nonetheless, because neither technique, it seems deeply dis- uled to include scientific collo- Biophysics Unit of King’s Wilkins’ nor Franklin’s pub- concerting that those painstak- quia, theatre and art projects, College London. lished work provided a crisp and ingly generating the data might television coverage, nationwide The prime movers in obtain- compelling model for DNA not receive appropriate credit. In schools’ activities and public dis- ing the data at King’s were structure, their contribution has particular, the failure of Franklin cussions of both the scientific Professor Maurice Wilkins, who often been overlooked and even to receive any substantial credit and ethical issues germane to had commenced pilot studies today, in anticipation of next has been widely questioned and current DNA-based research. on the use of X-rays to analyse year’s events, one can read press commonly condemned. Similar grand-scale events will DNA structure, and Dr Rosalind stories that refer only to Watson We assume that such a situa-

December 2002 | COMMENT | 7 News The Royal Visit in pictures

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1 Baroness Rawlings 2 Emily Stone, a ﬁrst year 3 Sir Deryck and Lady 4 Margaret Cox, Profes- 5 The Queen and The 6 The Duke of Edinburgh welcomes Her Majesty student, is asked by The Maughan and their sor of Information Tech- Duke of Edinburgh see talks to Law students, The Queen to the Maugh- Queen what it is like to daughter Chelsea are nology in Education at the security centre of the including Nadia Haque, an Library before study in the Maughan presented to The Queen. King’s and niece of the Maughan Library and Robert Black and Andrew presenting the Principal. Library Vivien Robertson, Site late Christina Foyle, is meet electrician Russell Holt, about their studies The Rt Hon the Lord Services Manager for the presented to The Queen Grifﬁn Mayor of the City of Maughan Library, in the Foyle Special Col- London, Alderman Gavyn is to the right lections Library along Arthur is present with representatives of the Foyle Foundation

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7 Third year History 8 Dr Alan MacDougall, 9 Katie Sambrook, Special 10 The Queen meets 11 David Utting, KCLSU 12 The Queen departs the Photography by Dominic student Tobias Cooper Director of ISS, is Collections Librarian, and MA student George President, is presented to Maughan Library following Turner, except number 6 meets The Queen presented to The Queen Shelley de Kock show The Deswijzen in the Round The Queen. To his left are a very successful visit which was taken by in the Weston Room. To Queen Introductory notes Reading Room. Alan Ralph Redfern and Sarah Jo Fishenden his right is David Clyde, on lying-in institutions Francis from the project Campbell, KCLSU Vice- Deputy Director of ISS by Florence Nightingale architects looks on while Presidents. David Puplett, (1871) which contains a the Principal explains the Information Assistant at manuscript letter from her project to The Duke of the Library, is to the left to Sir William MacCormac Edinburgh (1836-1901), surgeon at St Thomas’.

December 2002 | COMMENT | 9 News

College archive news History on the move online catalogue and conservation of the Records Services at King’s, and Mr Seweryn Historical collections of printed books and Guy’s and St Thomas’ printed books is being Chomet, biographer of Princess Helena (the archives in the libraries at Guy’s and St sought and would help to preserve an impor- Princess was the first President and co- Thomas’ are moving to new locations. tant record of local medical history. founder of RBNA). The transfer was necessi- The printed books collection includes both tated by the imminent departure of RBNA hospitals’ original libraries from the 18th Royal archive comes to King's from its premises at the Duke of York’s Head- century and the library of three generations of The Executive Committee of the Royal British quarters in Chelsea. the Whitfield family (1754-1871) who were Nurses’ Association is to transfer its Archive apothecaries to St Thomas’. They are moving to King’s, Miss H M Campbell, Vice-President Hilton Archive to the Foyle Special Collections Library in the of the RBNA, has announced. Baroness Hilton of Eggardon QPM, a former Maughan Library. The Archive contains important historical Commander in the Metropolitan Police, has The archives meanwhile are moving to the documents dating back to the foundation of donated her father’s papers to the Archives. Strand and funding secured from the British the RBNA in 1887, the granting of its Royal Her father, John Hilton CMG, was responsi- Library/Wellcome Research Resources in Charter in 1892 and its campaign for the state ble for setting up the first Department of Medical History means they can be cata- registration of nurses which culminated in the Antiquities in Cyprus, under colonial rule. The logued electronically. A bid to the same fund 1919 Act of Parliament. papers include important items about the for online cataloguing and conservation of the The decision to transfer the Archive to early history of the Department of Antiquities King’s College School of Medicine & Den- King’s was made after a series of discussions and the archaeology of medieval Cyprus plus tistry printed books at the Maughan Library involving Miss Campbell, Patricia Methven, some rare items of Cypriot bibliography. has also been successful. Funding for an Director of Archives Services and Corporate

