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St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Table of Contents

Editorial ......  Society News Society Committee ......  College Report "e Society President ......  "e Fellowship ......  Report on the th Annual Meeting () .....  New Fellows ......  Annual Dinner  ......  Valete ......  Music at the Annual Reunion ......  From the Master ......  "e St Catharine’s College Guild ......  Senior Tutor’s Report ......  Branch News ......  News from the JCR ......  It just wasn’t cricket ......  News from the MCR ......  Meet the Master at the House of Commons .....  Graduate Achievements ......  A dinner to honour John ‘Salamander’ Cutts ..... PhDs approved, – ......  Senior Appointments in the University ......  Graduate Art Competition ......  Honours and Awards ......  Chaplain’s Report ......  Publications ......  Choir Report ......  Reviews ......  Alumni Office Report......  Births ......  Development Office Report ......  Marriages ......  List of Donors  ......  Civil Partnerships ......  Societies ......  Deaths ......  Sports Clubs ......  News of Members ......  Modern Pentathlon and Water Polo ......  Blues and Colours ......  Articles Amalgamated Societies Lectures ......  St Catharine’s in the late s ......  Kellaway Concerts ......  St Catharine’s at War ......  Graduate Research Seminars ......  Artefacts of Wartime German Occupation ......  King Lear ......  "e "omas Neales of St Catharine’s ......  Hollywood comes to Catz ......  A darker shade of Pepys: Undergraduate Matriculands  ......  !e Entring Book of Roger Morrice ......  New Graduates and Postgraduates  ......  A Retrospect ......  University Scholarships and Prizes ......  College Magazines ......  College Prizes ......  On the Catzwalk ......  College Graduate Research Prizes ......   Varsity Rugby: a view from the stands .....  College Scholarships ......  "e Night Climbers of Cambridge ......  "e joys of dancing and writing ......  Caths, Cats and Catz ......  Cardinals Ball  ...... 

Notes and Dates ...... 

"e front cover shows a section of a page of the Entring Book, a coded journal written by Roger Morrice (Sizar ). See article A darker shade of Pepys on page  of this Magazine.

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Roger Stratford writes I   from the various reports in this Maga- mation on the topic should contact John Bromhead zine that St Catharine’s continues to be an excellent (address and email details in the Members section of establishment with which to be associated. Material the Society website). confirming this has arrived from Society Members in Following the reminiscences in last year’s Magazine a steady stream since the  edition was published, about the s, this year we move on to experiences and the contributions from current students and Fel- at St Catharine’s towards the end of that decade and lows arriving mainly at the end of the academic year in wartime, complemented by some research on how emphasize the point. "e College again had some the Channel Islands fared under enemy occupation. success in various sports, though sadly the Boat Club Lest all this become too serious, we have taken the could not sustain the momentum of last year to take bold step of including a fashion article. the headship. Academically, the College maintains its "e arrival in the Library (from the Chief Clerk’s high status and College music goes from strength to office) of a bound volume of Magazines, purchased strength (see reports on the activities of the Choir, by the College in  and apparently originally the Music Society and the Kellaway Concerts). owned by AWP Knapton (), prompted the writ- "e year has not been without incident. Following ing of an article about College (as opposed to Society) the Graduation Dinner, some graduand miscreants Magazines. "e volume contains College Magazines initiated an informal game of football on the lawn for Easter term , June , June , March in the Main Court. Fellows emerging from Chapel , June , December , March  and Court found the ball rolling towards them. One June . Some of these contain information about of these thought to enter into the spirit and return the early days of the Society. the ball to the players with a well-directed kick, but "is year Fellow-Commoner Glen Cavaliero cel- his aim was not good and, no doubt to the delight ebrated his th birthday (see article A Retrospect in of the onlookers, the ball broke an SCR window – this Magazine) and Emeritus Fellow Alfie Maddock fortunately not one of the stained-glass ones. "is his th. Next year Emeritus Fellow Dudley Robin- particular Fellow apparently coaches a moderately son celebrates his th birthday and Members of the successful Newnham soccer team – clearly a case of Society associated with Engineering are invited to a those who can’t, teach. dinner to mark the occasion – see Notes and Dates Fellow Philip Oliver invited John Fortune (of at the end of this Magazine for details. Bremner, Bird and Fortune) to the Ramsden Feast As I write, I am conscious that events have con- because John admitted in a radio interview that spired to delay publication of this edition of the he had originally applied to St Catharine’s, but his Magazine. My assistant Sue Slater has been unwell school failed to send off the application papers and and I apologise that letters to me may not have been he ended up at King’s instead. Philip thought John answered as promptly as I would wish. Personal should see what he had missed. problems of my own meant that I was away in Sep- By contrast, Bruce Farthing () won a scholar- tember – a crucial time for putting together the final ship to King’s during the war and did not take it up, copy ready for Hamish Symington to lay out. "e but won and took up another to St Catharine’s after plan to have everything essentially completed before hostilities – see Deaths in this Magazine. Hamish himself went to a conference has had to be John Bromhead () has been doing research abandoned. I can therefore only apologise for the into the Warren Scholarships, under the impression likely late arrival of the  edition. I will try to do that he himself and Peter Woodward () were better next year. "roughout these troubles, Chris the last Warren Scholars. An article on the origins "orne has been tireless in extracting material from of these scholarships and on particular scholars was current students – always a difficult task, but as you already prepared for this Magazine when more ma- will see, he has had considerable success this year. terial came to light – in particular a later Warren "anks again to all the above and to John Shakeshaft Scholar, Simon Cox (). We have therefore de- for coordinating the book reviews and for detailed ferred publication and ask that anyone with infor- proof reading.

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C)**'+' R'3)$! St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  The Fellowship

As at  October , in order of seniority following the Master and President

O!cial and Professorial Fellows Professor Dame Jean "omas Professor of Macromolecular Biochemistry; Master FRS SD Professor Sir Christopher A Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial & Naval History and Bayly LD FBA FRSL Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies; President Professor Sir John Baker Downing Professor of the Laws of England; QC FBA LLD Keeper of the College Muniments (on Sabbatical leave –) Professor Ron L Martin Professor of Economic Geography; DoS in Geography and ACSS FBA Wine Steward Dr Paul N Hartle Senior Tutor and College Lecturer in English Dr Richard SK Barnes Fellow Librarian and DoS in Animal & Ecological Biology Dr John A Little Admissions Tutor, DoS in Materials Science & Metallurgy and Senior Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs Professor Peter Tyler ACSS Professor of Urban and Regional Economics; DoS in Land Economy Dr Robert BB Wardy Tutor for Graduate Students, DoS in Philosophy and DoS in Classics Professor Harry Elderfield FRS Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeochemistry Professor John A Pyle FRS Professor of Atmospheric Science Dr Patrick R Palmer Reader in Electrical Engineering; DoS in Engineering Professor Eilís V Ferran Professor of Company & Securities Law; DoS in Law Professor Donald M Broom Colleen Macleod Professor of Animal Welfare; Holden Fellow and SD HDS DoS in Veterinary Medicine Professor Hans van de Ven Professor of Modern Chinese History; Tutor and DoS in Oriental Studies Dr Philip Oliver Tutor, Senior Admissions Tutor and DoS in Molecular & Cell Biology Dr Ian C Willis DoS in Geography Dr Chris M Clark Reader in Modern European History; Tutor, DoS in History Part II and Custodian of Works of Art Dr E Geoffrey Kantaris Director of the Centre of Latin American Studies; DoS in Modern & Medieval Languages Professor John D Pickard Professor of Neurosurgery; DoS in Medical Sciences and FMS Tunku Fund Director Mr Michael F Kitson DoS in Economics Dr Rose A Melikan Secretary to the Governing Body (on Sabbatical leave –) Dr Michael PF Sutcliffe Ridgeon Fellow and DoS in Engineering Dr John H Xuereb Dean and DoS in Pathology MD FRCP FRCP Professor Robert P Gordon Regius Professor of Hebrew L D Dr Anthony P Davenport Reader in Cardiovascular Pharmacology; FBP S DoS in Preclinical Medicine & Pharmacology Dr Katharine J Dell Tutor and DoS in "eology Dr Caroline Gonda College Lecturer and DoS in English (Secretary to the Governing Body –) Dr Nora Berend DoS in History Professor Robert J Bennett FBA Professor of Geography; DoS in Geography

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Dr David C Aldridge College Lecturer, DoS in Biological Natural Sciences and Fellows' Steward Dr Richard W Dance Praelector and DoS in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Dr Peter D Wothers Rushton Fellow, Admissions Tutor and DoS in Chemistry Dr Kevin J Dalton DoS in Clinical Medicine FRCOG FCLM Dr Mark C Elliott Richard Fellingham Fellow and DoS in Law Ms Irena Borzym Tutor, Admissions Tutor, McGrath College Lecturer and DoS in Mathematics Dr Abigail Brundin Tutor, Secretary of the SCR and DoS in Modern & Medieval Languages Dr Sriya Iyer College Lecturer and DoS in Economics Dr Matthew J Mason University Physiologist; DoS in Physiology and Neurobiology Dr Philip B Faulkner Bevil Mabey Fellow, College Lecturer and DoS in Economics Dr Jim N McElwaine (Mathematics) Dr Fiona C Wardle DoS in Developmental Biology Dr Sergei N Taraskin College Lecturer, DoS in Mathematics for Natural Scientists, DoS in Computer Science and overall DoS in Natural Sciences (physical) Dr Stephen F Haydock DoS in Biochemistry Dr Tom W Drummond DoS in Engineering (on Sabbatical leave –) Dr Jonathan R Gair (Mathematics) Webmaster Dr David Bainbridge University Veterinary Anatomist; Tutor, Admissions Tutor and DoS in Veterinary Anatomy Dr Harald Wydra DoS in Social & Political Sciences Dr Michael L Johns DoS in Chemical Engineering Dr Wynet Smith McGrath College Lecturer and DoS in Geography Mr Simon Summers MBA Senior Bursar Professor Harry Coles Professor of Photonics of Molecular Materials; DoS in Physics *Dr Lucy Delap College Lecturer and DoS in History Part I Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries College Lecturer and DoS in English Dr Joanne Wilton University Clinical Anatomist; DoS in Anatomy Dr Edward Wickham Director of College Music and DoS in Music Dr Gillian Carr DoS in Archaeology & Anthropology *Dr Miranda Griffin Tutor, College Lecturer and DoS in Modern & Medieval Languages *Dr Richard Harrison DoS in Earth Sciences *"e Revd Anthony Moore Chaplain *Dr Jeff Dalley DoS in Neuroscience *Dr Stephen M Morris DoS in Physics Part I

Research Fellows Dr Jacqui M Cole Senior Research Fellow and Custodian of the College Silver Dr John K Hillier Bibby Research Fellow Dr Robert P Smith Bibby Research Fellow Dr Dina M Kronhaus Heller Research Fellow Dr Manolo Guerci Jeremy Haworth Research Fellow and Graduate Tutor Ms Christina McLeish Violet & Ian Campbell Research Fellow *Mr Alan Harper Research Fellow *Mr Rob Paton Research Fellow

* New Fellows and Research Fellows: See biographical notes overleaf. DoS: Director of Studies. Dr Jonathan Gair and Dr Jim McElwaine (Fellows) were formerly Research Fellows.

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Honorary Fellows Mr FD Robinson (Fellow ) Professor GdeF Lord Professor AF Beardon (Fellow ) Mr JRG Wright Professor MDI Chisholm (Fellow ) Sir Peter Hall (Peter RF Hall) Dr JR Shakeshaft (Fellow ) Professor BE Supple Dr DE Keeble (Fellow ) Dr KT Erikson Professor PR Raithby (Fellow ) Dr Cham Tao Soon Dr MA Message (Fellow ) Sir Kenneth Berrill Dr CJR "orne (Fellow ) Professor Sir Michael Peckham Professor NC Handy (Fellow ) "e Rt Hon. Lord Briggs of Lewes Professor J Bridgwater (Fellow – and ) Dr FRleP Warner Dr JA "ompson (Fellow ) Sir Peter Hirsch Dr DM Pyle (Fellow ) Professor AJ Bate Dr RM Laws Fellow-Commoners Mr JD Paxman Dr G Cavaliero Sir Ian McKellen Revd J Mullett Professor Sir Alan Battersby Mr R Stratford Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Mr JB Bibby Mr RG Smethurst Mr PJ Boizot Professor Sir Peter Hall (Peter G Hall) Mr B Mabey Professor DS Ingram Mr S McLellan (Junior Bursar) Professor Sir Graeme Davies Mr M Heller *Professor Sir Richard Gardner Mrs M Heller Sir Terence English Mr H McGrath Sir Geoffrey Pattie Mr NF Haynes Mr R Chapman Emeritus Fellows Professor PA Young Professor WK Lacey (Fellow ) Mr JMY Andrew (Fellow ) Sir Geoffrey Pattie (Honorary Fellow) was formerly Dr AG Maddock (Fellow ) a Fellow-Commoner.

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Jeff Dalley was educated in New Zealand and such traits to psychopathology and novel therapeu- London, and came to Cambridge in  to re- tic intervention. search the frontal lobes of the brain, specifically the role of distinct neurotransmitter substances in the Lucy Delap was educated in London and Swazi- forebrain, and the pathophysiology and treatment land, and came to Queens’ College, Cambridge of debilitating neuropsychiatric and neurological in  to read Philosophy, and Social and Po- disorders, including schizophrenia, ADHD, drug litical Sciences. After working at the Institute for addiction, and Parkinson’s disease. He presently Public Policy Research in London, in  she holds the post of Canney Lecturer in Psychology returned to Cambridge to study intellectual his- and Medicine and is an affiliated member of the tory at King’s. Following a PhD which looked at Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute. the political argument of early twentieth century His current research interests lie in the applica- British feminism, she became a fellow of King’s tion of contemporary brain imaging techniques in . Her research interests include the trans- (e.g. positron emission tomography and magnetic atlantic interactions between feminists, twentieth resonance) to trait variant forms in intellectual and century print culture, and the cultural history of cognitive abilities and the relevance and utility of domestic service in Britain. Her book, !e Feminist

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Avant-Garde: Transatlantic Encounters in the Early and sodium signalling in human platelets and Twentieth Century will be published by Cambridge the mechanisms by which they are stimulated by University Press in . chemical messengers of vascular damage. During his research fellowship at St Catharine’s he hopes Richard Gardner studied Natural Sciences at to extend these studies to look at the role played St Catharine’s before doing a PhD at Cambridge by the signals generated by these ion channels and with Robert Edwards, the pioneer of human in vit- exchangers in regulating the platelet’s ability to or- ro fertilization. In  he was appointed to a Uni- chestrate the blood clotting process. versity Lectureship in Zoology at Oxford where, from  to the present, he has held a Royal So- Richard Harrison was born and educated in the ciety Research Professorship. His research interests Lake District and came to Fitzwilliam College in include investigating the lineage and patterning of  to read Natural Sciences. After graduating cells in early mammalian development and the bi- in Mineral Sciences in , he began research ology and properties of the various types of stem for his PhD at St. John’s College, specialising in cells derived from early embryos. He was awarded the properties and behaviour of magnetic miner- the Zoological Society’s Scientific Medal in  als. He spent over four years at the Institute für and was elected to the Royal Society in . He Mineralogie, Münster, Germany, developing new received the March of Dimes Prize in Develop- theories to explain how natural magnetic materials mental Biology in , the Royal Society’s Royal record information about the Earth’s ancient mag- Medal in , and a Knighthood in . He has netic field. In  he returned to Cambridge as a for many years chaired the Royal Society’s working Departmental Teaching Fellow at the Department group on human embryo research, and is currently of Earth Sciences. In  he was awarded an Ad- President of the Institute of Biology. vanced NERC Fellowship and he was appointed a University Lecturer from October . He uses Miranda Griffin is the Violet and Ian Campbell Fel- a combination of experimental and computational low. Following a comprehensive education in Wilt- approaches to study the magnetic properties of shire, Miranda read French and German at New minerals, and applies these insights to solve a range Hall, where she stayed for her postgraduate work on of geological and environmental problems. thirteenth-century French Arthurian prose romanc- es. In  she became a Junior Research Fellow at #e Revd Anthony Moore read music at the Uni- Corpus Christi, Cambridge, and was appointed as versity of Exeter and served as Organ Scholar and a Tutorial Fellow at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, in Senior Choral Scholar, directing the Chapel Choir, . Miranda spent  months away from academia the University Singers and other groups. After em- following the birth of her elder daughter in . In ployment with a software house, he trained for the  she became a fellow of Girton and took up a priesthood at the College of the Resurrection, Mir- post as a Research Associate with a research proj- field and took a BA in "eology and Pastoral Stud- ect, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research ies and an MA in Biblical "eology at the Univer- Council, on late medieval French poetry. Her book, sity of Leeds. After his ordination in , he served !e Object and the Cause in the Vulgate Cycle, was in the parish of Carnforth, Lancashire. He then re- published in  and her research now focuses on turned to Mirfield as Research Fellow and Pastoral narratives of transformation and shape-shifting in Tutor, before moving to London as Senior Curate of medieval French literature. St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, and Chaplain to the Royal Academy of Music. A member of the Company of Alan Harper has recently completed his PhD in Mission Priests and with interests in ecumenism, the Department of Physiology, Development and music and theatre, he is currently working on a doc- Neuroscience in Cambridge, investigating the toral research degree in Biblical "eology. ion channels and exchangers involved in calcium

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Stephen Morris read Physics and Space Science As a student of Trinity Hall, Rob Paton completed at Southampton University, where he obtained a an MSci in Natural Sciences in  and is now Masters degree in Physics, before coming to Cam- in the final throes of a PhD in Chemistry. His bridge to study for a PhD in Liquid Crystal Pho- research looks at theoretical approaches towards tonics in the Department of Engineering. After understanding and predicting the course of chemi- completing his PhD in , Stephen continued cal reactions. From this, new computational tools as a Research Associate at the Centre of Molecular have been developed to rationalise the factors that Materials for Photonics and Electronics working impact on structure and selectivity. "is work has in collaboration with an industrial partner to pro- been recognised internationally, earning awards at duce a new hybrid display which can be viewed in conferences in London and San Francisco. Rob both low light and high light level environments. also enjoys teaching undergraduate Chemistry and At present, he is involved in the Basic Technology is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Programme COSMOS (Coherent Optical Sources Olympiad committee, training talented sixth-form using Micromolecular Ordered Structures) which students for international competition. is aimed at developing miniature tunable laser light sources for next generation displays and photonics applications. His research interests include liquid crystal lasers, fast-switching modes for display and optoelectronic devices, photonic band structures and complex dielectric media.

Valete

Dr Marina Frasca-Spada (Fellow  and Grad- Dr Sean O’Harrow (Development Director ) uate Tutor) has been appointed Senior Tutor across has been appointed Executive Director of the Figge the road from St Catharine’s at Corpus Christi Art Museum, located . hours west of Chicago. College. "e museum is part of a major arts development in the western Illinois and eastern Iowa region; it Michael Ledger-Lomas (Research Fellow, ) occupies a new ,-square-foot-building (at a has taken up a Fellowship with the Cambridge cost of M), designed by modernist British ar- Victorian Studies Group and has also been ap- chitect David Chipperfield. pointed a Fellow and College Lecturer in History at Selwyn College. #e Revd Dr Patrick Richmond (Fellow and Chaplain , Tutor and Dean of Chapel) left Dr Alex Long (Junior Research Fellow in Classics, College after Easter  to become the first vicar –) has been appointed to an Academic Fel- of Christ Church, Eaton, a new parish in the Dio- lowship in the School of Classics at the University cese of Norwich. He considers his time at St Cath- of St Andrews, where he will pursue research on arine’s ‘an answer to prayer’ and wishes the College Stoic moral thought. He says that he has greatly every blessing for the future. enjoyed his time as a member of St Catharine’s (and its unofficial Fellows’ crossword team).

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  From the Master

Professor Dame Jean !omas writes A   passed since I last wrote for this Maga- Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, and we are in the zine and nearly nine months since I became Mas- process of finding a successor in this important role. ter, on  January . I have received the warm- I hope to be able to provide an update in the next est of welcomes and I thank the Fellows and staff issue of the Catharine Wheel. for their willing help and support. Minutes after I Elsewhere in the Magazine you will find details of took the oath of admission as Master I found my- all our newcomers and their subject areas. Briefly, in self performing my first magisterial act by admitting January we admitted three new Fellows (Dr Lucy three new Fellows, and three days later the Lodge Delap, Dr Miranda Griffin and Dr Richard Harri- was open for a New Year drinks party for Fellows son); and we look forward to welcoming in October and families (although at that point I was still a day Anthony Moore our new Chaplain who will join us short of moving in!). from London, two new JRFs (Dr Alan Harper and You can read about College news of all sorts later Robert Paton), as well as two new official fellows, in the Magazine and I have no wish to pre-empt your Dr Jeffrey Dalley and Dr Stephen Morris. We were pleasure. However, the continued high academic also delighted to elect two new Honorary Fellows, achievement of our undergraduates surely merits a both distinguished alumni of the College: Professor mention; we are again in the tightly-clustered top Sir Richard Gardner FRS () who read Natural few Colleges, ranked fifth of the  Colleges in the Sciences (Physiology) and the Rt Hon. Sir Geoffrey Tompkins Tables (one place higher in the more de- Pattie () who read Law. (Geoffrey is also Chair- tailed Tables compiled locally). Our graduate stu- man of our Development Committee.) dents too are productive and lively, and you can read "e end of the academic year will see a change of elsewhere in these pages about their achievements President in the College, and I take this opportunity and activities; they play a most important part in to express my warmest personal thanks, as well as the academic and social life of the College and we those of the Fellows, to Professor Sir John Baker for will follow their careers with interest. Undergradu- his wise counsel and cheerful support, and for be- ates and graduates alike show a keen interest in a ing an inexhaustible repository of College facts and range of sports, with some notable successes (see the history. "e new academic year will see the replace- team photos). Participation in music in the College ment of one knight of the realm with another as continues to be high and to enrich the life of the President and I look forward to working with Pro- College. An impressive range of undergraduate so- fessor Sir Christopher Bayly during his three-year cieties also continues to flourish. term. Many congratulations to Chris on his knight- "e year has seen some turnover in the Fellow- hood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. ship. Five Fellows have either already left or will Accolades for other Fellows in recognition of their leave shortly. We congratulate them all on their new scholarly achievements also deserve a mention and appointments, wish them well, and thank them all we congratulate: Professor Don Broom (the RSPCA most warmly for their particular contributions to Michael Kay Award in recognition of services to Eu- the life of the College. Dr Patrick Richmond, Dean ropean Animal Welfare), Dr Chris Clark (a Wolfson and Chaplain, has become Vicar of Christ Church Prize for his book on Prussia, -), Dr Jac- in Eaton, Norwich; Dr Alex Long (Junior Research qui Cole (a Brian Mercer Feasibility Award, in the Fellow) has taken up an Academic Fellowship in nanotechnology section); Professor Harry Elderfield Classics at St Andrew’s University; Dr Michael (the Harold Urey Medal of the European Associa- Ledger-Lomas (also a JRF), leaves shortly to take up tion of Geochemistry); Dr Jonathan Gair (Royal a Fellowship and College Lectureship in History at Society University Research Fellowship); Professor Selwyn College, and Dr Marina Frasca-Spada, one Ron Martin (Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fel- of our Graduate Tutors, to become Senior Tutor of lowship); and Dr Fiona Wardle (Lister Prize Fellow- Corpus Christi. Dr Sean O’Harrow, Development ship for her work in developmental biology). Director for the last five years, returned earlier this With nearly nine months under my belt I have month to the USA to become Director of the Figge begun to reflect on the needs of the College for the

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  future. We are not a wealthy College and for future tion of the affinity that you, our Members, feel for stability we – like many other Colleges –will need to your College, long after you have moved away. "e make efforts to increase our endowment significant- Decennial Dinner at the end of March (for those ly so that we can continue to make high quality pro- matriculating in years ending in ) was lively, very vision for our students and Fellows, and fully cover well attended, and most enjoyable, as was the June the costs of maintaining our buildings. Separately, ‘Garden Party’ for those who matriculated before we need to be in a position to embark on a building  (held in Hall because of uncertain weather) on programme to match our vision for the next stage in the last afternoon of the May Bumps. In March I the development of the College. "e funds for this was delighted to join the East Anglian Branch of the will have to be raised separately, through donations Society for an excellent dinner in College, and in and/or borrowing. I will report on our plans as they July joined a much larger group at the very success- unfold after discussion in the College. I expect that ful House of Commons Reception hosted by John high on our list of priorities will be further accom- Horam MP (). "ere promises to be a good modation for graduates and new versatile teaching turnout at the Society Dinner at the end of Septem- space on the Island Site. ber, during the University Alumni Weekend, and I I have enjoyed the many opportunities this year hope to see many of you there. to interact with Members whose experience of the "en I look ahead to the Michaelmas Term and College stretches well beyond mine, sometimes by the start of another busy academic year. When that as much as three-quarters of a century, sometimes Term is over I shall have completed one full cycle at by only a few years. I’m told that around  St Catharine’s and most enjoyable and rewarding it Members have participated this year in alumni and has been so far. Society events. "is is impressive, and an indica-

Senior Tutor’s Report

Dr Paul Hartle writes –   an interesting year for the Col- to thrive and still teaches as wisely and wittily as lege. We have the pleasure of having broken the ever (see also the article A Retrospect in this Maga- mould with the installation of our first woman [and zine). We welcomed back to the College Dominic my sixth] Master (it’s only been  years coming); Dromgoole, who many years ago eventually per- whilst the eagle-eyed among you may have seen that suaded me to let him read English Part II and is Mr Tompkins, in his league table of College aca- now Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe: his demic performance published in !e Independent Tom Henn Memorial Lecture was a histrionic tri- on  July, has moved St Catharine’s down from last umph. Like many others, I had the opportunity to year’s third place to this year’s fifth, I am happy to see Ian McKellen play Lear at Stratford, in a pas- report that the more accurate intercollegiate tables sionate and moving performance, transferring to published internally instead show us holding on London this autumn: catch it if you can. I enjoyed to the fourth place we achieved in . Whilst I the opportunity under Edward Wickham’s baton would, of course, prefer a return to the vertiginous to narrate Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals for heights of , we are still punching above our one of the Kellaway Concert Series, including new weight and the last three years have been our best sections performed by a local school, a gig I last ever three years overall, in terms of Tripos results. undertook in Hall some thirty years ago. In , there were particularly brilliant results in Off the boards, I have taken on a new (addition- our traditional strength of Geography, with fine al) role as Associate Secretary to the Senior Tutors’ showings for particular year cohorts in Economics, Committee, which means more committees (let Engineering and Modern Languages. joy be unconfined) but is certainly enhancing my College highlights of the year elsewhere for me knowledge of how the Colleges fit into the wider included the eightieth birthday dinner given by life of the University, and giving me some opportu- the Fellowship for Glen Cavaliero, who continues nity to influence that relationship for the better.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  News from the JCR

David Kunzmann, JCR President, writes H   as JCR president in No- up an active ‘green team’, and played a large role in vember  I was determined to see a year of pushing for an environmental and ethical policy action, achievement, progress and openness. "e document that was approved by the College’s Gov- elected members of the JCR committee this year erning Body. Catz still remains the only College must be thanked for their enthusiasm and hard to have officially achieved Fairtrade status, and the work, without which so many improvements and greening of the College continues at a fast pace. events would not have been possible. "e JCR continues to support a wide range of Vice-president Tom Morris continues to impress charities, with RAG officers Dan Meyer and Don- with his organizational skills, and has put in a lot ald Fraser organizing a number of events in RAG of effort to see the completion of a wikipedia room week. Student views continue to be represented at page. Donal Connolly (Treasurer) has investigated CUSU council thanks to Katherine Woolgar (Ex- the accounts in detail and looked at areas where ternal Officer). Her efforts have seen the increased funds can be directed in the future. Dom Elliott use of electronic voting and polls, which provide a and Steve De Melo Rutherford (Ents Officers) have quicker and more convenient way of conducting organized some fantastic bops, with new themes, elections and gathering feedback. increased variety of music and new decorations "e  Freshers’ Reps Phil Wright and Jo Ha- (including a disco ball and strobe lighting), culmi- ley have been busy planning for Freshers’ Week, and nating in a buzzing end of term bop to celebrate thanks must go to the volunteers who have agreed the start of May Week. "e Catz event at Cindies to form the Freshers’ Team. "e week will also call was another huge success. Target Schools Officer upon the welfare sub-committee to ensure that mi- Jessica Williams has completed the Catz alterna- norities are well represented and looked after. tive prospectus, organized the shadow scheme and Aside from administrative duties and meetings, I has been successful in attracting student volunteers have worked on a range of areas including the JCR for College tours. Welfare Officers Chris King and survey, a new photocopier contract, support of Su- Kirsty Houston have formed a formidable team danese divestment, a college grace recording online, with a wide-ranging brief; the talk on exam stress a quiz and recruitment meal with Deloitte, exten- and the organising of a successful room ballot are sion of the bar hours, a morning cafeteria scheme examples. Chris King has challenged the current and a mock election debate. Plans for extended Scholar’s Ballot system and the issue will soon go tenancy agreements for those living in Woodlark, to referendum. I, J and K staircases are currently being formed, On the food and beverages’ side Oscar Toeman the bar walls are scheduled to be repainted over the has helped to increase the range of options avail- summer, and I continue to lobby for the introduc- able. "anks to his work and the support of Rob- tion of a cashless system in hall. I am pleased with ert Lee (Catering Manager), more food options the committee’s performance and optimistic that are now provided on Sunday evenings and special we will all continue to work hard to ensure a bright offers have been introduced. "e pro-active Steve future for St Catharine’s College JCR. Bland (Environmental and Ethical Officer) has set

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  News from the MCR

Dan Friess and Roy Hamanf, MCR Co-Presidents, write JET JET PHO R   to write this article

means that the term of office for this year’s MCR T OG

committee is nearing an end, with an extremely R A P busy year for graduates to look back on. New grad- HI uates were welcomed with a whirlwind calendar of C events during Freshers’ Week, ranging from a bar- beque in our new Whichcote House Residence to a particularly spooky ghost tour. Probably the high- light of this week was our pirate punting event; what seemed to be a pleasant candle-lit tour along the river saw a motley crew of MCR Presidents old and new dressed as pirates storming the party. "e rest of the year carried on in the same tradi- tion, with some interesting costumes from gradu- !e MCR Committee. ates and fellows at our Rocky Horror Show Hal- loween dinner and fancy-dress bop, and over two "e MCR and SCR have worked and socialised hundred people attending our Christmas formal. much more closely this year, with the Graduate Re- As well as a flying visit from a particularly jolly search Seminar Series, bar quizzes, formal dinners Santa to deliver presents to a few lucky MCR mem- and a new Art Competition. "e Graduate Tutors, bers (it’s presumably a busy time of year for him), Marina Frasca-Spada, Robert Wardy and Manolo we undertook a large collection of food, toiletries, Guerci, and the tireless work of the Graduate Tu- clothes and blankets for Jimmy’s Night Shelter. We tor’s Secretary Heather Fong, have been greatly were overwhelmed by the response of MCR mem- appreciated and made our job considerably easier. bers to this appeal, which I’m sure has made a big Of particular note, however, is the support of the difference to many local people. Governing Body of the principles of the Sudan Di- "e St Catharine’s MCR Burns Night dinner and vestment motion. "is proposal was put together Ceilidh is traditionally one of the biggest events we by Joe Piper, a rd year PhD student, and was fully hold, and this year was no exception. "e social supported by the MCR. "is endeavour also in- calendar was filled with other diverse events such volved working closely with representatives from as Chinese New Year, the inaugural MCR Table the JCR, and in doing so united the whole College. Football tournament, or watching the Varsity Boat "e experience gained is now helping other Col- Race with Tom Selleck. But a personal highlight leges across Cambridge interested in disinvesting was a large group of MCR members wearing black- to do the same. tie and sipping martinis before going to watch the In January we welcomed the arrival of the new premiere of the latest James Bond film, Casino Master, Professor Dame Jean "omas. She has al- Royale, only to find that the rest of the audience ready taken a keen interest in graduate affairs, and had the same idea! Supported by an extensive cal- we know that under her leadership the graduates endar of exchange formals, St Catharine’s MCR is and fellows will become an even closer community. gaining an enviable reputation across the graduate "is is important, as the next academic year brings community as a fun and friendly place to be. "is a variety of challenges, most importantly the need reputation is due to the fantastic work of this year’s for new accommodation for our burgeoning in- MCR committee, who have spent countless hours take of graduate students. We know that with next organising a range of activities, booking bands, set- year’s Co-Presidents and committee, St Catharine’s ting up equipment and pulling down decorations College MCR will continue to go from strength in the early hours of the morning. to strength.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Graduate Achievements

Dr Marina Frasca-Spada (Graduate Tutor) reports T   were won by Graduate Kate Elswit () presented a paper entitled Your Dance Students in –: Partner is Death: Danced Spectacles of the Real in the Weimar Republic to a postgraduate conference entitled In the Flesh: Re- Stephan Alberth () won the Best Paper Prize at the  visiting the Body in German Language, Literature and Culture Spring Doctoral Conference held at the Judge Business School at Harvard University. for his paper Forecasting Technology Costs via the Learning Curve – Myth or Magic? Rosa Fera () presented a paper to the  Leeds Inter- national Medieval Congress. Eleftheria Kioupritzi () was awarded the Young Inves- Patrick Flack tigators Award at the th Biennial Meeting of the Interna- () presented a paper on Tensions in the Re- tional Society for Molecular Recognition in New York City, lationship Between Local and National NAACP ranches: !e July . Example of Detroit, – to the annual conference of the British Association for American Studies. John Mitchell () was awarded the  AstraZeneca Carolyn Gauntlett Poster Prize of the British Pharmacolgical Society, following () presented a poster at the American his presentation at the th Anniversary meeting of the So- Chemical Society Meeting in Boston, USA. ciety in Oxford, December . "e prize is awarded for Tamzin Gristwood () presented her research to the Mi- the best poster communication by a Student Member of the crobial Genomics and Secondary Metabolites summer school Society under  years of age at the time of presentation. held at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences in Split, Regina Sachers () won the Association for Modern Ger- Croatia. man Studies Gisela Shaw Prize , awarded for the best Katie Jones () submitted an abstract on an emerging role German research paper submitted by a postgraduate. Her es- of CCRS ligands in human vasculature to the th European say was entitled Goethe’s Legacy?: ‘Eins und Alles’ and its Career Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine. in Scholarship. Yee-Von Koh () had her thesis printed in December  Ming-Yuan Tseng () was awarded the Aesculap Prize as part of the distinguished series, the Beihefte zur Zeitschrift  for a paper based on work for his PhD thesis (see PhDs für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft by Walter de Gruyter Approved – in this Magazine). "e prize is awarded an- (Berlin/New York). nually by the European Association of Neurological Societies Mukesh Kumar () presented a paper entitled Risk & Reward Evaluation and Management in International Manu- "e following papers etc. were presented by Grad- facturing to the st European Risk Conference in Munster, uate Students in –: Germany. Mohammed Afsar () presented two conference papers to Sirirat Kumarn () presented her research to the th the th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics International Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Conference in Rome, Italy. Chemistry. Emiliano Alessandri () presented a paper entitled !e Tom Law () presented a paper to the th AIAA/CEAS Pre-Cold War Origins of Atlanticism, part of a panel titled At- Aeroacoustics Conference in Rome. lanticism in Practice: From the Origins to Current Affairs, to the Yi-An Lin () presented a poster at the Generative Ap- CISS Millennium conference in Bucaco, Portugal. proaches to Language Acquisition in Montreal, Canada. He Chrystalina Antoniades () presented part of her research also gave presentations to the  Multi Development & to the World Congress on Huntingdon’s Disease in Dresden, Application of Language & Linguistics and the  National Germany. Conference on Linguistics, both in Taiwan. Shaumya Ariyaratnam () presented data from the Hugo Mallinson () presented a paper to the Methods ACROPat clinical study to the Society for Endocrinology and Models in Automation and Robotics Conference in Po- BES Conference. land. Abigail Bennett () presented a paper on her research at David C Morgan () presented a poster to the Industrial the University of Manchester’s Centre for Anglo-Saxon Stud- Ecology conference in Toronto. ies Postgraduate Conference. Frances Parton () presented a paper to the  Leeds Emma Connell () presented a poster abstract entitled International Medieval Congress. Mechanism of arachidonic acid action on syntaxin/Munc, Sarah Pitkin () presented a poster on her research on the at the joint meeting of the Biochemical Society, the British role of apelin in the human cardiovascular system to the th Pharmacological Society and the Physiological Society, in European Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine. Glasgow, July .

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Oscar Portillo () gave a talk entitled Fracture Resistance Joo Lee Denise Tan () presented a poster to the Associa- Characterization of Bitumen and Asphalt Mixes to the th Sym- tion for Biometrics Resource Facilities at their  confer- posium of Mexican Students and Studies. ence. Benjamin Skinner () presented Multi-objective Design Yang Zhao () presented a research paper at the annual Optimisation of Submarine Electric Drive Systems at the IEEE conference of Society of Legal Scholars in Keele. Electric Ship Technologies Conference , Arlington, USA, Philine Zu Ermgassen () presented a talk entitled Im- and Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation of Submarine pacts of Species in Great Britain to the International Confer- Electric Drive – System Design and Hybrid Drive Control Strat- ence on Aquatic Invasive Species, University of Nijmegen, the egy to Computational Methods in Marine Engineering II, Netherlands. CIMNE, Barcelona. Ninghua Song () presented a paper entitled Total Acqui- See also University and College Prizes elsewhere in sition Cost of China Sourcing – Indications from Case Studies to the Magazine. the th International Symposium on Logistics in Budapest.