over from Michael Doherty and provide mentoring and careers brings a wealth of local and health advice to postgraduate students knowledge and experience with and staff working in mathe- News in brief him through his post as a non- matical disciplines. The site executive director at Guy’s and St http://ewm.brookes.ac.uk was Thomas’ Hospital Trust. launched by Eryl McNally MEP. KCLA Dinner ‘Precautionary principle’ The KCLA held its Annual Dinner The Centre of European Law AHRB Chief Executive International welcome at the House of Commons. recently held a well-attended The Arts & Humanities Research HOST is a charity founded in Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow public seminar on the role of the Board has appointed Professor 1987 and backed by the British West, hosted the event and ‘precautionary principle’, which Geoffry Crossick as its new Chief Council. It aims to give interna- gave the after dinner speech has emerged in recent years as a Executive. He was previously tional students at university here in which he related the witty dominant, but also controversial, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic the opportunity to spend a week- replies used by MPs to answer theme in environmental and Development) at the University end, or Christmas, in private abusive letters. Dr Malcolm God- public health policy. of Essex. He also chaired the homes with volunteer hosts. frey KCLA President thank-ed the Participants considered the working party on research train- The scheme has grown into a retiring President Sir precautionary principle from a ing for humanities postgraduates network of nearly 2,000 hosts Frank White. number of different perspectives: established by the UK Council throughout the British Isles, with international, European Graduate Education. about 2,500 visits arranged in the Practitioner degree and domestic, and discussion last academic year. If you would A new part-time degree for nurse included the role of the precau- Mathematics mentors consider inviting an international practitioners has been launched tionary principle in the exercise Oxford Brookes University has guest to your home for one or by the Florence Nightingale of administrative or economic launched a new website aimed at two weekends a year or at School of Nursing & Midwifery. power, its role in international easing the career path of women Christmas, HOST will endeavour The BSc in Independent Practice trade, and its emergence in a in mathematics. Dr Catherine to match your academic or is aimed at nurses who inde- written constitutional system. Hobbs, who set up and chaired leisure interests to those of the pendently assess and manage the London Mathe- student, and to send you a guest patients in general practice, KCH Chairman matical Society committee on from a part of the world that minor injuries units and walk-in Michael Parker has been appointed women in mathematics in 1998, interests you. centres who have undiagnosed as the new chairman of King’s was awarded an EC grant to For more information: www.hos- problems. College Hospital Trust. He takes develop the site which will tuk.org or call 020-7254 3039.