PhDs approved, !""#–$

Arancibia J: !e intensity of judicial review in the Höng J: Investigating the structures of evolutionary commercial context conserved cytoskeletal proteins Ashiru OA: Characterisation of UL: a human Huang E: Rethinking mobile ad hoc networks Cytomegalovirus encoded MHC class I-related Kazmi ZA: Polite anarchy: an anarchist molecule involved in the evasion of Natural Killer international political theory cells Lim MH: Landmark guided forwarding Barker W: Isaiah –: studies in a cosmic polemic Mallam AL: Folding studies of knotted proteins Bell PEC: !e dynamics of domestication: the case Menne TF: Functional insights into the protein of Brassica rapa family mutated in Shwachman-Diamond Bowers SRL: MeCP and its interaction with syndrome Sina, chromatin and DNA Morgan DB: Sociology of chimpanzees (Pan Bruin RP: Development of a grid computing troglodytes troglodytes) in the Goualougo Triangle, infrastructure to support combinatorial simulation Republic of Congo studies of pollutant organic molecules on mineral Taylor B: Cyclic forms in the instrumental music surfaces of Felix Mendelssohn: time, memory and musical Davis RR: !e anatomy and pathology of semantic history dementia Tseng M-Y: Maintenance of cerebral autoregulation Geisbüsch J: Cosmology with Sunyaev-Zel’dovich and enhancement of blood flow as a therapeutic cluster surveys strategy against cerebral ischaemia following Genever E: !e welfare consequences of intensive aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage pig production Wainwright CJ: Aspects of discrete and Gierth PT: Relaxation-based signal separation in supersymmetric geometry solid-state NMR spectroscopy Walker A: Regulation and function of the E Granycome CL: Maintenance and segregation of ubiquitin conjugating enzyme UbcH in the human mitochondrial DNA human somatic cell cycle Gupta AK: Cerebral oxygenation and metabolism Wong R: Structure and function of multidrug efflux in head injury: Physiological mechanisms and systems in bacterial antibiotic resistance therapeutic implications Ye X: Catching up in technology industries – a case Haggarty S: What is the price of experience? study on the semiconductor industry William Blake and gift relationships

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Graduate Art Competition

Manolo Guerci (Assistant Graduate Tutor) writes T ,  was open to art work with a reception with the Master, the Graduate of different media such as photography, painting, Tutors, and some of the Fellows. "e three prizes drawing etc., was organised by myself with help were all awarded to photographic entries: st Prize: from the other Graduate Tutors. It is the first time Chrystalina Antonaides, nd Prize: Piotr Cieplak, (at least in recent years) that a graduate competi- rd Prize: Dan Friess. It is hoped to hold the next tion of this kind has been held, though there have competition in March , followed by a Fellows been similar events within the undergraduate and Graduate dinner at which the winners will be community. Competition entries were exhibited announced. in the Long Gallery for a week in March, ending CH R Y ST ALI N A ANT O N AI DES P D IO A N TR

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 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Chaplain’s Report

!e Revd Dr Patrick Richmond writes I   my final report in my new post in and Passiontide have. My homily at the two end- Norwich, with fond memories of the year past of-term carol services may have fuelled the roaring and of (nearly) six years’ ministry in the College Christmas trade in copies of Richard Dawkins’ !e Chapel. God Delusion, but numbers suggested that well over I am grateful to all those who have preached in half the College attended a carol service this year. chapel this year, and to the Revd Canon Owen "e Sunday evening congregation has increased, Spencer-"omas, for acting as Chaplain in the Eas- as has the small Sunday morning congregation. ter Term. "ere were a number of preachers with "e number of students who might be described a scientific background in my last year: Professor as regular chapel goers remains relatively small, but Conway Morris FRS (Palaeobiology), "e Revd a much larger number go occasionally. I remain Dr Holder (Astrophysics), Professor Humphreys deeply grateful to the Master, Vice-Master, the CBE FREng (Materials Science), Dr Alexander chapel committee, the chapel clerks and wardens (Immunology) and Dr Savage (Psychology). Arts and over  Fellows and students who are willing and humanities were also represented, with experts to help on the rotas. in English, Philosophy and "eology all preaching. Choir and organ have played an outstanding "e University’s Methodist and Roman Catholic part in the life of the Chapel. I am greatly indebted chaplains provided ecumenical presence, while the to the organ scholars and choristers and especially Bishops Ian Cundy and Michael Nazir Ali brought to Dr Edward Wickham, who continues to enrich the perspective of the House of Lords, and the Chapel life and music. "e prayers and best wishes Rt Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP spoke on poverty of the Chapel are with Matt Cook as he graduates, and family breakdown shortly before publishing a with Tim Semken as he becomes Senior Organ major report. Scholar and with the Revd Anthony Moore as he It was good to have Paul Langham (Chaplain becomes Chaplain. "e College Chapel is a very –) back to preach at the commemoration. special place and I pray that College members will Over my six years the average congregations at continue to be inspired both by it and through the Wednesday choral evensong have not increased, playing a part in its life. but special Wednesday services like communions TALA JA TALA RJ OU R

!e Lebanon Concert (see opposite).

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Choir Report

Dr Edward Wickham, Director of Music, writes T C C has hosted some strange steep. From the tentative first evensongs in Octo- and exotic events in its three-hundred-year history, ber, the choir were able to pull off an impressive but few compare to the sight and sound of Ara- St David’s Hall, Cardiff, recital in January (pre- bic chant, accompanied on the Oud (the Arabic ceded by evensong at Gloucester Cathedral) and lute) sung by a choir of Cambridge and Lebanese then tackle a demanding repertoire by Gesualdo, students. "e concert came at the end of a week- Palestrina and the like in services and concerts in long collaboration between St Catharine’s Choir the Easter term. "e Lebanese collaboration fol- and the choirs of the American University of Bei- lowed by a short trip to Tuscany – with concerts rut and the University of Balamand in Tripoli, a in Moggiona and the castle of neighbouring Poppi project which took the groups to Merton College, – brought the year to a suitably challenging but Oxford, and to Ely Cathedral before the climactic enjoyable conclusion. event back on home turf. Combining the music "e choir now loses six members including the of the German composer Dietrich Buxtehude with Senior Organ Scholar, Matthew Cook, who has chants from the Byzantine, Maronite and Grego- been a popular, even charismatic director of the rian traditions, the programme may have looked choir. But we gain a new organ scholar and five peculiar on paper, but in performance provided a new choral scholars – the largest intake for a con- fascinating diversity and complementarity. siderable time. "e choir is currently made up al- "e project, in turn, came at the end of a year most entirely from St Catharine’s undergraduates of memorable events and notable successes. Ev- and, while we still warmly welcome participants ery musical director in a student environment from outside, it is gratifying that the majority of will complain of the rapid turn-over in personnel, members are ‘home grown’. and the cyclical drop of standards that this entails. My thanks for such a successful year go to the However, the rewards are more than recompense. two organ scholars, Matt Cook and Tim Semken, In the relatively short time I have had responsibility to the choir secretary Coral Johnson and to the in- for the St Catharine’s choir, I have not experienced defatigable librarian (and first-class classicist) Win- a year when the improvement curve has been so nie Smith.

Rehearsing at Poppi Castle.

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Karen Stephenson, Assistant Development Director, writes: T   making this another successful memoration Dinner on  November was again year:  has seen more events than ever, with attended by many of our Woodlark Society mem- over , alumni and their guests coming back to bers, to whom we are so grateful for pledging a participate in College life. legacy to the College. We began the Easter term with the Hall filled Perhaps one of our most important projects in to capacity for the Decennial Reunion Dinner and the alumni office this year has been to set up a new look forward to next year when we can welcome all online payments system, with members now able those matriculating in a year ending in . For your to purchase merchandise and to book events via diary, the date for the s reunion will be  March the website. Merchandise pages are at www.caths. . "e South Side jazz band returned to the cam.ac.uk/alumni/merchandise, and booking forms College bar for another excellent concert in March, for major events, as well as lists of those attending, and the Boat Race event was again attended by a can be accessed via www.catzevents.com. large number of alumni and their families. Upcoming events for  include the sports New to the events calendar this year was the day on  April, the Benefactors’ garden party on alumni Literary drinks party in London, where  June and the May Ball on  June. An engineers’ Tim Waterstone () spoke entertainingly of his reunion dinner is also planned for Dudley Robin- experiences in the bookselling industry. In addi- son’s th birthday on  July. Forthcoming events tion, we held our first Pimm’s party by the river will be listed in the Catharine Wheel, which, as usu- on the final day of the May Bumps and, later in al, will be published in April and August, as well as the summer, arranged an Old Boys/MCC cricket on the website at www.catzevents.com. fixture; we hope to repeat these next year. Com- We hope to see you in Cambridge again soon. K A REN S TEP H ENS O N

Pimm’s at the Bumps.

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Karen Stephenson, Assistant Development Director, writes A   see from Valete earlier in the College donation to St Catharine’s will count towards the Report in this Magazine, our previous Develop- overall total and competition is strong among the ment Director, Sean O’Harrow, moved back to Colleges to be the most successful contributor to the US in August . Based in Iowa, he plans to the Campaign. establish himself as an overseas coordinator for the "e Development Group has again carried out midwest and can be contacted by local and visiting sterling work in engaging with the financial needs alumni via [email protected]. We wish of the College, and many others have also given him well and hope that our new Development Di- their time to support College functions and events. rector will be in post by January . In particular, we were delighted when Miss June In the meantime, though, we continue to work Bolton donated her brother "omas Bolton ()’s hard in support of College fundraising and are blade to the College, and it was good to meet the grateful to have received some extremely generous family of Frederick Rushmore, Master of St Catha- legacies this year, one of which will fund a full Fel- rine’s during the s. "e party included four lowship. "e Master and Fellows are currently re- of his grandsons and three great grandchildren, viewing the College’s strategic policy and funding who were keen to visit the Rushmore Room and needs, with Fellowships and Bursaries remaining explore their heritage while visiting the UK from the College’s primary funding priority, and several the United States. large capital projects in the pipeline. On behalf of everyone at St Catharine’s, we "e University’s th Anniversary Campaign thank you all for your generosity, whether financial continues into the second half of a fundraising pe- or otherwise, in support of your College. riod which aims to raise  billion by . Every S E A N

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!e Rushmore family with the portrait which hangs in the Rushmore Room

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  List of Donors !""$ : Mr AG Bunn. : Dr EP Brooks; Mr MF Clarke; Wing Commander DRJ Evans; Mr RJ Hunter; : Mr FE Stevens. Mr RWD McKelvie; Mr ME Mitchell; Mr B Nickerson; : Mr F "ompson. Mr A Pialopoulos. : Mr TM Carmichael TD MA LLB; Major JHS Field; : Mr CH Anniss; Mr R Boot; Mr JJ Bunting; Mr KM Sargeant. Professor HD Dias; Mr IJ Evans CBE; Sir Colin Hope; : Mr R Millward FRGS; Mr FM Schall; Mr DJ Scott. Mr KC Humphrey; Mr A Morley-Brown; Mr PR Smethurst; Mr DC "ompson FInstP; Mr DR Tyler; : Professor E Hutchinson; Mr NN Lewis MBE; Canon CNH White TD. Mr GD Speake OBE; Prof. H Sutcliffe. : Dr JM Arrowsmith; Mr DG Arundale; : Mr HM Hughes CEng. Mr BJ Francis; Dr CTM Le; "e Revd GJ Murray; : Mr JR Gilbert; Dr JL Haybittle; Dr DA Ramsay; Professor DD Porter; Dr RJ Robinson; Mr MJ Sutton; Mr L Sherwood; Mr IF Van Ammel. "e Revd Dr LR Wickham. : Professor EG Broadbent FRS FRS; : Mr DA Beattie; Mr ARP Bird; Mr MWS Hitchcock; Professor JA Mabbutt; Mr EJ Peet; Mr RJ Chapman; "e Revd D Ching; Mr MJ Fores; Mr GDC Rushton. "e Hon RW MacLaren PC; Mr DR Rees; Mr EI Roberts; Dr JJ Shenkman; "e Revd Canon PC Woodward. : Mr ED Clements; "e Revd DJ Curry; Mr MS Morris; Mr BS Stocker. : Mr NJ Barwell; Dr GS Beavers; Sir Timothy Daunt KCMG; Mr T Hutchinson; : Mr R Benstead; Mr JA Brookbank; His Honour Dr CF Kolbert; Mr DJ Lambourne; Mr PR Hulme; Mr DW Jennings; Mr CC Matthewman; Mr J McConville; Mr Ray Mingay CMG; Mr RI Northen FRICS; Professor JW Scott; "e Revd Canon HD Searle; Mr J Senior; Mr DL Turnidge; Captain AR Ward. Mr JG Walker. : Mr F Curnin; Mr P Garnham MBE; : Mr AL Bain; Professor DA Baugh FRHistS; Mr AJ Glasspoole; Mr JC Sankey; Mr DH Scholes; Mr AR Malcolm; Mr K Sanderson JP; Mr ME Wardle. Mr RW Stanley; Mr DR "ornton FSA. : Mr KPQ Appleton; Mr JE Blount; : Mr D Asdell; Mr DE Chamberlain; Mr DA Elliot; Mr RA Champion; Mr AW Georgi; Mr H Graham; Mr GA Higham; Mr D Jaques; Mr DK Haskell CMG CVO; Dr CD May FRSC CChem; Mr JE Matthews; Dr PE Wrist. Captain DA McVean CBE, RN; Professor PW Nathanielsz; : Mr P Griffin MBE; Dr JB Longley; Mr A Maclaren; Dr JC "ompson; Professor SFH "relkeld. Mr J Metson; Professor HF Pribram FRCP(C); : Mr IEM Buttress; Dr JH Crothers TD FIBiol; Professor DFB Roberts; Dr PA Tallantire; Mr N Curwen; "e Revd Canon D Curwen; Lieutenant Colonel PJ Willett; Mr GF Willett. Mr PM Everard; Mr AE Giles; Dr RDA Lipman; : Mr IF Hendry; Mr PH Hoskings; Mr PJ Lee; Mr DJ Porter. Mr DCL Marwood; Mr PBD Sutherland. : Professor H Auster; Professor JD Crewdson; : Mr JD Adshead; Mr PBH Bailey; Mr WPC Davies; Mr CJ Ellis; Abbot RTW Fryxell; Dr CHB Honeyborne; Mr JS Dodge; Mr RBC Farthing; Mr R Fursdon; Mr C Knowles; Mr AG Watts. Mr WM Humbles; Mr DH Jones; Mr CS Kernahan; : Mr JH Birkett FIPM FRSA; Mr DM Child; Dr AG Maddock; Mr KK Marriott; Mr KLG Mills; Dr DR Davies FRCP(C); Dr AJ Gillham MBE; Mr KJ Uffen CMG; Mr JC Wolton FRICS. Mr DL Hugh-Jones; Mr PA Kusel; Mr J Langford; : Mr IMO Andrews; Mr EPT Crampton; Mr TG Lawson; Brigadier General PR Moody; Mr EWG Davies; Mr G Drake; Mr G Miller; Dr NS Neidell; Professor EA Parker; Mr DTN Payne; Professor MH Millgate; Dr JA Norris; Dr JG Pickering; Dr GE Roe; Dr JR Shakeshaft; "e Revd JM Turner BD; Mr HD Walford. Mr RJ Strickland; Dr RE Timms. : Mr MR Brookbank; : Mr NR Arden; Mr JC Cochrane; "e Revd JM Evans; Professor RA Buchanan OBE FSA; Dr PV Cornish; Mr AJ Guest; Mr NJ Hartley; Mr P Horswill; Mr RA Glynne-Jones; Mr S Gould; Dr AD Knighton; Mr MH Onley; Mr BI Robertson; Commander DA Howard; Mr HW James; Dr R Levy; Mr AG Sheppard; Mr CD Shires. Mr WK Wilkinson. : Mr HW Bate; Mr AB Burnham; "e Revd DJ Ditch; : Mr PH Bagnall CBE DL; Mr IDS Beer CBE; Mr JR Fish; Mr RF Grieve; Professor SJ Mennell; Major RA Currer-Briggs MRCVS; Mr EW Hassell; Dr IM Napier; Mr GR Norman; Mr CB Palmer; Dr GRN Jones; Mr RWG Reed; Mr JF Sweetman CB TD. Mr NJM Richardson OBE; Dr BNC Sweeney.

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: Mr DJ Askin; Sir Brian Briscoe; Mr R Hough; : Mrs SJ Derwent; Mr GW Dixon; Mr RS Nichols; Mr WA Mottley; Mr ML Wakeling; Mr PF Whatling; Mr JG Shirlaw. Mr CR Wright FRCO. : Mr RC Cooper; Professor TWN Haine; Mr BE Miller; : Mr JA Caesar; Dr JDG Groom CEng FIM; Dr AFM Stone; Mr PJ Sutton. Mr CA Haynes; Mr SR Jackson; Mr JM Joshua; : Mr A Fraser-Urquhart; Mr AR Heller. Dr RA Kirkby; Mr JM Mason; Mr NS Parker FCA; Mr AJ Partridge; Mr M Sharpe. : Mrs SJH Connolly; Mr MR Price. : Mr RW Egerton; Mr RB Hitchcock; : Miss TH Dempster; Mr PJ Hogg; Mrs R Morgan; "e Revd Dr GG Kavanagh; Mr PR Matthews. Mr ADC Hogan; Mr MA Reeves; Dr PD Wothers. : Mr AP Bentley QC; Mr AL Craft; Mr SNJ Davies; : Mr PAR Chapman; Mrs CN Ulyatt. Mr K Dixon; Mr AN Grierson Rickford; Mr AR Jones FCA; : Dr CE Appleby; Mr IA Campbell; Mrs SL Hobbs; Dr RC Kingcombe; Dr DM Macgregor; Dr CR Pick; Mr RH King; Dr CDR Murray; Mr D Wright. Mr RGJ Robinson; Mr AG Saunders; Mr JA Scadding. : Dr KL Tang; Mr AW Walker. : Mr CW Heath; Mr GH Knight; Mr RT Mascall; Mr RA Overin; Mr CR Webbley; Professor CK Wildenthal. : Mr BW Clark; Mrs CL Raggett. : Dr HS Swain; Mr JW Yellowlees. : Mr GT Gillett. : Mr RA Brown; Mr RJS Clarke; Mr AP Ford; : Mr D Cole. Mr LB Hillman; Dr JC Moore-Gillon FRCP; : Miss GAH Stewart; Mr JL Selby. Mr AK Sen FCA; Mr SWB Whitworth. : Captain CHL Banyard; Dr RS Court; : Mr D Blausten; Dr RT Bridges; Mr SB Hey; Mr PA Pretorius. Dr PW Lunt; Mr RDP Milwright; Mr NR Paddon; Dr JA "ompson. : Commander SR Atkinson. : Mr P Ballard; Mr PJ Clokey; Mr RJ Dowsett; : Mr GE Chin; Mr WM Mott; Dr M Tseng. Mr PDL Marwood; Mr JN Robinson; Mr PG Stevens. : Ms CE Jarmy; Ms KA Stephenson. : Mr RW Barnett OBE; Mr GG Beringer QC; : Mr CW Wong. Mr RTJ Bosman; Sir JDK Grant KCMG; Mr CE Smith; Mr HJ Webb. : Dr D Mackie. : Mr HJ Cuddon-Large; Mr JR Hartley; Mr RH Kemp; Mrs JFB Darby; Mrs EM Greenwood; Mrs N Hackett; Dr DE Morris; Mr FA Penson; Mr AJ Stormonth Darling. Mrs Lynne Metherell; Mrs MJ Palmer; Mrs M "omas; Professor JH Burns; Mr RJ Burston; Miss PM Caesar; : Professor CB Bunker FRCP; Mr MT Horner QC; Dr G Herbert; Miss J Bolton. Dr AL Mann; Mr DK Pirkis; Mr TSJ Russell; Mr JW Scott; Professor SM Springman, OBE; Mr AC Stoker; KEV I Mr PH Wolton. N B ENT : Mr MVJ Arnold; Dr BJ Bartholomeusz; L E

Dr AC Briggs; Mr G Cogan; Mr CRM Norton; Y Mr PD Smith; Mr JM Trundle; Mr SD York. : Mr GJ Burr; Mr NB Denison; Dr ML Meaton; Mr IR Metcalfe; Mr AJ Murley; Mr DOM Parsons; Mr NJ Pinkney; Mr FJ Titley. : Mr PS Chalmers; Mr SE Hubble; Mr JM Stanford; Mr HAC Tidbury ACA; Mr JRG Wright CBE. : Dr PA Rapley CChem; Mrs EJ Wilson. : Mr PF Anderson; Mr AM Briski; Dr SC Chakraverty; Mr JC Efford; Mrs RA Fairhead; Dr FG Green. : Mr JD Kinsella; Dr T Twardowski; Mr SG Whitehead. : Mr MA Diplock; Mr MR George. : Mr GC Bell; Mr RS Bostock; Dr KJ Carruthers; Mr JS Dodwell; Mr EP King; Dr J McKenna; Mr DSJ Miles. Miss Bolton donating her brother’s blade (see the Development Office report).

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Societies Catzeyes football match and in go-karting while enjoying a great time Editor: Helen Waller of fellowship and study of Samuel. "e group continues to Catzeyes is surely now a College institution. Freshers may meet together twice a week jointly with King’s for bible study pick up a copy in the Porters’ Lodge to (perhaps not so) sur- and prayer, and we have been pleased to see a number of first reptitiously read behind notes in  o’clock lectures; making years join us regularly and grow their faith this year. those funny choking noises as, once again, some witty writing causes both a laugh and a stifling of said laugh at the same Engineering Society time – not easy or particularly attractive. Pages are turned ex- President: Richard Hall citedly to see if we had managed to escape Cleo’s seeming om- "e highlight of the year was, undoubtedly, the annual dinner niscience. Many people have been involved in Catzeyes, with when, preceded by a competition for next year’s engineering foreign guest writer ‘Petr Sweni’ providing an exotic flavour presidency of pirate, bear, ninja (a more enthusiastic version with his regular contributions. "anks must go to everyone of scissor, paper, stone) in which Claire Gillan took over the who has written for Catzeyes or inspired anyone else to do so, reins, an inspiring Dudley Robinson speech taught us the im- as well as the numerous different personifications of Cleo the portance of an engineer who works hard but retains a full social gossiping cat. Do keep all your old issues to laugh over some and sporting life. Nat Luckhurst and Jon Nobes took Dudley’s day: I know I will. words to heart, braving endless cold mornings to become Boat Club Captain and entering the Dev Squad respectively. Will Chess Cleverley ran/hobbled marathons and Nicky Grahamslaw Captain: Matt Linford joined the choir and badminton team, along with Martin – has been another successful year for St. Catharine’s Hughes whose gliding antics were especially impressive. College Chess Club. Following last season, when the team Note that a reunion of those who read Engineering will achieved promotion to the first division of the chess league for be held on Saturday  July  to celebrate Dudley Robin- the first time in many years, the College continued to show son’s th birthday. Alumni who are ‘friends of engineers’ are enthusiasm and ability, finishing a respectable fourth overall. also welcome. Contact Kelvin Appleton () via the College We also reached the semi-finals of the Cuppers competition, Alumni Office. eventually losing to a very good Queens’ side in a close match. "is year’s team had very strong commitment from finalists, Fairtrade with Mike Amior, Jonathan Woodfield, and James Glover President: Lucy Moseley playing yet again and playing well regularly. "ere were also St Catharine’s College Fairtrade Society has had a successful many promising performances from fresher Sean Hale, who year. We have managed to meet all of the goals necessary to will captain the team next season. retain our Fairtrade College status, achieved last year. We have had ongoing meetings with the Bar and Hall committee, in- Christian Union creasing the range of Fairtrade products available to students Reps: Peter Chamberlin and Katherine Woolgar and staff, including fruit juice, tea, coffee, and chocolate. "e ‘What good is it for a man to gain the whole world yet forfeit Fairtrade stall, running each Wednesday outside hall, has also his soul?’ "is verse from Mark has been the focus for CICCU proved popular throughout the year. Since the introduction Main Event of which we have been a part. Entitled Cross- of the stall a couple of years ago, we have sold over  worth Examined this was a series of five lunch time and six evening of stock. "e stall not only benefits third-world producers by talks in the Guildhall in February. "ese explained clearly Je- selling their stock, but also serves to raise awareness of Fair- sus’ identity, mission and call to us as presented in Mark, and trade to students. answered common apologetic questions. Within College we Fairtrade Fortnight in February/March saw St Catharine’s had two guests – Stephen Boon and Demelza Bowyer, both first ever Fairtrade Formal, arranged by our catering manager Cambridge graduates, who stayed for a week and helped us Robert Lee. A number of students attended and enjoyed the to put on ‘food for thought’ meals/drinks parties; they were Fairtrade recipes, including a main course of duck in Fairtrade also available to talk about the central theme for people with bitter chocolate sauce. We also put on a Fairtrade wine tasting further questions. We gave a copy of the gospel of Mark to event in the Ramsden room. Red, white, and rosé Fairtrade every member of College as part of the event. wines were sampled, as well as milk, white, dark, orange, and Cross-Examined was simply a scaling up of our usual activi- mint Fairtrade chocolate. "is event succeeded in raising ties – equipping ourselves to tell other students about Jesus funds for St Catharine’s College Southern African Fund for Christ and trying to do that in Catz in particular. At our gar- Education charity (SAFE). den party during May week Will Timmins spoke about one of Towards the end of Lent term, we held a Fairtrade raffle to Jesus’ parables in Luke , showing how much more valuable a promote awareness of Fairtrade. We sold almost  tickets, relationship with Jesus is than anything we can earn or achieve and the winner received an Easter hamper of Fairtrade prod- for ourselves. We ran a Christianity Explored course during ucts (again, proceeds went to charity). Last, but not least, the Michaelmas Term which was attended by about  members year was completed with a tasty Fairtrade garden party. of College. Another highlight came a little later when we went away with King’s and Queens’ Christian Unions for two nights in Norfolk. We beat Queens’ in the (extremely muddy)

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Film Society "is was a particularly popular talk, with an audience of over Presidents: Alex Lesser and Madura Jayatunga  scientists and non-scientists, who filled the College’s Din- "e St Catharine’s College Film Society (Catz Film) provided ing Hall, even to the extent of having to sit on tables. excellent entertainment on a weekly basis. Aiming to strike "e series continued with Professor Simon Maddrell, a the balance between the stereotypically art-house, the obscure Catz alumnus, delivering a talk entitled Champion Fliers and and the popular, we feel it is important not simply to cater Swimmers. "is captivating lecture focused on the beautiful for the masses, but to engender a reaction in as many of our adaptations that allow animals to swim at mph under water viewers in as many different ways as possible. With thanks to and insects to fly – in the latter example, aerodynamic laws our sponsors, Richer Sounds, for a competent sound system, originally seemed to suggest that they shouldn’t be able to. and to the Master and Fellows of Catz for loan of the Rams- "e John Ray lecture series concluded with !e Puppet Master den Room, our weekly venue, as well as for putting up with – How the Brain Controls the Body by Professor Daniel Wolp- the noise, we urge all members of the College to peruse our ert. "is talk sought to explain how the brain can optimally term-cards and attend whenever they may otherwise have a control the body’s movement, by taking into account the in- dull evening ahead. herent uncertainty present in the world and in our sensory and motor systems. "is was highly informative, explaining History Society why it is impossible to tickle yourself and why little kids say President: Jennifer "ompson ‘he hit me harder than I hit him’. Following the good work done by Katie Tween and Jenny Our Annual Society Dinner was as popular as ever with Morris last year, the – programme was organised by both Fellows and students. A quartet of gifted Catz students Charlotte Hall, Tom Holford and Jennifer "ompson. In provided a sophisticated ambience to the pre-dinner drinks recent years the society has been undergoing a quiet renais- with a range of classical music. We were delighted to have the sance. "e Christmas Drinks Party and the informal garden Master, Dean and Senior Tutor at this delicious meal, which party held during May Week were both good chances to get also saw the leadership transfer to Richard Lawrenson (then a together at the end of busy terms, though the highlight of the second-year Natsci). Under his leadership the new committee year was undoubtedly the dinner held in the OCR in Febru- have since organised a successful John Ray Garden Party in ary. "e evening had a high turnout and I’m sure everyone Sherlock Court during May week. enjoyed Chris Clark’s speech about what it is like being an It certainly has been a great year for the John Ray Society. Australian in Cambridge and the perils of being a post-grad- As President of the John Ray Society, I would like to say thank uate from Down Under. Charlotte, Tom and I would like to you to the committee for their support and hard work, and to wish next year’s committee and Historians every success for the whole society for making my job such an enjoyable one. the future. Finally, I would like to wish the next committee every success for the year ahead. Hyperbolics President: Sam Bartlett Law Society It is tempting to start this small paragraph by happily an- President: Natalie Psaila nouncing that the Hyperbolics enjoyed unprecedented suc- "e Law Society hosted a broad variety of events. On the se- cess during the year, but what kind of success? Owing to the rious side, we have had talks from pro bono lawyers and at- fact that the Hyperbolics didn’t participate in any remotely tracted interest from major law firms such as Freshfields and virtuous activities, any real success is sadly lacking. "ere Linklaters as well as ‘interesting’ visits from members of the were, however, a number of social events: the Freshers’ pub Bar. Socially, each year begins with our annual pub crawl crawl, the Michaelmas Term curry, the annual dinner and which we would like to say is memorable, but after  rounds the summer barbecue. Overall I think that mathmos found of pub golf not much is! Informal law gatherings have also the society an enjoyable experience; its members are a group produced fun filled evenings and have provided us with an- of closely knit friends who will keep in touch long into the ecdotes that, although they cannot be printed, will echo in future. our minds whilst the phrase ‘do it for Essex’ echoes in our ears! "e Annual Law Dinner ended the Lent Term in style; John Ray Society it was a chance for the hardest working and snappiest dressed President: Rebecca Low students in Catz to let their hair down before exams. Finally Vice-President: Christopher Kelly the Garden Party after exams rounded off our exciting social "is year has been an eventful and busy one for St Catharine’s calendar. Natural Scientists. "e first lecture of the series was Catz’ own Matthew Mason whose talk was Who is John Ray? "is was an Medical Society interesting introduction to the Society’s titular patron and was President: Helen Waller followed by an enjoyable formal hall gathering. It is widely reported that medics and vets have a rather hard- "e second lecture, at the start of Lent Term, was by the core degree, but less appreciated is the fact that MedSoc events well-known scientist Professor Lord Robert Winston, who are well attended and often result in ridiculousness! From our gave an insightful lecture entitled Can We Trust the Scientists. very first pub crawl in Freshers’ Week, we bonded well: the Medics’ (and Lizzie’s!) Murder Mystery party was the perfect example of medic bonding, and the vets following suit with

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!e Medical Society at their annual dinner. their pre-bop Curry Mahals. "e annual MedSoc dinner was "e Lent term saw two highly memorable events occurring our chance to push the boat out before the exams and was a under the ‘umbrella’ of the music society. "e College choir memorable event, starting out in a very civilized manner with undertook a sparkling performance of the Mozart Requiem an informative but fun talk; then students tried to hold on to Mass featuring brilliant solos from Jess Parkin, Clare Jarmy, their poise dining with Fellows and supervisors over several Aidan Coburn and Ed Bonner under the direction of Matt glasses of wine. MedSoc has been much fun, and I’m sure Cook. In the same term there was also a dazzling performance none of us will forget –. of Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas in the chapel, directed by Luke Rogers and Georgia Ladbury, showcasing many of the Music Society College’s finest voices with excellent performances all round. President: Andrew Wells Easter term dawned with rumblings of Tripos reducing the It has been another busy and successful year for the Mu- activities of the society. "e new president, Luke Rogers, as- sic Society under the leadership of Andrew Wells and the sembled a new committee who spent the term preparing to committee. "e annual influx of new members in October get May Week going with a bang with the annual Sounds Of strengthened our numbers and this was highlighted in the Summer outdoor concert. Sadly, the weather had other ideas Michaelmas Concert, America! "is found the orchestra on and the first half of the concert had to be held in Hall. "is excellent form, buoyed by its new players under the leader- did nothing to dampen the spirits of the orchestra, who were ship of Helen Waller, playing an exciting programme. Solos on fine form – an excellent performance of Saint-Saens’ In- by Katie McClaughry and Steph Richardson deserve special troduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Helen Waller deserves mention in addition to a rare performance of From a Moon- special mention. "e weather improved allowing the second lit Ceremony by George Frederick McKay. Taking a bold step half to be outside and the concert was brought to a rousing onto more controversial ground the orchestra also performed conclusion with the traditional performance of Elgar’s Pomp a thoughtful rendition of Cage’s ’ ” which went well after and Circumstance March No. . "e event was a great success some tough rehearsals. and raised  for the Catz SAFE charity. "roughout the year our informal evenings of music have "e last year has been, above all, great fun and this is in no remained popular, with many memorable performances. For- small part due to the efforts of the committee for which they merly ‘Music for Midnight’, these sessions have now been re- have my sincere thanks. In addition, the advice of Edward named ‘Chill in the Chapel’ and have seen an extremely wide Wickham and guidance of Sean O’Harrow have been of great variety of acts take the stage. We have also enjoyed another assistance. Finally of course I must thank all the players and visit from the Southside Jazz Band, who provided s jazz singers who have made all of the concerts mentioned possible which livened up the evening for those in the bar. "e com- and wish Luke and the new committee all the best for the mittee particularly enjoyed a visit to Madingley Hall to pres- coming year. ent a varied programme of music in the Saloon and were met by a very appreciative audience for what proved to be one of the highlights of the year.

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Photography Society President: Pippa Kennedy "e Photographic Society at Catz held an exhibition in the Ramsden Room towards the end of Lent Term to showcase some of our current undergraduates’ considerable photo- graphic talent. "ere were nearly  entries by students from all three years. Everyone who left comments in the visitors’ book had a different favourite – such was the eclectic mix and high standard of the entries. Two professional photographers, Joseph Ford (Catz , and winner of France’s National Concours des Assistants Photographes, ) and Simon Collins (architectural photographer), judged the competition and each picked a winner. Robert Golding’s well composed ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ and Milo Hiscox’s striking untitled shot of two boys were awarded joint first place. Joy Phillips and Helen Waller during the RAG RAG ‘Get Spotted Challenge’. Officers: Dan Meyer and Donald Fraser With the help of many others, the Rag officers set out to re- Shirley Society vitalise Catz RAG with themed formals, colourful – if mainly President: Izzy de Rosario ineffectual – posters, raffle tickets for worthy causes such Vice President: Jess Hindes as DHIVerse, Cancer Research and Children in Need. We "is year the Shirley Society secured four speakers; Michael- also dressed up in ridiculous costumes and shook buckets in mas term opened with a talk from Welsh poet, Owen Sheers. town collecting for local charities like Wintercomfort (for the Reading from a selection of his poetry and his autobiographi- homeless). But I guess most people associate RAG with Blind cal novel of his journey to Zimbabwe, he talked about be- Date, regularly a big earner for our College; this event always coming a writer and what has inspired him, and generally earns a few ‘thank you so much I got together with my girl/ charmed the audience. boyfriend and now I’m still with him/her’, but much more of- In November, Howard Brenton came to speak at St Catha- ten ‘be honest, what rating did you give me?’ An ‘’ from Catz rine’s; not only an alumnus, but a former Shirley Society was just worth so much more – what can you do if the other president. In fact, he began with an anecdote from his own Colleges aren’t up to standard in fun and, of course, banter? presidency when an increasingly inebriated Allen Ginsberg A memorable achievement this year was the clearcut win, not only spoke for hours but drank the students under the by Joy Phillips and Helen Waller, of the RAG’s ‘Get Spotted table. Mr Brenton’s talk was in no way so lengthy and entirely Challenge’. "ey were certainly hard to miss during the - tee-total. He discussed the controversy which can surround day contest. theatrical production with reference to his own Romans In Britain and how he has watched the face of theatre change R MILO O BERT H I SC GOL OX D I N G

Robert Golding’s Spirit of Ecstasy, joint winner of Untitled photograph by Milo Hiscox, joint winner of the Photographic Society’s competition. the Photographic Society’s competition.

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in the course of his career. For budding playwrights and the- sarcastic middle-aged man as our lead character! Second year atre goers alike his discussion of how he sees the theatre was Holly McFarlane’s rather last minute return to the Shirley enlightening. Players’ stage was truly impressive, as she slipped straight into Our next speaker, Iain Sinclair, came to Cambridge early in character and into the show as if she’d been rehearsing for Lent term. His talk offered fascinating insight into psychogeog- months! Fresher Lewis Robbins also joined us rather far down raphy, as he revealed the impetus for his current project, as well the line yet portrayed the daft but loveable character of Roger as its influence on his earlier work on John Clare. He spoke with such comedy as to have the audience in stitches. Anna with great intelligence and humour, and fielded many ques- Hughes’s performance as stroppy, spoilt and old enough to tions stimulated by his talk. His skill in telling a story was strik- know better was hilarious for all the right reasons, and Aslam ing and held the audience’s rapt attention; in recounting how Shiraz’s deadpan performance as Inspector Flume demon- he followed the route John Clare took on attempting to return strated his flair for comic timing. home from an asylum in Epping, he illustrated how the basic "ere was no lack of team spirit amongst the cast, just a desires of movement and homeland can bridge centuries. struggle to keep rehearsals following scripted jokes. Perfor- Finally, Jasper Fforde’s talk was a delightful end to the year. mances proved to be great light-hearted fun for cast and audi- Mr Fforde began his career in the film industry, working on ence alike; exactly matching student requirements when exam popcorn sellers such as Entrapment. He talked through how term was looming! he began his career as an author; from film scripts to short stories and finally those pesky short stories which run to  Steers Society pages. In discussing his desire to write he returned to a fun- President: Joe Speight damental idea sometimes neglected in the higher realms of Another year, another set of accolades and achievements for the literary criticism: literature is fun. Catz geographers in all areas of University life. "e Society boasts some of the College’s star academic performers, with none more Shirley Players prominent than second year James Trafford who finished top of Presidents: Jen Pigott & Georgina Warner the year in the Part A examinations. Away from the Diction- "e Shirley Players, named after James Shirley, the th cen- ary of Human Geography and trying to understand the com- tury playwright and poet, this year carried on its tradition plexities of the Coriolis force, the present group of geographers of producing fine plays. In Lent term, Nick Broadhead’s hi- includes former JCR President Joe Powell, MCR President larious slapstick comedy Tie Break was performed for three Dan Friess, and University decathlete Humphrey Waddington; nights at the Octagon in Chads, with cast and crew comprised whilst the freshers have quickly become integrated into univer- wholly of Catz students. sity life with several already on the JCR Committee and playing "e story of a typical dysfunctional family with pranks be- University-level sport, with Steve Bland’s do it for the green wheel ing played on all sides had something for everyone. Sarcastic environmentally-friendly agenda particularly notable. sideways-comments in the rocky relationship of Ann McAnn "e Steers year consisted mainly of the now traditional (Holly McFarlane) and Clive Quest (David Clinton) and secret events, including the Freshers’ Week pub crawl and the dis- desires of Roger Morton (Lewis Robbins) for Ann set the scene sertation presentations evening. But a new addition came in for Ann’s daughter Melanie (Anna Hughes) to take revenge the form of a group trip to an Italian restaurant, followed by on Clive with a surprise to shock the family: engagement to an evening of ten-pin bowling. Suffice to say that the abilities a ninety-four-year-old millionnaire! When Melanie’s fiancé is of the Catz geographers about which I eulogised above don’t reported dead suspicions are rife and the second half of the extend to the bowling alley in many cases. play sees hilarious murder investigations by Inspector Flume "e highlight of the year, as ever, was the annual dinner (Aslam Shiraz). "e farce’s confusion and double-crossing is held in the SCR. "is year we were delighted to welcome Pro- finally resolved in a pub brawl, and the play’s closing scenes fessor Susan Christopherson from Cornell University in New featured stellar performances from two second years, Shivani York. She captivated the audience with her insight into the Datta (Medicine) and James Fitzgerald (English). different approaches between US and British geography. One Direction and production was an ambitious job taken on by of the finest (or perhaps sketchiest) memories of the evening the co-presidents, though it all came together in the end! De- was provided by the generosity of the graduates, who enter- spite a couple of late cast drop outs, clashes between rehearsals tained those with the greatest staying power long past closing and supervisions and classic staple-gun accidents on set build- time in the MCR. ing proving rather stressful, the show did go on! "e commit- Geography Fellows Ron Martin, Ian Willis and Wynet ment of the final cast and provision of unusual requirements Smith have provided great help and amusement in both the from College staff (loan of a wheelchair and lugging about six- academic and social spheres, from Ian’s virtuoso performances foot high ‘walls’) made that possible. "e event drew in a vast on the IB field trip to Switzerland, to Ron’s incredible rapping student-dominated audience across the three nights in March, rendition at the finalist’s end-of-exams dinner. Such skills will generating a lively atmosphere to which the actors responded be sorely missed as Ron is seconded to a three-year Lever- well – getting into their characters so much so that they spon- hulme Fellowship. Wynet – it’s your turn to perform! Finally, taneously threw in a few witty lines of their own. a word of thanks to Katie Carleton and Sam de Vaal who "e performances by all actors were outstanding; partic- helped me to organise the year’s events; I wish Katie, as my ularly notable was first year David Clinton’s debut to Catz successor as Steers President, and all members of the Society drama society with a remarkably believable depiction of a every success in the coming years.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Sports Clubs Alleycatz Association Football (Men) President: Lucy Sladen Captain: Joe Powell In the past year, the Alleycatz have continued to uphold a It has been a vintage season for SCCAFC. "e first team won strong tradition in representing the finest female sporting tal- Cuppers in front of an impressive Grange Road crowd, taking ent of the College. "ere are currently thirty-four members, the cup home after six trophy-less years. While third place in five freshers having joined in May Week. Over fifteen Alleycats the top Division does not accurately reflect how close the title have represented the University in a wide variety of sports, race was, it was a good position for a side that has battled with including rugby, netball, hockey, and even judo and modern relegation in recent years. Rich Hall’s second team held their pentathlon. Particularly, members gaining Full Blues included own in the third Division again while Dave Kunzmann’s third Louise Garvin (hockey) and Kate Yateman-Smith (netball), team won the Vase competition and narrowly missed out on with Half Blues and University Colours being attained by promotion from Division . many other Alleycats. In addition to this, our contribution "e season began in spectacular style with handsome wins to College sport continued to be strong, with significant over Darwin (-), Trinity (-) and Sidney Sussex (-). representations by members in several League and Cuppers- Fresher Matt Stock scored nine goals in the opening three winning teams. games to announce his arrival as a major striking threat while As well as such efforts for both the University and St Cath- other newcomers David Clinton and Matt Finn ensured our arine’s, the more social side of the Alleycatz was keenly em- squad had a new level of competition for places. In the cup braced by all throughout the year. Swaps in a wide range of early round victories over Magdalene (-) and Queens’ (-) venues, including Formal Halls, the Hawks’ Club and, as saw the continuing influence of veteran Blue Dave Mills, who always, the notorious Curry Mahal and Gardies, provided contributed two vital goals. At this stage the League campaign amusements for both us and the gentlemen concerned! Fun took a turn for the worse with home losses to rivals Fitzwilliam was also to be found in the several sets of initiations carried and Churchill (both -) putting us on the back-foot. While out in the usual infamous manner. New members this year we continued to apply pressure on League leaders Churchill so far are Rachel Carr, Danielle Sweeney, Jen Stables, Rachel through a scrappy win at Girton (-) and a highly satisfying Sidda, Becca Vaughan and Steph Richardson. With these new routing of St John’s (-) it was the cup that now offered our recruits, the Alleycatz continue to uphold their University- best chance of silverware. wide reputation for being a fun and lively, but also athletically Fitzwilliam provided our quarter-final opposition and, gifted, group of Catz girls. with the team eager to avenge our League defeat and spurred on by a large crowd that had made the journey up the Hunt- ingdon Road, we ended - winners with Andy Lewis giving a JET JET PHO T OG R A P HI C

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fine man-marking performance on the opposing Blues striker. In the semi-final we met Trinity on a neutral ground and had to dig deep to pull off a tight - win in which Players’ Player of the Year Stock again made the difference along with some fine saves from goalkeeper, Ed Bonner. "e final paired us with League winners Churchill at Grange Road and after go- ing - down we fought back to win the cup - in extra-time, with goals from Captain’s Player of the Season, Clinton, Dave Jones and kitchen legend Simon ‘Simmo’ Storey. "e third goal sparked a pitch invasion from the Catz supporters and celebrations continued long into the night on a day that few involved will ever forget.

Association Football (Women) Captain: Rachel Carr Catz Women’s Football Club has welcomed several new mem- Humphrey Waddington throwing the javelin. bers this season, after the graduation of players from the pre- vious year. All worked hard to improve their skills and, despite technical events and showing plenty of nerve in the process. some tough competition, they put in impressive performanc- Chris Judge and Martin White picked up the finer points es. "is year, the goalkeeper’s gloves were shared by Lizzie of pole vault as they went along. Dan Meyer put together a Peto, Zoë Leake and Clem Cooper. Putting their netball and rarely seen combination of events with his steeplechase, ham- hockey skills into action, they showed considerable talent for mer throw, and triple jump on the first day of competition, the position and made some impressive saves. At the core of and on the second day James Glover showed that obstacles the Catz defence, Helen Wear showed both commitment and meant nothing to him as he high jumped and high hurdled skill on the pitch and, along with Lucy Sladen, Jen Stables and with vigour. Catz Cuppers stalwarts, Flynn Castles and Dai Stacey Dale, caused serious problems for attacking forwards. Morgan, also showed their versatility in various events and New to the game this year, Susannah Pye and Jess Parkin fresher sprinter, Sam Rosenberg, scored steadily on the track. helped to build the solid defence and Susannah also claimed Humphrey Waddington, despite struggling with a persistent one of the most impressive goals of the season against King’s. knee injury, strained every sinew to win his maximum permit- Striking from just past the half way line, the ball curved grace- ted five individual events, but still couldn’t quite turn the tide fully over the keeper’s hands and into the net, providing the against the more numerous Jesus athletes. We will work all the last goal of a – win and finalising the game. Despite playing harder to win back our trophy next time. University hockey, Lou Garvin still found time to play Catz Sadly the Intercollegiate Field Events and Relays competi- football, bringing skill and energy to the pitch. Along with tion no longer exists and its replacement event, CUAC Sports, Jess Williams, a strong and skilful midfield was formed, with conflicted with St Catharine’s very own Acheson Gray Sports Jess and Lou setting up many of our goal scoring opportuni- Day. As a result, Catz male competitors were understandably ties. Up front, another University hockey player, Fran Stub- thin on the ground and with Humphrey Waddington’s knee bins, showed her considerable natural talent at football. On restricting him solely to the throws, sixth place overall was as the wing, Danielle Sweeney provided an injection of pace, high as we could manage. whilst in the centre, Ellie Lunt and Rachel Sidda proved an A special mention must also go to ex-captain Flynn Castles effective striking partnership. "is year, the team attitude has and current captain Humphrey Waddington, who represent- been fun and friendly, with its members always putting the ed the University in this year’s Varsity match, which saw Ox- effort into their football, yet welcoming new members and ford heavily defeated by both of the Cambridge men’s teams. keeping up a high standard of socials and Cindies attendance. Humphrey was in the first team for javelin, long jump, and In the coming years, I’m sure that the team will continue to triple jump, winning the latter and gaining his full Blue in encourage and develop its players, both old and new, and will the process. Flynn courageously overcame his recent health continue to ‘do it for the Wheel’. problems and proved that his fine athletic pedigree remains intact, as he competed in the second team high jump. His Athletics (Men) effort was justly recognised through the award of the Steven Captain: Humphrey Waddington Stuart trophy for the most notable performance in the second "e – season was fairly successful once again, but saw team competition. the Catz athletes drop back to second place in the Intercolle- Finally, we extend our thanks to Peter Boizot for his con- giate Cuppers Championship and relinquish the trophy. Per- tinuing generous sponsorship. "e team are very grateful for haps Catz was guilty of complacency after two successive vic- this support. tories. Surprisingly, Jesus outdid us in our traditional strength, Athletics (Women) athlete numbers. Jesus amassed  points for first place, Catz were second on , and third placed Christ’s managed only a Captain: Zoe Leake distant . "e true nature of the Catz combative spirit was "e athletics year in Cambridge started in October with epitomised by several athletes making debuts in unfamiliar Cuppers. "ere was a good Catz turnout with many com- petitors doing the maximum number of events allowed. Catz

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  came second in the women’s competition, one up on last year team in the hammer. "e day saw victory for the Alligators and one step closer to beating Jesus College next year; they team, with the Blues only just losing the women’s competi- won for the second year running. "ere were four notable tion (by two points!). performances from Catz freshers, showing great promise for "us the year has been a successful one for Catz women the future of the club. Claire Lucas came second in the shot and, with so much new talent, next year I look forward to and competed also in four other events. Rebecca Riiser came taking the title in Cuppers and CUAC sports; it’s time to end second in the high jump and also ran the m and threw the Jesus domination! the javelin. Lucy Stapleton ran both the m and m, coming nd and rd respectively, while Sophie Skillen came Badminton (Men) fourth in the m, also competing in the m, high jump Captain: Simon Parry and long jump. "e young blood must give these girls a lot Although not the best-known club in college, Catz Badmin- of energy to compete in such a large number of events! Of ton has become the most successful team in St Catharine’s. the second-years, Helena Carter and Zoë Leake both long After  wins out of  and back-to-back promotions from jumped; Helena also came third in the triple jump and Zoë Division  to Division  last year, Catz I featured two talented third in the shot. In the CUAC sports there was a smaller freshers, Chris Fitzsimmons and Madu Jayatunga, alongside turnout probably due to it falling in exam term. However the returning all-conquering six. We stormed to second place we scored second place (again behind Jesus College). Rachel in Division , winning five of six matches and losing out on Sidda bravely ran the m hurdles, coming second, and also the title by only eight games in Michaelmas. "en in Lent, came third in the m. Other excellent results were pro- four wins from six meant we lost the title by an agonising duced by Rebecca Riiser in the high jump and Zoë Leake in single game. Nevertheless, winning  of  matches over two the hammer and the discus. years and rising from th to nd in the University represents "ere were three CUAC meetings with Oxford during the a sensational achievement, unparalleled in recent inter-college year. In the Freshers’ Varsity Match in November Rebecca badminton. Catz II, captained by Luke Pearce, were similarly Riiser competed for Cambridge in the m, m hurdles successful in Division , winning six of six and gaining pro- and high jump while Claire Lucas put the shot and threw motion to Division . Due to particularly outstanding per- the hammer. Congratulations to both these girls. Rebecca also formances, Luke and Michael Hutchinson were selected onto took part in the Varsity Field Events and Relays in March in Catz I Men’s Cuppers team. Next year Catz will be one of the high jump. "e most important event of the year, the only three colleges that have their top two teams in the top Varsity Match, took place on  May. "is year saw two girls two divisions. selected for these prestigious games, which is great news for In Men’s Cuppers, Catz I were bolstered by Rob Pace, the college. Congratulations to Rebecca Riiser, who competed who again featured in the Varsity match, winning his singles. for the Alligators (nd team) in the m hurdles and the However Catz II produced the shock of the tournament by high jump and to Zoë Leake, who competed for the Blues beating John’s I from Division , setting up a fairytale quarter- JET JET PHO T OG R A P HI C

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final with Catz I. Ultimately Catz I prevailed, progressing to compete with the top college boat clubs. to the final before going down nobly to Jesus, the ‘strongest At Fairbairns the fresh, keen novice men raced hard but, College team for six years’ (Rob Pace). Nevertheless, Men’s with the absence of a senior crew to look up to and learn from, Cuppers runners-up is the best performance by Catz I men achieved only th place. Lent bumps, unfortunately, was a in recent memory. similar story. "e senior squad consisted of  gentlemen and a In Mixed Cuppers, three of our men combined with our coxswain, who, to their credit, had been training hard through- three University-standard women to whitewash old enemies out the term in a coxed four and achieved a respectable th APU and overcome Trinity, reaching the final against pre- place at Bedford Head. Frustratingly, however, the essential pair tournament favourites Jesus. A fantastic performance ensured of rowers that we were missing to complete the VIII were not we deservedly became Mixed Cuppers Champions, avenging available until just a few days before the Lent Bumps. As a result various defeats this year to Jesus. Catz has now held this title, the st VIII sank  places from the top of Division  while the perhaps the most prestigious in college badminton, three novice nd VIII, after an unlucky overbump on their first day times in the last four years. of Cambridge bumps, pulled off two commendable row-overs Catz Badminton represented St Catharine’s at Doxbridge, and ended up bringing up the rear of Division . coming within one game of winning the competition. "e Surely, then, the arrival of the Easter term would bring with runners-up trophy is yet another success for the College in it good weather and some returning big names to the top boats this remarkable year which has yielded three trophies. Every- of SCCBC. Alas, neither. "e poor weather mirrored the som- one in College should be proud of the immense successes that bre mood in the club. "e experienced ex-CUBC guys whom Catz Badminton has achieved this year for the Wheel. the club had been counting on to slot into the top boat, and thereby shifting talent to the lower boats, were unfortunately Badminton (Women) otherwise engaged. "e absence of this experience, which had Captain: Rosie Stringer allowed Catz to challenge for headship last Mays, highlighted – was a very successful season for St Catharine’s College a major flaw in the Catz approach. "e minimal commitment Women’s Badminton. Despite the loss of some key players in the first two terms can no longer be masked by the success from previous years we were delighted to welcome some tal- achieved in the Easter Term. We must strive to train harder and ented and enthusiastic freshers into both the first and second longer, with a drive and hunger for success in order to avoid a teams. repeat of the results outlined below. Playing in the top Division, the ladies’ first team came "e rd VIII, a crew with a lot of individual experience but fourth and third in the Michaelmas and Lent team respec- very little crew training, started on Wednesday at the top end of tively. "e ladies’ second team competed well in some tight Division . A strong Hughes Hall first boat were quick to bump matches against several other first teams finishing fourth in on the first day, but a strong row-over ahead of Trinity Hall III their League in both terms. I’d like to thank their captain on "ursday left them hopeful for the next day. A plummet- Charlotte Hall for making it an enjoyable season for the ing Downing III ahead of them on Friday helped the rd VIII team. achieve their first bump despite bowman’s seat jamming and Our best performances, however, were in the Cuppers tour- hence bumping with just  rowers. A second respectable row- naments as Catz achieved an impressive double with victory over on Saturday meant Catz M had retained their position in both ladies’ and mixed Cuppers. "is was an outstanding from last year. team effort reflecting the strength and depth in our team (and "is year’s M crew was largely novice based, with  oars- perhaps the incentives of haribo – awarded for direct hits). men in their first year of the sport. A solid training plan and It has been a pleasure to captain such a great club this year. vast improvements in the weeks before racing were sadly unable I particularly enjoyed working with people from across the to reflect kindly on them. "e largest success was with Corpus years (our Cuppers team consisted of first, second, and fourth M behind, where, despite a poor start, they were able to hold years as well as an MPhil student). A special word of thanks them off for a time, and were only caught just by Grassy Cor- should also go to Nix Grahamslaw for promoting the social ner. Blades winning Emmanuel II and the first crews of Girton side of the club over the past two years including organising and Darwin left the nd VIII down four places at the end of this the annual dinner which was a wonderful end to the season. year’s races and overall th in Division . Catz badminton has always been a relaxed, inclusive club and "e st VIII were up against it this year. Catz had fielded one the social events are central to this. Many thanks to all the of their fastest VIIIs the previous year and it was not an easy act players and College staff who have helped us over the past to follow. "e fully undergraduate crew, including two novices, year and I look forward to another enjoyable and successful was markedly inexperienced in comparison, but trained hard season next year led by the new captain Jo Mills. throughout the term. Unfortunately, starting nd on the river, we were out of our depth. A promising start on Wednesday saw Boat Club (Men) us take half a length off Caius at head, but their basic speed was Captain: Joe Metcalfe too fast and it was not long before an excellent bumping line It has been a challenging time for the Boat Club this year. "e at grassy by the LMBC coxwain ended our first race. "ursday disappointing Michaelmas and Lent results can surely be ac- and Friday saw a fast rising st & rd and a hungry Trinity Hall counted for by the distinct shortage of senior rowers through- crew bump us out before grassy corner. Our fast start on Sat- out the first two terms. "is seems to be a tradition at St Catha- rine’s; a tradition that must be overturned next year if we wish

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  urday meant we crept up on a seemingly complacent Tit Hall; and strengthened with returning university squad members, however, the Jesus start was even faster and left us down four we stepped up our training from Lent term, and both crews and placed th in Division . worked hard to consolidate technique and improve fitness in Congratulations must go to David White, our ex-captain, time for the bumps. "e st VIII raced in the spring head- who represented Cambridge as coxswain in the Lightweight to-head and came th out of the st May VIIIs that raced; races held in the terrible weather conditions at Henley and also a promising result that was backed up with many successful especially to Alastair MacLeod who contributed to the Goldie sparring sessions with other crews as a part of our training success over Isis in April. regime. For the st VIII, the May Bumps races were the most successful in the last five years. Day one saw us start at the head Boat Club (Women) of the nd Division with a nippy Jesus II crew on our tail. Our Captain: Jennifer Bromley drilled start, fitness and determination saw us row over the Michaelmas Term  saw the return of a much depleted, al- course . lengths clear.  minutes later, we found ourselves though determined senior squad. As such, the term was spent racing for a place in the st Division. We moved quickly on training as two senior IVs, supplemented with work in singles Selwyn and bumped just past the motorway bridge. A much and doubles designed to improve our technique. "e st IV disheartened Magdalene, after being over-bumped the day entered the University IVs, but was beaten in the first round before, were ours for the taking on day two – again we moved of side by side racing by a strong Emmanuel crew which went fast, although without our usual finesse, and we achieved the all the way to the final. "e Fairbairn Cup races yielded en- bump at the motorway bridge. Day three brought another couraging results for both crews, with the st IV coming th bump at the motorway bridge, this time on King’s. "e final and the nd IV th out of  competing crews. day of racing came, and the crew were ready to take on the While the senior crews were putting the hours in working Christs’ crew ahead. We knew this race would be longer than on improving an already learned technique, our Lower Boats any of those on the previous three days as Christs’ had a fast Captain Lilly Joiner and her coaches were busy taking two start but had previously not managed to hold their speed over crews of novices from their first sighting of an VIII to compet- distance. Coming into the gut we were beginning to reel them ing in their first head race. "e first event of novice term was in, but a pile up of boats taking interesting lines into the bank Queens’ Ergs of which the st crew made it to the final (finish- of grassy corner halted racing and a technical row-over was ing th), with Claire Lucas putting an individual performance given. "e nd VIII had less success, gaining their spoons af- that ranked her the nd fastest novice! Due to some injuries to ter being bumped on the four consecutive days. After several crew members, the results in the Novice Fairbairn Cup races strong years, the nd VIII had found itself quite high on the were not quite what we’d hoped. Both crews finished respect- river surrounded by st VIIIs and nd VIIIs from much larger ably, if not stunningly. clubs than our own. Despite this setback, the nd VIII are still Lent Term came and the senior squad was enriched with in a strong position in the rd Division for next year when our many returning novices thanks to the contagious enthusiasm determined squad return. For the st VIII, the term ended passed on by our LBC team. "e st VIII made the trip to as it began on the Henley reach, this time competing in the Bedford to race the k ‘Bedford Head’ course. "e st race of intermediate VIIIs category of Henley Women’s Regatta. We the day left much to be desired. However, this only spurred were invited to qualify for the regatta in a time-trial which us on, and in our nd race after m we were overtaking the would eliminate the eleven slowest crews. Luckily we were not Churchill crew ahead. Our domination turned ‘fowl’ when one of the eleven and were drawn against Loughborough Uni- we encountered some of the local birdlife on the racing line, versity in the first round. With our long time supporter Peter but a respectable time was still charted. "e main event of the Sutherland in the launch we put in a strong start and took our term and training goal for both crews was the Lent Bumps cox level with the seven seat of the opposition. Loughborough races. "e st VIII climbed out of the nd Division, bumping were held to the km mark, but they put in a strong push and Kings’, Robinson and New Hall followed by a strong row over eventually beat us by three lengths. to finish th in Division . "e nd VIII were less successful, It has been a real pleasure to be captain and represent Col- mainly due to a lack of experience of those racing, dropping  lege alongside such a fine group of ladies. "e determination places to finish th in Division . not just to succeed but to be up there with the best has been "e Catz women’s squad was again represented at the evident throughout the year and is something I know that Henley Boat Races this year by coxswain David White who we’ll all carry through to next year. steered the Cambridge lightweight men’s boat to a narrow loss on a day which was most memorable for the torrid conditions Cricket (Men) encountered by racing crews. Former Captain: Jamie Martin Easter Term began with a week long training camp on the With much the same side which had achieved solid success in Henley reach shortly before the beginning of term. Boat- , the College XI enjoyed a sound and highly enjoyable ing from Upper "ames in a boat that would have happily season. "e summer was characterised by friendly matches housed the first men’s crew, we put in two water and one land played in an excellent spirit and to a high standard, but some training session per day. "is brought the crew together in unconvincing Cuppers displays resulted in an exit at the quar- many ways, both on the water in terms of our understand- ter final stage to Wolfson. "e end of season fixture against ing of one another, and off with friendships established that the MCC, arranged to commemorate Catzman Doug Insole’s will surely hold firm for many years. Once back on the Cam presidency of that club, was sadly washed out without a ball

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  being bowled. His effortlessly effective fielding in the covers, especially when "e year began with the hottest April on record, with the taking four catches against Simmons and Simmons, stood out old boys’ game played in idyllic sunshine, which seemed a dis- in a weak fielding side. He has been the side’s outstanding tant memory in the rain-hit end of season. "e Granchester player for each of his three years and will be very difficult to Oval once again looked outstandingly pretty and provided a replace. fine playing surface all season. "e Alumni batted first, but "ough the Cuppers trophy eluded the side in recent years, a strong performance by the College in the field restricted cricket remains exceptionally strong at the College. Nearly  the opposition to only . However, a dramatic batting col- players appeared for the XI across the season, and enthusi- lapse by the College saw the old boys pull off an unlikely vic- asm and enjoyment of the game runs throughout a very close tory. "e good spirit of this game was more than matched knit squad. "e side loses its leading Cuppers run scorer and by particularly convivial fixtures against touring sides from wicket taker, as well as the inimitable Brodkin, and will need Cambridge, London and the law firm Simmons & Simmons. a strong intake of freshman in order to challenge for the Cup- It was notable that all players were able to combine competi- pers trophy. "ough Lee, White, Bonner and Martin all pro- tive play with a real sense of enjoying their cricket. Particular vided safe hands, fielding is perhaps the area where the side mention goes to the fixture won by just one wicket, with a must improve most, with only Clarke really displaying speed fine last stand between Dai Morgan and Mike Lee seeing the and athleticism. Rajeef Gangadia has been elected captain for side home. "e latter’s gutsy contribution was typical of the , and will look to reshape the side without, one hopes, steel he added lower down the order, in contrast to the rather losing the fantastic spirit that has made playing for the Col- mercurial top six. lege for four years one of the finest pleasures imaginable. "e new group format saw unconvincing performances Finally, Chris Tovey was kept on his toes with some rather against Homerton and Emmanuel brought the college late communications of fixture dates. Chris was, however, al- through to face Caius in the second round. "is saw an excel- ways up to the challenge, and fully deserves his reputation as lent victory pulled off against the pre-tournament favourites, keeping perhaps the finest square in college cricket. with performances of note from Mark Lunt with the ball and Rajeef Gangadia with the bat. "e former enjoyed a fine de- Cross Country (Men) but season, adding variety with his left arm swingers and a Captain: Humphrey Waddington fine work rate: he was willing to do whatever was required to "e Chris Brasher College Cross-Country League once again see the outcome he desired. Gangadia enjoyed a much-im- proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Catz men, who proved year on , with some glorious stroke making from comfortably retained their coveted Division One status. At number  hampered only by occasionally weak shot selection. the very start of the year this had looked a tall order as most His outstanding contribution was, arguably, with the gloves, of the old guard, who had taken the team back into the big where his hands were as nimble as, and no less graceful than, time and then kept it up there last year, had departed. To add the finest concert pianist. One particular stumping against a further degree of difficulty, new captain, Humphrey Wad- Emmanuel stays in the memory. dington, was carrying a chronic knee injury that ruled him Captain Ian White scored a fine fifty against Simmons and out for all but the first race of the season. Nevertheless the Simmons, but otherwise tended to struggle slightly for form. Catz men, looking splendid in their Peter-Boizot-sponsored White was offered support in the batting by Abrar Gundroo kit, rallied ‘for the Wheel’ and ran their hearts out against and Nathaniel Harding. "e latter has the notable distinction some pretty stiff opposition. of having followed both his half-centuries for College by be- "e Freshers’ Fun Run set the tone for the winter ahead ing dismissed first ball in his next innings. with a strong team turnout, led home by Humphrey in th Gundroo led the wicket taking, bowling with suprising position out of a field of  finishers. He was followed by pace and accuracy, worrying batsmen from short of a length. some tidy Catz packing in the midfield; this was led by James With Lunt unerringly accurate, Martin proving the value of Spencer, Charlie Watt, Steven Bland, and Gerald Meah, and slow bowling in ‘:’ cricket by snaring ten Cuppers vic- with many extra points from the large Catz turnout, the team tims, and Shiraz and Harding offering swing, the side had managed a promising third place. Grantchester Meadows saw a good bowling line up which arguably under-performed a fall in numbers, but Chris King and James Spencer led us given its consistency the previous year. While one was never into fourth position, with Steven Bland and Dan Meyer most sure whether Brodkin would take a wicket or be hit for six, noticeable in support. At the Fen Ditton Dash, Steven Bland he remained a threat with a potency few would expect from headed the team home for another fourth place points total, him. As a classicist, he has perhaps modelled his batting on ably backed up by Gerald Meah, Mark Lunt, and Charlie Watt, Achilles’ life, choosing to die young and gloriously rather than ahead of some good packing below that boosted our points. At survive longer but less dramatically. the Coe Fen Relays, Catz was one of the few Colleges able to If anyone in the XI is to be compared to a Homeric hero field more than one team, but the positions did not quite match it would, however, be EJ Bonner, once again judged player the enthusiasm, with our A team in th and our B team in th of the season despite a smaller return in runs than previous with Mark Lunt running our fastest leg. By the time we came bountiful harvests in  and . He still made telling to the Selwyn Relays we knew that we were comfortably mid-ta- contributions, especially in Cuppers, and it is a measure of ble… out of touch with the leaders, but totally safe from relega- the burden he carried that his dismissal when scoring freely tion. "is was just as well because a mixture of illness and injury in the Cuppers quarter final was perhaps the turning point. deprived us of almost our entire squad and we slumped to sev-

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!e Hockey Club enth place, with Gerald Meah leading the rearguard effort. "e and Fran Stubbins deserve particular mention, as do certain final League positions were: Jesus (pts), Girton (), Queens members of the Catz Hockey team who ran the Grantchester (), St Catharine’s (), Peterhouse (), Caius (), Robinson race as their match warm up! (), and Sidney Sussex (). Our hard-earned fourth place exactly replicates last year’s finish, when we were Division  novices, and Hockey (Men) shows that we truly belong at the League’s top table. Captain: Chris Cullen Cuppers presented Catz with a very different style of chal- "e gentlemen of the Hockey Club had yet another ‘nearly sea- lenge. Unlike the League, there are no divisions here and all the son’ in –, much to the disappointment of all concerned. Colleges compete on equal terms. It is a course and distance We fought valiantly all the way to the Cuppers semi-finals where designed to sort the thoroughbred cross-country runners from St John’s were again our conquerors. Despite some dreadful the enthusiastic part-timers, and it was here that we most missed weather mid-November that temporarily put the Astroturf out the vanished veterans of past years. Nevertheless, Chas McCaw, of action, the team climbed to a well-earned second place in the Steven Bland, Gerald Meah, and Dan Meyer dogged it out with League behind a Jesus side that controversially contained an ex- true Catz grit and took the team into a creditable mid-table fin- Blue. "e team members also had to contend with an ill-advised ish, coming th out of  Colleges. Cuppers is, of course, also lie-in by the captain causing a missed umpiring duty and the the primary selection race for the Varsity matches, and Steven deduction of a point! One can only hope that the club will im- Bland went on to run for Cambridge IVs (with Chas McCaw prove on what is already a strong position, in the years to come. also guesting) and proudly contributed to a fine – win over Catz was well represented in the Varsity matches, with Tom Oxford in the men’s matches. Bullock and Matt Best making their Squanderers debut in the Dan Meyer will be next year’s captain. He has been a great – victory, a match in which the Catz captain Chris Cullen support throughout the season, and under his leadership the scored the winner from the penalty spot late on. Si Harger was team can look forward to a very successful and enjoyable cam- once again formidable between the posts for the Wanderers. "e paign ahead. show was stolen however by three of the four ‘banter boys’: Dave Jones, Mark Greatholder and Nick McLaren gaining their Blues Cross-Country (Women) (Nick’s second) and helping Cambridge to a clean sweep for the Captain: Coral Johnson men, Nick deflecting in the winner from a well-rehearsed short "e women’s cross country team finished a respectable th in the corner to seal a thrilling match –. college League. Although a number of races were attended by "e club as a whole owes a great deal this year to Barclays only one St Catharine’s runner, impressive turnouts in the Fresh- Capital, who have been very generous in their sponsorship. It is ers’ Fun Run and the Grantchester Meadows  stopped us from a relationship we hope to continue next year. dropping down too many places in the League. Lucy Stapleton

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Hockey (Women) the indescribable flair of which Catz hockey is capable. We were Captains: Louise Garvin, Emily Argyle and Steph Richardson losing for the first  minutes, with scores of –, –, – and "e / season held exceptionally high expectations from – accumulating, but then equalised moments before full time. all the ladies involved in Catz hockey, having lost only  play- In extra time, the hockey changed and Jesus simply couldn’t step ers from the previous years winning Cuppers and League sides. it up, the final score being –. In the final, we were unlucky "e season started with a weekend of hockey fixtures against to lose but sadly the pace, skill and genius seen in the match our sister college, Worcester, Oxford. Having enjoyed a wonder- against Jesus never manifested itself a second time. On the day, ful dinner with the opposition the previous night for which we St John’s were the better, but hopefully this theme will not con- extend our thanks to Dr "orne for his very generous support, tinue next year. the matches, although early were very much enjoyed. A Catz squad with some new fresher faces took to the pitch and won College Hockey Tour, Amsterdam !–# June !""$ convincingly in a fantastic display of team work, linking solid Louise Garmin writes defence, a dynamic midfield and accurate shots on goal from After several years of successful Easter tours to the Doxbridge the forward line. tournament in Dublin, we decided to have a change in loca- "e League brought with it some fine performances and re- tion and timing to accommodate the wishes of the many fi- sults, in particular scoring nine goals against Girton, and the nalists in the Hockey Club. After a busy and successful season only points dropped in the League came in a very closely fought two teams travelled to Amsterdam at the end of an action- match against Downing which ended in a - draw. At season’s packed May Week to continue celebrations in Holland. end Catz girls remained Division  champions for the third year "e first match was against Spirit Hockey Club, Hargalaan, in succession. Schiedam, who gave both teams a closely fought contest. Our "e magic of Cuppers was very much present this season, ladies team lost narrowly to their Dutch opposition – in an when in the first round we came up against a spirited Pembroke excellent high scoring match, whilst our men claimed their side who caught the Catz players napping and took an early ad- first victory with a – win. Both teams played their second vantage – however the wake-up call was enough so Catz won and final match the following day against Barendrecht Hockey finally by a comfortable –. New Hall and then Churchill were Club after only (!) a one-hour detour around the locality in dispatched with ease to reach the final, where we met Down- search of the pitch. "e ladies managed to secure a tour vic- ing. "is posed two evenly matched teams against each other in tory with a –win, whilst the men’s team totally outclassed the first half with both sides missing chances. It was Downing their opponents, winning – in monsoon weather condi- who managed to break the deadlock with an awkward deflection tions. "e post match hospitality was enjoyed by all; perhaps beating the Catz defence with  minutes to spare. Up against it, Sunday afternoons down at Catz Astro will change a bit from Catz pulled out all the stops and were camped in the Downing now on! end until the final whistle, but that crucial goal never came. "e final day of tour was left to enjoy all that Amsterdam For the nd team the season was an epic one. "e squad was had to offer (press-ups, canals, great food, museums, bars, much larger this year, and the atmosphere on the pitch was al- lock-ins and torrential rain) before returning in time for ways friendly. As the season progressed, the play improved to Graduands Week. "anks once again for the support from show that nd teams can play excellent hockey. In the League we St Catharine’s College Society Members and to Barclays Capi- came nd, losing only to one team, and managing to beat top tal whose financial support has been invaluable this year. of the League Robinson. After being knocked out of Cuppers in the first round by Selwyn, we made it to the plate semi-finals Kitten Club against Magdalene. "is match was the highlight of the season Head Kitten: Tim Perera as, not put off by a team from the league above and with several "e Kittens have had a successful year, with many enjoyable University players, the nd team showed flair and team spirit events and plenty of new members. Although many are now throughout. In the end Magdalene’s well-executed short corners moving on, there will still be thirteen undergraduate mem- secured them a – win and a place in the final. Special mention bers in residence in October . should go to Fran Stubbins who had a great season in goal with As ever, the sporting exploits of the club remain strong, some absolutely cracking saves and dives. with several Kittens playing in the victorious Football Cup- As always Catz ladies made a very strong contribution to pers team and most of the League-winning Water Polo squad the University sides this year: congratulations to Emily Argyle, being members. Kittens, as usual, had a strong showing in Pippa Woodrow and Louise Garvin gaining blues, and Tory Pile the Rugby team, which enjoyed a good run in Cuppers after and Lucy Stapleton representing the Nomads in their respective a tough League season. Special mentions for University-level Varsity Matches. achievement must go to Chris Lewis who played in the Rugby Varsity Match in only his second year, and Chris Judge who Hockey (mixed) was president of the Water Polo club, helping them to win in Captain: Victoria (Tory) Pile his fourth Varsity Match. "e club had a hugely successful and enjoyable season. "e "e social side of the Club’s activities were as enjoyable as mixed hockey team played matches throughout the year and ever; a full social calendar has kept all members busy through- secured a place in the Mixed Cuppers tournament at the end of out the year. For the second successive year, current members the Easter term. "e highlight of the season was the beating of were again joined by their fathers at the Christmas dinner. Jesus College in the semi-finals, a truly great match illustrating "is was a fine way to round off the Michaelmas term and

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  hopefully this will remain part of the Kittens’ calendar for Netball years to come. "e initiation process took several different Captain: Heather Emmerson flavours, whilst retaining the key values. All candidates fully "is year has been a truly exceptional one for Catz Netball. entered into the spirit of the proceedings with the highlight "e first team were delighted to be crowned champions of being the WWF-style wrestling moves faithfully reconstruct- both the League and Cuppers for this season, a remarkable ed in an A-staircase set. achievement and reflection of the quality of players who have I would like to take this opportunity to thank Flynn Castles composed the teams this year. Catz is the only college capable for organising Kittens cufflinks this year and Dai Morgan for of fielding three teams in the League, and the nd and rd once again keeping alumni up to speed on the activities of the teams have both enjoyed success this year, vastly improving club. Chris Judge and Jamie Martin have as ever been helpful their respective positions. in sorting out various administrative tasks. It has been a real Cuppers, the highlight of the season, took place on a wet pleasure being part of the Kittens and I am confident that, and windy Sunday in March and gave over  girls the chance with the current membership it will excel for years to come. to put their skills into practice. Team spirit was plentiful, as were the number of chocolate fingers and brownies consumed Motor Racing in an attempt to energise ourselves for the large number of Captain: Martin White matches that we had to play. "e nd and rd teams battled "is year saw the founding of the St Catharine’s College Mo- hard in the round-robin stages, showing impressive skills and tor Racing Club with the aim of gaining financial support team work. "e st team was able to dominate the group from College for the inter-college go-kart race and providing stages and enjoyed some tough matches in the finals, before coaching and advice for drivers competing in university-run finally beating Churchill in an extremely exciting, competi- or inter-university rallies and karting events. tive and somewhat aggressive final! "e banter from the side- "e season got off to a mediocre start for the Catz driv- lines was much appreciated, as was support from the other ers. Round  of the CU Automobile Club Championship at teams for the finals. Red Lodge saw Martin Hughes and debutant Peter Sweeney League matches have been played weekly and allowed the narrowly miss out on the final. Martin White made the final, teams to try out new tactics and positions as well as forming but only finished th. Round  at Rye House saw a much- part of many people’s weekly exercise schedule. Aside from improved result, with the two Martins teaming up to finish matches, we have also enjoyed a couple of social events this on the podium. A rd place trophy was just reward for a solid year, including a formal swap with some rowers at Magdalene race. which is always a good plan for some team bonding. "is "e real business of the season was in Lent term, with the season Catz has been proud to contribute two members to the Varsity race and inter-college race. Martin White (who was University Netball Squad, Kate Yateman-Smith for the Blues also the Varsity captain) and Martin Hughes represented the and Ania Dean for the second team. Both girls have trained University in the Varsity race, with Martin White finishing extremely hard during the year and we are very proud of their rd in extremely wet conditions. Unfortunately, Cambridge Varsity performances. lost overall. Looking forward to next year, there has recently been an Catz entered two teams in the inter-college race at Rye extremely welcome addition to the Catz sports facilities. "e House, with the ‘A’ team confident of a good result after a astro-turf court has been replaced by a bouncy new tarmac mechanical breakdown had scuppered their chances last year. hard court which will be fantastic for training and matches, so Unfortunately, during the first driver changeover, they were much thanks to the College for this fabulous addition. Also, blocked in the pits, losing a lap on the leaders. "e ‘A’ team we have succeeded in gaining a new sponsor for the – of Martin White, Martin Hughes and Nigel Parkes battled season which will enable the purchase of a complete set of back to th place, a good result given the disastrous pit stop. netball dresses for the teams to ensure we remain the best- "e ‘B’ team, of Peter Sweeney and debutants Rob Golding dressed netball team in Cambridge. and David Clayton, did well, even battling with the ‘A’ team Overall, this season has been fantastic, both in terms of in the early stages of the race. An th place finish was a very achievement and the enjoyment everyone has got from play- good result for them. ing netball. Let’s hope we can keep up the success next year. Motor Racing is a relatively expensive sport, so we know our numbers will never be huge. However, it need not cost Netball (mixed) a lot, and karting and navigational rallies are very accessible. Captain: Noel Cochrane Karting is the perfect way of getting introduced to the world  provided more success for an ever-expanding St Catha- of motorsport. We hope to build on this year’s performance rine’s Mixed Netball team. Much enthusiasm was created at with more testing next year, increased participation, more the sports squash at the beginning of the year, resulting in representatives in the Varsity and British Universities Cham- many fresh faces from a variety of sporting backgrounds. Our pionship teams and hopefully an improvement in the inter- position in the University second league has been sustained college result. thanks to our strong third position, and we achieved the larg- est goal difference thanks to our – victory over Magdalene! Our match against Jesus was testament to our team spirit when twenty-four people turned up to play, all in fancy dress, illustrating a true Catz culture. Our reputation grew when we