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King’s strikers then returned to the Maughan Library at Chancery Lane for the Queen’s visit, where Ageing Strike action she was resplendent in red (we considered this a sign of regal research solidarity!). he three main unions at Association share a build- The strike and demonstrations on the web King’s, Amicus, AUT and ing with Universities UK, and were to launch a campaign of TUnison, took part in a day demonstrated there. The joint industrial action in support of our of strike action on 14 November, union cavalcade came along claim for a London Weighting esearch projects about together with colleagues at all the with an open-top red bus and a increase (which has remained ageing, or of interest to other universities in London, for our stretch limousine from which unimproved for ten years). The Rthose in the ﬁeld of ageing, modest claim of £4,000 a year the Vice-Chancellors threw us unions are now looking for an are found in almost every school, London Weighting Allowance. peanuts! The cavalcade was urgent meeting with London’s department and discipline from We had lots of pickets from greeted by around 1,000 demon- university heads to continue to physical sciences and engineering, Campus unions at the main sites strators in the Square. We then press our claim. We feel that ten to the natural sciences, econom- covering the entrances to the marched to a rally at TUC Con- years is long enough to wait. We ics, geography, history, politics, College. Senior management gress House where we heard look forward to an early response sociology and the arts. arriving at the James Clerk lively report backs of activists from Arthur Lucas and his col- To facilitate the sharing of Maxwell Building were met by a from many Colleges as well as leagues. More action is planned knowledge and to foster collabo- giant poster stating how all from national officers. The unless we hear more positive rative working there is a new unions were ‘Tired of Waiting for National Union of Students also feedback from the Vice-Chancel- web-based tool, ‘The King’s Age- London Weighting’. put up speakers. Dot Pearce (Uni- lors. ing Research Projects Database’, After picketing, staff went to son) and Alan Howard (Amicus) which can be accessed by visit- Tavistock Square where the Uni- were among those from King’s Alan Howard ing the Institute of Gerontology versities & Colleges Employ-ers who spoke. Branch Secretary, KCL Amicus website at www.kcl.ac.uk/acig. The tool enables researchers to King’s statement on the enter contact details, expertise strike and project information as well as link themselves to other staff The management of King’s Col- members through shared proj- lege London recognises that ects. More information on how some staff working in higher edu- to do this is available from the cation in the capital are experi- Institute’s website. encing considerable financial pressures. The College’s view is that a long-term solution to the problem of pay in general in the higher education sector needs to be addressed urgently. In Touch

The Autumn issue of In Touch is now available from the Alumni Office. For copies call extension I would like to record our thanks to all who were 3052. New Muslim prayer room involved in the planning and provision of this splendid addition to the College’s religious provi- am delighted to announce that the College has sion including Kevin Hoffman of the Estates opened the new Muslim Prayer Room for the Department and Ecovert. I use of staff and students living, studying or The Room will operate under the umbrella of working at the Waterloo Campus. the Dean’s Office and any queries can be directed It is located in the Franklin-Wilkins Building, to the Waterloo Chaplaincy Office (FWB 1.1, ext next door to the main Reception and will be open 4343) or to the Dean’s Office at the Strand (ext daily from 08.30 to 21.00. It is for the use of all 2333). Muslims wishing to observe the daily and weekly times of prayer. There are separate areas for Revd Dr Richard Burridge ablutions, and for brothers and sisters to pray. Dean of King’s College London