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  became the only college in the University to enter two teams well above its weight through remarkable determination and in Cuppers. Two dedicated teams had a ball of a day, and application; this for me often evokes the spirit of that famous Philip Wright has been approached by the NBA after scoring St Crispin’s Day speech in Henry V – ‘We few, we happy few, from a distance so far away that most people could not see we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with him. Our distinctive nature led Churchill to interview us and me shall be my brother.’ For that reason alone it has been a run a column in their college magazine about our club. As the pleasure to lead the club this year and I wish every success to red carpet is rolled out, Catz Mixed Netball team will walk Will Lloyd, next year’s Captain. With only one player leaving confidently down it to a bright future. the club there is reason to expect a highly successful campaign in –. Orienteering Captain: Luke Picknett Rugby (Women) "is year has been a successful one for Orienteering at Catz. Captain: Lucy Sladen "e annual Cuppers competition was held at the beginning After two strong years of women’s rugby at Catz, with con- of Easter term and once again it proved to be very popular. secutive League and Cuppers wins, this season could be char- Competitors from all years put themselves forward to navi- acterised as a time of change and redevelopment. Over half of gate their way around Wandlebury Country Park, all for the the team, including Blues stars Liz Riley and Kirsten Sibbit Wheel. Excellent performances from Chris King, Roberto had departed, leaving the new captain and coaches the task of Zanchi and Dr "orne, who made up the first team, meant rebuilding a depleted squad. Luckily, an intake of keen fresh- that Catz came third overall, in a very competitive field. How- ers made the job a little easier, and over twenty girls attended ever, the team did not go away empty handed, winning for the introductory training session at the beginning of the year another year the second team trophy. "ese achievements – something that veteran coach Dai Morgan had never seen show the sheer enthusiasm of Catz students, even in less in the four-year history of the team. From this start, it was popular sports. Hopefully next year the team can come away our aim to teach the new recruits a good, basic standard of with both trophies! rugby to build strength and depth in the team for seasons to come. Experienced players also benefited, with several, in- Rugby (men) cluding Tiffany Bogich, Zoë Leake and Rachel Carr playing at Captain: Will Wallace University level. What was to follow then was a somewhat un- SCRUFC found themselves, after a magnificent and brave lucky season. A combination of adverse weather conditions, promotion campaign last season, back where we all feel they injuries and the ever-inconvenient clash of Saturday morning ought to consistently be; in the top Division. Hopes were lectures led to fewer matches than desirable being played, and high for the new season with a raft of eager young recruits, a lack of match experience. However, the success of dedicated but it soon became evident that it was going to be a struggle training was shown to have paid off in the matches we did as men dropped like flies. "e Downing game away summed play with key contributions by our ‘novices’. "e – win up the League, resembling a battlefield from the Somme as over Christ’s was particularly notable with three of the seven we lost five key players, with injuries ranging from torn knee starting line-up making their debut in the match. cartilage to a broken jaw (whose recipient had to eat through In the League, Catz finished mid-table – a solid achieve- a straw for the next two months). Compounding this luck ment for the new side. A new League arrangement, however, was the unusual influx of sporty Medics and Natscis who produced an unusual set of circumstances meaning that Catz often had unavoidable commitments on match days – this were unable to compete in Cuppers to defend their title, and further reduced the pool of potential players. Moreover, many were instead entered into the Plate competition. In light of of our valiant soldiers were lost to the University represen- this, we managed to reach the Plate Final, played at Grange tative teams including; Chris Lewis (Blue), Mike Harfoot Road. Although missing all of our University players for the (Blue), Charlie Rees (U), Ben Martin (U) and Jack Bar- match, a close competition against Sidney-Newnham was rett (U). Although relegation was inevitable from mid-way fought but, sadly, lost. Special mention must go to Clare Lu- through the Michaelmas Term the young guns in the side cas, a new recruit this year, for scoring a superb long-range played with admirable determination and at no point was the try in the second half, and Becca Vaughan who only narrowly side embarrassed. missed scoring when the opposition could only stop her by at- Cuppers, on the other hand, was a different story alto- tempting to remove her shorts! In all, this season has been key gether as we marched to the semi-finals, eventually losing to for rebuilding the squad, and the future looks bright. Several a strong Trinity team which subsequently lost the final only novices from this year may go on to play at university-level narrowly to the now seemingly insurmountable St John’s. next season, and with such great improvement in the team in "e Catz quarter-final victory away at Girton was undoubt- only a few months, Catz will definitely be strong contenders edly the crowning moment of the season as we battled the to reclaim their title in the future, guided by new captain Zoë elements and their propensity to kick to the corners to uti- Leake. "anks must go to dedicated coaches Dai Morgan, lise their strong lineout. Great defence and strong counter- Will Lloyd and Will Wallace, whose support and expertise attacking rugby from the outstanding Alex Calvey, Charlie made a real difference to the quality of rugby played by Catz Rees and Chris Lewis was the order of the day as we ran out this year. victors by a point in front of strong away support. St Catha- rine’s has always been a small club which continually punches

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Squash (Women) Table Tennis Captain: Nicola Harding Captain: Hamish Yeung "is year, Catz women’s squash has been much more about After last year’s extremely successful season (Cuppers and participation than results. Whilst many colleges struggle to College League champions), this year started off with high get a team out at all, Catz, aided by an intake of sporty fresh- hopes and expectations for Catz Table Tennis. A second team, ers, managed to form three teams within the top two leagues captained by Chris Lillycrop, was entered in the League for of the inter-collegiate system: definitely something to be the first time to cater for the large interest generated at the proud of! Playing against some of the University’s top players Freshers’ Fair. Unfortunately this team had to drop out half has been a challenge and we have not seen as many wins as way through the season due to players’ other commitments we would have liked but it has been great to see so many peo- and difficulties arranging matches. "e first team had a more ple wanting to get involved, especially those who had never consistent turnout, registering good victories over rivals Jesus picked up a squash racket before. Women’s Squash this year and Churchill; but disappointing results against weaker op- has not only been great fun to be involved in (neither winning position meant the team finished in fourth place. nor losing is ever taken too seriously), but also a testament to "e commencement of Cuppers in Lent term brought a the great attitude and enthusiasm of Catz sportswomen. new lease of life to the club, and with the return of regu- lars Michael Hutchinson, Richard Foster and Anthony Fox Swimming the team sailed easily through the first two rounds against Captain: Natalie Couling St John’s and Wolfson. "e addition of Doug Speed this year "is year’s Cuppers team maintained the high standard set at to the squad provided extra strength and depth, and the semi- last year’s inter-collegiate competition, taking rd place overall final against a tricky Hughes Hall side was dealt with in a when competing against some extremely strong college teams comfortable - win. "is led to a final against Queens’, who, ( in total). All swimmers performed brilliantly in the heats with two Blues and one University nd team player, were un- to secure places in the finals of their respective events. "e doubtedly the strongest side in the competition. After some standard of the competition was strong in the finals, with last-minute confusion over who would host the match, Catz two of the Men’s University Cuppers records falling. How- Squash Courts provided the venue for its first Cuppers Fi- ever, the team rose to the challenge. "e Women’s team came nal in memory, and the home advantage showed as the team an impressive nd place just behind Girton. We had finalists pulled back from a - deficit to win -. Richard, Anthony, in every event. "ere was some superb swimming and some Doug and Hamish all won one singles each and Doug’s tacti- excellent results. Leading the way was Kimberley Hall being cal strength showed when the deciding doubles match was just touched out of the winning spot to take second place in won -. the breaststroke event and taking third in the individual med- We look forward to another successful year in – as ley. "is was followed by great swims from Jennie Rothera the captaincy is taken over by Michael and Richard; the club in the freestyle event and from Natasha Rukazenkova in the will surely be led to more results and silverware – is a third backstroke, taking third and fourth place respectively. An im- Cuppers crown in a row on the cards? We’ll have to wait and pressive swim from Melanie Madgin in the butterfly, finish- see. ing sixth, completed the excellent individual swims and added points to the Catz scorecard. Success was also achieved in the Volleyball relay events, in which Catz managed two amazing first places, Captain: Jun-Young Kim despite other colleges fielding many more Blues swimmers. Catz Volleyball started the season with a strong intake of fresh Congratulations go to the freestyle team of Jennie Rothera, new players. "e high expectations were met in the Indoor Kimberley Hall, Natalie Couling and Natasha Rukazenkova, Cuppers, where we went through the qualification stage in and the Medley team of Natalie Couling, Kimberley Hall, the Michaelmas Term. We cruised on to the semi-final in the Melanie Magdin and Jennie Rothera. Lent Term; however, we narrowly missed the win and the "e Men’s team also produced three individual finalists: ticket to the final. Geoff Taster, finishing fifth and seventh in the butterfly and During the Easter term, we entered both the League and individual medley respectively. David Kunzmann (next year’s the Outdoor Cuppers. In the League we fought well against Captain) and Marco Mattheis both added points to the men’s the strong sides in the second Division, but slipped a number scorecard with notable times in the freestyle and breaststroke of important matches that were needed for the promotion to races respectively. "e men also had teams in both the relay the top Division. In Cuppers however, Catz showed their true finals, finishing sixth in the medley relay and seventh in the potential by finishing at the top of the group stage and again freestyle relay. "anks must be extended to Laurence "ack- reaching the semi-final despite the wet weather conditions. wray who stepped in at the last minute to help out with the Individual performances were remarkable this season. Jim relays. "e men finished th overall. McElwaine served as the Senior Treasurer of the University Volleyball Club and continued to play in the UCCM. So- phie Hebblethwaite-Sharpe and Lisa Streit both played in the Women’s Blues and Laura Bierer in the UCCW. With these talents and high spirits of the players, Catz Volleyball should expect an outstanding season next year.

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Water Polo A strong influx of talent saw the defence of the League title Captain: Peter Sweeney in – off to an impressive start. New in the pool this "e vagaries of the Water Polo season see me sitting here at the year were Chris Lillycrop, possibly the tallest keeper in the end of the  season writing this report part-way through League, and regulars Stewart Douglas, Laurence "rackwray my exams. However, it is my privilege to deliver two years of and Dave Townsend. Added to an almost-unchanged squad reports, one as captain and one on recording the successes of from the previous two years, the Catz team was going to be the club under my predecessor, Aleksey Nikulin. hard to beat. Indeed, only Addenbrooke’s beat us and, with a – saw a strong Catz team return from the long va- draw against the Leys U, the League was looking winnable. cation and a previous Cuppers victory. While the team only We beat Trinity Hall -, Christ’s -, Magdalene - and Sel- picked up one new player during the year in the shape of wyn - to secure the title, with goals coming from most of Mel Madgin, most players from the  squad stayed on, the team, notably including the first two that Captain Pete fielding the strongest Catz League team in many years. With Sweeney has managed to score in three years, and a debut Professor Don Broom back from injury, University players goal from Stewart. Line zu Ermgassen, Kim Hall and Chris Judge, as well as for- Despite missing star player Don Broom through injury, mer Captains Jon Gair and Paul Fennell, we went into the Catz also put a strong performance in – Cuppers. We season with a walkover against Queens’ and a – victory over progressed to the quarter-finals with an unlucky draw against St John’s. In Lent, we beat Magdalene (–), Christ’s (–), a strong Trinity and an easy victory over Peterhouse. Sadly, Trinity (Walkover), "e Leys (Walkover), Selwyn (–) and despite Paul Fennell arriving straight from the airport follow- Trinity Hall (–), with the only blot on the copybook being ing a trip to Barbados, a Churchill squad packed with Blues a – loss against Addenbrooke’s. Our second encounter with proved too much for us, with our progression halted at a re- Addenbrooke’s was in Cuppers, and, sadly, was a first round spectable quarter-final. loss. It was a shame that the first round was a repeat of last It’s been a strong couple of years for Catz, and a number of year’s final and that such strong teams to face one another in players are leaving the University this year – Chris Judge grad- the first round – especially as Addenbrooke’s aren’t allowed uates, Pete Galek now has his PhD, and Paul Fennell takes up to win Cuppers. Still, Catz took the League trophy, an award a position at Imperial College. However, I’m sure this won’t testament to the strength and depth of play of the squad, and stop them playing for Catz when they can, and I am satisfied a fitting tribute to departing players Aleksey Nikulin, Gordon that I leave a growing club in capable hands for the future. Stewart and Jimmy Holder. K A REN S TEP H ENS O N

!e Acheson-Gray Sports Day. In  this event is on Saturday  April.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Modern Pentathlon and Water Polo

Modern Pentathlon and Water Polo are two sports often disparagingly labelled ‘minor’, but which are, in fact, exceedingly taxing and requiring of great skill. !ey are also sports in which St Catharine’s has regularly distinguished itself, having provided many University players over the years. It may be no coincidence that the Senior Member of both the CUMPC and the CUWPC is none other than Donald Broom (), himself an expert exponent of each. Nicky Brooks () writes three events placing her in a commanding individual I – C laid claim to providing both the position after day one with only the ride and run re- ladies and gentleman’s University Modern Pen- maining. Cambridge’s strangle-hold remained tight tathlon captains – Nicky Brooks () and Nick on day two, and in winning, Cambridge claimed England () respectively, while Noel Cochrane all six top individual awards – a previously unheard () also placed in the Men’s full blue team. "e achievement. Brooks rose to the occasion, sustaining year’s Varsity Match took place in April at Bradfield top spot and narrowly missing the full blue thresh- College, Berkshire, where both teams battled it out old, but earning a well deserved half blue. over two days of mentally and physically challeng- Just like the ladies, history seemed to favour the ing competition in the disciplines of shooting, Oxford men’s side from the start, and on this oc- fencing, swimming, running and riding. casion it proved to be right. England worked hard History hinted at Oxford dominance, as the Ox- to stay in contention till the last event against a ford ladies came from a seven year winning streak. more experienced Oxford team, which included Nevertheless, Brooks’ excellent leadership and de- internationals. Cochrane showed his considerable termination turned the tables to gain a Cambridge improvement in the pool and on piste, earning per- team victory, breaking the all-time Cambridge record sonal best scores in both swimming and fencing, for score. Leading from start to finish in dominating which thanks must go to Humphrey Waddington style, captain Brooks scored personal bests in her first () – the club’s swimming coach. A solid perfor-

Modern Pentathlon: Nick England and Nicky Brooks with Professor Donald Broom.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  mance amounted to a half blue score for Cochrane. In Water Polo, a lot was at stake with both Cam- England’s training shone through in the shoot and bridge men’s and women’s teams having lost last a determined ride deserves particular mention. year. "e women managed to beat their dark blue counterparts in a - victory under the command Christopher Judge () writes of Line zu Ermgassen, who scored one of the goals, Water Polo is an odd but physically demanding and with help from Kim Hall (). In a tough sport. Dubbed ‘the rugby of the water’ it is the match, both teams were forced to dig deep in the most physically demanding sport in the Olympics final quarter, but Cambridge regained the title. and an excellent test of strength and sporting abil- In the men’s match, Oxford scored first, but ity. In my four years, St Catharine’s have frequently Cambridge evened the score and a ding-dong won Cuppers or the League: the league in , first half ended with honours even, Cambridge   &  and Cuppers in . Oxford . At half time, the Cambridge team felt At University level, - saw Christopher frustrated and on edge; coach Andy Knight reor- Judge holding the position of the CUWPC Junior ganised us. Four goals in the third quarter, to Ox- President and Line zu Ermgassen () being La- ford’s one, turned the tide. "e final quarter, with dies Captain. "e highlight of the year was the Var- adrenalin pumping, saw Cambridge defending sity Match  when Cambridge managed to gain their lead throughout, and the game ended on a a complete clean sweep of four wins against Oxford high for me as my back-hand shot went in and the (Men’s and Women’s swimming and Men’s and game ended –. Women’s water polo). "e swimming matches went At the final whistle the team exploded with ex- much as expected with both men’s and women’s citement for having won the battle. "ere is simply blues teams continuing their winning streak which nothing quite like winning a varsity match and to started in . Natalie Couling () competed end on a hard fought high will be something I will in her first varsity match for the light blues. always remember.

Water Polo: Chris Judge and Line zu Ermgassen with Professor Donald Broom.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Blues and Colours Full Blues Other University Representation Association Football: DT Mills Association Football (Kestrels): EJ Bonner, Athletics: HJ Waddington JE Powell, MB Stock Cricket: Charlotte-Christina Lester, Athletics (Alligators): Rebecca L Riiser Elizabeth R Peto (both for –) Athletics (Alverstone): F Castles Hockey: Emily Argyle, Louise C Garvin, Athletics (Field Events and Relays): MI Greatholder, DJE Jones, N McClaren, Rebecca L Riiser Philippa R Woodrow Dancesport: D Schmidt Netball: Katherine E Yateman-Smith Gaelic football: MP Barnett, Louise C Garvin, Rugby Union: CC Lewis, M Harfoot NK Hughes, DC Speed Go-Carting: MC Hughes, MP White Half Blues Hockey (Wanderers): SP Harger Athletics: Zoe CM Leake Hockey (Nomads): Victoria JD Pile, Badminton: RDM Pace Lucy J Stapleton Dancesport: Felicia ML Yap Hockey (Squanderers): MP Best, TH Bullock, Golf: Elaine M Evans CH Cullen Lightweight Rowing: CJ Kerr, DE White Ice Hockey: B Lees Modern Pentathlon: Nicola K Brooks, Korfball (nd team): Jessica MA Williams NF Cochrane, NW England Netball (nd team): Anna CJ Dean Rifle: CP Judge Rowing (Goldie): AT MacLeod Swimming: Natalie R Couling Rugby Union (under s): C Rees Table Tennis: HHM Yeung Rugby Union (Tigers): Tiffany L Bogish, Water Polo: Kimberley L Hall, CP Judge, Rachel J Carr, Zoe CM Leake Philine SE zu Ermgassen Skiing: Catherine S Taroni Trampolining (B team): Zoe CM Leake

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Amalgamated Societies Lectures

John Xuereb (Dean, Fellow ) writes T A S Lectures series tries kept in the dark (by the military) about the true to draw together the College community (includ- state of the economy and the military capability of ing alumni) and the University for lectures with a the USSR, and how lack of communication with broad curricular appeal. the West not only bred paranoia in Moscow, but His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, Dr saw this paranoia form the basis of foreign policy. Akin Alptuna, opened the – lecture series Professor Casselton of the University of Ox- with a talk on Turkey’s aspirations for the future. ford is distinguished for her genetic and molecu- Dr Alptuna could speak with considerable author- lar analysis of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus, ity as he was appointed Deputy Head of Mission of in particular the genes that permit individuals to the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the United recognise a compatible mating partner. Her lecture Nations in  and then became Director General had the sexy title Of Mushrooms and Men: !e Ba- for the European Union. Between  and , sis of Sexual Attraction. She presented her work on Dr Alptuna worked as Deputy Undersecretary for the genes that determine mating type, the fungal the European Union and Political Relations with equivalent of sex, and showed how, following cell Member States. Not surprisingly, he concentrated fusion, the different proteins encoded by variants on the controversy of EU membership for Turkey. of these genes interact within the cell to promote He made a strong case for the economic, political sexual development. and social advances that have occurred already in Professor Christopher Andrew took us into the Turkey, simply from the exercise of pursuing mem- underworld of espionage. He is Professor of Mod- bership, through the implementation of measures ern and Contemporary History at Cambridge and intended to bring convergence with the EU. Official Historian of the Security Service (MI). His "e Tom Henn Memorial Lecture, which is or- lecture drew on new material from the Mitrokhin ganised by the Amalgamated Societies Committee, Archive. was given by Dominic Dromgoole, recently ap- "e Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John took up the chal- pointed Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe lenge of introducing a lay audience to biblical "eatre. He titled his talk Unlearning Twaddle, scholarship. His title, Making the Bible Make Sense, which was as naughtily entertaining as the title promised something of this but did not reveal the suggested it might be. easy accessibility that Dr John brought to the sub- Professor Jonathan Haslam discussed the Cold ject. "e audience found themselves being guided War in his talk Soviet Espionage: How the Military through the mysteries of authorship of the Holy led Politics. Haslam, Professor in the History of Books, the historical perspective and the socio-po- International Relations at the University of Cam- litical reasons for changes in emphasis and position bridge, painted a fascinating picture of how power that at first glance appear contradictory. in the Kremlin was concentrated in the hands of only two or three people, how political leaders were

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Kellaway Concerts

Peter Mallinson writes I   said in television that one should never tarche and, with the help of Tom Kemp and the work with either children or animals, but this well- St Catharine’s Consort, gave a splendid perfor- known statement was proved to be untrue at the mance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. "is concert main Kellaway event of the year – a performance was then followed by a very successful masterclass in March of Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals for Cambridge clarinettists. at Emmanuel United Reformed Church. "e fan- "e remaining concerts were slightly more con- tastic musical menagerie had within it three new ventional with a high proportion of ensembles movements composed by the pupils of Netherhall made up of Instrumental Award Holders. "e School under the close supervision of composers Shardlow Trio performed Beethoven’s String Trio Christopher Fox and St Catharine’s Luke Rogers. Op. No. in G major; the Dhondy Quartet played "ere was !e Blue Whale swimming through Krill, the mammoth Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. !e Fox chasing the Rabbit, and !e Owl and Wood- No., a work very similar to his Octet Op. in land Animals, all of which were performed with E flat major in terms of its sheer magnitude, and great character by St Catharine’s College Cham- the Mallinson Quartet performed Haydn’s String ber Orchestra. "e three additional movements Quartet Op. No. in G minor. "e highlight also gave the Netherhall pupils a chance to join in of these student ensembles, however, was without with the action as they were scattered around the doubt the mesmerising performance by "e Swift church with various percussion instruments giving Ensemble of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. the impression of animals all around. "e stars of "e ensemble captured the emotion inherent with- the show, however, were the two solo pianists Alex- in the work so well that one could not help but feel ander Soares and James Long whose virtuosity and through the music the pain, torment and suffering obvious enjoyment of the work captivated the audi- experienced during its composition. ence. "e performance was perfectly complement- It has been an excellent season for Kellaway mu- ed by the narration of Ogden Nash’s accompanying sic, and we are looking forward to what promises poetry by the Senior Tutor, Dr Paul Hartle. to be another great mix of student and professional "e other big concert of the season took place in ensembles next year. K

the College chapel at the end of Michaelmas term, A and was in honour of Dr Dean Sutcliffe, former REN S Director of Studies in Music. It was a very moving TEP H occasion as he bade farewell to Cambridge before ENS O

leaving for his new post in Auckland, and it was N clear from the packed chapel how much he meant to everybody. "ose playing included distinguished music graduates of St Catharine’s, namely violinist Tom Kemp, organist Andrew Reid, pianist Caro- line Jaya-Ratnam and bassoonist Rosie Burton, and the programme featured works by Schubert, Poulenc and Vaughan Williams. Professional mu- sicians also played in other concerts of the series, most notably in the performance of Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri with the Orlando Chamber Choir, directed by Dr Edward Wickham and led by Margaret Faultless – a concert which was later taken to St James’s Piccadilly, London. On anoth- er occasion, former St Catharine’s music student Nicholas Cox played clarinet works by Devienne, Wood and Debussy with accompanist Vanessa La- Carnival of the Animals.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Graduate Research Seminars

Robert Wardy (Graduate Tutor, Fellow ) writes T G R Seminar goes from Lent Term strength to strength. "is year was noteworthy for Manolo Guerci: Northumberland House in the not only the excellence of the papers, but also the Strand, the grandest palace of the early-Stuart era. impressive variety of intellectual interests, research "e talk illustrated the history of Northumber- techniques and styles of thought – a variety of land House, which epitomises in a unique way the which the College may rightly boast. And, despite development of London town-house architecture this range, unparalleled numbers were in enthu- from the early Stuart to the late Victorian era. siastic attendance, which testifies to the vigorous Tom Law: !e Silent Aircraft. In recent years, the curiosity of our community. number of people choosing air travel has soared. Meetings begin at : in the Senior Combina- Everyone flies, yet no one likes the noise and pollu- tion Room, where a free buffet lunch is provided. tion produced. "e Silent Aircraft Initiative shows "e speakers kick off at :, and finish by :, how a commercial aircraft might be designed to allowing a quarter of an hour for questions and eradicate community noise whilst also reducing discussion. fuel burn. Luke Forsyth: Sticky Fingerprints: the British iden- Michaelmas Term tity card debate, biometrics and the problem of com- Rodrigo de Sousa: Translating and Transforming peting cost-benefit analyses. "e UK Identity Cards the Bible in nd Century BC Alexandria. When the Act  was the subject of vigorous debate. One Bible was translated into Greek, the very content of the main controversies was competing cost-ben- of the text was in many ways transformed to suit efit analyses of the proposed biometric technologies the current circumstances, with a lasting impact on and supporting infrastructure – a demonstration all subsequent interpretation. "is study seeks to of the operation of cost-benefit analysis in political offer fresh insights into the transmission and inter- decision making. pretation of the Bible in antiquity. Chrystalina Antoniades: Development of biomark- Ninghua Song: Total-cost modelling of global sourc- ers for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s Disorders. Pre- ing. Recently, many UK manufacturers have trans- dicting the onset and progression of Parkinson’s ferred their production to low-cost regions globally and Huntington’s diseases has until now been im- to seek cost effectiveness. However, overseas out- possible. Developing accurate and reliable markers sourcing can be expensive and the savings may not might help us to do so, allowing early treatment of be as great as they seem... these profoundly disabling conditions. Dan Friess: !inking Outside the Box: Visualising the External Impacts of Managed Realignment. "e Easter Term creation of saltmarsh habitat is quickly becoming a Joe Piper: Life on the microscope: from chromosome key component of UK and European coastal policy knots to spinning bacteria. Since the s, detection as a natural defence tool. "e talk explored some and manipulation at the level of a single molecule of the unintended consequences of restoring the has become possible. Novel techniques such as flu- intertidal zone, how they are linked and if we can orescence microscopes combined with nanopipette use colourful maps to show it. pinpoint delivery enable single biomolecules to be Christina McLeish: Good science, bad language. studied in biological conditions. I believe that much of our best science is true. Chun Keet Wong: Either-Or or Neither-Nor (or But good scientists once believed in some crazy- Neither of them!) – Revisiting corporate culture and sounding things: phlogiston, ether, caloric, crystal- performance using the dilemma paradigm. A study line spheres in the heavens, bodily humours. We of corporate culture and performance, and the rec- don’t believe in any of these now. Aren’t the scien- onciliation of dilemmas or dualities. "e aim is to tists of the future likely to consign our theoretical establish the relationship between corporate cul- language to the same scrapheap? Perhaps it doesn’t tures that reconcile dilemmas and organisational matter – but I think it does… performance.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  King Lear

Nic Harding () writes C OU

W   English student, Jess Hindes, RTES

gleefully announced that Sir Ian McKellen was Y W to play King Lear at Stratford upon Avon I could EBS I hardly contain my excitement: not only did this TE O F mean I would get to see the great ex-Catharian IA N playing Shakespeare’s great King but I could look MC K forward to doing so amongst the company of the E LL

Catz English crew; those who would not merely EN understand my ridiculous levels of enthusiasm but would probably share in them too. Our English student love of theatrical antics had been proved the previous year with a double wham- my trip to see Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus at "e Globe and Jess gave a repeat display of her or- ganizational skills not only by securing us tickets to see Lear at the beginning of Easter term, but also a College subsidy to pay for a minibus to get us there. Said minibus not only meant that we could afford to get to, and, perhaps more importantly, back from, the play, but also provided the chance to re- Sir Ian McKellen as King Lear. live the good old days of school trips complete with the many renditions of one hundred green bottles the torrential rain of a storm itself, Regan was just sitting on the wall and soggy tomato sandwiches. a little bit of an alcoholic, mad Tom was sympa- School trip nostalgia was considerably height- thetic and not merely stupid, and Nunn, rightly, ened as we sat by the River Avon in the late af- chose not to shy away from the horrific violence of ternoon sunshine munching packed lunches but kicking out Gloucester’s eyes with some alternative the performance itself soon replaced any lingering method of blinding. King Lear was written to be a memories of smelly teenage bus journeys. "e ma- profoundly affecting play and Nunn’s interpreta- jestic, but hollow, ritual of Trevor Nunn’s opening tion convinced me, albeit not at every moment, scene prepares the audience to witness the tale of that it is one. Lear’s crumbling kingship and they are not disap- I could not have forgiven myself if I had passed pointed. On entrance, McKellen certainly looks up the chance to see McKellen’s Lear but seeing the part of a revered royalty with his snowy crown it with the people that I did made me realize that of hair and flowing robes but Shakespeare’s tragic much of the theatre experience is not the play itself plot strips him of all outward splendor (quite liter- but what results from it: at the interval each of us ally) until he is the broken old man of the play’s could not wait to (and, worryingly, perhaps even denouement. needed to) discuss what was happening on stage. McKellen’s performance succeeded in justifying "e urgency for such discussion is probably the the excitement with which I greeted Jess’s email, reason why we are all at Catz, why we were let in but the staging and the supporting cast were just to study English and why we all love going to the as, if not more, impressive. "e booming sound theatre so much. effects of the storm scene were accompanied by

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Hollywood comes to Catz

W,  . But on one of the rare sunny days dren off a forty-foot platform in Alexandra Palace in August, Outline Productions, an independent using helium balloons, and seeing whether the chil- TV company, came to St Catharine’s to film some dren could actually survive a lightning strike if in- ‘stylistic shots’ needed for a forthcoming series fea- side a telephone box are used to excite the class and turing one of our Fellows, Peter Wothers (), as a show them the relevance of science in our world. At presenter. Peter is joined by Chris Brackstone, one of the end of the project, the class will sit their science the technicians from the Department of Chemistry, GCSE modules, a year and a half early. Given the and Laura Grant, a physicist from Liverpool as the terrible pass rate the school currently has, this will three presenters try to inspire a rather rowdy, disin- be a considerable challenge. terested class of teenagers from an under-achieving "e six-part series, provisionally called !e Big school in the east end of London to take an interest Experiment, is due to be aired in February  on in science. Experiments such as floating two chil- the Discovery Channel. GE O R G E

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Ahmed, Romana (Elliott School, London) Social & Political Sciences Arzamasovs, Maksims (University of Latvia) Natural Sciences Athwal, Sundeep Singh (Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge) Law Aziz, Antony (Birkdale School, Sheffield) Medical Sciences Ballard, Olga ("e Tiffin Girls’ School, Kingston upon "ames) Natural Sciences Barnard, Joanna (Harris City Technology College, Croydon) Geography Barnett, Stephen James (d’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford) Social & Political Sciences Barrat, Jack Austin (Altrincham Grammar School) Social & Political Sciences Bartley, Michael James (Congleton High School) Oriental Studies Combined Belcher, Laura Jane (School of St Helen & St Katharine, Abingdon) Geography Bierer, Laura-Christina (Frensham Heights School, Farnham) Economics Bland, Steven Michael (Watford Grammar School for Boys) Geography Bond, Jessica Frances (Croesyceiliog School, Cwmbran) Geography Booth, Richard Anthony (Kirkbie Kendal School) Natural Sciences Boyd, Clark Cregan (Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast) Modern & Medieval Languages Breeze, Rachael Margaret (Chosen Hill School, Churchdown) Philosophy Bruce, Natascha (Taunton School) Oriental Studies Burden, Sarah Louise (Oxford High School ) Veterinary Sciences Burns, Matthew Robert (Sutton Grammar School for Boys) Veterinary Sciences Cagan, Alexander #omas Joshua (Westminster School) Archaeology & Anthropology Calvey, Alexander John Fowler (Royal Grammar School, Guildford) Medical Sciences Chaudry, Mohammed Qasim (Beths Grammar School, Bexley) Economics Chavanaves, Sakdapong (Cambridge Centre for VI Form Students) Natural Sciences Chin, Chin Ian (Anderson Junior College, Singapore) Law Clarke, #omas (Radley College, Abingdon) Land Economy Clifton, Andrew James (Malmesbury School, Wiltshire) Natural Sciences Clinton, David Stephen (Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall) English Coates, Jessica Luise (Cheltenham Ladies’ College) Veterinary Sciences

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Corr, Alice Victoria (Dauntsey’s School, Devizes) Kay, Joseph Alastair (Tring School, Hertfordshire) History Modern & Medieval Languages Kellett, Georgina Elizabeth Courtney, #omas (Ilford County High School) Law (South Wiltshire Grammar School) Veterinary Sciences Cronin, Ryan Craig (St Ambrose College, Altrincham) Kelly, Rebecca Alice Morgan (Abbey School, Reading) "eology & Religious Studies Natural Sciences Damji, Arif Shaffin (St Paul’s School, Barnes) Economics Kennedy, Owen Devlin, Katherine (Grove Academy, Dundee) (Acland Burghley Secondary School, London) Philosophy Modern & Medieval Languages La Prairie, Rosemary Margaret (Ashbury College, Canada) Dibdin, Emma (Headington School, Oxford) English Land Economy Doshi, Sejal (Henrietta Barnett School, London) Lai, Wing Sze Flora (Mill Hill Foundation, London) Mathematics Natural Sciences Douglas, Stewart Kenneth James Laverick, Claire Marie (Bablake School, Coventry) English (George Watson’s College, Edinburgh) Economics Lee, Kar Meng (St Margaret’s Academy, Livingstone) Du, Xin Yi (Perse School For Girls, Cambridge) Engineering Medical Sciences Lesser, Alexander Stuart Dunmore, Christopher James (King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds) ("e Sixth Form College, Farnborough) Natural Sciences Archaeology & Anthropology Lillycrop, Christopher James Peter (Abingdon School) Egressy, Kinga (Clitheroe Royal Grammar School) Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Natural Sciences Lousada, Esther Georgia Rebecca Ewbank, Francis Gordon (Latymer School, London ) "eology & Religious Studies (Magdalen College School, Oxford) Veterinary Sciences Lowdon, Adrian (Royds School, Leeds) Computer Science Finn, Matthew Charles Lucas, Claire (Richard Huish College, Taunton) (Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Horncastle) History Natural Sciences Fitzsimmons, Christopher David Lunt, Mark (Clifton College, Bristol) Natural Sciences (Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham) Geography Marsh, Ieuan Rhys (Bassaleg School, Newport) History Fowler, James Andrew Robert (Bedford School) Martin, Benjamin Philip Modern & Medieval Languages (King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham) Fraser, Donald Charles (Tonbridge School) Geography Medical Sciences Garrett, Alice (Oxford High School) Medical Sciences Masterson-Jones, Robina (Headington School, Oxford) Glatman, Alexandra (St Peter’s School, York) History Natural Sciences Golding, Robert Antony James Mattheis, Marco (Heidelberg University) Classics (St Olave’s Grammar School, Orpington) McCraight, Sara Anne Medical Sciences (St Nicholas Catholic High School, Cheshire) Geography Goldring, Benjamin (Methodist College, Belfast) Classics McCrann, Catherine (Woodhouse College, London) Graham, Mark (Dauntsey’s School, West Lavington) Medical Sciences Engineering McGarrity, Sarah (Wirral Grammar School for Girls) Hagarty, Imogen (Guildford County School) Medical Sciences Modern & Medieval Languages McIntyre, #omas (Reading School) Natural Sciences Hale, Sean (Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe) McLeod, Benjamin Timothy Engineering (Queen Elizabeth’s High School, Gainsborough) Haley, Joanna (Colchester County High School) Geography Natural Sciences Hammond, Jenna Louise (Repton School, Derbyshire) Metcalfe, Joseph Matthew Natural Sciences (King’s College School, Wimbledon) Natural Sciences Harvey, Andrew James (Oakham School, Rutland) Michaelides, Michael (Latymer School, London ) Mathematics Economics Hebblethwaite-Sharpe, Sophie Marie (Wyggeston/ Mills, Joanna (Reigate Grammar School) Queen Elizabeth I Sixth Form College, Leicester) Law Modern & Medieval Languages Hillier, Chloe (Hazelwick School, Crawley) English Ni, Weiran (Wolverhampton Girls’ High School) Economics Hiscox, Milo Edmund (Eton College) Engineering Nowell, Joanne (Clitheroe Royal Grammar School) Hylton, Carolyn Averil (Kett Sixth Form College, Norwich) Economics English O’Shea, James John (Millfield School, London) History Jacob, Michelle Mazal (Jewish Free School, Harrow) Palm, Leon (Blue Coat School, Liverpool) Economics Computer Science Jayatunga, Madura Kelum Perera Pay, Niall Robert (Forest School, London) Music (King Edward’s School, Birmingham) Natural Sciences Penman, Alastair David Jayson, Stephanie Louise (Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe) Engineering (Merchant Taylors’ School, Liverpool) Veterinary Sciences Prabhu, Maya Kimberly (Harare International School) Johnson, Kirsty Ann Catriona History ("e High School of Glasgow) Medical Sciences Prakash, Vijay (Chetham’s School of Music) Music

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New Graduates and Postgraduates !""# Ailawadi, Nikant (Loyola College, India) Cole, Ethan Matthew (Western Ontario, Canada) Management Studies International Relations Bangs, Justin (Florida, USA) Collins, Melissa Anne Goslin (Louisiana State, USA) Environment, Society & Development Screen Media and Cultures Barnett, Michael (St Catharine’s) English Conway, Tim Mark (St Catharine’s) Earth Sciences Bogich, Tiffany Lauren (Pennsylvania State, USA) Zoology Czupryna, David (Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) Bullock, #omas Hornsby (St Catharine’s) Chemistry Management Studies Carr, Nicholas David (Queensland, Australia) Digout, Amy Erica (McGill, USA) History of Art Historical Studies Elswit, Katharine (Northwestern, USA) German Castles, Flynn (St Catharine’s) Engineering England, Nicholas William (St Catharine’s) Chemistry Chai, Siew Wan (Bristol) Criminology Evans, Robin (St Catharine’s) Mathematics Chen, Chia-Hung (National Taiwan) Physics Forsyth, Luke William (Western Australia) Christofaki, Rodanthi (Athens, Greece) History & Philosophy of Science and Medicine English & Applied Linguistics Gelder, Susan (St Catharine’s) Certificate of Education Cieplak, Piotr Artur (York) Screen Media and Cultures Goodburn, Charlotte Elizabeth (St Catharine’s) Clarke, Elizabeth Frances (Imperial College, London) Land Economy Environmental Policy

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Gupta, Bharat (Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Sanlon, Peter #omas (Oxford) Technology and Science Indore, India) "eology & Religious Studies Management Studies Scahill, Catherine Marie (St Catharine’s) Zoology Hall, Mark Charles (St Catharine’s) See, Albert Choon Kwang (St Catharine’s) Economics Medieval and Renaissance Literature Sekol, Ivana (Zagreb, Croatia) Criminology Hopkin, Mark David (Fitzwilliam, Cambridge) Chemistry Sheng, Gloria Jiajia (Dartmouth College, USA) Hsieh, Margaret Tungfen (Harvard, USA) Micro- and Nanotechnology Social Anthropological Analysis Speed, Douglas C (Oxford) Hughes, Noel Kostantinos (Queen’s, Belfast) Law Applied Mathematics & "eoretical Physics Jones, Katie Louise (St Catharine’s) Clinical Pharmacology Stephenson, Anna Louise (St Catharine’s) Keightley, John Oliver (Durham) Archaeology Chemical Engineering King, Martin Stephen (St Catharine’s) Biological Science Suzuki, Yuji (Warwick) Oriental Studies Leow, Rachel (Warwick) Historical Studies Tan, Khooi Yeei (Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia) Li, Chun Ming (York) Real Estate Finance Chemical Engineering Lim, Swii Yii (Pennsylvania State, USA) Classics Timmins, William Nicholas (St Catharine’s) Longster, Hayley Frances (York) European Literature "eology & Religious Studies Mant, Rebecca Catherine (St Catharine’s) Torres-Pereira, Carla Maria Calcada (Universidade de Trás- Chemical Engineering os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal) Veterinary Medicine Martin, James Andrew (St Catharine’s) History Karsa von Szentkiralyszabadja, Charlotte Fay Michelioudakis, Dimitrios (Athens, Greece) Linguistics (Bremen, Germany) Management Studies Moser, Muriel (Corpus Christi, Cambridge) Classics Wilson, Simon James (St Catharine’s) Mathematics Niarchos, Andreas (Athens, Greece) Management Studies Winkelmann, Elisabeth Christine Owens, Boanna (Johns Hopkins, USA) Veterinary Medicine (Royal Holloway, London) English Pacini, Clare Elizabeth (Leeds) Mathematics Woodman, Oliver John (St Catharine’s) Computer Science Pitkin, Sarah (St Catharine’s) Clinical Pharmacology Wright, Tom Alex #ornburgh (St Catharine’s) Polyzoudi, Archontia (Aristotle, Greece) Archaeology Mathematics Prokhoroff, Alexandre Zhu, Jiayi (Fudan, China) Management Studies (European Humanities University, Belarus) Zhu, Jie (East China Normal, China) Architecture Management Studies Zieritz, Alexandra (Vienna, Austria) Zoology Raissi, Mehdi (Essex) Economics Zirkle, Alexandra Kathryn (Brigham Young, USA) Rye, Cameron (Bristol) Polar Studies Jewish Christian Relations Salge, Torsten Oliver (European School of Business, Reutlingen, Germany) Management Studies

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  University Scholarships and Prizes

Maksims Arzamasovs (), reading Natural Gloria Sheng () was awarded the Institute Sciences with Computing, was awarded the Data of Physics Publishing (IoPP) Nanotechnology Connection Prize for outstanding dissertation. Journal Prize for the highest mark in the MPhil course in Micro- and Nanotechnology. #omas Donaldson (), reading Medicine, was awarded the University Prize for Best Overall Lucy Stapleton () was awarded the Andrew Preparing for Patients Coursework. Hall Prize for Part IA Geography.