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Judith Herrin Julie Logan Mrs Veronica Clarke Obituaries (1918-2002) Judith Herrin, Professor of Late Dr Julie Logan has been appointed Antique and Byzantine Studies as the Director of London’s new Jenny Garnett Veronica Clarke, or Mrs C as she and Director of the Centre for Science Enterprise Centre in was known, joined the Depart- Hellenic Studies, was conferred which the College is a founding (1942-2002) ment of Household Science, with the distinction of Officer of partner. SIMFONEC (Science Queen Elizabeth College, in Jenny Garnett, KCLSU Site the Order of the Hellenic Republic. Ideas to Market, Focused on 1947. During a career of some Administrator, started work at The award was made at a Enterprise and Commercialisa- 50 years she acted notably as King’s College Hospital Medical ceremony held at the Greek tion) will offer enterprise educa- secretary to Professor Yudkin of School in January 1980 as secre- Embassy last month in honour of tion and training to the staff, Nutrition and then to Professor tary to the Guild, which later the visit by the Greek Minister for postgraduates and undergradu- Morton of Food Science. became the Students’ Union. Culture, Professor Veizelos. The ates of its partner institutions. When she reached the official During her 18 years there she distinction is awarded as an Dr Logan lectures and publish- retirement age in the early played an integral role in the expression of friendship and deep es in entrepreneurship and enter- 1980s it seemed that her career running and development of the appreciation of her achievements prise strategy. She comes from a was over. But Food Science in Union at Denmark Hill. in the field of Greek studies. family of serial entrepreneurs and a sense had spawned the Man- She became a key figure at the has first-hand experience of busi- agement Centre, and Roger site, providing a guiding hand of ness, start-ups and small business Strange contrived to get her back support to the students who management. Her belief that busi- to the College on a part-time studied there. Her official title ness success is as much due to basis, though in reality it was was initially Guild Clerk, but she entrepreneurial personality and full-time. soon became known as Guild behaviour as to commercial and Mrs C was that thoughtful and mother, and ‘Head-mistress of technical expertise will underpin low-key indispensable secretary KCSMD’. An erudite and witty the research, teaching and practice with impeccable shorthand and presence, she quickly formed of SIMFONEC, which with a typing skills, as well as an excep- long-lasting friendships with col- £3.5 million grant from the Office tional mastery of the English leagues throughout the Medical of Science and Technology, is cur- language and an expertise with School and College community. rently recruiting its 16-strong team. letters. Her quiet tact and judge- With the merger of King’s Dr Logan is located at the ment made her a problem solver and UMDS in 1998, Jenny was CASS Business School, City Uni- as distinct from a problem seconded to KCLSU and versity and can be contacted at creator. Judith Herrin provided a steadying presence [email protected]. Perhaps the most memorable during this sometimes difficult phrase which summarises her transition period. She then took abilities, attributable to Frank on the challenge of working at Brown, an earlier head of what is KCLSU’s Guy’s Campus. She Jinty Nelson now the Management Centre, is fitted in well and soon devel- that ‘she could move mountains oped the same strong relation- Jinty Nelson, Professor of with teaspoons’. Equipped with ships with students and staff. Medieval History, has been cho- more powerful tools, Mrs C She still loved Denmark Hill and sen by her peers as one of could achieve even more. She made sure she continued to work Britain’s ten leading historians. spiritedly mastered the main- there one day each week. The Independent on Sunday fea- frame computer in the prepara- Through her commitment to tured short profiles of Professor tion of the RSS/ESRC Volume the Students’ Union Jenny pro- Nelson and the other historians, XXVIII on the Food Industries, vided a pivotal support to a gen- who include Sir Ian Kershaw and the 800-page volume by John eration of students and was Eric Hobsbawn. Mark and Roger Strange. extremely popular with students In 2000, Professor Nelson and colleagues past and present became the first female president John Mark alike. In recognition of her con- of the Royal Historical Society Senior Lecturer, tribution Jenny was presented since its foundation in 1868 and is The Management Centre with Honorary Life Membership a strong advocate for women in of the Students’ Union in 1998. the profession. She is currently working on Charlemagne. A longer version of this obituary appeared in ROAR, 25 November.

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Nobel connections It recently came to light that the College and its constituent institutions have not six but seven members and former members of staff who have been awarded the Nobel Prize.

he newest addition to the College’s list variety of events in 2003 (see pages 6 and 7). is Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Emeritus Professor of Analytical Pharma- T(1861-1947), who graduated in medi- cology Sir James Black received the Nobel cine from Guy’s Hospital in 1894 and taught Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for physiology and toxicology there from 1894 to the development of drugs to treat heart dis- 1898. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for ease, high blood pressure and stomach and Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for his duodenal ulcers. Sir James is Chairman of the demonstration of the association between James Black Foundation, founded in 1988, a beriberi and the consumption of decorticated group of 20 scientists engaged in new drug rice. research. The Nobel Prize is the highest distinction that scientists and other academics can The other four former staff of King’s and its achieve, indicating they have carried out constituent institutions who were Nobel Prize Sir Owen Richardson research that has benefited humanity in winners are: some major and world-changing way. The part in radio transmission and radar. For this annual prizes were instituted 1901 when the Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965) work he was awarded the Nobel Prize for will of Alfred Nobel – the Swedish engineer Wheatstone Professor of Physics at King’s Physics in 1947. who invented dynamite – was first put into from 1924 to 1936, Sir Edward’s work in action with the award of five prizes including exploring the ionosphere revealed the exis- Charles Barkla (1877-1944) (ironically) one for peace. tence of the Appleton layer of electrically Professor of Physics at King’s from 1909 to No King’s staff have yet won a Nobel Prize charged particles which plays an important 1913, Barkla conducted notable researches for Economics or Literature, but King’s into X-rays and other emissions and was alumnus Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1917. of Cape Town, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984. At King’s he has given his Sir Owen Richardson (1879-1959) name not only to Tutu’s, the Students’ Union Professor of Physics at King’s from 1914 to night-club in the Macadam Building, but 1924, Sir Owen was a pioneer of ‘thermion- also in student slang to ‘a Desmond’ (a lower- ics’ (a term he coined to describe the emis- second-class degree or ‘two-two’). sion of electricity from hot bodies). He Two current members of King’s staff are received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1928. Nobel Prize winners. Professor Maurice Wilkins, Emeritus Professor of Biophysics, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology Lecturer in Systematic Physiology at St or Medicine in 1962, with Francis Crick Thomas’ Hospital from 1887 to 1891, Sir and James Watson of Cambridge University, Charles’ researches on reflex action and espe- for his part in the discovery of the structure cially his book The Integrative Action of the Ner- of DNA. The Franklin-Wilkins Building at vous System (1906) were a landmark in modern Waterloo is named after him and after Ros- physiology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize alind Franklin, who also contributed impor- for Physiology or Medicine in 1932. tantly to this discovery in 1953. A biography, Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady Christine Kenyon Jones of DNA, by Brenda Maddox has recently Email: [email protected] or been published by HarperCollins, and the telephone: 020-7848 3449. College will be celebrating the 50th anniver- Sir Edward Appleton sary of this momentous discovery with a