Christopher Gee () was awarded the Peter Sweeney (), reading Land Economy, Stevenson Prize for best MPhil dissertation in the was joint winner of the Sweet and Maxwell Prize Faculty of Economics. for Environmental Law.

Robert Heaps () was awarded the Olga Katy #urman () was awarded the Sismey Youhotsky & Catherine Matthews Prize for Pathology Prize. Modern and Medieval Languages. William Timmins () won the Senior David Holmes () was awarded the North Schofield Prize within the Divinity Faculty. Carolina State University Prize for Chemical Engineering. James Trafford () was awarded the Philip Lake Prize for Part IB Geography. Chris Kerr () was awarded the  AstraZeneca Prize for outstanding performance in Charlotte von Karsa () won the Jeremy Part IA Chemistry. Marchant Prize in Finance for the highest overall mark in Corporate Finance for the MBA course at Richard Meeson () was awarded the Robert the Judge Business School. Walker Prize in Surgery. David Zong (), Land Economy, was awarded " e Sir Walter Langdon-Brown Prize  was the  prize by the Royal Institute of Chartered awarded to JD Mills () for his dissertation for Surveyors. "e Head of Department comments the MD degree. It was entitled Atherothrombotic that David graduated in  with an astonishing and fibrinolytic factors in the asymptomatic first- record of academic achievement – the best seen in degree relatives of patients with multi-vessel coronary the Department in over  years. He was top in artery disease. class in all three years and over those years, besides the RICS prize, he collected the Estates Gazette Joseph Powell () was awarded the William Prize for best overall performance in Part IA, the Vaughan Lewis Dissertation Prize for Geography. Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors Prize for best overall performance in Part IB, the Natalia Rukazenkova () was awarded the De Gordon Cameron Prize for best performance Novo Pharmaceuticals Prize for the Best Project in in Regional Economics, the Noel Dean Prize Natural Sciences Part II Pharmacology. for best performance in Part II and the Estate Management Development Fund Prize for best Ivana Sekol () was awarded the Manuel- dissertation. Lopez Graduate award for achievement in the MPhil course in Criminology.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  College Prizes

All those obtaining First Class Honours are awarded a Scholarship to the value of  and a Book Prize to the value of . College Prizes are given as a further honour. !e Sizarship and the Nicholas prize are both in the Master’s gift, the first for general all-round helpfulness, the second for outstanding contribution to the life of the College. Mooting prizes are for Law – mooting involves preparing and arguing an appeal case given the facts. !e Arthur Andersen Prize is awarded for any of the subjects Finance, Management Studies, Economics, Law, Mathematics or Modern & Medieval Languages.

Arzamasovs M: Hutcherson Prize for Outstanding Mansfield A: Engineering Members’ Prize Tripos Performance Mattheis M: Lacey Prize for Classics Baker M: TR Henn Prize for English McCallum A: Stephane Francis Prize for Veterinary Barnett M: Christopher Macgregor Award for English Medicine Best M: DO Morgan Prize for Veterinary Medicine McNally L: Alfred Steers Memorial Prize for Geography Bland S: Master’s Sizar Nelson C: Jarrett Prize for Oriental Studies Carter H: Wilshaw Bursary for Modern Languages Powell J: Stephen Hinchliffe Dissertation Prize for Chin I: Linklaters’ Mooting Prize Geography Cronin R: Corrie Prize for "eology Reavey J: John Addenbrooke Medical Studies Prize Dalsania B: Sayers Prize for Economics Roberts C: Lauterpacht Prize in International Law Duff H: Martin Steele Prize for Dramatic Arts Rogers L: Peter le Huray Prize for Music Emmerson H: Kemp-Gooderson Prize for Law (including Sanders E: TM Armour Prize for Mathematics LLM) Sheppard B: Jeremy Haworth Prize for Mathematics Evans E: Belfield Clarke Prize for Biological Sciences or Engineering Evans R: TM Armour Prize for Mathematics Smith W: Gordon Palmer Prize for Classics Fox C: Nicholas Prize Speight J: Geography Members’ Prize Graham M: Alexandria Prize for Engineering Stapleton L: DW Morgan Prize for Outstanding Haley J: Alfred Steers Memorial Prize for Geography Tripos Performance Heaps R: Tasker Prize for Modern Languages Taylor E: Figgis Memorial Prize for History Hebblethwaite-Sharpe S: Simmons & Simmons Prize #urman K: Stephane Francis Prize for Veterinary Medicine for Constitutional Law Trafford J: Geography Members’ Prize Hughes A: Alex Jacobson Prize for Law Tung C: Lauterpacht Prize in International Law Hughes A: Gooderson Award for Law Usher A: Weaver Prize for Choral Music Hughes N: Gooderson Award for Law Wade O: Linklaters’ Mooting Prize Jacob M: Arthur Andersen Prize (for Economics) Yeung H: Driver Prize for Chemistry Kennedy P: Richard Hardy Award for Biological Science Yuan K: Drury-Johns Mathematical Prize Kerr C: Alan Battersby Chemistry Prize Zhang T: Richard Hardy Award for Biological Science Kugathasan R: John Addenbrooke Medical Studies Prize Lee M: Adderley Prize for Law "e Cuthbert Casson Award for "eology, the Robert Lee M: Simmons & Simmons Prize for Law of Contract Comline Prize for Physiology, the Bishop Browne Prize for Lester H: Sean Mulherin Prize for Modern & Medieval Reading in Chapel, the Higham Award for Archaeology and Languages (Italian, Spanish, French) the Jacobson Award for International Law were not awarded Lin M-K: JS Wilson Prize for Natural Sciences this year. Macrae C: John Baker Mooting Prize

College Graduate Research Prizes Felicia Yap () was awarded the Graduate Prize for Joseph Piper () and Joo Lee Denise Tan () were Outstanding Research. awarded Graduate Prizes for Distinction in Research Felix Boecking () and Patrick Flack () were (Physical Sciences Category). awarded Graduate Prizes for Distinction in Research (Arts Chun Keet David Wong () was awarded the Graduate & Humanities Category). Prize for Distinction in Research (Social Sciences Category).

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  College Scholarships Senior Scholars Hill D: Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part I Endersby R: Engineering Tripos, Part IIA Hindes J: English Tripos, Part I Evans E: NST, Part II: Genetics Hughes A: Law Tripos, Part II Flannaghan T: Mathematical Tripos, Part II Jacob M: Economics Tripos, Part I Fox C: Philosophy Tripos, Part II Kelly R: NST, Part IA Holmes D: Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIB Kennedy P: NST, Part IB Lee S: Social & Political Sciences Tripos, Part IIB Kerr C: NST, Part IB Lin M-K: NST, Part II: Astrophysics Kugathasan R: Med & Vet Sci Tripos, Part IB Reavey J: NST, Part II: Physiol, Dev & Neurosci La Prairie R: Land Economy Tripos, Part IA Roberts S: Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIA Lee M: Law Tripos, Part IB Rodgers M: NST, Part III: Lesser A: NST, Part IA Experimental & "eoretical Physics Lester H: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part II Speight J: Geographical Tripos, Part II Lucas C: NST, Part IA Taster G: NST, Part II: Chemistry Luong T: Economics Tripos, Part IIA Tsimakuridze N: Mathematical Tripos, Part II Luttrell D: MBA (Business Administration) Yeung H: NST, Part II: Chemistry Mansfield A: Engineering Tripos, Part IB Mather J: Final Veterinary MB, Part II Scholars McCallum A: Final Veterinary MB, Part III Abdul Rahim R: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part II McCraight S: Geographical Tripos, Part IA Adamson K: NST, Part II: Exp & "eo Physics McIntyre T: NST, Part IA Argyle E: NST, Part II: Zoology McNally L: Geographical Tripos, Part IB Arzamasovs M: Computer Science Tripos, Part IA Meeson R: Final Veterinary MB, Part III Baker M: English Tripos, Part II Metcalfe J: NST, Part IA Bangs J: MPhil in Geography Metherell L: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part IB Batten S: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part II Mileva M: Social & Political Sciences Tripos, Part IIB Benson L: Final Veterinary MB, Part I Naujoks D: NST, Part II: Genetics Best M: Final Veterinary MB, Part II Nelson C: Oriental Studies Tripos, Part I Bland S: Geographical Tripos, Part IA Ni W: Economics Tripos, Part I Bond J: Geographical Tripos, Part IA Parker J: NST, Part IB Booth R: NST, Part IA Pearce L: Mathematical Tripos, Part II Bray T: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part IB Pile V: NST, Part IB Brooks C: Historical Tripos, Part IB Powell J: Geographical Tripos, Part II Bruce N: Oriental Studies Tripos, Prelim to Pt I Purdie S: MBA (Business Administration) Cagan A: Archaeological & Anthropological Tripos, Part I Ramsey S: Historical Tripos, Part II Chamberlin P: NST, Part IB Rees C: Social & Political Sciences Tripos, Part I Chaudry M: Economics Tripos, Part I Roberts A: Oriental Studies Tripos, Part I Cieplak P: MPhil in Screen Media & Cultures Robinson C: Land Economy Tripos, Part II Clarke T: Land Economy Tripos, Part IA Rogers L: Music Tripos, Part IB Connolly D: Mathematical Tripos, Part IB Rothkamm J: MPhil in International Relations Corr A: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part IA Rowe E: NST, Part IA Cronin R: "eology & Religious Studies Tripos, Part I Rukazenkova N: NST, Part II: Pharmacology Dalsania B: Economics Tripos, Part IIB Sanders E: Mathematical Tripos, Part IB Darbyshire R: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part IA Sheng G: MPhil in Micro-Nanotechnology Datta S: Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part IB Sheppard B: Engineering Tripos, Part IB Diep M: MPhil in Geography Smith W: Classical Tripos, Part IA Douglas S: Economics Tripos, Part I Stapleton L: Geographical Tripos, Part IA Elswit K: Mod & Med Langs Certificate Sweeney P: Land Economy Tripos, Part II Emmerson H: Law Tripos, Part IB Taylor E: Historical Tripos, Part II Emmerson-Kelly N: Computer Science Tripos, Part IB #urman K: Final Veterinary MB, Part III Evans R: Mathematical Tripos, Part III Townsend D: NST, Part IA Goodman D: NST, Part IB Trafford J: Geographical Tripos, Part IB Graham M: Engineering Tripos, Part IA Tremain H: NST, Part III: Geological Sciences Hagarty I: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part IA Vaughan O: NST, Part IB Hale S: Engineering Tripos, Part IA Watt C: Engineering Tripos, Part IB Haley J: Geographical Tripos, Part IA Weeks R: Engineering Tripos, Part IB Hall R: Engineering Tripos, Part IB Wells A: NST, Part II: Chemistry Harding N: English Tripos, Part I Yuan Y: Mathematical Tripos, Part IA Heaps R: Mod & Med Langs Tripos, Part II Zhang T: NST, Part IB

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S),%'!- N'4( St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Society Committee

President: John Oakes () Elected Members Immediate Past President: Elected : Jeremy Wallwork () Brian B Woodham () Elected : Elizabeth Baines (), Kelvin Vice-President and President Elect: Appleton (), Hamish Symington () Judge Colin Kolbert () Elected : Dr Jonathan Gair (, Chairman: John Horam () Research Fellow ), David Peace (), Hon Secretary: Canon Hugh Searle () who serves to  Hon Treasurer: Dr John Little (, Fellow Elected : Erica Goldsmith (), ) Dr Fiona Wardle (, Fellow ) Editor, Society Magazine: Roger Stratford Branch Chairmen (Ex Officio): Brian Duffin (, Fellow-Commoner ) (), Tony Engel (), Judge Alan Pardoe Editor, Society Website: Mike Diplock () (), Professor Reaveley Gair (), Professor Tony Watts (), Clive Brunswick (), David Sanders (), Keith Cocker ().

The Society President

J O  admit- tributed to most national titles over the last  years. ted from Purley County He now runs his own company, Quercus PR Ltd. Grammar School by Tom He is the proud father of Dan, , currently Henn in  to read Eng- with Nomura, and Rachel, , a freelance docu- lish, which he did with mentary producer/director whose credits include great pleasure, co-driving the BBC’s Sleep Clinic series. Spare time is now the  Cats expedition spent as a councillor in Haringey, north London. to the Peloponnese. He John chaired the Society’s London Group from won an oar – if only in –, piloting the Acheson-Gray sports day, wine the Seventh May boat – in tastings from the College cellar (thanks to Profes- , and became JCR President in . sor Ron Martin), and Society travel bursaries for On going down, he joined publishers "omas students, to show that active alumni are not sim- Nelson and, in his spare time, co-founded a clas- ply nostalgia-freaks, but that they contribute posi- sical music agency, which still flourishes. He then tively to the success of one of Cambridge’s leading switched to industrial market research with Metra, colleges. He looks forward to demonstrating this finally becoming a freelance journalist: he has con- thesis during his Presidential year.

Report on the $&th Annual Meeting (!""$)

T P, B Woodham (), took the events (see report on the Annual Dinner), and, in Chair at the th Annual Meeting of the Society cooperation with the Alumni Office, the drawing on  September . Some  members were up of a Service Agreement and an outline of Of- present and seven sent their apologies. ficers’ Roles and Responsibilities. In the absence of the Editor, Hamish Symington Reports reported that in  the total cost of the Magazine "e President began by thanking all those who had was about , a reduction of  on . supported him during his year of office, particu- Although there had been an increase in printing larly the Officers and members of the Committee. cost due to a larger number of copies and the use of He reported on his travels and other major Society improved ‘green’ paper, postage costs had been re-

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  duced because, in the UK, the Magazine now mails half of the Committee, introduced the following as a large letter rather than a packet as previously. proposal – ‘"at this AGM be asked to permit Where there was an overlap in the contents of the partners of members to attend the Annual Dinner Magazine and the Catharine Wheel, it had been in  and, taking the response into account, to agreed to reprint in the Magazine items from the authorise the Committee to decide what to do on Wheel which were judged to be part of the Col- future occasions’. lege record for posterity. More material from cur- He pointed out that there had been much dis- rent students is being included, although this can cussion of this matter in the last eighteen months, test the Editor’s discretion as to how far to improve but no clear consensus amongst members had jargon and obscurities. "e Editor’s view is to make emerged. "e Committee now believed the idea of only minimal alterations. inviting partners needed to be tested. "e purpose "e Webmaster, Mike Diplock, reported that of their proposal was to discover whether or not it  members are now registered and that the in- would attract younger members to the Dinner. teractive map is now complete, pinpointing the In the ensuing vigorous debate thirteen mem- location of  of the registered members around bers spoke. Some clearly felt that attracting young- he world. "e e-commerce site is now active and  er members to the Dinner was very important and of the  bookings for the dinner had been made that this was the one, as yet untried, means by using this online booking system. He encouraged which the Society could demonstrate that it want- branches to make maximum use of the website to ed younger members to help in shaping its life and publicise their activities. broadening its active membership. Others were less sure about this, saying that some ladies greatly val- Accounts ued the opportunity to share in a separate Partners In presenting the Accounts for – the Treasur- Supper and some were doubtful whether there was er, Dr John Little, reported that investments had any going back once the change had been made. increased by , with balances in the General When put to the vote the proposal was carried: and Robert Hardie Funds of  and   members voting in favour and  against. respectively. A somewhat large sum of more than , was held at the Bank and the Committee Elections was considering transferring some of this to invest- In the Elections the following persons were either ments. Likewise, the Committee would be looking confirmed in, or elected to, office for the coming at possible new uses for some of its investments as year: John Oakes () as President; Judge Colin its total assets were now over ,. "is year Kolbert () as President-Elect; John Horam the usual grant of  had been made to the Boat () as Chairman; Canon Hugh Searle () Club and grants totalling  had been made as Secretary; Dr John Little (, Fellow ) as from the Old Members Sports Fund to individu- Treasurer; Dr Fiona Wardle (, Fellow ) als playing at University level. "e capital in this and Erica Goldsmith () as members of the fund was ,. "ere had been no expenditure Committee. on the Henn lecture or from the Travel Fund. "e contribution to the costs of the Alumni Assistant Development post was . "e Accounts were accepted and "e Deputy Development Director, Karen Stephen- approved. (Any Member wishing to see the full ac- son, paid tribute to our enterprising and energetic counts should contact the Society Secretary.) Fellow for Development, Dr Sean O’Harrow, who had left in August to take up the post of Director Debate on the admission of partners to the of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa. "e Annual Dinner College had received several generous legacies this Following on from the discussion at the  meet- year. She thanked all members for their continued ing concerning the matters of permitting partners enthusiastic support of the College. to attend the annual dinner, the President, on be-

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Annual Dinner !""$ Geoffrey Stokell (), Dr Robert Jones (), Robert Reed I   of a sunny autumnal evening on (), Crispin Shorter (), Dr Edgar Brooks (),  September  members and guests sat down Clive Brunswick (), Jeremy Bunting (), James Evans to enjoy their annual dinner. Amongst those giv- (), Dudley Robinson (, Emeritus Fellow), David Bailey en a particular welcome by the President, Brian (), Revd Dr Lionel Wickham (), Roy Chapman (, Woodham, were: the Master, Professor Dame Jean Fellow-Commoner), Sydney Campion (), Gavin Dunbar (), Graham Fuller (), James McConville (), "omas; a former Master, Sir Terence English; Ray Mingay (), Canon Hugh Searle (), Derek Turnidge ten former Presidents; one of our oldest members (), Dr Francis Warner (, Honorary Fellow), – Fred "ompson (); fourteen matriculands Rod Bowman (), Patrick Holden (), John Horam from ; sixteen who matriculated with him in (), Lord Naseby (), Dr Martin Stanton (), ; and eighteen lady graduates. "ose present Rodney "omas (), Geoffrey "ornton (), Kelvin Appleton (), Graham Blackburn (), John Grove comprehensively spanned the generations. (), Lord Peter Temple-Morris (), Paul Everard "e President was very gratified to note that dur- (), Professor Reavley Gair (), Christopher Speake ing his year in office more than a thousand members (), Philip Bowring (), Michael Brown (), had attended various events organised by either the Professor John Crewsdon (), Professor Tony Watts (), Professor Haro Bedelian (), Professor Donald Broom (), Society or the Alumni Office. Highlights had been Tony Engel (), Geoffrey Gregg (), Nigel Jewers (), the reception at the House of Commons for the new John Langford (), John Oakes (), Judge Alan Pardoe Master, the Cutts Dinner, the Literary Reception for (), Michael Pipes (), Dennis Potter (), Peter Robjant Tim Waterstone and the various lunches and din- (), Richard Strickland (), Ralph Timms (), ners organised by branches around the country. He David Wain (), Brian Woodham (), Tony Yolland (), Roger Young (), John Roberts (), Herb Bate and his wife had also enjoyed the generous hospital- (), Max Easterman (), Richard Grieve (), ity of members during their tour to New Zealand, Judge David Pugsley (), Dr Brian Sweeney (), Australia and Singapore. He thanked the catering Dr Chris "orne (, Emeritus Fellow), David Cantrell staff for providing such an excellent meal. (), John Dunkley (), David Peace (), In her own words of welcome the Master thanked Philip Bentley (), Stephen Broughton (), Dick Joseph (), Martin Murphy (), Christopher Pick (), members for their sustained and generous support John Smallbone (), David Tudor-"omas (), of the College, and said how impressed she had been Professor John Moverley (), Bill Schardt (), to discover, during her first nine months in office, Jerry Wallwork (), David Sanders (), Douglas Blausten the strength of the affection of so many members (), Judge Patrick McCahill (), Dr John "ompson (, Emeritus Fellow), Basil Yoxall-Harary (), for St Catharine’s. ‘You are the College’, she said. Keith Cocker (), Mark Evans (), Andrew Nash (), Currently, music flourished, the uptake in sporting Stuart Condie (), Simon Ruffle (), Chris Sims (), activities was high and, in academic achievement Mark Appleton (), Stephen Smith (), Nigel Orchard within the University, St Catharine’s retained its (), Liz Appleton (), Julie Conder (), Jane Gaffney position amongst the top fifteen percent. (), Jane Munro (), Frances Witney (), Mike Diplock (), Tim Jeynes (), Richard Anderton Proceedings closed with the President handing (), Lizza Baines (), Nicola Chakraverty (), over his emblem of office to his successor, John Deborah Giles (), Elizabeth Greenwood (), Oakes. Stimulated and fortified by the pleasures Neil Lancastle (), Jane London (), Simon Rackham of food, wine and amicable conversation, members (), Dr Siri-ann Robling (), Rachel Sansome (), eventually left the Hall to enjoy further mutual cel- Hugh Stewart (), Dr Sue "ornton (), Paul Travers (), Andrew Morton (), Dr Philip Oliver (, ebrations, either in the peace and quiet of the SCR, Fellow), "omas Kemp (), Sir Terence English (, or in the more lively atmosphere of the Bar and the Former Master), Dr Jonathan Gair (, Research Fellow), music of the Southside Jazz Band. Jon Rudoe (), Philippa Law (), James Livingston (), Sam Woodham (), Georgia Ladbury "ose present were: "e Master, Fred "ompson (), (), Rosie Burton (), Karen Stephenson (), David Speake (), Judge Peter Mason (), Dr Edward Wickham (, Fellow), Jessica Parkin Roger Adcock (), David Asdell (), Malcolm Bentley (), Peter Mallinson (), Timothy Semken (), (), David Evison (), Michael Hughes (), Dr Manolo Guerci (, Research Fellow), Sir Tony Hurrell (), Duncan McLeish (), Revd Anthony Moore (, Fellow), Gerry Linstead Moreton Stokes (), Patrick Crampton (), (former Deputy Head Porter). Dr Jim Norris (), Bill Reed (), Peter Kendell (),

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Music at the Annual Reunion

M   in the Reunion of the richness and high standard of music nour- programme this year. ished at St Catharine’s. In the Chapel during Saturday afternoon there In the Main Court during tea, and in the Bar was a marvellously accomplished and entertain- after dinner, John Roberts () and his South- ing recital by individual St Catharine’s musicians. side Band entertained us with a feast of jazz. "eir "e programme was richly varied, both classical performances certainly added to the relaxation and and light-hearted. Peter Mallinson – in his final feel-good factor of the occasion, arousing some to year reading Music – coaxed mellow and haunting test their ageing bones on the dance floor well past sounds from his viola as he played movements from midnight. Bach’s Sonata no.  for Viola da Gamba and Piano In the Chapel once more, at Evensong, an Alum- (accompanied by guest artist Christopher White) ni Choir gathered to lead the singing. With mini- and Robin Holloway’s Sonata for solo viola. Rose- mal practice these voices drew hearts and minds mary Burton – who graduated in music in  upwards through the Psalm, Magnificat, Nunc Di- – filled the Chapel with the warm, tender and sub- mittis and Britten’s Jubilate Deo. terranean sounds of her bassoon as she played two So this year music helped to make our reunion movements from Robert Schumann’s Funf Stucke memorable. We are very grateful to those who in Volkston, and two songs from Bernstein’s West made it all possible, especially John Roberts and Side Story – Maria and Something’s Coming. Finally Dr Edward Wickham, the Director of Music. Andy Morton, with Nigel Hess at the piano, took "e retiring collection at Evensong for Water our breath away with his dazzling rendering of some Aid amounted to . Many thanks for everyone’s witty, playful songs about undergraduate life. support. "ese talented musicians clearly gave us a glimpse

The St Catharine’s College Guild

S   their interest in, and own beliefs and practices, they are taking part in a affection for, the College in many different ways, simultaneous and widespread act of remembrance.’ amongst which reading this Magazine, attending In  it was noted that one respondent described Reunions and Branch gatherings are the most fa- himself as ‘a doubter’ who ‘thought kindly of the miliar. Perhaps a lesser known means of doing so is College sitting in his garden.’ the St Catharine’s Guild. In , when + cards were being received "e Guild was formed almost forty years ago, in annually, it was decided to dispense with issuing , on the initiative of the then Master, Professor cards, and instead to provide a slip in the Maga- Rich, its purpose being ‘to encourage members of zine to be returned to the Chaplain. "is practice the College and of the Society, wherever they may continued for the next fifteen years. No mention be and whatever denomination they may support, of the Guild appeared in the Magazine in  and to make their communion on the Sunday next be-  (it had also lapsed in  and ), but a fore  November (St Catharine’s Day) in each year notice reappeared in – and, in , follow- with the College in mind; and to inform the Mas- ing the change in the timing of publication of the ter that they have done so.’ (Cards were provided Magazine from September to December, in the for this.) Reports appearing in the Magazine over August edition of the Catharine Wheel. No return the next ten years indicated that the number of slips have been provided since . Participants cards returned worldwide in any one year had been have simply been invited to inform the Master. Ac- as high as , and that they represented ‘a wide cording to the Master’s Secretary thirteen responses diversity of beliefs.’ "is diversity was often com- were received last year. mended. In  it was noted that ‘what matters is Given that the College membership is now that men should be aware that, according to their much more international and multi-faith than it

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  was  years ago, the Governing Body has agreed that the original purpose of the Guild be redefined that the constituency of the Guild can be broad- to read as follows: ened to include members from all Faiths, and is ‘To encourage members of the College, wher- confident that this is in keeping with the spirit of ever they may be, to remember the College ac- its foundation. As already indicated, the Guild was cording to the tradition and spirituality of their intended to embrace a wide diversity of beliefs – faith, on or around  November (St Catharine’s albeit within the Christian tradition – and to be a Day) and to inform the Master’s Secretary that means of uniting members in ‘a simultaneous and they have done so.’ widespread act of remembrance.’ It is believed that "ere are no costs involved. Given that the Guild this original purpose would not be undermined if was founded by the then Master, Professor Rich, the the Guild now were seen to embrace those from Master’s Secretary will continue to receive any cor- all faith traditions. Indeed, it might give it added respondence. Please let her know if you share in this relevance and vigour. commemoration. "e revised statement of purpose Accordingly, the Governing Body has agreed will appear in the Catharine Wheel in August .

Branch News

East Anglian Branch On  May, thanks to Duncan McLeish, we vis- Tony Watts () writes ited the Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum at Ded- "e Branch year began with a return visit to the ham, in the house where Sir Alfred painted many University Library on  October . We were of his most famous works. Most of the party were shown a specially arranged display in the Map De- able to lunch together beforehand in nearby Strat- partment, as well as going to parts of the Library ford St Mary. not normally open to Readers. Finally, Duncan McLeish arranged a visit to "e AGM and Dinner were held in College the Newmarket Racecourse, the historic home on Saturday  March . At the AGM, Offi- of British horse-racing. We lunched together and cers and Committee were elected, including Tony then attended seven races, including the Aphro- Watts to succeed Derek Turnidge as Chairman and dite Stakes. Some modest flutters resulted in sev- Secretary. "e Dinner, in the SCR, was attended by eral wins: only your correspondent managed to  members and guests, including the new Master, lose on all seven races. Professor Dame Jean "omas. A presentation was made to Derek Turnidge as a token of appreciation West Midlands for the leadership and service he had given to the Tony Engel () writes Branch over many years. "e Midland Group held an open day at Mary Arden House in July – courtesy of Roger Pringle Members present included: Professor Dame Jean "omas () – the Director of the Shakespeare Birthday (Master), Austen Bird (), Michael Brown (), Jeremy Bunting (), Brian Cooper ( ), Mrs Margaret Fuller Trust. In the evening a Brazilian band performed (Associate Member), Geoffrey Heath (), Nicholas in the grounds whilst we ate, drank and (even) Heath (), Duncan McLeish (), Ray Mingay (), danced. We were lucky in that it was one of the "e Rt Hon the Lord Naseby (), Simon Ruffle (), few sunny days (and evenings) of a wet July and Rev Canon Hugh Searle (), Peter Tee (), Dr Chris the event was much enjoyed by those who attend- "orne (Emeritus Fellow), Derek Turnidge (), Tony Watts (), Roger Wicks (), David Way () and ed. "ank you to those who attended and to those Brian Woodham (Society President, ). who contacted me as a result of the publicity. If you have any ideas for future events, please contact On the afternoon of the AGM, Roger Wicks me at [email protected]. arranged a visit to the National Hyacinth Collec- tion at Waterbeach. "is was enjoyed by those who braved the fenland wind to hear at first hand from an enthusiast for his subject.

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South West David Sanders () writes In the first full year since establishing the branch in the south west there has been a great deal of activity. Recognising the problem of long distance travel between the centres of population we have held a number of informal gatherings in different locations throughout the region. "ese took place in Bristol, Exeter, Yealmpton and, most success- fully, Newquay. We also arranged a walk on Dart- moor in February followed by a pub lunch which was well attended (including by some who hadn’t braved the rigours of the moor). Auckland Members at a get-together at the More formally, there was a repeat of the Re- North Shore Golf Club on  January  union Lunch in Exeter, in a splendid room over- to meet the President. !ey had a jolly time looking Cathedral Green, which was attended by aided by some good NZ wine. Note in the the President and a further twenty or so members front row Emeritus Fellow Pat Lacey. and guests. It is planned to hold this event on an annual basis from now on and we hope as many ing to take a more active part by joining the com- members as possible will be able to join us. mittee to make it up to a realistic number. Finally the season ended with a thoroughly en- Can I appeal therefore for all interested to let me joyable visit to the National Trust property at Tyn- have suggestions for the sort of events they would tesfield, organised and led by John Weeks () like to attend and for some people to express their who is a volunteer guide at the property. willingness to join the committee and commit to In all around fifty members and guests in the attending probably what would be – meetings south west have attended at least one of these of a couple of hours at most per year. My email events and we hope even more will join us in the address is [email protected]. year ahead. Please get in contact if you have ideas for future "e committee welcomes any suggestions from events or would be willing to commit to joining an members for events and may be contacted through informal committee. the Society website. Tea in Cumbria North West Branch Emeritus Professor Nicholas Handy () writes Keith Cocker () writes Seven members from Cumbria joined my wife After an encouraging start – has been a Carole and I for tea at our home in "ornthwaite, disappointing year for the North West Branch. on  August . "ey were: Paul Clarke () "rough the generosity of our Treasurer, John with Jenny, Dick Bird () with Penny, Leo Pyle Jewitt, a lunch and pageant was organised at () with Dympna, Bevis Cubey () with John’s pub ‘"e Olde Man and Scythe’ in Bolton. Ann, Ben Bardsley (), Adrian Simper () Despite extensive publicity attendance was very with Margie (). David Ingram (former Mas- disappointing. We are grateful to the four mem- ter) with Alison, joined the party. We all enjoyed bers who attended but these numbers are really a pleasant afternoon meeting new friends.  was not viable going forward. In addition the only ac- generously donated for ‘Hospice at Home, Carlisle tive members of the committee are the Chairman and North Cumbria’. and the Treasurer and again this is not practical going forward. Wessex Branch If the Branch is to continue we need to have Clive Brunswick () writes more ideas from members about what would prove In June our Branch Chairman, Mike Diplock (), popular as events and we need more members (es- moved to Norwich and Clive Brunswick () took pecially I have to say younger members) to be will- over as Branch Chairman. We have four new Branch

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  LESTER Committee Members and our Committee now con- sists of Tony Norman (Bursar ), John Tudor H ILL

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Chris Watney () and Clive Brunswick (). ' 1970 We are pleased that Mike Diplock continues as ( Editor of the Society’s Website. "e last event organised by Mike Diplock was on Sunday  April  when thirty-five members and guests visited the Royal Signals Museum at Bland- ford Forum to enjoy a most entertaining and infor- mative talk by Dr Mark Baldwin () entitled ‘"e Codebreakers’. Mark told us about one of the Second World War’s most fascinating stories; that of the Enigma machine, a portable encryption device widely used by the Germans, which they believed to be totally secure. Nevertheless, by mathematical analysis and modern technology (and a certain amount of good luck), the Allies devised techniques for ‘breaking’ Enigma codes, and thus read hundreds of thousands of German messages, providing a wealth of reliable Peter Sutherland’s garden Saturday  July intelligence. . In Peter’s hand is a previous copy of the College "e intelligence gained was of immense value to magazine which featured the same flag at the North the Allies in virtually every theatre of war, but no- Pole. Our picture shows Members of the Society’s where more so than in the Battle of the Atlantic, that London Group and guests gathered at the temporary fierce conflict which lasted nearly six years and cost victualling station established at Bird Place, Henley- over , lives. Mark used the Battle of the Atlan- on-!ames, believed to be the closest to the source tic to exemplify the importance of codebreaking in of that great river that the flag has ever been flown. winning the war. Members may be relieved to hear that the flag has After the talk members had a chance to use one since been returned intact to its home in London. of the few remaining fully functioning Enigma ma- chine in the country. in a letter to our Branch Members early in the New Year. Members from other branches will be wel- Members attending included: Colin Matthewman (), come. Geoff Miller (), Bill Reed (), John Benstead (), Ian Ferguson (), Barry Jackson (), Graham Jones (), Clive Brunswick (), Chris Watney (), Ian London Branch Davies (), Christopher Napper (), Mark Baldwin Judge Alan Pardoe () writes (), Andrew Mcleod (), David Sanders (), Ian "e London Group has had an enjoyable year with Henley (), Andrew Hinde (), Mike Diplock (), three events. "e first was our Annual Dinner in Tony Norman (Bursar ). November , held as usual, thanks to the gener- "e next event of the Wessex Branch was a visit ous hospitality of the Walduck family (and Richard to Salisbury Cathedral and Museums in its Close on Walduck in particular) at the Imperial Hotel, Russell Saturday  October . As this copy is written Square. We were privileged to entertain as our Guest prior to the event you will be able to see a report of Honour Professor Sir John Baker who delivered about it on the Society Website when you receive a sparkling account of the College’s progress. We this Magazine. understood the imperceptible difference between We are holding a branch Luncheon in Andover the College’s all-victorious academic performance on Sunday  February  and we have been very in  and that in  and we rejoiced again at fortunate to get Professor Sir John Baker as speaker. its all-round other achievements. Next a party was Further details will go on the Society Website and constituted to attend the Varsity Match at Twick-

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  enham and then we met as usual at Henley in the the College in London. London, where most people glorious gardens of Bird Place on the river by Hen- are so endlessly busy, is a difficult place in which to ley Bridge in the evening of the Saturday of Henley organise a College Group. "at we do so has owed Week. We owe that to other friends, Peter and Diane yet again an enormous amount to the work of our Sutherland who again tolerated our invasion of their Honorary Secretary, Heather Powell, to whom again home and made us welcome. Many of us also at- we give much thanks. tended the several very enjoyable events organised by

It just wasn’t cricket

O  J  the College’s finest alumni crick- eters and a few of the current fine crop assembled at the St Catharine’s ground to take on the might of an MCC team in a game arranged to celebrate the tenure of Doug Insole CBE () as President of the Marylebone Cricket Club. In the event, the English summer let us down with torrential rain saturating the pitch and not a ball could be bowled. Nevertheless, those who could stay for a celebratory dinner in the evening had an excellent time, drinking a glass (or two) to the health of our cricketing celebrity. Dr John Little (Fellow) made a speech outlining Doug’s career from London Schoolboys XI, through the – University seasons (playing also for Essex while still a student) to leadership of that county and playing in nine Tests for England in the s. He retired in  and became a Test selector, continuing to support cricket with such distinction that he earned the CBE, having served on the MCC committee and as an England selec- tor for  years. His Presidency of the MCC is well-deserved.