December 2002 | COMMENT | 13 In the news

pared the bill with international many of its candidates ‘dubious’ the expertise of the Dean of the Terrorist threat legal developments relating to people whom Fortuyn himself Institute of Psychiatry, Professor adoption by lesbian, gay and had said he would ditch once in George Szmukler, who pointed Professor Michael Clarke, bisexual individuals and same-sex power. out that if high-risk patients are to Director of the International couples. be detained for the protection of Policy Institute, was interviewed the public the key factor should on Channel Four News, the Genetic testing be the risk of harm to others and BBC Six and Ten O’Clock News Legal ethics not the fact of mental illness – and Radio 2’s Jimmy Young Professor of Health Psychology but on such grounds non-mental- programme about the threat to Penney Lewis, lecturer in the Theresa Marteau was cited in ly ill people, for example men the UK of terrorism and whether Centre of Medical Law & Ethics, the New Scientist on the issue who regularly beat their wives, it would get worse in the light of appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Law of over-the-counter genetic test- should be equally liable to being events in the Gulf over the in Action to discuss the force- ing. She was also quoted in a locked up. next couple of months. He feeding of Ian Brady and other Sunday Times feature on genetic appeared again on the BBC’s cases involving prisoners who diseases, stating that most Ten O’Clock News and on Radio have refused food or medical disease genes do not confer the Comment 4’s The World Tonight in discus- treatment. certainty of illness, merely a sion about the Government’s heightened possibility. Bethan Marshall, lecturer in response to terrorist threats. Education, provided a comment At the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, Cannabis use column for The Independent, giv- Tony Blair made a speech on the Climate change ing her views on the new head of The BBC reported on a new IOP need for public vigilance in the the Qualifications and Curriculum study on the effects of cannabis A conference on the likely impact war on terrorism. Bill Durodie of Authority, Australian Ken Boston, use, led by Professors Terrie of climate change on London was the International Policy Institute whose straightforward manner Moffitt and Robin Murray and reported on by the BBC and The was interviewed on GMTV about she finds refreshing. published in the British Medical Independent. Speaking at the speech and appeared on BBC Journal. The findings that regular the conference, Dr Rob Wilby, 2’s Westminster Live with Patrick consumers of cannabis are at Reader in the Geography Depart- Mercer MP to explain the public’s MI5 spy higher risk of developing schizo- ment, said that the ‘urban heat reaction to terrorist attacks and phrenia received further national island’ effect, caused by thou- Although the wisdom of MI5 hir- Government strategies. media mention in light of the sands of homes and businesses ing former spy David Shayler has wide coverage of a new British in close proximity, might mean been questioned, head of the UN Iraq resolution Lung Foundation report on the poorer health and comfort in International Centre for Security harmful effects of cannabis London, a greater demand for Analysis Andrew Garfield said Professor Lawrence Freedman, smoking. cooling and poorer air quality. in an article in Scotland on Sun- Head of the School of Social Sci- day that the recruitment of indi- ence & Public Policy, wrote an viduals from more diverse back- opinion article for The Financial Regional accents Child health grounds than has traditionally Times following the unanimous been the norm represents Language Centre Director To ny National and regional broadcast support in the UN Security Coun- progress. Andrew Garfield, a Thorne took part in a discussion and print media reported on a cil for the tough resolution con- former intelligence officer, also on Radio 4’s You and Yours about new study finding that women cerning Iraq. He concluded that by compared the Official Secrets parents who are putting children who take paracetamol frequently going through the UN while main- Act with the more flexible through elocution lessons to in late pregnancy are twice as taining a credible military threat, system employed in the USA. improve their accents. He argued likely to have a child that suffers the Bush administration has man- that we should not perpetuate persistent wheezing in early aged to isolate Saddam Hussein regional and class prejudices childhood. Dr Seif Shaheen of and put him in his most desperate Lord Byron about accents by imposing them the Department of Public Health position since 1991. on a new generation. Sciences led the study team, Fiona MacCarthy’s new biogra- which recommended that para- phy of Byron deserves to Adoption bill cetamol should remain the become the definitive new sin- Dutch politics painkiller of choice in pregnancy gle-volume biography of the Dr Robert Wintemute, Reader as long as it is used infrequently. poet, concludes English lecturer The Observer reported on the in Human Rights Law, was inter- Dr Christine Kenyon Jones in disintegration of the LPF, the viewed by the BBC World a review in TheObserver. She party of Dutch politician Pim For- Service’s The World Today about Mental health bill disagrees, however, with Mac- tuyn, killed earlier this year. Dr the bill allowing unmarried cou- Carthy’s contention that the Anne Goldgar, lecturer in Euro- In a new book criticising the ples – both same-sex and differ- disguise of his sexuality was a pean history, said that the LPF Government’s proposed Mental ent-sex – to adopt children jointly primary motive of Byron’s poetry. had the seeds of its own destruc- Health Bill, The Independent on in England and Wales. He com- tion within it from day one, with Sunday’s health editor drew on