Meet the Master at the House of Commons

F   of previous alumni events Westminster Bridge and St "omas’s Hospital. at the Palace of Westminster, John Horam MP "e Master, John Horam, and Society President (), Chairman of the St Catharine’s College So- Brian Woodham () welcomed the guests, who ciety, hosted a reception at the House of Commons were then invited to tour the Lords and Commons for College members; an opportunity to meet the Chambers, with guides who were both informative new Master, Professor Dame Jean "omas DBE SD and entertaining. So many guests took the oppor- FRS FMS (). tunity to see these historic venues, that the party "is popular reception took place on a balmy lingered on well after closing time. summer evening as more than  alumni and their It was good to see so many alumni re-establish- guests gathered over drinks and delicious canapés ing contact in such special surroundings, and for in the Members’ Dining Room overlooking the members to meet the Master in a relaxed setting. A "ames with lovely views of the London Eye, very successful evening.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  A dinner to honour John ‘Salamander’ Cutts

John Oakes () Society Vice President writes O  J ,  Cats Alumni and  wives the flag at the Siege of Buda (), as a ‘a foot- and guests sat down in the Long Room at the Hon- note in British history, but a landmark in Hungary, ourable Artillery Company for a dinner which, it taught to every child.’ She then helped us toast his is fair to say, none of them will forget. "e osten- memory in the Embassy’s Tokay. sible reason was the th anniversary of the death It would not be rude to other contributors to say of John ‘Salamander’ Cutts (Fellow-Commoner) that the account by Professor Richard Holmes of – and third-in-command on the field of the army in Cutts’s day was the highlight of the eve- Blenheim, so it was appropriately presided over by ning – a delightful, bravura performance. But run- Lieutenant General Andrew Figgures (), who ning him a close second was our own, inimitable welcomed members of Cutts’s own family. Sir John Baker, telling us not only of Cats Officers In the souvenir menu, Lord Spencer told us, ‘I on both sides of the Civil War, but also about Fran- think it is wonderful that Cutts is being remem- cis Cammaerts (), a pacifist-turned-fighter who bered by his old College this evening. My ancestor joined the SOE to set up a southern French Resis- John Churchill, st Duke of Marlborough, was for- tance movement numbering a staggering ,. tunate to have several generals who gave him total I would like to thank our sponsors, Peter Wol- support. "e Salamander’s astonishing personal ton (Oxford Investment Partners), Hugh Bohling bravery inspired the first army to win respect in (CityNet Law), Denis Potter, Andre Pretorius, Les- Europe since the days of Henry V.’ "anks to one ter Hillman, Sir Geoffrey Pattie, Quercus PR Ltd, of our guests, Lieutenant Colonel George Waters, Anthony Engel (Evelyn Hodgson Memorial Trust), Commanding Officer of Cutts’s old regiment, the John Cutts (Pall Mall Capital), Clive Sinclair-Poul- Coldstream Guards, we had royal entertainment – ton (Childerley Restoration), and Hamish Syming- the combined fifes and drums of the Regimental ton. Without them, and the efforts of Peter Jones Band gave a rousing send-off to the meal before and Lester Hillman, who helped me organize the handing over to its wind quintet. "e Regiment evening, it would have been much less impressive. also lent us a splendidly arrogant portrait from its "e last word went to Sir John: ‘One thing we own Mess (see illustration). A decent copy would most certainly have in common with the Cold- ornament our present Hall. stream Guards motto is that we are second to none. Andrea Norman-Walker, First Secretary of the In that spirit, I invite you to join me in the toast Hungarian Embassy, described Cutts’s planting of “St Catharine’s College, Nulli Secundum”’.

Left to right: Sir John Baker, Mark Cutts, Professor Richard Holmes CBE TD, John Cutts, Lieutenant-General Andrew Figgures CBE (), John Oakes () dinner organiser and former chairman of the London Group

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General John “Salamander” Cutts, first Lord Cutts of Gowran –, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, third in command at the battle of Blenheim  and Fellow-Commoner of Katharine Hall . (See previous page.)

Senior Appointments in the University

Richard Dance (Fellow ) has been appointed Matt Mason (Fellow ) has been appointed to a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anglo-Sax- the new post of University Physiologist. "is means on, Norse and Celtic. that St Catharine’s has a complete set (three out of three) of these (primarily teaching) posts, the other Lucy Delap (Fellow ) has been appointed to a two being University Clinical Anatomist, Joanne five-year Newton Trust Lectureship in History Wilton (Fellow ), and University Veterinary Anatomist, David Bainbridge (Fellow ). Miranda Griffin (Fellow ) has been appoint- ed to a five-year Newton Trust Lectureship in the Catherine Pickstock () has been appointed a Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Reader in the Department of Divinity.

Sriya Iyer has been appointed to a five-year New- Michael Sutcliffe (Fellow ) has been appoint- ton Trust Lectureship in the Faculty of Economics ed a Reader in the Department of Engineering.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Honours and Awards

Peter Barnes (), Professor of "oracic Medi- Julian Dow (, Research Fellow ) has been cine at the National Heart and Lung Institute and awarded an ScD by the University of Cambridge. Head of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College, Julian is Professor of Molecular and Integrative London, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Physiology in the Division of Molecular Genetics Society in recognition of his research into asthma of the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Over the University of Glasgow. He is editor of the Dic- the last  years he has been the most highly cited tionary of Cell Biology. clinical researcher in the UK and most highly cited respiratory researcher in the world. Harry Elderfield (Fellow ), Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeochemistry at the Universi- Chris Bayly (Fellow ), Vere Harmsworth Pro- ty of Cambridge, has been awarded the Urey Medal fessor of Imperial and Naval History, and Direc- of the European Association of Geochemistry. "e tor of the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cam- medal is given annually by the Association for out- bridge was made a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s standing contributions advancing Geochemistry Birthday Honours, . Professor Bayly’s exten- over a career. Harry has also been awarded a Royal sive studies in modern India and his personal in- Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow- terest in Indian history have been a key factor in ship for the – academic year. strengthening the historic relationship between the University and India. Jonathan Gair (Research Fellow , Fellow ) has been awarded a Royal Society University Donald Broom (, Fellow ), Colleen Research Fellowship to be held in Cambridge. Macleod Professor of Animal Welfare at the Uni- versity of Cambridge, has received the RSPCA Rhys Green (), RSPB Senior Research fellow Michael Kay Award ‘in recognition of services to in Conservation Biology in the Department of Zo- European Animal Welfare.’ ology at Cambridge, has been elected Honorary Professor of Conservation Science at Cambridge. Chris Clark (Fellow ), Reader in Modern Eu- ropean History at the University of Cambridge, Colonel Gordon Lane () was awarded a CBE is one of the three winners of the  Wolfson in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List  for Ser- Prize for History, the most prestigious prize in the vices in support of the Armed Forces deployed in profession, for his book Iron Kingdom: !e rise and Iraq and Afghanistan. See also News of Members. downfall of Prussia –, which was reviewed in the  Magazine. Ron Martin (Research Fellow , Fellow ), Professor of Economic Geography at the Univer- Jacqui Cole (Research Fellow ) has been sity of Cambridge, has been awarded one of three awarded one of the six  Brian Mercer Feasibil- Major Research Fellowships by the Leverhulme ity Awards by the Royal Society. "e awards are for Trust for the period  October  to  Septem- innovation and provide funds for investigating the ber . "is is to conduct research into !e Role commercial potential of projects. of Path Dependence in Economic Evolution.

Fiona Wardle (, Fellow ) has been award- ed one of the three prestigious  Lister Institute Research Prizes for her work in developmental bi- ology on transcriptional regulation of early verte- brate development.

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Recent publications by or about College Members, donated to the College library. Barnes, Kenneth J. () A rough passage: Harris, John Wesley () !e traditional theatre memories of empire. London: Radcliffe, . of Japan: Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and puppetry. [ volumes] Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, . [pp] Bayly, Professor Sir Christopher A (Fellow ) MacLaren, Hon. Roy (), Commissions high: Forgotten wars: the end of Britain’s Asian empire. Canada in London, –. London: Allen Lane, . [pp] Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Bourne, Dr Craig (Research Fellow –) . [pp] A future for presentism. Oxford: Clarendon McCue, J publisher () A.E.H. A.W.P.: a Press, . [pp] classical friendship. "e Foundling Press,  Broughton, RFS () Big Dick, little Dick. [pp] Brentwood: Chipmunkapublishing, . Mercer, David () Change and continuity [pp] in peri-urban Australia, state of the peri-urban Brummell, Paul () Turkmenistan: the Bradt regions: a review of the literature. travel guide. Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Travel Melbourne: RMIT University, . [pp] Guide, . [pp] Paxman, Jeremy () On Royalty. Buller, Norman () Sleeping with icons. London: Viking, . [pp] Hove: Waterloo Press, . [pp] Pyle, Dr David M (, Fellow , Carr, Dr Gillian (Fellow ) Creolised bodies Emeritus Fellow ) et al. Volcanic degassing. and hybrid identities: examining the early Roman Geological Society Special publication no . period in Essex and Hertfordshire. (British Series London: "e Geological Society, . [pp] ) Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, Turner, John Munsey () !e historian as . [pp] preacher. Warrington: Church in the market Cavaliero, Dr Glen ( Fellow-Commoner Place Publications, . [pp] ), !e justice of the night: poems. Wakelin, Dr Daniel (Research Fellow Leyburn: Tartarus Press, . [pp] –) Humanism, reading, and English Clingham, G (), Sustaining literature: essays… literature, –. Oxford: Oxford University commemorating the life and work of Simon Varey. Press, . [pp] Cranbury: Bucknell University Press, . Wickham, Dr Edward (Fellow ) [pp] "e essential Josquin des Prez. (CD). Copp, Michael () !e fourth imagist ; selected London: Sanctuary Records, . poems of F.S. Flint.. Madison: Wickham, Dr Edward (Fellow ) Associated University Presses, . [pp] In memoria: medieval songs of remembrance. Culliford, LDC () Love, healing and (CD). London: Sanctuary Records, . happiness. Winchester: O books, . [pp] Wickham, Dr Edward (Fellow ) Giovene di Girasole, Lorenzo () !e Sicilian "e Ockeghem collection (boxed CD set). fisherman. Potters Bar: Hillbury Press, . London: Sanctuary Records, . [ CDs] [pp] Zetter, Professor Roger () ed. Godwin, Peter () When a crocodile eats the Designing sustainable cities in the developing sun: a memoir. London: Picador, . [pp] world. Aldershot: Ashgate, . [pp] Grounds, Roger () Grasses: choosing and using these ornamental plants in the garden. London: Quadrille, . [pp]

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A Rough Passage: Memories of still facing unresolved problems. "is book will be essential Empire (two volumes) for anyone seeking to learn how they came to be the way they Kenneth Barnes are, and is in fact already on the – reading lists of the "e Radcliffe Press,  Cambridge History faculty. "e first volume of this autobiog- JRS raphy describes the author’s early A Future for Presentism years, from his childhood in Mal- Craig Bourne acca (–), Malaya, Australia Clarendon Press,  and England during the war years ‘What is time? If no one asks me, I and later, his time at St Catharine’s know, if I want to explain it to some- (–) where he read history one who asks, I do not know’. "us and was fortunate enough to meet Augustine of Hippo in his Confes- his future wife a few days after ar- sions, written in the fifth century. rival as a fresher, to his career as Colonial Administrator in Since his days, time has remained Nigeria from –. Volume  is almost wholly concerned one of the most fascinating and with his time in Malawi (Nyasaland before Independence) puzzling subjects for metaphysical from – where he finished up as Permanent Secretary in speculation. What is time? For ex- the Malawi Treasury, still as a member of the Overseas Civil ample, how, if at all, is it different Service. "ese were eventful years, full of responsibility and from space—can we travel in time? Does time ‘flow’? And made more difficult for the author by a continuing disabil- are the past, the present, and the future real in fundamentally ity brought on initially by an attack of polio in . Barnes different senses? Or, more specifically, is there any ontological writes about them with enviable recall of detail, producing a difference between the present on the one hand, and the past vivid account of one man’s view of the waning British Empire. and the future on the other? "e view currently dominant It will be a resource for Colonial historians, but also makes among metaphysicians is that there is no such difference: past, excellent reading for those who prefer fact to fiction. JRS present and future exist in precisely the same way; things ex- isting in the past, present and future also exist in precisely the Forgotten Wars: the end of Britain’s same way; and time does not ‘flow’ from past, to present, to Asian Empire future. "is is the so-called ‘tenseless’ theory of time, a theory Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper that, as Bourne reminds us, was endorsed by, among others, Allen Lane,  Bertrand Russell, C.D.Broad, W.V.Quine, and Hugh Mellor. "is book, covering the period Against the tenseless theory, Bourne’s book offers an elegant –, is the sequel to Forgot- and spirited defence of ‘presentism’, that is, the view that only ten Armies: the fall of British Asia, the present time exists. Part  starts by arguing that presentism – by the same authors, which is the only alternative to the tenseless theory; it then shows was reviewed in the  Magazine. how the arguments commonly employed to dismiss this thesis "e end of World War II, following are, in fact, far from conclusive, and constructs a presentist the surrender of the Japanese in , semantics and a presentist metaphysics which are not open to left the British, in principle, free the standard objections. Part  explores the relations between to resume control of their Empire presentist metaphysics and the theory of relativity. in South-East Asia. In practice, however, the situation had With this work Bourne is sharply raising the stakes for de- changed irrevocably in almost all of the countries concerned, fenders of the tenseless theory of time. "is is an important largely due to the unstoppable growth of nationalism in India, book, which opens up an entirely new debate in one of the Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia, combined with the exhaustion most interesting mainstream areas of metaphysics. and relative financial impoverishment of Britain after six years MF-S of war. For the inhabitants of these and other countries in the region,  brought no peace, but further conflicts, often of a more complicated kind. In a Prologue, eleven chapters, an Epilogue,  pages of Notes and Bibliography, with a substantial index, the authors provide a scholarly and detailed, but very readable, account of how the different countries gained their independence. Although the book deals mainly with the politics, it is en- livened throughout by reminders, such as quotations or per- sonal accounts, of the multitude of individuals caught up in, or responsible for, the events described. Fifty-eight years on, India – the largest democracy in the World – and Malaysia are thriving, but Pakistan and, to a greater extent, Burma, are

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Turkmenistan Creolised bodies and hybrid Paul Brummell identities Bradt Travel Guides Ltd,  Gillian Carr "e Bradt series of guides, now about BAR British Series ,   in number, concentrates on desti- Was the Roman conquest of Britain nations or interests which are off the a ‘good thing’, as Sellar and Yeatman usual track and Paul Brummell, who told us in  (not, as the author be- was British Ambassador in Turkmen- lieves, )? What was the reaction istan from  to , has written of the Iron Age Britons (supposedly the first English guidebook for the hairy, baggy-trousered, woad-blue, adventurous visitor to this desert uncivilised but macho) to the Romans republic, which lies on the northern (clean-shaven, perfumed, effete but border of Iran with the Caspian Sea organised and militarily all-conquering)? Apart from Boadicea as its western boundary. "e layout is (I prefer this spelling), they did not rebel, but was there serious conventional, with two introductory chapters on background underground resistance to the conquerers, or perhaps ‘dumb in- and practical information, followed by six further chapters on solence’ (the article on the Channel Islands occupation in World the various regions. War II, in this issue, is surely of relevance) or did they mainly It is immediately obvious that the author managed to ac- just adapt? "is volume, slim, elegant and authoritative like its quire a profound knowledge of the country in his time there, author, seeks to probe these questions, which have exercised and and with frankness and humour he describes both the sights even polarised archaeological thinking. Part of the problem may and the sites – the country was on the ancient Silk Road, so have been in terminology: ‘Romanisation’ as a word is thought has a great deal of archaeology, much of it in ruins after the to carry too much baggage. Carr suggests that an approach us- depredations of Genghiz Khan, Tamerlane and their like. He ing the linguistic concepts of creolisation or pidginisation could also lists the merits and demerits of every hostel and restau- help in considering the ‘non-equal hybridity’ that might have rant the tourist might consider. He does not hide the practical occurred during the early Roman occupation. difficulties which will be encountered, but expresses the view By looking at Romano-British items from an area of that the pleasures of meeting and getting to know the Turk- southeast England – specifically those concerned with hu- men people are an ample reward. man adornment, such as brooches, hairpins, nail-cleaners, JRS tweezers, ear-scoops and cosmetics, she has discovered some Sleeping with Icons interesting developments over time. In some cases Roman in- troductions were copied and modified, but cosmetic grinding Norman Buller might well have been a pre-conquest British technique associ- Waterloo Press,  ated with the use of indigo for body painting, later adapted for Norman Buller began his poetic ca- more general beautification. Difficult though it is to pinpoint reer in the s, but this is his first situations in which particular hair-styling or nostril-plucking full collection. He displays verbal might represent an important way of asserting Romanisation concision, a skilful and unobtrusive or its opposite (Britishness?), let alone the thinking of those use of rhyme, and a directness of ancient folk, this volume makes fascinating reading. statement that focuses less on the CJRT poet’s perceptions than on the things and people he perceives. "ere are The Justice of the Night memorable poems on "omas Hardy Glen Cavaliero and D.H. Lawrence, while of Paul Cezanne Buller writes, ‘He Tartarus Press,  strove to see the world / without a memory, / paring nature Vivid phrasing is perhaps the strength to its anatomy / and then refleshing it / to perfect form / in of the poets of this age. In Glen Cavali- which his feeling lingers / like a fragrance.’ "is both analyses ero’s new collection of poems !e Justice the artist’s work and in doing so reflects the poetic process of the Night we have an abundance of it: itself. Buller’s craftsmanship is exemplary, and his work is also ‘Gothic arcades… deft as horses pranc- pleasurable for its thoughtful record of things seen and intelli- ing’, ‘leafy places in their grey rain’, gently appraised. Moreover it leaves the reader space in which ‘the auburn stone of balustrades’, ‘a to breathe: no wonder that "om Gunn admired it. hunchback church’. Where he outdoes GC his contemporaries is in a strong sense of the numinous. His summoning of place and person is strong and subtle. Without lodging in the mind like the traditional crisp couplets and lapidary lines, the poems are enchanting, good to re-read, and in the best sense educational. "is much-abused word says what every poet should be, since he is there to communicate, to expand his readers’ sensibility, to show what it is like to live.

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"ere is humour, without which all art is incomplete. "e idea Love, Healing and Happiness: of a modernist representation of Jesus being like ‘the bearded Spiritual Wisdom for Secular Times chap that bought that clapped-out Morris’ is delightfully dis- Larry Culliford missive. Glen Cavaliero’s poems are harnessed, as poems need O Books,  to be, by logical form and rough metre. "ey should remain "e author, who graduated in on the shelves of readers much longer than the work of most medicine and now works as a psy- of his contemporaries. chiatrist, proposes that ‘One of the PG most important principles of spiri- tuality is “reciprocity”, the basis for Sustaining Literature: Essays on Literature, History and Culture, the golden rule, to do as you would )*""–)+"". Commemorating the Life be done by. [So] harming another and Work of Simon Varey. person is also somehow to do harm Greg Clingham, ed. to oneself’(p.). "is principle is Bucknell University Press,  exemplified with a series of personal experiences, traditional "e scope and variety of this volume parables and descriptions of the problems of some of his pa- provide a fitting tribute to Simon tients. Varey’s own wide-ranging interests, When explaining the advantages of ‘spiritual skills’, the au- from Augustan literature and politics thor pragmatically includes: being able to relax; reflecting on to travel writing and cookery. Greg your responsibility for your actions; developing compassion Clingham and others paint a vivid and empathy; being emotionally sensitive to others; being picture of Varey as scholar, critic, en- able to endure the distress of others; and being able to grieve. thusiast and friend. "e book’s impressive roll-call of scholars He also discusses the concept of ‘wholeness’ and advocates includes Howard Erskine-Hill on Swift, Maximillian Novak various secular and religious practices such as participating in on Defoe and the late J. Douglas Canfield on Restoration dra- faith community activities. ma. A previously unpublished essay by Christopher Macgregor In some of the individual histories related, the role of (–; St. Catharine’s ) discusses Dryden’s Alexander’s meditation, during which a person thinks about his or her Feast; there are contributions by Anne Barbeau Gardiner and own actions and all of their consequences, is emphasized. "e Brean Hammond on Swift’s religion, by Bertrand Goldgar on book has interesting psychiatric insights and could be of con- "e Grub-Street Journal, Mona Scheuermann on Hannah siderable value to those in need of spiritual healing. More, Carl Fisher on Fielding, Alexander Pettit on Eliza Hay- DMB wood, Kevin Berland on antitheatrical polemic, Anita Guerrini The Sicilian Fisherman on anatomy, Jayne Lewis on that notorious eighteenth-century Lorenzo Giovene hoax, the Cock Lane Ghost (an essay this reviewer particularly Hillbury Press,  enjoyed), and Kevin Cope on caves and volcanoes. CG Set in the south of Italy in the s, the story is of a young man’s attempt The Fourth Imagist: Selected Poems to escape from the stultifying life of of F. S. Flint his isolated fishing village by catch- Michael Copp, ed. ing a large and valuable fish, the Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Imperial Grouper. "e fishermen  of the village, who have no motors "e so-called Imagist poets of the years and cannot use compass or chart, do prior to  upheld a direct approach not venture outside their own bay to their subject matter, with strict since many boats have been smashed verbal economy and composed ‘in se- against the surrounding rocks by sudden storms. One sum- quence of the musical phrase, not in mer a fisherman comes from Sicily with secret knowledge of sequence of a metronome.’ "e words a fishing ground (an underwater mountain top in open sea) belong to F. S. Flint, the beliefs were outside this haven. He and his sons row out of sight and then shared by Ezra Pound. Flint’s name is often cited in histories return with a number of the prized Groupers. "is causes of early th-century English literature; but his poetry has usu- much interest among the local fishermen but none dares ally been ignored. "is selection is doubly welcome, not just for brave the open sea. filling a gap, but also because the poems themselves have much "e hero of the book decides to break the mould and abet- interest and deserve to be revived. For Flint, albeit a theorist, was ted by his girlfriend he and his younger mate prepare in secret not to be limited by that: his work, while clearly influenced by for what is likely to be a dangerous voyage. "ey succeed in Imagist tenets, strains against prescriptive barriers and is musical following the Sicilian fishermen and finding the hidden fish- and full of genuine human feeling. Michael Copp’s selection not ing ground. "ey catch a Grouper but are themselves in turn only provides an enlightening Introduction but also two essays caught by a storm though manage – just – to make it home. by Flint himself: all in all this is a job meticulously carried out. "e author’s extensive knowledge of fishing, rowing and GC sailing (aged  he has recently sailed with friends around

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Cape Horn) is displayed well in his description of the prep- colour photographs which would have communicated to a arations for, and the epic voyage itself. His writing style is reader who hasn’t been lucky enough to witness it at first lyrical and the book is a rattling good read. "e profits of the hand the sheer visual vibrancy of the Japanese stage. limited first edition go to charity and I thoroughly recom- PNH mend it. PH Commissions High: Canada in London, )+$"–)&$) Grasses: Choosing and Using These Roy MacLaren Ornamental Plants in the Garden McGill-Queen’s University Press, Roger Grounds  Royal Horticultural Society and "e author traces the careers of  Quadrille Publishing,  Canadian High Commissions to the Over the past two decades, ornamen- United Kingdom from  to , tal grasses and bamboos have become but this is merely a framework on highly fashionable in garden design which he builds a fascinating and il- and planting schemes, whether as luminating account of the growth of useful additions to mixed borders, Canadian independence, the devel- as a component of the new ‘prairie- opment of Anglo-Canadian relations style’ garden, or in contemporary and minimalist layouts. "is during that period, the evolution from Empire to Common- exquisitely illustrated guide to the range of grasses available wealth, and the implications of British membership of the and their use in garden design will be indispensable to those European Economic Community. wanting to learn how they can be deployed to stunning effect. "e account of the early years provides an insight into the After an outline of the story of grasses and how they came attitudes and priorities of the High Commissioners: represen- into our gardens, there are numerous suggestions for design- tation of Canadian interests – yes – but not to the exclusion of ing with grasses, together with a comprehensive gallery of the private interests and profits. Sir John Rose (–) made different types, which displays the astonishing range in size, no secret of the fact that advancement of his personal banking form and colour that this plant can assume, from the bright concerns was also on the agenda, nor did the appointment as gold of Milium effusem ‘Aureum’ to the beautiful purple of High Commissioner preclude Sir Charles Tupper (–) Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’, and the intensely blue Elymus from serving simultaneously as Minister of Railways in the hispidus. "e final section gives advice for the care of grasses, Ottawa Cabinet, or Lord Strathcona (–) from com- and where they can be sourced. "e combination of wonder- bining his office with a seat in the House of Lords. ful photography (by Andrew Lawson and Sarah Cuttle) and Particularly enlightening is MacLaren’s account of the de- the author’s informed and captivating prose has produced a velopment of Anglo-Canadian relations. Canada’s first Prime definitive guide to this amazing plant. Minister, Sir John Macdonald, saw the country as an ‘Auxiliary RLM Kingdom of the British Empire’, whereas by the s Canada had assumed a wholly independent and influential role in world The Traditional Theatre of Japan: affairs, a progression not without teething pains as is made clear. Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and Puppetry Successive Canadian Governments harboured deep suspicions John Wesley Harris that the British sought to confine Canada to a subordinate posi- "e Edwin Mellen Press,  tion, and the near-paranoia of Mackenzie King on this matter Having tussled with the experience is graphically illustrated. It took the counsels of Massey, Robert- of Japanese theatre when a Visiting son and Ritchie to steer the relationship into calmer waters. Professor in Kyoto, I learned much So too with the evolution of the Commonwealth, and from this helpful survey; as Har- the United Kingdom’s move towards membership of the ris observes, in Noh theatre ‘[the] EEC, both of which created stress. "e rapid expansion of movement is more accessible to a the Commonwealth in the s and s posed difficult westerner than the music’, eerily questions for the original members. Should there be a two- haunting as the latter is, whilst few tier membership? Was a centralised structure needed? How in a st-century Japanese audience are able to understand the should the apartheid problem in South Africa be handled? archaic texts. Stamina is called for: the earliest theatre pro- MacLaren shows that neither the UK nor Canada had any grammes would consist of five serious Noh plays each with clear answers. Canada’s anxieties over UK membership of the an accompanying farce, and the later more-popular Kabuki EEC, particularly with regard to UK/Canada trade, were also drama in its prime offered a fifteen-hour day. "e Bunraku to the fore, though there was eventual grudging acceptance (puppet theatre) I attended in Osaka seemed evanescent at a that the British Government had the right to give priority to mere five hours. UK national interests. Harris explains the development of the principal theatrical "e book will be a valuable new resource for any student of forms of Japan and gives accounts of generic plays; intrigu- Canadian history and the author, himself a High Commis- ing overlaps with Ancient Greek (and occasionally Renais- sioner in London and a Canadian Government Minister, is sance) practice are noted and there are instructive line draw- especially well qualified to have undertaken his task. ings. My only regret is that the publishers could not provide DD

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Change and Continuity in Peri-Urban The Historian as Preacher Australia John Munsey Turner Michael Buxton, Dave Mercer et al. Church in the Market Place Publica- RMIT University,  tions,  "is monograph, the first in a series "e Revd John Munsey Turner read of four, reviews the international History at St Catharine’s (–) literature on the fringe regions of before training for the Method- cities and the issues involved in the ist ministry. He had many circuit planning of their development. "e appointments and was University report is scholarly, with  pages of Chaplain at Leeds as well as hold- references, and is directed specifically ing teaching posts in church history. to Australia. One chapter, for example, is on water use and it "e present volume is a collection of is noted that ‘total water use in Australia increased by  be- sermons, mainly preached in the last decade, from the convic- tween  and ’, but every country in the World is facing tion that a church which forgets its history is impoverished similar problems, often in an acute form, so the conclusions and one that does not anticipate the future is doomed. "e are likely to have wide application. first section, Jesus and his people, preaches from readings "e authors point out that ‘currently in Australia, there is throughout the church’s year, the second, Church and min- no coherent or co-ordinated national policy framework … istry, has sermons from special events such as anniversaries relating to land use and resource management in peri-urban and ordinations, while the third focuses on historical figures regions’. "at this is the case, even in a First-World coun- like Augustine and Wesley and the ‘ecumenicism of time’. try, for so important a topic emphasizes – if emphasis is still "e author expresses his thanks for the College Chaplaincies needed – the much larger difficulties facing us all in bringing of Christopher Waddams and Hartley Bird and his sermons global warming under control in the next few decades. exhibit both a warm, lively use of historical knowledge and JRS gratitude for the academic and pastoral insights he gained at Cambridge and St Catharine’s. On Royalty PHR Jeremy Paxman Viking,  Humanism, Reading, and English Jeremy Paxman explains that this Literature ),-"–)*-" book grew out of his desire ‘to dis- Daniel Wakelin cover how such an ancient institution Oxford University Press,  survived in a modern country’. As he Much of the research for this out- points out, ‘we do not have heredi- standing monograph was undertaken tary brain surgeons’, and the heredi- whilst Dr Wakelin was a Research tary principle seems on the face of it Fellow of the College; we can be an odd way to choose a head of state. proud of the result. Wakelin provides In exploring the nature of royalty, he a magisterial account of humanist ranges far and wide, both geographi- reading, the individuals and commu- cally and historically, with the Balkans – as so often – provid- nities who undertook such reading, ing some especially outlandish material. But the chief focus and the traces they have left in both is on Britain and the place of the monarchy today. Although formal commentaries and – fascinatingly – informal margi- Paxman is sardonically unsparing of the foibles and weak- nalia. "is is tricky stuff, as any supervisor knows when faced nesses of individual royals, past and present, the tone at the with a bright undergraduate asking for a definition of ‘hu- end is one of affectionate respect for the institution and for manism’. What impresses in this book is the maturity of judg- the royalist sentiment that is so deeply rooted in this country. ment and scrupulous deployment of evidence which Wakelin As might be expected, the relationship of modern royalty with everywhere displays; he is keenly aware that ‘[t]he history the media is treated authoritatively and insightfully. Based on of reading often encounters problems in identifying whose extensive reading as well as a great many interviews, the book pointing finger [maniculum is the delightful technical term] is contains much out-of-the-way information and is packed doodled in the margin or specifying when he doodled it.’ with excellent stories. Scruffy dons are likely to be particularly If the first pleasure is the breadth and refinement of the appreciative of Lord Salisbury’s response when berated by the book’s scholarship, the second is the charm of the style: who Prince of Wales for appearing at a reception in a mixture of can resist a description of Berthelet’s printings in – as uniforms: ‘While dressing,’ the Prime Minister apologetically a ‘sweet series of books’, or of Sir "omas Elyot, author of explained, ‘I am afraid that my mind must have been occu- !e boke named the Gouernour, as ‘a gent’? Even our current pied by some subject of less importance’. educational masters might grasp the wit of Wakelin’s descrip- JAT tion of good epistolary Latin as ‘a transferable skill’. "is deeply enjoyable book exemplifies the humanist aspiration ‘that speaking – eloquence, reasoning, and debate – could

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  bind together the commonweal’: we all owe the duty of good music, this collection is sheer heaven. For those who are not language (literature rather than what, in about , John Co- familiar with such material, these CDs represent a fabulous let, Headmaster of St Paul’s, savagely called ‘blotterature’) and introduction to works written for some of the most powerful Wakelin amply pays that debt. monarchs of the Renaissance. PNH SO’H

The Ockeghem Collection (*CDs) Designing Sustainable Cities in the "e Clerks’ Group, directed by Ed- Developing World ward Wickham Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Sanctuary Classics,  Watson, eds "e th-century Fleming Johannes Ashgate,  Ockeghem (c.–} is primarily Roger Zetter, now Professor of Refu- known for his cerebral choral works, gee Studies at Oxford University, is and is considered to be one of the most a distinguished ex-St Catharine’s significant composers of his genera- undergraduate geographer who has tion. Our Fellow in Music is an expert on Ockeghem and, for made a major contribution to studies this recording, Edward Wickham directs "e Clerks’ Group, a of forced migration and urbanization choir for Mediaeval and Renaissance music he founded when over the last thirty years. "is, his an undergraduate at Oxford. "e group has performed all latest edited book, brings together over the World, and in  won the prestigious Gramophone work by scholars studying urban dynamics in a rich variety Award for the best Early Music recording of the year for the mu- of developing countries, including Bhutan and Myanmar, sic of Ockeghem’s Requiem (the second requiem on the disc). Palestine, Mexico, India, South Africa and Indonesia. Its aim Of Ockeghem’s large output, only  masses, one credo, five is to investigate how local technologies, cultural traditions motets, one motet-chanson, and  chansons are believed and vernacular architecture are being affected by rapid urban to have survived. "is compilation of  pieces and separate change, and how urban design, if rooted in local cultures and movements for voice only is therefore a large proportion of communities, can help promote environmentally sustainable Ockeghem’s known work and provides the listener a chance cities, even under rapid urbanization. ‘Designing Sustainable to hear the full range of the composer’s talent. Especial pieces Cities’, though primarily a diverse series of case studies, con- to look out for include the reverent Missa Prolationum on the tains numerous interesting insights into how localities in de- first disc, with its fascinating opening canonic Kyrie (in fact, veloping cities are changing, on the role of governments and the entire work is a complicated double-canon), and the Inte- planners in these changes, and on how intense contemporary merata Dei Mater at the end of the fourth disc. "ere is a re- pressures on these cities for wholesale redevelopment can per- markably sensuous aspect to Wickham’s interpretation of the haps be channelled by culturally-sensitive and community- music and the second Requiem (considered the oldest known based urban design in more sustainable ways. polyphonic requiem) on the disc is particular ravishing. DEK For those who love late Mediaeval and early Renaissance

 ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Deaths Balchin () On  July , Professor William George Burnham () On  April , Arthur Backus Burnham Victor Balchin of Ilkley, Yorkshire. Bill won a County Major of Kewland Hall, Suffolk. Arthur was born in New York and Scholarship to St Catharine’s from Aldershot County High came to St Catharine’s from Phillips Academy, Andover MA, School and read Geography, winning a College Prize and the and Cornell University. He read English and Law. He was a Royal Geographical Society Open Essay Prize in . After keen oarsman and had already represented Andover at Henley graduating he became a Demonstrator in the Geography De- before he came to Cambridge; he rowed for Goldie in . partment at Cambridge and then transferred to the Admi- Arthur went into the perfume industry, first at Roure Ber- ralty Hydrographic Department during the war along with trand, then Picot and eventually Dragoco where he created Norman Pye () who also died this year (see below). At fragrances for many of the world’s fashion houses. He formed the end of hostilities he became a lecturer at King’s College, his own consultancy in  and was commissioned by Prince London, obtaining his PhD there in . In , he was ap- Charles to distil essences from plants grown at Highgrove. See pointed Professor and Head of Department of Geography also News of Members in this Magazine. at the University College of Swansea, University of Wales. Camp () On  May  Peter Arthur Camp, Lt Col. "ere he also served as Vice-Principal – and –. Royal Engineers, in Ottawa, Canada. Peter came to St Catha- He retired in , but continued to play an active part in rine’s from Hertford Grammar School as a Royal Engineers Royal Geographical Society activities, including being Vice- cadet. He was a professional soldier for  years, having been President –. commissioned to the Royal Engineers in . During his ser- Balfour () On  February , William Edward Balfour. vice he saw action in Burma, Malaya and Korea and was in Bill joined the staff of the Physiology Department in Cam- Berlin during the time of the blockade. Subsequently, he was bridge with a first degree from King’s College, London, and an instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and was elected a the Royal Military College of Science, and, finally, a Military member of St Catharine’s at the instigation of Robert Com- Attaché with the British High Commission in Ottawa. He line (with whom he was a research collaborator) and Chris- retired in , in Canada, then became Vice-President of topher Waddams. In  he was elected a Fellow of King’s Canadian Operations of an engineering consulting firm from College (Cambridge) where he was an excellent and caring which he retired in . Director of Studies. His colleagues in the Physiological Labo- Catterall () Suddenly, on  June , James William ratory appreciated his high standards, profound experimental Catterall of "axted, Essex. James won an Exhibition to expertise and sceptical scientific integrity. He had retired with St Catharine’s from Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amer- his wife to rural France in . sham, and read Geography, specializing in Geomorphology. Barnes () On  May , Gordon Edgar Barnes. Gor- Following a Junior Lectureship at Durham, he settled into a don came to St Catharine’s from Highbury County School, career in the Life Insurance Industry holding significant na- London, and read Natural Sciences (Zoology). After a career tional positions with ManuLife, Sun Life and AXA Equity & at the University of Nigeria and Chelsea College, London, he Law. He won many performance awards and was a main plat- retired to Cornwall. form speaker at several industry conventions. Early in his ca- reer he graduated from Rusland College, Bath, in Psychology Battye () On  September , David John Battye of and became accredited in the use of Psychometrics. Latterly Haworth, Yorkshire. David came to St Catharine’s from Hol- he ran his own company from home with his wife, Maggie, me Moss Grammar School to read Mathematics and never in using this tool to improve performance and communication his three years seemed to have any difficulty in understanding skills. He published articles on aspects of management devel- the arcane concepts that the Tripos threw at him. Graduat- opment and performance improvement. He was active in "e ing with a First and a College Scholarship, he went to Leeds Morris Ring and Cambridge Crofters Folk Band, other pas- to pursue his growing interest in computing. After a short sions being aircraft, early music and visiting Venice. time there he became a lecturer in Computer Science at Keele and remained there for the next  years. "e vanities of aca- Champness () On  July , Christopher John demic research were not to his taste and he devoted himself Champness of Chichester, Sussex. John won an Exhibition to to teaching, to AUT matters and to being warden of several St Catharine’s from Tonbridge School, Kent, and read Mod- halls of residence where he and his wife Ruth dispensed jus- ern & Medieval Languages and History as well as rowing for tice, advice, hospitality and sympathy to a whole generation the College. He switched to Law after graduating and was the of students. He retired to his native Yorkshire and lived at Macaskie Scholar at Grays Inn in , returning to Cam- Haworth where Ruth was much involved with the Bronte bridge for his LLB in . He was Chairman of the Associa- Society. David continued his lifelong passion for the music tion of Law Teachers –. His main career was as a law of Gustav Mahler, which he took as his special subject on reporter and he published articles in various legal journals. Mastermind, arguing vigorously with John Humphrys over Chawla () On  October  in New Delhi, Mr Justice the accuracy of several answers. His encyclopaedic musical Tejindar Pal Singh Chawla. Tejindar came to St Catharine’s knowledge came out again when he reached the final of Radio as an Affiliated Student from the University of the Punjab ’s Counterpoint. and read History and Law, receiving his BA in  and LLB in . He practised as a barrister in Delhi and became a

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High Court Judge there in , retiring in . He was re- nowned for his landmark judgements, including one in fa- vour of erstwhile Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, quashing the proceedings of the Shah Inquiry. Addressing the Bar on his elevation to Judge he said ‘When my time as a Judge is up, if I can secure from you, for my judicial career, the epitaph “He did his best”, I shall rest content.’ His best surpassed the rest. His valuable collection of law books has been donated to the Delhi High Court and a bequest has established a library to be named after him in the National Law School, Dwarka, New Delhi. He was a strong supporter of the Youth Hostels Association of India and was its President for many years. Clark () Professor John Brownlie Clark of Horsham, Sus- sex, died recently. John came to St Catharine’s from Strathal- lan School, Perthshire, and read Mechanical Sciences. He was a keen sportsman, playing rugby, hockey, football and cricket for the College, and hockey for the University. He spent his career in the telecommunications industry and, in the s, was a member of various regulatory committees, chairing the PABX Standards Committee –. He was awarded the OBE for services to telecommunications in . Crowther () On  October , Albert (Bert) Freder- ick Crowther of Stockport, Cheshire, and Anglesey. Bert came to St Catharine’s from Todmorden School and read Natural AF Crowther in  and, inset, Sciences (Chemistry), staying on for his PhD on heterocyclic at his graduation in . nitrogen compounds. He moved to ICI where he worked on Jazz Quartet, playing mainly in London. He was a found- antimalarials for the army; this was deemed a ‘reserved occu- ing member of Ronnie Scott’s club and was present at the pation’ and so he joined the Home Guard during the war. In opening in Soho in . In  he settled in Tanzania and  he headed an ICI group collaborating with Jim (later Sir became fluent in the local language Kihaya and the national James) Black on the invention of beta-blocker drugs, culmi- language Kiswahili. He was accepted into the local commu- nating in the development of Inderal. In  he became the nity and worked with local schools, later moving to Dar es first manager of the Process Development Department at ICI, Salaam where he was a consultant at the University. He was a working on scaling-up processes to factory-scale. Bert retired keen writer and broadcaster, writing for Tanzania’s Guardian in , but in  he received an award from the Society and Sunday Observer until his death. for Drug Research for his work on beta-blockers. He was a keen amateur artist – the area of the paintings he produced is Farthing () On  April , Richard Bruce Crosby alleged equal to that of Lake Windermere. Farthing. Bruce won a Choral Scholarship to King’s from Al- leyn’s School, Dulwich and Rossall, during the war, but joined Cueto () In September , Ronald Cueto of Segovia, the army straight from school, being commissioned into both Spain. Ronald won an Exhibition to read History at St Catha- the Royal Artillery and the Royal Horse Artillery. Because of rine’s from Workington Grammar School. After graduating, the lapse of time, King’s refused to allow him to take up the he taught at a school in Santander, northern Spain, before Scholarship when he came out of the army, so Bruce compet- studying for a doctorate at Madrid. In  he returned to the ed for and won a Choral Scholarship to St Catharine’s where UK to teach at Bromsgrove College, but, in , he was ap- he read Law, but also took a very active part in College music. pointed the founding Head of the Department of Spanish at He was called to the Bar in  and worked for the Govern- Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds. In  he moved to the ment Legal service until  when he joined the UK Cham- Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Leeds University ber of Shipping. "ere followed numerous senior appoint- where he remained until his retirement in . He published ments in organizations associated with shipping, culminating extensively on Spanish history, a recurring theme being the with his becoming Chairman, then President, of Maritime influence of religion on politics and society. In recognition of London, a body which he was largely responsible for forming. his outstanding scholarship, he was made Reader in Spanish Bruce’s major ambition was that the City of London should History at Leeds University in . He was known in the be recognised for its maritime role as well as its financial one. Department as a warm-hearted, generous and kind colleague, St Catharine, her eponymous College and its members were and a compelling teacher. all prominent at his funeral service. Elkington () On  April , Christopher Elkington Gardner () "e College has been informed that Martin of Tanzania. Chris came to St Catharine’s from Lancing Col- John Gardner died in . He came to St Catharine’s after lege and read Archaeology and Anthropology. He was a keen graduating from Durham University and took the post-grad- jazz enthusiast and became a drummer with the Cambridge uate Diploma in Mathematical Statistics.