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Student research Prize winners their student equivalents to net in Medicine last year. Organ donation organ donation, and assessed the The site, www.TheWhistle.org, ways in which they identified was designed to allow complete- A group of medical students, led themselves as potential organ ly free and anonymous whistle- UL mathematics by fourth year Matt Davies (for- donors. blowing in the NHS and uses prize mer KCLSU President 1997-99) Among the most significant encryption techniques to ensure had the results of its research results were that: the information is sent securely For the second year running a project published in the newly over the internet. prestigious University of London launched Nursing Times last • of the 97 per cent of the sam- Joel, who is also Editor of the Mathematics Prize has been month. ple who agreed with organ GKT Gazette, said: ‘I wanted to won by a King’s student. Joseph The team (Alison Corney, donation, only 47 per cent had produce a web-site that was both Gillard shared the Susan Conlon, Richard Free- taken any steps to ensure that functional and free to use as I Lubbock Prize with a student man, Stephen Claridge and their organs could be used have been able to make use of from another college of the Rebecca Crawford) looked at the upon their death free services on the web in order University. The Lubbock Prize in impact of health professionals’ • 25 per cent of respondents to learn how to make websites in Mathematics is awarded annual- attitudes to being registered who carried an organ donor the first place.’ ly to ‘the most meritorious can- organ donors. The mismatch card had not informed their The site has not yet been used didate obtaining First Class Hon- between supply and demand in next-of-kin of their wishes, to blow the whistle, but Joel ours’. organ donation is well docu- perhaps indicating a lack of said: ‘As long as people know Joseph has returned to King's mented. Their study focused on knowledge regarding the that it is there to use if they need to read for the PhD in Applied the level of commitment shown legalities of organ donation. to, that’s all that matters. The Mathematics, working in the by health care professionals and Junior Doctors Committee of the Mathematics Department’s The- The study suggests that when British Medical Association has oretical Physics Research more health care professionals asked for such a system to be Group. become potential organ donors in place to allow anonymous themselves and serve as good whistle blowing, let’s just hope role models for patients and their that it uses it for the good of its The Times/Lloyds relatives, a higher success rate of patients.’ organ procurement should be Since The Lancet was published TSB Graduate of achieved. Joel has been invited to give a talk on his experiences at the Year the Postgraduate Centre in Sarah Watson, who is taking Whistle blowing Maidstone Hospital. the MSc in Aquatic Resource Management, has won second Fourth year medical student, place in this competition. Joel Newman was featured in Entrants were tested on their The Lancet recently about a web- knowledge of tax, economics site he designed as part of a Spe- and investment. Matt Davies cial Study Module on the Inter-