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Gill () On  January , Anthony Roger Gill of Bea- for  years until his retirement in . He was an old-fash- ver, Oregon, USA. Anthony came to St Catharine’s from ioned style GP, perhaps a Sassenach version of Dr Cameron, Marlborough School to read Mechanical Sciences. His father often visiting an elderly patient after supper because he was was Bursar of Merton College, Oxford. After two terms, he concerned that they would worry about the night ahead. His left for war service in the Royal Engineers, but returned in recreations were family, garden and golf; he was Captain of  to continue his degree, graduating in . His career the Berkshire Golf Club, a member of the XL Club and the was in engineering and consulting until he retired in . Senior Golfers’ Society. Gilmour () On  July , Dr Douglas Graham Harpur () On  March  Norman Frederick Harpur Gilmour. Douglas came to St Catharine’s from Salhurst of Newton Abbot, Devon. Norman came to St Catharine’s Grammar School, Croydon, and read Natural Sciences, gain- from Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, ing a College Prize in his first year. After graduating, he stayed and read Mechanical Sciences, winning a College Prize in on as a PhD research student, being given leave to work at his second year. After Cambridge, he spent a year at Imperial the Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge. However, the war in- College, London, for his Diploma in Aeronautical Engineer- tervened and, in , he was given leave to intermit ‘for so ing. In  he joined the Bristol Aircraft Company and had long as he holds temporary posts at Queen Mary College and become Chief Structures Designer by the time the company St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School’. After the war, he joined with Vickers and English Electric to form the British returned to Cambridge, initially as a demonstrator and, from Aircraft Corporation in . He remained at Filton as Chief , a lecturer in the Department of Agriculture. Later he Structural Engineer until  when he was appointed Tech- was appointed to the Department of Zoology, eventually be- nical Director of the Scottish Division of British Aerospace, coming a Senior Lecturer there. but two years later he was back at Filton as Executive Direc- tor until his retirement in . "e dominant project of his Glaze () On  February , Michael John Carlisle career was Concorde, but the Airbus became a major activity (James) Glaze of Reigate, Surrey. James came to St Catha- in his latter years. rine’s from Repton School, Derbyshire and read Modern and Medieval Languages. He was a member of the College cross- Hempleman () On  July  Henry Valance (Val) country and athletics teams. After graduating he went into Hempleman of Gosport, Hampshire. Val won a scholarship the diplomatic service, serving initially in Basutoland and the to Hymers College, Hull, and showed an interest in science Middle East. Later he was the British Ambassador to Camer- (blowing up his laboratory in a shed when he was ). He oon (–), Angola (–) and Ethiopia ( until his started to read Natural Sciences at St Catharine’s, but trans- retirement in ). He was awarded the CMG in . ferred to work as a scientist for the Royal Navy in , work- ing on escape from submarines and the effect of depth charge Goldsmith () On  July , John Stuart Goldsmith explosions on the human body. He returned to College to of Rode, Somerset. John won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s graduate after the war and then worked briefly for Burroughs from Whitgift Middle School, Croydon, to read Geography, Wellcome. In  he joined the Royal Naval Physiological but he never graduated. He was called up for active service Laboratory to work on decompression suffered by underwater soon after joining the College and, when peace was restored, workers. In , Val produced a new theory of decompres- he chose to continue with a career in the Civil Service rather sion which now underpins all modern diving tables. He was than return to finish his degree. His granddaughter Erica Superintendent of the Laboratory from  until his retire- Goldsmith () is currently serving on the Society Com- ment in . In  he received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal mittee. and, on retirement, the Imperial Service Order. In  he Goodman () On  November , Clifford Harry presented a paper entitled Life at High Pressure to the Royal Goodman of Sydney, Australia. Cliff came to St Catharine’s Society. In , the Health and Safety Executive recorded from Westcliff High School, Essex, and read Modern & Me- that no lives had been lost during tunnelling through decom- dieval Languages. His studies were interrupted by the war and pression since the introduction of Hempleman’s tables. he returned to take his BA in . Hepple (, Research Fellow –) On  February , Hanlon () On  January , Nicholas Michael Han- Leslie Wilson Hepple of Bristol. Leslie won an Open Schol- lon of Taunton, Devon. Nicholas came to St Catharine’s as a arship to St Catharine’s from the Royal Grammar School, graduate student from St John’s College, Oxford, and read for Newcastle, and read Geography under Gus Caesar. With an MPhil in Modern and Medieval Languages. firsts in all three years, he topped the graduating list, winning Hargrove () On  April , Peter Alfred Strange the Philip Lake and Vaughan Lewis prizes. After two years of Hargrove of Godalming, Surrey. Peter came to St Catharine’s research for his PhD he was appointed to a College Research from Wellington School, Somerset, and read Natural Sciences Fellowship. His research involved the application of math- and Medicine, after which he qualified as a physician and sur- ematical methods to geographical problems, and spatial mod- geon at St "omas’s Hospital. During the war he served with elling remained his lifelong primary research interest. He was the Tactical Air Force in North Africa, Benghazi, Sicily, Italy appointed a lecturer in the Geography Department at Bristol and, finally, Vienna in , gaining a mention in despatches. University in , aged , and stayed for the remainder of After hostilities he took up his first hospital appointment at his career. He took the lead in improving the department’s Odiham Hospital, Hampshire, but decided to go into general computing facilities, but Professor Hepple also had interests practice as the NHS came into being, serving Wokingham

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  in geopolitics and historical geography – on the day of his ers of the House and was on the Commons Board of Manage- death, his election to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of An- ment in –. He retired in  and thereafter served tiquaries was announced. As a teacher, he had a gift for clear on the executive committee of the Suffolk Historic Churches exposition combined with good humour. Trust. He was appointed CMG in . Hitchcock () On  April , Manfred Witgar Sweet- Leeson () On  July  "omas Sydney Leeson (twin love of Sudbury, Suffolk. Witgar (the name is that of an th- brother of Charles Leeson who died last year; see  Maga- century Anglo-Saxon "ane who owned the mill in Bures, zine). "omas won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from the Suffolk, where the Hitchcocks lived) came to St Catharine’s Cambridge High School for Boys and, like his twin brother, from Gresham’s School, Holt, Norfolk, and read Natural read Natural Sciences and Medicine. He was a keen sports- Sciences, specialising in Zoology; on graduating he won the man, representing the College at rugby, athletics and hockey. Frank Smart Zoology prize. Witgar then joined his father in After graduating he moved to Canada, winning the Starr the family Animal Feed Milling business in Bures, becom- medal at the University of Toronto in  and eventually be- ing Managing Director after his father’s death in . Bures coming a professor at the University of Alberta. He served on Mill was sold in  when Witgar retired. Witgar’s lifelong the Medical Research Council of Canada –. He wrote passion was his research into the life and achievements of his and published several medical texts, some in association with great, great, great uncle, Matthew Flinders, the explorer, who his brother, in particular Atlas of Histology and Human Struc- circumnavigated Australia and charted a large percentage of ture, both still popular texts for study. the coastline. Witgar gave several papers on Matthew’s life at Manners () On  August  , John William Mon- the eponymous Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. tague Manners of Leicester. John came to St Catharine’s as an Horner () See Murray (). RAF Cadet and spent two terms on the RAF Arts Course. Jolly () On  May , Gordon Forster Jolly of Swin- Marriott () "e College has heard of the death on  June don, Wiltshire. Gordon came to St Catharine’s from Sher-  of Kenneth Kolbe Marriott of Bromsgrove, Worcester- borne School and read Natural/Medical Sciences. shire. Ken came to St Catharine’s from Cheltenham Gram- mar School and read History, taking a Diploma in Person- Kearney () "e College has heard of the death on  nel Management at the London School of Economics after October  of Gervase Peter "omas Kearney of Melton graduating. Mowbray, Leicstershire. He came to St Catharine’s from Rat- cliffe College, Leicester, and read Mechanical Sciences. He Marshall () On  January , Stanley Gordon Mar- boxed for the College and was secretary of the University shall of Belfast. Stanley won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s Boxing Club. from Latymer Upper School. Initially he read Mathematics under Christopher Waddams, but quickly saw the light, mov- Kempster () On  April , Harold Hack Kempster of ing to Mechanical Sciences under Donald Portway. Graduat- Dunnington, Yorkshire. Harold came to St Catharine’s from ing with a first, he joined Short Brothers at Rochester. It was Bedford Modern School and read Modern and Medieval Lan- wartime and Stanley wrote ‘I simply went where I was told to guages (French and German). He rowed for the College at go … each step had its particular attraction and challenges’. stroke (see  Magazine article on Rowing in the s). In  he relocated to Belfast where he spent the remainder After graduating he became a grammar school teacher, but of his life, becoming Chief Flight Test Engineer and Chief the war interrupted this career. He was a conscientious objec- Aerodynamicist with Short Brothers & Harland before mov- tor and served in the Friends’ Ambulance Unit abroad. After ing to Gallaher as Group Production Engineer and Group the war he was appointed Head of Modern Languages at Ri- Supplies Manager. pon Grammar School, Yorkshire, then Camberley Grammar School, Surrey, before retiring to Yorkshire. He was a regular McKee () "e College has heard that James Noel McKee attender of Society Reunion Dinners and remained a close of Carnforth, Lancashire, died in . Noel won a Choral friend of Freddie "ompson () all his life. Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Bury Grammar School and read Music. "e  Magazine reports that Noel at the piano Lapsley () On  May  in Glasgow, Samuel Des- was a band in himself at the Midnight Howlers performance mond Hunter Lapsley. He read English at St Catharine’s. We in the Bull Dining Hall that year. were informed of the death by a solicitor in Glasgow. Michaux () On  October , Paul Michaux of Os- Lawrence () On  November  Michael Hugh Law- hawa, Canada. Paul transferred to St Catharine’s from Em- rence of Southwold, Suffolk. Michael came to St Catharine’s manuel and read "eology. He emigrated to Canada after from Highgate School, London, and read History. He served graduating and worked for the Ontario provincial govern- in the Indian Army during the war and returned to London ment; he retired in  to concentrate on his leisure interests in  as an assistant clerk at the House of Commons where history and gardening. Paul was very active in the Canadian he remained throughout his career. In  he was appointed branch of the Society in the s and s. clerk to the overseas office and in  head of the administra- tive department. He provided much help over the years to his Milne () "e College has heard that Evander McKay counterparts in newly independent former colonies to set up McFarquhar Milne of Pinner, Middlesex, died in . He and run their legislatures. Michael worked closely with Lead- came to St Catharine’s as an affiliated student from Gordon College, Aberdeen, and read English.

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Milne () On  September , Malcolm Neil Herbert Ormerod () On  June , Albert Oliver Ormerod Milne of Stockbridge, Hampshire. Malcolm won a Kitchener of Bedford. Albert won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Scholarship to St Catharine’s from St Bees School, Cumber- Wirral Grammar School, Cheshire, and read Mechanical Sci- land (now Cumbria), and read Geography, winning a College ences. He was awarded a scholarship in  and, after gradu- Prize and becoming an Exhibitioner at the end of his first ating with a first after only two years, he worked at De Havil- year. He played rugby, squash and boxing as well as joining land’s, Hatfield, until the end of the war when he became the University Air Squadron. He joined the Colonial Service one of the first to take an MSc in aeronautics at Cranfield. on graduating and worked in Nigeria until the war, when he He then worked (for  years) for the Royal Aircraft Estab- joined the Royal West Africa Frontier Force. Returning to lishment, first at Farnborough, then Bedford. His work on work after the war, he served in Aden, the Cameroons and supersonic drag was used in the development of Concorde Kenya where in  he purchased his own aircraft for govern- and, more recently, his wind tunnel studies contributed to the ment contract work. Later he ran a flying school at Nakuru. Typhoon fighter. On retiring from RAE, he returned to work He retired to Longstock in the s. Malcolm was awarded at Cranfield, studying aerodynamic stability and also resumed the OBE in  for his work in the Colonial Service. flying lessons after a -year gap. He finally retired in , taking up research into family history and engineering (par- Milwright () On  July , Roger Digby Plowman ticularly aviation) history. Milwright of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Digby joined the RAF from Portsmouth Grammar School and spent twelve years Peacock () "e College has heard of the death in  enjoying the excitement of maritime flying all over the world of Roger Teal Peacock of Kidlington, Oxfordshire. Roger before coming to St Catharine’s as a mature student and read- came to St Catharine’s as a Naval Cadet and took the RN Arts ing Veterinary Medicine. After two years at a veterinary hos- Course. He returned later to complete his BA reading His- pital in King’s Lynn, Digby started his own practice in Ely in tory. He is mentioned in s Society Magazines as a strong . He retired in  and will be remembered by many as cricketer. the city’s caring vet. His recreational passions were travel and Piromjitpong () "e College has learned of the death in the study of birds – he was a licensed British Trust for Orni- "ailand in July  of Juthamart ‘Jub’ Piromjitpong, who thology bird-ringer and published several important papers fell ill while studying for a PhD in Plant Sciences. She was in on thrush migration. In  he won the Trust’s prize for per- residence up to the Lent Term  but, the prognosis of her sonal research for a paper on Golden Orioles in East Anglia. illness growing worse, she then returned home to "ailand. Murray () On  February  Elizabeth Jane Murray Punter () On  October , Colonel John Edwin (née Horner) of Richmond, West London. Lizzy came to Punter of Andover, Hampshire. John came to St Catharine’s St Catharine’s from Ivybridge School, South Devon, and read from Esplanade House School, Southsea, Hampshire, and Geography. She joined the Department of Transport as a civil read Mechanical Sciences. He played football for the College service fast-streamer after graduating and was posted to the and then became an FA Referee, overseeing the Army vs Cam- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre in . She left the De- bridge match in  and the Army Cup Final in . partment in  for a combination of childcare and health reasons. Lizzy had brain tumour problems as early as  and Pye () On  March  at Winchester, Professor Nor- over the years she underwent successively surgery, chemo- man Pye. Norman became a member of St Catharine’s when therapy and radiotherapy to deal with it. She died peacefully he was appointed Assistant Lecturer at Cambridge after grad- at Trinity Hospice in Clapham where she had been very well uating in Geography from Manchester University. In  he cared for during her final weeks. Norton () On  June , Christopher Walter Maxwell Norton of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Chris came to St Catharine’s from Winchester School and read Engineering. He was a keen rally driver and member of the University Au- tomobile Club. After graduating and a short national-service stint in the army, he joined the graduate training scheme at British Railways. On leaving BR, he worked for various com- panies in Sheffield, London, Guildford and Darlington as site/area/contracts manager before starting his own business in , building local authority housing, schools, libraries, ambulance and fire stations. He was based in the home coun- ties throughout the s and s and started a skip-hire company in Godalming, Surrey, in the early s. During the late s and early s he worked for the William Sut- ton Trust as Clerk of Works and ultimately lived in Milton Keynes until his death. His keen interest in automobiles con- tinued from his university rally-driving years.

Professor Norman Pye.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  was a member of the Cambridge expedition to Spitzbergen Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) and striving to improve condi- and the mountain PyeJellet is named after him; he wrote up tions and opportunities – for voluntary work in schools and the results with Bill Balchin () who also died this year (see in community health he was awarded the OBE. Back in the above). During the war Norman and Bill worked together at UK he became Registrar at Queen Mary College, London, the Admiralty Hydrographic Department and became firm and committed himself to its development. He co-authored friends. Norman returned to the Manchester Geography a definitive history of QM from its beginnings as the People’s Department after hostilities and eventually became a Senior Palace and was involved in the East London History Society. Lecturer there. He was appointed Professor of Geography at Retiring to the coast on the edge of Romney Marsh he again the University of Leicester in  and remained heading that worked with community groups and was involved in local department until his retirement in  as well as serving in history research and environmental issues. His illustrated his- other senior university posts (Dean of the Faculty of Science tory of Winchelsea Beach was published just before he died. –, Pro-Vice-Chancellor –). He was the editor of Shapland () On  May , Major-General Peter Geography –. After retiring, Norman was on the board Charles Shapland of Fleet, Hampshire. Peter won a county of Young Enterprise Leicestershire –. He always had a scholarship to St Catharine’s from Rutlish School, Merton strong affection for St Catharine’s even though he was not a Park, London, and read Mechanical Sciences. He rowed for Cats student. See also !e Independent  April . the College and won his oars in the first May boat in . He Rendle () "e College has been informed of the death was called up for war service that year and so began a distin- of Horace Samuel Rendle on  April . Horace won an guished army career including several exacting assignments. Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Plymouth College and read One of the most dangerous was his posting to Aden in the Mathematics, winning a College prize for his performance in s to build the Yemen link road in the face of arms smug- Part I. glers, tribal wars, scorching temperatures and flash floods. He was also assigned to operations during the Suez crisis. He Ryder () "e College has heard of the death on  Sep- returned to the UK in  to a succession of staff posts at tember  of Robert Neil Ryder. Robert came to St Catha- the Ministry of Defence. He was promoted to Major-General rine’s from Liverpool Institute High School and read Math- in  when he became Director Volunteers, Territorials ematics. and Cadets. On retiring in  he became an environmen- Sanders () On  June , John Erskine Sanders of tal planning inspector, but was also Colonel Commandant, Dorchester, Dorset. John came to St Catharine’s on a State Royal Engineers, – and President of the Institution of Bursary from Hitchin Boys Grammar School and graduated Royal Engineers –. He received the MBE in  and with a double first in Natural Sciences. He then researched CB in . See also Daily Telegraph  June . Nuclear Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, receiving his Shirley () In January , John (Jack) Alfred Shirley PhD in . John, a violinist, was an enthusiastic member of of Lincoln. Having captained the rugby and cricket teams at the CUMS orchestra and used to have many musical evenings school, Jack won a Scholarship to St Catharine’s from Black- with Sidney Smith and the Revd Christopher Waddams. After pool Grammar School to read Geography – and was awarded leaving Cambridge he joined the Atomic Energy Authority, a war-time Blue for soccer. He won a College Prize in . Harwell, Berkshire. In  he was one of the pioneering team He was called up in  and joined the Royal Navy, first at Winfrith, Dorset, setting up the first reactors and he then mine-sweeping in the "ames approaches and then on HMS travelled world-wide sharing nuclear installation knowledge. Alnwick Castle protecting convoys to Murmansk (see News He retired in  as Adviser to the Directorate at Winfrith. of Members in this Magazine). Returning to College after Sargeant () On  March , Frank Charles Douglas hostilities, Jack completed his degree, took the post-graduate Sargeant of Aquitaine, France. Frank won a Scholarship to Certificate of Education and was offered the post of House St Catharine’s from Lincoln City School where he had been Master (and Geography teacher) at Lincoln Grammar School. victor ludorum. He read Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) and In  be became Deputy Head of the comprehensive school played soccer for the College. He won his oars rowing in the which became Lincoln Christ Hospital School in . In nd VIII in . After graduating, he worked briefly for Cad- , Jack returned briefly to St Catharine’s as a Schoolmas- burys before joining the Royal Signals for the duration of the ter Fellow, undertaking research and doing some painting – a war, finishing with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Following lifetime hobby. He retired in . A cartoon by Jack appeared a year with ICI, he joined the Diplomatic Service, serving in on the back of his memorial service sheet. Curaçao, the Hague, Kuwait, Somalia, Stockholm, Colombo, Smith () On  January , in Copenhagen, Alan Hard- Zaire, the Maldives, Pakistan etc. with ranks up to First Secre- man Smith (Albert Wrigley () attended the funeral). Alan tary and Consul General. He was awarded the CMG in  came to St Catharine’s from Sherborne School after National and retired to France. Service in the Royal Tank Regiment; he read Natural Scienc- Saville () On  December , Michael Victor es. After graduating, he worked with Esso and later joined the Saville of Winchelsea, Sussex. Michael won an Exhibition to chemical company Foseco, working in Denmark as their rep- St Catharine’s from King Edward VII School, Sheffield, but resentative in Scandinavia. Alan was a keen sailor; he raced his his studies were interrupted by the war. He returned after hos- Knarr class sloop, occasionally crewed by Jacob, the Crown tilities and took his degree in History and Economics in . Prince’s sailing master, becoming ‘Admiral’ (Commodore) He joined the Colonial Service in , working in North of the class and competing at the World Championships in

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and beetles was first stimulated by visits to woods near to his school in Bath. He was an avid collector, not only of insects, but also of many kinds of antique objects, Chinese porcelain, stamps and coins. Smith () On  May  in Ipswich, John Vivian Oven- den Smith. John won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from the Intelligence Corps to read Modern Languages (French and German). He played hockey, cricket, tennis and squash for the College and was an enthusiast in all that he did. Af- ter graduating John joined the Colonial Service and worked in Gabon (as British Consul) and Nigeria until his return to England in  where he entered the Civil Service. On retire- ment he was active in the Ipswich local community until his death. He was well known for his kindness, fairness and deep knowledge of a wide range of subjects from poetry and tax law to Ipswich Town’s all-time best XI. His son Stephen () was also at St Catharine’s. Staniforth () In , Gordon Stephen Staniforth of East Sussex. Gordon won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Dulwich College and read Classics. He was in the Col- lege Cricket and Athletics teams, and ran in the University relay team in . Stinchcombe () On  April , Owen Reginald Stinchcombe. Owen won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s from Cheltenham Grammar School and read Modern Lan- guages and English. After graduating, he served with the code- breakers at Bletchley Park during WWII and later continued in this field with GCHQ at Eastcote, Middlesex, moving with the department to Cheltenham in the early s. He enjoyed a varied and distinguished career and retired from the Civil Service at senior level (Assistant Secretary) in . He was an enthusiastic photographer and collector of coins. He had a keen interest in local history and busied himself in retirement researching, writing and privately publishing several books in this context, including Lucky to Survive – a Centenary His- tory of Gotherington School in  and Elizabeth Malleson Cartoon from Jack Shirley’s memorial service sheet. (–) – Pioneer of Rural District Nursing in  to mark San Francisco Bay. Alan played his French horn in amateur the centenary of the founding of the Rural Nursing Associa- and professional orchestras and in his own wind ensemble; tion. His most recent book, published in , is American he was known in Copenhagen as a ‘session musician’, avail- Lady of the Manor, Bredon’s Norton; the Later Life of Victoria able to strengthen a brass section when necessary. He was a Woodhall Martin, –. devotee of the music of Sir William Walton, who was born Tall () On  April , Barry Stephen Tall of New in Alan’s home town of Oldham. Despite failing health, Alan South Wales, Australia. Barry came to St Catharine’s as a re- continued to enjoy the occasional visit to Cambridge with search student from the University of Sydney and took his lunch at the ‘Eagle’. PhD in Engineering in . Dudley Robinson, who had then Smith () On  October , Professor David Spencer just been elected a Fellow, recalls that Barry, like many Aus- Smith of Oxford. David won an Exhibition to St Catharine’s tralians, was a keen cricketer. Barry’s daughter comments that from Kingswood School, Bath, and read Natural Sciences Barry considered his time at St Catharine’s to be a highlight of (Zoology), following his first degree with a PhD. He was then his life and he installed Google Earth on his computer so that appointed a Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute, New York, he could see Cambridge again. but returned to St Catharine’s as a Research Fellow –. #omas () On  November  in a car accident, After three years as Assistant Professor of Biology at the Uni- Graeme Vernon "omas of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Graeme versity of Virginia, he was appointed Professor of Medicine came to St Catharine’s from King Edward VII School, Lytham and Biology at the University of Miami. In  he became St Annes, Lancashire, and read Computer Science. He was a the Hope Professor of Zoology and Entomology at Oxford until his retirement in . David’s interest in butterflies

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  senior software engineer at Insignia Solutions. Graeme was on the safe demolition and removal of specialist structures. well known in the tournament Scrabble community and a His unusual recreation was developing horse-drawn logging regular contributor to an online use-of-English forum where equipment using hydraulics in conjunction with traditional he strongly supported the subjunctive. methods and devices. Tilly () On  March  from Parkinson’s Disease, Wilson () On  June , Christopher Richard Ma- John Frederick Tilly of Dartford, Kent. John won a Schol- clean Wilson of Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Christopher came arship to St Catharine’s from Buckhurst Hill County High to St Catharine’s from Tonbridge School, Kent, and read Law School, Essex, and gained a double first in Mathematics. and "eology. He took a Master in Sacred "eology degree in With the exception of a two-year break in the s, when Cambridge Massachusetts with a World Council of Churches he joined IBM in a project to ascertain the needs of Lloyd’s Scholarship and a PhD from the University of Toronto. De- Bank, John worked for Standard Telephones and Cables in veloping an interest in management consultancy, he became their Submarine Systems section. He devised a mathematical President and Principal of CWC Incorporated (Communi- analysis of the accumulation of noise and harmonics in multi- cate with Confidence) in Canada. He was an Honorary Fel- repeatered underwater telephone cable systems which enabled low of Manchester University –. He published several the company to reduce the amount of equipment needed and books in the s and s on hospital governance and thus obtain a competitive advantage. He was awarded the healthcare strategies. MBE in  for services to telecommunications. Later he Winstanley () "e College has learnt of the death in oversaw the introduction of optical cable systems and led a  of William Robert Woodcock Winstanley of Crickhow- marketing team to win a contract for the first private transat- ell, Powys. William came to St Catharine’s from Bryanston lantic fibre-optic cable telephone system. School and read Estate Management. He played rugby, tennis Walker () On  September , very suddenly, in and squash for the College. Tokyo, Allan Grierson Walker. Allan came up to St Catha- Woodhead () On  August , Alfred Hardy Wood- rine’s from Maiden Erlegh School, Wokingham, Berkshire, to head of Bath. Alfred won a Scholarship to St Catharine’s from read Modern Languages. After a year of French and German, Bradford Grammar School and took a double first in Natural against the advice of College and Department, he changed Sciences. He was president of the John Ray Society and also to Oriental Studies to read Japanese. After a further year, he played tennis and squash for the College. His nephew John went to Japan, taking a job to pay his way. After returning to Pickering () writes that Alfred had many happy memories complete his degree back in Cambridge, Allan joined Credit of his time as an undergraduate and regretted not having kept Suisse First Boston, but soon gave this up to join his future a diary of his time in College; he was always very proud of wife, Bethan, in Taiwan for her ‘year out’ and to learn some being a Catsman. Chinese himself. Back in Cambridge for the last two years of her degree, Allan commuted to London working in banking. Wright () "e College has learnt of the death on  In  he was transferred to Tokyo, and then to Sydney. At March  of Martin Forsyth Wright of Chiddingfold, Sur- the end of  he returned to Tokyo with a job in financial rey. Martin came to St Catharine’s from Shrewsbury School headhunting. He later opened a Tokyo office for a headhunt- and read Mechanical Sciences. ing company called Eban (a pun on Iban – real headhunters Young () On  February , Wing Commander John in Sarawak). Allan was an active Society representative in Ja- Reginald Cass Young of Oxford. John came to St Catharine’s pan. His father John Walker () is also a Catsman. as a mature student aged . He was top of his year at the Willett () "e College has learnt of the death in HMS Worcester Nautical Training College, but was not ac-  of Colonel Patrick John Willett of Newton Ab- cepted into the Navy, serving instead with Canadian Pacific bot, Devon. Patrick won a Crabtree Exhibition to Steamships and on a meteorological reporting vessel. He St Catharine’s from Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex, joined the Royal Air Force in  and his request to go up to and read Modern and Medieval Languages. He played Cambridge was granted the following year. However, because rugby for the College in the first XV. After a career in the of the war, he was called back to service after only three terms army (Royal Education Corps) he retired as a bursar, in residence. "rough the war he served as an instructor, as working with various charities and as a local school governor. an active operations pilot and as a flight commander, retiring from the RAF with the rank of Wing Commander in ; he Willment () "e College has learnt of the death in April was awarded the Air Force Cross and was mentioned in des-  of Roger Edward Willment of Esher, Surrey. Roger came patches. He joined BOAC and stayed with them for  years, to St Catharine’s from Oundle School and read Civil Engi- setting a westbound record ( hours  minutes) London to neering. He was in the University Boxing team. His career JFK in . Retiring from BOAC in , he became a flying was spent in demolition engineering and he published several instructor, finally retiring from that at the age of . He was a papers on the subject during –. He was President of keen historian of the Battle of Britain and, aged , was pres- the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and from ent at the opening of the Battle of Britain Monument on the  to  he served on a government-backed committee Victoria Embankment in .

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  News of Members News has been received about the following Members: John Pickering (); Sidney Portass (); Ian Andrews (); Jeremy Archer (); David Powell (); John Richards (); Adrian Arnold (); Major General Ian Baker (); Albert Riley (); Tess Riley (); Brian Rothwell (); Edmund Barker (); Ron Bedford (); Ben Sheppard (); John (Jack) Shirley (); Neil Bennett (); Guy Beringer (); John Spencer (); Katie Steels (); Victor Billington (); Henry Summerfield (); Colin Tan (); Clare Black (); Felix Boecking (); Derek "orne (); Geoffrey "ornton (); Peter Boizot (); John Brooks (); Andrew Tibbetts (); Steve Tinton (); Nick Brown (); Paul Brummell (); David Tyzack (); Nigel Upton (); "omas Charles Bunbury (Fellow Commoner ); Simon Varey (); Phyllis Weliver (); Arthur Burnham (); Eleonora Carinci (); Ian Wilkie (); Jim Winstanley (); David Clarke (); Gregory Clingham (); Peter Wolton (); Felicia Yap (); Michael Copp (); Stuart Cousens (); John Yellowlees (); John Young () Alan Craft (); Chris Crouch (); Roger Morris or Morrice (Sizar ) kept a coded di- David Cruttenden (); Richard Dales (); ary from  to . It runs to some , words and Clifford Darby (); Nicky Dibben (); was left in a London library for over  years. Cambridge Len Dowsett (); Joseph Dracass (); historian Dr Mark Goldie led a team which has broken John Dunkley (); Morag Ellis (); the code and translated the diary; it has now been pub- Heather Emmerson (); Elaine Evans (); lished as !e Entring Book. Morrice had access to suppos- Albert Eygelshoven (); Dave Fairbairn (); edly secret Parliamentary proceedings and it is not surpris- Colin Fitch (); Henrietta Freeman (); ing that he thought it wise to code his writings. "e book is Nick Galwey (Fellow –); Carolyn Gauntlett (); the longest diary of public life in England during the later Lorenzo Giovene (); John Goldsmith (); part of the Stuart era. See article A darker shade of Pepys in Peter Harvey (); Michael Heller (); this Magazine. Nigel Hess (); Patrick Holden (); Michael Jackson (); Keith Johnson (); "e Daily Telegraph of  June  reports the story that the Alun Jones (); Peter Kendell (); title of the Derby horserace was decided on the toss of a coin Richard Keogh (); David Knighton (); over dinner. Both the th Earl of Derby and Sir (#omas) Dina Kronhaus (Research Fellow ); Charles Bunbury (Fellow-Commoner ) were put forward Gordon Lane (); John Langford (); for the honour of having the race named after them. In the Charles Leeson (); Tsing Hien Lo (); event, Bunbury’s horse Diomed won the first Derby in . Noel Lobo (); Kate Macrae (); Tsing Hien Lo (). According to the Cambridge Evening Osman Mahgoub (); Anna Mallam (); News ( February ) in their -years-ago section, a Wijewardana Manipura (); Kenneth Mason (); Chinese undergraduate from St Catharine’s was summonsed Ranald Macaulay (); Jim McCue (); in February  for driving a motor car at a furious rate Sir Ian McKellen (, Honorary Fellow ); ( miles per hour) in Jesus Lane. "e student said that it Alex Mansfield (); Adhemar Melville-Jackson (); would be a wonderful car which could get up to that speed so Brian Moore (); David Morgan (); soon after a corner, but he was convicted nevertheless and his Roger Morris/Morrice (Sizar ); Lord Naseby (); licence endorsed. Research by the College Librarian indicates Colin Nelson (); Ben Parry (); that this must have been Mr Lo in his third year. Robert Perlman (); Brian Petrie (); Kenneth Mason () celebrated his th birthday on  January . Details appeared in the Lent Term Catharine Wheel, . Lady Darby, wife of Professor Sir Clifford Darby (, Honorary Fellow ) died in January . Professor Darby himself died in  and an obituary appeared in the Society Magazine that year. Sidney Portass (). A researcher into the lives of meteorol- ogists killed in WWII has unearthed some information about Squadron-Leader Sidney Portass who was reported missing at sea in June  (obituary in the  Society Magazine). "e weather ship on which he was serving at the time was torpedoed and it seems that he might have survived the sink- ing. "e submarine surfaced after the attack and the captain questioned the survivors as to the name of the vessel (the SS Arakaka) – he was told it was the SS Alexandria, a Greek ship. Ken Mason ().

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: hours Sunday  April : HMS GOODALL torpedoed off Kola Inlet, North Russia (sketched from the bridge of HMS Alnwick Castle by Jack Shirley ()) "e Arakaka was simply a chartered merchant ship and the life spent working in agriculture, first in Africa (Somaliland only person who would have been likely to try and confuse and Gold Coast – now Ghana) and then in Canada and Be- the submarine’s captain was Portass. "e information comes lize. from the submarine’s War Diary which is retained in Ger- Marjorie Leeson, on behalf of Charles Roland Lesson (), many. who died last year, has donated to the College Library the Mrs Joan Melville-Jackson, the wife of Adhemar Auber Mel- beautifully bound and slipcased W. B. Saunders facsimiles ville-Jackson () and an Associate Member of the Society, of the following two books. A sett of anatomical tables, with has died; the news came in a letter to the Society from their explanations, and an abridgement, of the practice of midwife- daughter. ry: with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and col- lection of cases by William Smellie MD, printed , and According to John Steeds (), Victor Billington (), Osteographia: or, !e anatomy of the bones by William Che- listed last year as a missing Society member, died in . selden. printed in . "ese will complement the books Wing Commander John Young (). See Nigel Upton authored by Charles and his twin brother "omas (who also () died last year) already in the Library. John (Jack) Shirley () died recently (see Deaths in this "e College has heard of the death in  of Edmund Bark- Magazine) and his widow sent the accompanying picture he er (). had sketched during the war. Stuart Cousens () writes to confirm that he is not miss- Len Dowsett (). Apologies from the Editor to Len; he ing (he was among the missing members listed in the  writes ‘Re your Editorial , I am Len Dowsett () not Magazine) and to say that he is much heartened to see that the “Dowsing”, though I did get a dowsing when my Hellcat College is more than holding its own, increasing its teaching crashed into the Pacific when I was trying to take off from and research. HMS Ruler. Fortunately the sharks were cruising past the Albert Riley () writes that he matriculated as Eygelshoven, port side of the carrier when I was on the starboard – within but changed his name to Riley in . minutes the “rescue” destroyer, HMS Queensborough, had collected me from my dinghy.’ Peter Kendell () writes to inform the College that Mi- chael Jackson () and Jim Winstanley () have died. Encouraged by his son David (), Henry Summerfield Both were in the list of missing Society members published in () took his MA at a Congregation in October  sixty- the  Magazine. two years after graduating in Law. Peter Boizot () and Pizza Express, the company he "e College has heard of the death some years ago of Joseph founded in , featured in a substantial article in the Daily Dracass (). Telegraph of  June . A son and daughter of Richard Keogh () visited College in March  and discussed their father’s time at Cambridge with the College Librarian. Richard died in May  after a

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recently are Geoffrey #ornton (), who visited the re- gion of South Africa where a tourist was trampled to death in , and Lorenzo Giovene () who sailed round the Horn with three friends in a small boat in . Lard Naseby () is Vice-President of the Cromwell As- sociation and gave the address at the annual Cromwell’s Day Service by the Lord Protector’s statue on St Stephen’s Green by the Houses of Parliament on  September . John Langford () read the Old Testament lesson. John com- ments that Lord Naseby was in superb form on Cromwell the Politician. Ranald Macaulay () was also present in the congregation. Sir Ian McKellen (, Honorary Fellow ) has been honoured by being made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia National Guard while in Atlanta publicising the film !e Da Vinci Code. Sir Ian, a notable gay rights activist, remarked that the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ rule excluding ‘out’ gay people from the US military seemed not to apply to him. Patrick Holden (). Ron Bedford () has written to the Alumni Office to say Noel Lobo () writes from India that he and his wife An- that Brian Rothwell (), who was listed as a missing Soci- jali spent August  in England and stayed with Catsmen ety Member, died some years ago. Peter Wolton () and Colin Fitch (). "ey also met Ian Andrews () and Adrian Arnold (). Should any Catsman or woman come India way, the Lobos live in Pune and would welcome a visit. Noel also wrote an article for the Deccan Herald in July  about Catsmen who held promi- nent positions in India; it was entitled A few good men, many good deeds. "e College has heard that John Goldsmith () died in . John Richards () was for twenty years on the staff of Car- diff University, retiring from his post of Senior Lecturer in Education in . Since then he has produced several books, including Wales on the Western Front (University of Wales Press) and – for Tempus Publishing – Cardiff: A Maritime History () and Maritime Wales (). Michael Heller () See Dina Kronhaus (). WR Hodgkins () has informed the College that John Brookes () died in June . Lorenzo Giovene () was President of the Union Society. He attended the Ramsden Dinner in April  and ex- pressed the view that St Catharine’s had produced rather few Union Presidents. In fact there have been three since his own Presidency – Robert Perlman () in , David Powell () in  and Peter Harvey () in . Laurence, as he is known to his English friends, read Law and coxed the st VIII. After a successful legal career (including standing Counsel to the Italian Government and being a Crown Court Recorder) he has turned to writing following his father’s foot- steps. See Book Reviews in this Magazine. See also below. Patrick Holden () writes that one of his interests is dogs in the Arctic and he went on a sledge-driving taster course in . He also microlighted over the volcano La Fournaise on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, and visited Madagascar and Barbados. Among intrepid contemporaries he has met Statue of St Catharine – see John Pickering ().