Jane Ludlow Natalie Seaton ships which took place in New- A recent graduate in Physiother- First year geography student castle, Australia, at the end of Sporting apy, Jane Ludlow is Arsenal Natalie Seaton who plays netball November. First year English stu- Ladies leading scorer of the sea- for Kent Club, has been called dent James participates in the son and contender for the into the senior England training foil discipline and is currently Sportswoman of the Year title. squad this season. ranked in the top ten in Britain. success She joined the club from He took part in the Men’s Foil Southampton in 2000 and Arse- Team event at the Champion- nal won the treble in her ﬁrst James Rowe ships and it took home a season. Fencing silver medalist James silver medal, beating Wales in Rowe represented Scotland in the semi-ﬁnals before losing to the Commonwealth Champion- Australia.

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designer Professor Helen Storey in collabora- tion with the scientist Dr John McLachlan Death Dresses from the Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, the Death Dresses were conceived as part of by Helen Storey the double award winning exhibition MENTAL. Death Dresses come to King’s as part of This bold and innovative the Art of Dying, a major programme of events at the College exploring changing atti- exhibition comes to King’s as tudes to a good death. Helen Storey’s work part of the Art of Dying series. perfectly ﬁts within this symposium, examin- ing as it does small deaths within life, not eath Dresses are seven textile pieces, seeing death as the end but as integral to life. suspended from steel scaffolds, telling Represented in fashion and design, this exhi- Da non-morbid and elegant story of bition is both exciting and intellectually stimu- death. The seven stunning dresses incorpo- lating. rate a range of media textiles, fashion, metal- Death Dresses is in the Weston Room, work and sculpture including silk, chiffon, Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, daily from cowhide, magnets, mirrors, copper, sea 20 January to 16 February, 13.30-16.40, with sponges and shoelaces, each dress telling a a late night opening to 19.30 on Wednesdays. different story of death and its implications If you are not a member of staff or a student, for creativity. please call the ticket line on 020-7848 2929 or Created by the artist and former top British email [email protected]

X – The Library programme of art exhibitions to be held in the IOP’s reception Collection and lecture theatres. Art history exhibitions X – The Library Collection will be on show in the Institute of iss X was born Lucy o celebrate the launch of a teaching on the innovative Art Psychiatry Gallery, in De Alexandra Macleod in new Special Study Module History Module. Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, 1962 and graduated from for Medical Students in For further information M SE5, from 6 January to 28 T Ruskin School of Art in 1985. Art History, due to commence in please contact Professor Forsling March 2003. Opening times are She was sectioned under the the New Year, two art exhibi- ([email protected] – ext weekdays from 09.00-17.00 and Mental Health Act in 1988 and tions are being shown in New 6194). Saturdays 14.00-17.00. The has remained on anti-psychotic Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus, artist will be available to speak medication ever since. until Christmas. about her work and show visi- Her visually stunning, and Olivia Downey’s paintings, tors around the exhibition on sometimes disturbing, personal entitled The Valley of the Dry certain days which have yet to symbolism explores ideas about Bones, is a stimulating and be conﬁrmed. motivation, freedom and despair. thought-provoking series based For further details, please call Her art questions society’s upon the Bible Story told in Lesley Pease on 020-7848 0154. Christmas values surrounding sex, money Ezekiel 37: 1-10 where the Lord and appearance whilst con- breathes life into the bones of message Comment would like to wish fronting the terror of mad- the dead. all its readers a very Merry ness and losing control. In The other exhibition, Images of Christmas and Happy New Year. all her work, she seeks ther- Mind, is by the artist Veronica apy from the waste and dis- Vossen who works with lens- tress of mental illness. based imagery. She is at present These imposing oil paint- working on a collaborative College closure ings explain the self-hatred art/science project with Professor The College will be closed over and lack of drive that X con- Mary Forsling in the Depart- the Christmas period from 16.00 fronts daily. ment of Neuroscience Research on Monday 23 December and X – The Library Collection at King’s. will reopen on Thursday is the first of a rolling Both these artists will be 2 January 2003.

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