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John Dunkley () has been inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Brian Moore () was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society in  and received the International Award in Hearing, from the American Academy of Audiology in . Apologies that the Magazine failed to note these in Honours and Awards at the time. Judge David Tyzack () was awoken early one morning by a demonstrator dressed as Father Christmas sitting on his roof demonstrating on behalf of FathersJustice. "e report made the daily papers in November . "ree  alumni, Alan Craft, Alun Jones and Steve Tinton met at the wedding of Steve’s daughter in January ; see picture – Alan Craft is adjusting Steve’s button hole. Alan Craft, Alun Jones and Steve Tinton (all ). David Cruttenden () writes ‘Probably as much to our David Morgan () writes that he has published a book on surprise as anyone else’s my wife and I continue to live in electronic devices, with title Surface Acoustic Wave Filters, with Zimbabwe – we’re now into our nd year. For almost all of applications to electronic communications and signal processing. this time I worked for the largest road transport group in the Chris Crouch () has informed the College of the deaths country and was Chief Executive for  years. "ere was a of Brian Martin Barry Petrie () and John Martin change of ownership in May  which seemed to me to be Newstead Spencer (). Chris was not sure how long ago a good time to take early retirement. Subsequently I have set they had died. up a consultancy specialising in transport related issues and this has generated a steady stream of work. I also do a certain Richard Dales () See David Cruttenden (). amount of arbitration of disputes mainly related to employ- John Langford () writes that Ranald Langford () ment or transport. Taking these with a number of commit- is Coordinator of the Christian Heritage Centre based at the tees and a close involvement in the work of the Chartered Round Church in Cambridge. See also Lord Naseby (). Institute of Logistics and Transport keeps me pretty busy.’ David says that there are not many St Catharine’s people in John Pickering () writes that, whilst on holiday, he Zimbabwe these days. When Richard Dales () was Brit- discovered a sixteenth century statue of St Catharine in the ish High Commissioner there a few years ago he and David church at Pesmes (Haute Saône). had an understanding that they would wear Boat Club ties to Keith Johnson () writes that he has recently left his posi- any event where they might meet. "e blade on his wall is a tion as a Principal Adviser with the New Zealand Ministry of reminder that  is the th anniversary of SCCBC win- Transport to return to economic consultancy with the New ning the Fairbairn Cup. David was President of the University Zealand Institute for Economic Research. Keith settled in Boat Club in . Wellington in  following a seven-year spell as a develop- Dave Fairbairn () writes that he was pleased to see con- ment economist with the Asian Development Bank in Ma- temporaries at the Governing Body’s invitation dinner in nila, Philippines, and a prior career in consulting, researching March , but disappointed at missing others from the and training on economic development issues in Africa, the cohort. He is teaching Maths in Further Education and part- Middle East, and Asia. He recently caught up with his old col- time Italian to keep his Classics alive. lege friend David Knighton () when David visited New Zealand for a holiday. David Powell () See Lorenzo Giovene (). Robert Perlman () See Lorenzo Giovene (). Simon Varey (). We have had news from Gregory Cling- ham () of the death in Los Angeles in  of Dr Simon Arthur Burnham (), according to the Daily Telegraph Robertson Varey (). ( February ), created the David Beckham signature scent ‘Instinct’ some five years ago, but, because of a change Nigel Hess () was commissioned by Prince Charles (Trin- in marketing company, never received any of the  million ity ) to write a piano concerto in memory of his grand- the perfume is alleged to have made in its first year of sales. mother, the late Queen Mother. "e piece was first performed Sadly see also Deaths in the Magazine. in July  by Chinese pianist Lang Lang at a concert at Castle Acre, Norfolk, in the presence of the Prince. Wijewardana Bandara Manipura (). "e College has been informed that Wijewardana Manipura passed away in Guy Beringer (), senior partner of Allen and Overy, has  due to a heart attack. By the time of his death he was been made an Honorary Queen’s Council. He was featured in working at the Tea Research Institute of Ceylon (now Sri a full-page profile in the Daily Telegraph on  April . Lanka) as an agronomist. Ian Andrew Wilkie (). "e College has been informed that Ian Wilkie died of a brain tumour in the mid s.

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Major General Ian Baker (Service Fellow ) died in . He spent a term in College as a visiting Fellow in  while on leave from the army. Colonel Gordon Lane () writes to say that he has retired from the Army after  years. He was awarded a CBE on his retirement – see Honours and Awards. Peter Harvey () See Lorenzo Giovene (). Morag Ellis () was appointed a Queen’s Council in Oc- tober . Jim McCue () is concerned about the ugly security cam- eras in College and writes ‘"e College is happily graced by some elegant lamps, in keeping with its character. However, the effect of the picturesque lamp on the way out of Main Court through the porter’s lodge is ruined by the police state apparatus above it (something to do with the conges- Ben Parry () with tion charge, perhaps?). Dare I suggest that in this instance we Sir Paul McCartney in New York. might learn an aesthetic lesson from Oxford?’ Jeremy Archer () has written a book Home for Christ- Ben Parry (), Director of Music at St Paul’s School, mas about the festival during times of war, using the words of worked in  with Sir Paul McCartney on his ‘classical’ combatants and their families. It seems that valiant attempts composition Ecce Cor Meum in London and New York. Ben have been made – often in the most unfavourable conditions was chorusmaster for the Abbey Road recording in March and – to celebrate the birth of Christ. co-ordinated the choirs for the premières in the Royal Albert David Clarke () competed in this year’s Lake Coniston Hall, London, and Carnegie Hall, New York, in November -mile road race and finished in a time of  hours  minute . "e recording reached number  in the UK classical and  seconds. It is probably the most scenic road running music charts. Future performances are planned world-wide. event in the calendar and an ideal preparation for any would- Paul Brummell () wrote a travel guide to Turkmenistan be London Marathon entrants. while he was HM Ambassador there –. He is still in Peter Wolton () See Noel Lobo () central Asia, currently as Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. He writes that he would be delighted to see any John Yellowlees () is External Relations Manager for Society members whose travels take them to Astana where ScotRail. He sent a copy of Railnews containing an article the Embassy has been based since late  following a move about Nick Brown () who has been promoted from from Kazakhstan’s former capital, Almaty. Managing Director (Rail) to Chief Executive of the Transport Division of Serco, the international service company.

St Catharine’s Cambridge and Oxford. See Jim McCue ().

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Nick Galwey (Fellow –) writes from Australia that his Scientists team and started doing a few recordings for them. book Introduction to Mixed Modelling has been published. It What I mainly work on are ‘kitchen science’ features where was apparently conceived during a conference in Zagreb. we do live experiments in schools, or in people’s homes, and encourage listeners to do them at home. "e show goes out Nicky Dibben (née Sutton, ) writes that she still lives on a fair few BBC local radio stations in the Eastern region in Cambridge, running her own technology marketing com- so we often get a good number of people participating. "ere pany. See also Births in this Magazine. is a website at www.thenakedscientists.com.’ "e programme Neil Bennett () writes that he trained as an accountant won the prestigious Science Communication Award by the after graduating, but, after five years in that profession, took Biosciences Federation in . an MSc in IT from UMIST and moved into software develop- Andrew Tibbetts () conducted the longest peal of bells ment. He is now changing career again, becoming a full-time yet rung on  May , breaking his own record of  freelance translator (Finnish into English). He says that there changes which we reported in . "e peal was of  is a real shortage of native English speakers for such work. changes of Treble Dodging Minor in  methods and took Osman Mahgoub () writes that he finished his UNHCR  hours and  minutes. assignment in Zambia in September  and was then re- Michael Copp () was invited to present a paper at the assigned to the UNHCR sub-office in Quetta, Pakistan. He International Imagist Conference held in July in Brunnen- sent some pictures of the celebrations of World Refugee Day burg Castle, northern Italy, the home of Mary de Rachewiltz, ( June ) at Meheba refugee camp in North-Western the daughter of Ezra Pound. His paper was entitled (Sub)ur- Province, Zambia. ban Lines: !e Imagists’ Response to the City. Phyllis Weliver () writes that she has joined Saint Louis Henrietta Freeman () appeared in a half-page spread in University as Assistant Professor of English. In  she pub- the Weekend Telegraph in April all about her giving up an in- lished !e Musical Crowd in English Fiction, – with vestment banking job to become a professional triathlete. She Palgrave Macmillan and in  she edited a volume of essays came second in the Blenheim Palace Triathlon in June  !e Figure of Music in Nineteenth-Century British Poetry with and is taking part again in . She has hopes of competing Ashgate. in the Olympics in . Nigel Upton () sent an obituary for Wing Commander Anna Mallam () has been appointed to a Junior Research John Young () – see Deaths – and writes that he is inter- Fellowship at St John’s College. ested in hearing from any of John’s contemporaries who have reminiscences as he intends to write a longer biographical Felicia Yap () has been appointed to a Junior Research piece about John in due course. See the Members page on the Fellowship at Wolfson College. College/Society website (www.caths.cam.ac.uk/alumni/soci- Clare Black () led a group of students from the CU ety/search.html) for Nigel’s address/email/telephone number, Environmental Consulting Society who, for the third con- or contact him via the Alumni Office. secutive year, collected and analysed data to produce a report Derek #orne () writes ‘I’ve been working as a freelance quantitatively ranking all  Cambridge colleges by their en- radio reporter for about four years and upon moving back vironmental footprint (Catz went up from th to th). "is to Cambridge in  I was put in touch with the Naked year’s project was highly successful, with coverage in both stu-

Zambian dancers and children. See Osman Mahgoub ().

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Dina Kronhaus (Research Fellow ) with Michael and Morven Heller. dent newspapers and a well-attended presentation of project Eleonora Carinci () was accepted to attend the Heidel- results to student Green Officers and to college and university berg Summer Exchange . staff. Carolyn Gauntlett () has been awarded a Fulbright- Felix Boecking () has been appointed Lecturer in East Astrazeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship to go to Stanford Uni- Asian History in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle versity for  months. University. In an unprecedented result, three St Catharine’s lawyers were Elaine Evans () has enjoyed playing golf for the Univer- placed first (Kate Macrae – ), second (Heather Emmer- sity over her three years, gaining three half-blues and finding son – ) and third (Katie Steels – ) in the Cambridge golf to be a relaxing and sociable diversion from her studies – University Fledglings Mooting Competition held in March .am starts were harsh, but the championship courses they , judged by a high Court Judge supported by six bar- were privileged enough to play certainly made it worthwhile. risters from Quadrant Chambers. Her personal record against Oxford was outstanding, remain- Ben Sheppard (), together with Alex Mansfield () ing unbeaten in three Varsity matches. She says that was a and Colin Nelson () collected almost  for Spinal challenge to balance her golf with the hectic timetable of a Research by doing a km Charity Walk from the Cam- Natural Scientist, but reports that it made her much more bridge Senate House to Trafalgar Square in London on focused, and undoubtedly helped her to three firsts and a Se-  March . nior Scholarship. Colin Tan () has published a collection of poems entitled Joy Phillips () is the lead singer of a band called ANA- !e Evidence of the Senses. DA, described as mid-paced, crunching, melodic metal with eastern influences. In  ANADA won the Battle of the Dina Kronhaus (Research Fellow ) is the current Heller Bands at Clare cellars and in February  they recorded Research Fellow. "e photograph shows her with Michael and and produced their first demo CD. Two of the three tracks on Morven Heller on the occasion of their visit in April  to it can be listened to on the webpage www.myspace.com/ana- the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, dacambridge/ and, following successful gigs over the summer to see results of the research they have funded. Dina is based , the band is planning to record an album. at the Computing Laboratory but, in a unique collaboration, is working on computational modelling of the brain, with Tess Riley () has spent  establishing ‘"ree Seas: particular emphasis on neural deficits in affective disorders. Combat Climate Change’ (www.threeseas.org.uk) which Michael () and Morven have supported a College Fellow- brings together Cambridge students to learn about, and take ship in Computing for about  years. action to reduce, climate change. She is a passionate environ- mentalist who was voted into the  Varsity Top  for Penny Norris retired from the Admissions Office in Septem- her eco-column, Ethics Girl. Having graduated, she plans to ber  after almost  years. pursue environmental journalism and documentary making while studying part-time at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) and developing ‘"ree Seas’ further.

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Neil Ritchie () writes I   to St Catharine’s seventy years ago this affection, but the only member of the Governing year, in . Strange as it may seem to today’s ma- Body I knew at all well was Teddy Rich – perhaps triculands I had no say in the choice of College. My on account of our shared passion for History. Un- parents had simply indicated to my Headmaster at smiling, saturnine Steers frightened me. Brentwood that they hoped I would go to Cam- For my first year I was allocated digs in a dark bridge and he had opted for St Catharine’s – which Edwardian house owned by two elderly unfriendly signified its willingness to accept me provided I ladies in Owlstone Road. Although we were re- passed the Higher School Certificate. quired to dine in Hall five nights a week this ban- Nor did I have very much say in the course of ishment to the suburbs did not help an already shy study I was to follow. As I came to realise I was newcomer to make friends and I feel College policy destined for Cambridge I wanted desperately to in this regard was flawed. I rashly took Part I of my read History. My parents told me quite bluntly Tripos at the end of my first year in the hope that that reading History would not help me get a job I might thereby qualify for a room in College, but on graduation and, when I protested that I could was not rewarded for my impertinence either by teach, my father responded that in that case he was the Bursar or by the examiners who rightly thought not prepared to finance a University education. I I only warranted a ii. I remember, however, with did not then realise that the Depression was still great delight the Long Vacation which followed. I very much on people’s minds and decided to ap- landed a job to give English tuition to the teenage ply for a County Scholarship. Still my father had children of a Hungarian landowner on his estate the last word as a means test was required and he in southern Hungary and, mindful of my Tripos declined to divulge his income. Finally a family result, followed this idyll of a holiday task with a compromise was reached: I would read Modern month’s course at the University of Besançon in an Languages and begin to learn German, my French attempt to improve my French. already being moderately satisfactory, with the aim So, for my second year, I still had to stay in digs, of entering the Diplomatic Service. On finding again in Owlstone Road, but by then the elderly myself too young to matriculate on passing my ladies had retired and I found myself in a smaller Higher Certificate I should have spent time on the modern house run by a cheerful younger land- Continent instead of being condemned to another lady, with WR Loader as a fellow lodger. Loader, year at school, but, alas, gap years had not by then an Athletics Blue, had just completed the Classics been invented. Tripos and, if I remember aright, was embarking Tom Henn was my Tutor, but I only saw him on his Doctorate. Why he was not found rooms officially twice a term, on going up and on going in College I never discovered. It was a blessing to down, unless I had occasion to request an exeat. share with another St Catharine’s man, even if I I never knew whether he received reports of my could not match his sprinting prowess. At school progress (if any) from my supervisors, none of I had been rather proud of my running and in my whom was a member of St Catharine’s. In fact first year had started to train at Fenners, but, on for Part I of the Tripos, which was largely linguis- the cinders there, I soon discovered that my suc- tics, I followed a sort of correspondence course. I cess on grass did not count for much and that I rarely saw my supervisors. I was required to leave was regularly outclassed by better athletes. In my written work (usually a translation) at the Porter’s second year by way of sporting recreation I turned Lodge of the supervisor’s college (Emmanuel and to hockey and found my speed on the right wing in King’s were the two concerned) and pick up the due course earned me a place in the College XI. corrected version later. Nor did I see much of the "e war had begun when I returned to Cam- other St Catharine’s fellows. Freshmen were bid- bridge for my third year and I was uncertain den to tea at the Master’s Lodge during their first whether to continue with my degree. My age term, but I do not remember ever meeting Chaytor group had already been registered for conscription again. Cheerful rubicund Waddams I recall with on Chamberlain’s return from Munich in  and

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  many of us felt we were likely to be called up at any Hauptmann – quickly became contagious. For the moment. Tom Henn in his wisdom advised me to first time in my university career I felt I was being complete my course if at all possible and in fact my given proper guidance and in addition he rightly third year proved to be by far my most rewarding. insisted on my producing a weekly essay. I believe I was given rooms in Hobson’s, my sitting room on he was in some way attached to the College but I the top floor and my bedroom one floor lower, a had to report to his lodgings near the railway sta- curious arrangement for a new building. My neigh- tion. After internment on the Isle of Man as an bour on the top floor was David Piper, then always ‘enemy alien’ he did, I believe, become a member known as Pete or Peter, who was to become a dis- of the College before moving to New Zealand. It tinguished museum director. I knew him already as would have been New Zealand’s great gain. he was a member of my faculty, reading Provençal My last year also brought a gratifying increase under Chaytor, and our friendship flourished with in the number of women students. Bedford Col- this proximity. lege of the University of London, a foundation for My academic life also flourished as I was assigned ladies, was evacuated from Regent’s Park to Cam- a new German supervisor. In my second year I had bridge and we were able to call on some of their had a French Canadian as my French supervisor acting talent for the annual Shirley Society play. who was less than inspiring and I cannot recall Appropriately, in the pacifist atmosphere of Cam- ever having had a French supervisor in my third bridge of the late s, it was La guerre de Troie year. A lady with a house in the suburbs had super- n’aura pas lieu (!e Trojan War will not take place) vised me in German during my second year: she by Jean Giraudoux () which was translated in- was in her way most helpful, but her successor for house, largely by OBT (HL O’Brian Tear) who my third year, Richard Samuel, was a revelation. was bilingual, his mother being French, another Small, swarthy, short sighted, ugly almost, very contemporary and friend of my heart. One of the Jewish, a refugee from Hitler’s Germany, he was a cast subsequently became my wife: small wonder born teacher whose enthusiasm for then modern that I cherish that third and final year as the most German authors – Rilke, Stefan George, Gerhart rewarding.

!e old E staircase, demolished in the s rebuilding.

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Peter Mason () writes I   to Cats in October . I had attended at that time were unheard of. I cannot remember a Northern grammar school, but my parents at any lady member of Newnham or Girton ever this time lived in London and the surprising thing wearing trousers. Skirts for ladies were de rigueur, about Cambridge was its tranquillity. "e Battle of but not so academic dress, since, although they at- Britain had peaked in mid-September and, at that tended lectures, they did not become members of time, much of the East End of London was a burn- the University until after the war. Nor was academ- ing ruin, but Cambridge was (or so it appeared) at ic dress worn by those students, such as members peace. "is is not to ignore the reality of transport of the London School of Economics and the Bar- difficulties and food rationing; steam trains took tlett School of Architecture, who were evacuated for ever from Liverpool Street to Cambridge, meat, from London to Cambridge because of the war. bacon, butter, cheese and sugar were rationed, and "e task of the Proctors and Bulldogs after dark available only in very small quantities, and one’s was correspondingly difficult. first duty on arriving at College was to deposit I quickly settled down. My supervisor (I was one’s Ration Book with the Manciple. "ereafter reading history) was Teddy Rich (later Master) who during the whole of term, one ate in Hall. functioned only for the Michaelmas term, and who "e practice in those days was that freshers spent left College for the Forces on  January . "e their first year in lodgings, and their last two years next time I met him was in the Officers’ Club on the in College. So I was placed in the care of Mrs Mal- banks of the Nile in Cairo in the summer of . lows at  Hardwick Street in Newnham and it was When Rich left there was no other don in College there that I unpacked my trunk, sent ahead of me able to supervise in history, so my fellow Exhibi- as ‘luggage in advance’. Disposing of heavy luggage tioner, Kenneth Bradshaw (later Sir Kenneth, Clerk in this way meant that one was then free to travel of the House of Commons) and I were supervised up unencumbered, either by train or, risking disap- by David "ompson of Sidney Sussex (later Master pointment and delay or both, by trying to hitch- of that college) and Miss Wood-Legh. Miss Wood- hike. Car traffic was limited as petrol was severely Legh lived in a small house in Newnham and was rationed and only one brand of petrol was on sale completely blind, but her academic ability was out- – ‘Pool’ as it was called. "e cost of pool petrol as I standing, as was her extra-sensory perception. Her recall was a shilling (p) a gallon (no-one then talk- skill in this regard was brought home to me on one ed in litres), usually delivered from a hand-operat- occasion when Bradshaw was reading his essay to ed pump. Self-service at the pumps was unknown. her and I was listening. Something he had writ- Diesel (then called Derv) was cheaper than petrol ten amused me, but I was astonished when Miss but was used exclusively by commercial vehicles. Wood-Legh interrupted the reader and said to me My first duty was to hire a bike. "e one I chose ‘Mason, why do you smile?’ From that moment on was quite decrepit, but also cheap. It bore a paint- my guard never dropped. ed identity number and therefore could always be "e other dons with whom I seemed to be in traced, but no bike was ever locked and very few close contact were Christopher Waddams, Prael- were stolen. If borrowed, the etiquette was to re- ector, (whose coffee was unbeatable) and Sidney turn it to the same place. My second duty was to Smith (who gave me a lifelong appetite for Mo- hire a wireless set. "is required a degree of shop- zart). Sidney once invited me into his room to hear ping around as the allowance from my father (ex- Mozart’s clarinet concerto played on his gramo- cluding tuition and lodgings) was /- (.) per phone. "e melody moved him to tears – ‘"e week. My final duty was to buy a gown and square. heart breaks; the heart breaks!’ he said. Christo- Gowns were worn in Hall, for lectures and super- pher was heavily involved in Air Raid Precautions visions, and after dark, together with squares, in and spent many night-time hours in a room at the any public place. Dress beneath the gown was of head of B staircase ready to extinguish fire-bombs course, quite informal. Everyone wore jacket and if any should fall. Undergraduates shared this duty tie, and most people wore corduroy trousers. Jeans and I remember one night at the end of April 

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were no street lights and every window had to be completely screened or curtained. Flashlights were allowed, but had never to be pointed skywards. Travel by train after dark was a misery as the only lighting was a dim blue ceiling light in each com- partment; this made reading impossible. Bonfire Night passed without incident as no bonfires were allowed nor, because gunpowder was required for other purposes, were there any fireworks. Life however was pretty full. Lectures began at am and most of my working day was spent in the Seeley History Library in the Old Schools. I was a rugby man and some afternoons were spent at Grange Road or playing for College or the LX Club or practising with the University pack, coached by Dr Windsor-Lewis, a local GP, who used to run around the practice pitch immaculately dressed. Walnut Tree Court. One of the highlights for me was playing for the LX Club against the Varsity and beating them -. I was on duty and up all night as the sirens had It occurred to some of us that it would be a good gone and we expected a raid – Birmingham had idea to see the Varsity match on Saturday  No- been badly blitzed on  April. Luckily no bombs vember . "is was to be played at Iffley Road, fell. In case of the worst, however, at the foot of Oxford (Twickenham was in use for other purpos- every staircase was a bucket of water and a stirrup es). To travel across country by train via Bletchley pump in the use of which we were all trained. Air was slow and unpredictable, so we decided, having raid warnings were a common occurrence, though been given a redeat, to hire a small Morris  from usually at night, and if one were not on duty one a garage (long gone) at the corner of Jesus Lane ignored them. On at least one occasion, however, I and Sidney Street. "is cost us , and into the car, remember a warning being sounded during the day round the corner, piled five bodies. "e day was and lectures being cancelled. foggy, and finding our way was quite difficult as all At this time I was  years of age and due for the signposts had been removed to confuse Ger- call-up. "is was however postponed on condi- man parachutists, but we arrived safely at Oxford tion that I attended Senior Training Corps drills only to find that the match had been cancelled due on one morning and one afternoon per week, and to fog – one could not see one end of the pitch did a two-week military training course after the from the other. So back we drove in the gather- end of the Easter Term. Breach of this condition ing gloom and a pea-souper, relying on headlights would mean an immediate call-up. I duly attended which were covered with a tin contraption which as required at the Corps parade ground near the threw light vertically downwards and about three Grange Road rugby ground and was attached to the yards ahead. It was a miracle that we made it safely Royal Artillery. I remember doing gun drill on First back to Cambridge. World War -pounders next to Ken Berrill (Fellow At the end of my first term it seemed to me that and Bursar –), being instructed in the art of it would be much more convenient if I could live in horse-riding (in the era of the blitzkrieg!), and being College, and I was lucky enough to be allowed to do told at the beginning of each day by Major Mort, so. "ere were then no trees in the forecourt, and the officer-in-charge, ‘Your purpose in life, gentle- bicycle racks were everywhere. "e main court was, men, is to kill Boche’. "e town was, of course, full except for the lawn, wholly cobbled without the of uniforms and the sound of marching columns of present flagged walkways and without any flower RAF cadets who were billeted in some of the col- beds or flower containers. "e Porters’ Lodge and leges and who (one supposed) were the pilots of the Hobsons looked much as they do today, and the future. "e black-out was strictly enforced; there Bull Hotel next door was still functioning and was

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  the conventional place for visiting parents to stay  February a College rugby match had to be can- and for one to have the occasional celebration meal. celled because of snow. Rooms of course were not Such a meal would not break the bank, because the centrally heated, so it was fortunate that coal was not government had decreed that no meal should cost yet rationed and that we could sit cheerfully round a more than /- (p) excluding cover charge. Hall, fire or alternatively go to the cinema, the queues for with the gallery, was where the SCR is now and be- which (before the days of TV) were lengthy. Admis- hind it was Walnut Tree Court and E Staircase – in sion was half-a-crown (½p). On occasions there the opinion of many quite the most delightful part were smoking concerts in Hall after dinner and, in of College, now gone and sadly missed. If one ate in June, a Mass in D was sung in a gloomy Kings Cha- Hall, one was served by gyps, who were older men pel, the windows of which had been removed into not liable for military service. No women waited at safe storage. But by the summer the weather had table, nor, except for the bedders, were any to my improved and I took the train (journey time about knowledge employed in College. Self-service at ta-  hours) back to West Yorkshire where my parents ble was unknown. Food in Hall, despite rationing, had moved to be out of the way of enemy bombs. was adequate and well-served. Little extras could be I then joined the Royal Artillery and it was to be obtained from Fitzbillies, the cake shop opposite the October  before I returned to College to take up University Press, but one had to be patient and on the reins again, but St Catharine’s in the war has left one occasion I made a note that I ‘spent the morning an indelible impression on my mind. in the cake queue – but with success.’ One of our fa- TH E vourite spots for coffee after Hall was the Cosy Cafe CA at the corner of Kings Parade and Benet Street. For MBR I D tea there was no better place to go than the Dorothy G ES

Cafe in Sidney Street where thé dansant appealed HI RE to the romantically inclined. As all students did, we COLL

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I can only remember one occasion when we couldn’t IO drink cocoa because of a shortage of milk. N "e room allocated to me was G. "is was a large room looking out over King’s Parade and when the fire was lit (the Clean Air Act was unheard of) it was warm and comfortable and ideal for sherry parties (Dry Fly sherry was on sale in the buttery at /- (p) per bottle). It also had the advantage that below it was a cellar with an unbarred window giv- ing on to King’s Parade. "rough this for a whole term I climbed in after hours until some keen-eyed bulldog reported it and it was blocked off. In those days I smoked cigarettes, as did nearly everyone else, and the cost of these was just under one shil- ling (p) a packet of . One could buy a packet of five Woodbines for tuppence. My room was ideal to entertain ladies, but one had to do this with dis- cretion and always to remember that females had to be out of College before one went over to Hall at pm. To allow them to remain in College over- night would almost certainly have involved a term’s rustication. O tempora, O mores! !e Bull hotel after it was taken over to house "e weather in the winter of – was cold and American troops. !is same picture from the on  January  we were skating on the flood- Cambridge Collection appeared in a recent CAM ed and frozen Midsummer Common. As late as Magazine advertising a reunion.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Artefacts of Wartime German Occupation

Gillian Carr (Fellow ) writes G ILLIA T C I are arguably the most N beautiful parts of the British Isles, with their tur- CA quoise bays and unspoiled cliff paths bursting with RR colourful wild flowers; they are islands that have inspired writers and painters such as Victor Hugo and Renoir alike. However, what might strike the casual visitor, in sharp contrast to this, is the pre- dominance of ugly concrete bunkers which litter the landscape and the coasts of these small islands. "ey are constant reminders of the German occu- pation which took place over  years ago, dur- ing WWII. One might ask why these structures have not been removed if they summon up bitter memories of the most difficult years in Channel Island history: the answer gives an insight into the identity of the islanders themselves. Many Channel Islanders understand and define themselves with reference to their history and heri- tage, using this to articulate how they are different from the English. A fundamental part of their dif- ferent history lies in their occupation by German troops in WWII; they were the only part of the British Isles to be so occupied. "is occupation is a subject that lies close to the heart of most Island- ers, as most families, including my own, were af- fected by this period of history. Liberation Day is still enthusiastically celebrated every year on May th in Guernsey and Jersey, and I was in St Helier at this time this year to give a lecture to the Chan- nel Island Occupation Society. I was speaking on my latest project, which is a study of the artefacts of the occupation and what they can tell us about Ash tray made from a shell case and bullets. the experience of war. Valette Underground Military Museum, Guernsey. It has been said that the Channel Islands have the densest concentration of museums on the G ILLIA theme of the German occupation in Europe. It is N certainly true that there is a rich database of items CA here, both in museums and in people’s personal RR collections and attics, which speak of the experi- ence of occupation. "ese items, which I studied during my sabbatical in Lent , were made by four categories of people. "e first group includes items made by German soldiers of a type more commonly known as ‘trench art’, named after simi- lar types of items made in the trenches in WWI. "ese artefacts are, typically, made from recycled military hardware such as bullets and shell cases, Recycled detonator box.

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Crystal radio set from Jersey, concealed in a book. and the objects the soldiers chose to make give us an insight into how they spent their spare time. each other in the street in order to boost morale! A common theme of several of the items made Items made mostly by eastern European forced by both soldiers and islanders alike is food, or rath- labourers, who Hitler brought to the islands to er, the lack of it. By the end of the occupation, as work on his Atlantic Wall, comprise the third (and the Channel Islands had been cut off from France smallest) category. "ese people were kept in terri- by the Allied invasion, both soldiers and islanders ble conditions and, having neither the raw materi- were slowly starving to death. "is is reflected in an als nor spare time, items made by them are few and artefact carved by a soldier from a detonator box. far between. Despite this, a small group of carved It depicts a map of Jersey and the only food left on wooden Russian-style toys has turned up, as have the island in : carrots and swedes. three crucifixes in bottles, as shown overleaf. It is "e second group, which includes artefacts made possible that these items were a commentary on by islanders, were frequently of the ‘make do and the suffering of these people. mend’ variety, or else were items which explicitly G ILLIA reflected the silent resistance which was so preva- N lent during the occupation. "e most ubiquitous CA of these is the forbidden homemade crystal radio RR set. Many families still have these, concealed inside a biscuit box or, in this case, inside a book. Silent resistance was also expressed through jew- ellery. A few years ago I befriended Alf Williams, a local man who manufactured the V-for-victory badge during the occupation. People would come to him with their British coins, which the Ger- mans had declared were no longer legal tender, and he would file around the king’s head, scoring a V underneath. He would solder a safety pin on the back, and people would wear these badges under- V-sign badge. neath the lapel of their jackets, flashing them to Valette Underground Military Museum, Guernsey.

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CA a food tin. RR Not only was it important for the internees to pass the time making these objects in order to pre- vent boredom and the ensuing depression at their circumstances, but many of the objects manufac- tured were actually designed to have a function which consumed yet more time; in fact, being gainfully employed doing something was one of the few ways of staying sane during the long years of confinement. Far from being the useless kitsch of war, these artefacts can tell us something new about the oc- cupation years, revealing not only a range of previ- ously unrecorded wartime events, but alternative interpretations of known events. More than  years after the war, new information is still coming to light. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the British Academy and St Catharine’s College for funding the research.

Crucifix in a bottle made by a Russian ‘slave’ worker in .

"e final group, and perhaps the richest and most G ILLIA plentiful, includes items made by the c. , de- N ported islanders who were sent to Germany in  CA and , and who were interned in a number of RR civilian POW camps until their liberation in , kept alive with Red Cross parcels. To pass the time, they recycled the food tins, the cardboard parcels, the parcel string and wooden parcel crates to make some incredible artefacts. Among these were two objects shown here: a chess set made from a parcel G ILLIA N CA RR

Chess set made in Biberach from a Red Cross parcel crate. A Red Cross tin engraved in Biberach.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  The Thomas Neales of St Catharine’s

An abbreviated version of this article by Librarian Suzan Griffiths first appeared in the Catharine Wheel B M  November  an additional Venn provides only the admission date of the cataloguer worked in the Library Office to create second "omas Neale, although a local Bramfield on-line catalogue entries with provenance details historian consulted by Paul Griffin notes that he for the books bequeathed to the College Library lived at North Manor House, at one time practiced by "omas Neale in  and donated by John Ad- law in Bury St Edmunds, was a churchwarden and, denbrooke in . by a will dated , money transferred to his wife, Addenbrooke was a College Fellow from  who died in , was used to purchase land on until . When he died in , he left about which eight almshouses were erected in  (un- , to found a hospital and is buried in the Col- fortunately demolished in ). "ere was only lege Chapel where his armorial tombstone is on the one child of "omas and Mary Neale, a daughter floor of the Ante-Chapel. An exhibition of some of called Mary who died in , aged ten. the  books donated by John Addenbrooke was What do the catalogued books tell us about his set up in the New Library over the Long Vacation interests? "ere are many Common Law books, and Alumni weekend in . but he also had a strong interest in medicine and "e earlier version of this article printed in the in the politics of the day since many of his books Lent Term  Catharine Wheel prompted Paul consist of volumes of tracts and pamphlets issued Griffin () to write with details about an earlier during the reigns of Charles II, James II and the "omas Neale, admitted to the College as Sizar in Glorious Revolution, especially relating to Titus . It is possible the Neales were grandfather/ Oates and the Popish plot, and bound together grandson, but there is no direct evidence for this. shortly afterwards. He also acquired tracts issued Venn’s Alumni Cantabrigienses notes of the earlier: during the period of the Civil War, since several Neale, !omas. Matric. Sizar from St Catharine’s, volumes are inscribed ex dono Johannis Browne (of Easter . Probably born at Higham Ferrers. Ord. Norwich). His books have neat shorthand owner- deacon (Peterb.) Sept ; priest (London) Dec ,  age ; “B.A. of King’s College”. Vicar of Ridge, Herts. Perhaps Master of Aldenham School, Herts., -, when he was dismissed. Paul Griffin noted that a prosperous brewer estab- lished Aldenham School in  and that there was a reference to Neale in the  minutes of the Brew- ers’ Court who ran the school and that he was sacked in . "e St Catharine’s connection continued when Tom Henn was a boy and later Governor there and when Paul Griffin became Headmaster. "e second "omas Neale was admitted to St Catharine’s on  June  and died, aged , on  February . (JB Bilderbeck Librarian – copied inscriptions from the memorial stones in the parish church of Blythburgh. On Neale’s stone was inscribed ‘one of the best of mag- istrates in his time’). On  September  the Master and Fellows gave a receipt under the com- mon seal of the College to the executors of "omas Neale of Bramfield, in the County of Suffolk, for a valuable collection of books, left by him in his will to the College. (Jones, History of St Catharine’s History of the Revolution with Neale’s College, ). ownership marks.

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Littleton Tenures. ship marks but few other annotations. Bilderbeck publicity for the  Kellaway concert series and, identifies the shorthand as being in the style of in , St Catharine’s became the first College in "eophilus Metcalfe reading ‘"omas Nel his bok’ Cambridge to have a printed catalogue, prompt- Searching using the phrase ‘"omas Neale former ed by the Sherlock bequest. A complete shelf list owner’ in the library online catalogue enables his was produced by JB Bilderbeck in  and a card collection to be displayed. catalogue with provenance and binding details was A selection of his books was displayed in the created by the Assistant Librarian, Mrs Avril Ped- College Library during Michaelmas term  and ley, in the s from the older handwritten cards. included: Apart from the  catalogue all of these have to !e countrey justice : containing the practice of the be searched in the Library Office; the online cata- Justices of the Peace logue, however, is available from terminals within !e travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the and outside College (select Library on the College East-Indies website). King James his counterblast to tobacco It will take years to catalogue the entire rare A justification of the present war against the United books collection online (there are about , Netherlands. books in the collection, of which under  cur- "e College Library houses many earlier forms rently appear in the online catalogue). An external of catalogues. "e catalogue of the original library grant financed a temporary cataloguing post for dated  is still in the College Archives and was the two discrete collections during which time  published by Corrie in , but the collection titles were catalogued and we will continue this itself disappeared, probably during the Reforma- work now the project funding has been used but tion. A manuscript catalogue bound in vellum at slower rate. Either the early Romance language containing two lists dated as  and  show books collected by Chaytor or the Sherlock dona- the holdings before the major growth through do- tion, reflecting the interests of an eighteenth cen- nations received in the eighteenth century. An il- tury Master and Bishop will be the next projects if lustration from the handwritten catalogue of the funding becomes available. Neale and Addenbrooke donations was used in the

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  A darker shade of Pepys: The Entring Book of Roger Morrice

Mark Goldie (Churchill College and general editor of the Entring Book) writes I S P is much the best-known diarist demonstration. "ere are descriptions of firework in English history, Roger Morrice must be the carnivals, Lord Mayor’s shows, puppet shows, fires least known. But Morrice, who graduated from and hurricanes, duels and executions, murders and St Catharine’s in , is now set to become a little suicides, stage plays and coffee house fracas. more familiar. July  saw the publication of !e Its author, Roger Morrice, was a Puritan clergy- Entring Book of Roger Morrice, the result of a col- man turned confidential reporter for leading op- laborative project led from the History Faculty in position politicians, engaged in a struggle against Cambridge. In six volumes, some  pages in all, royal absolutism. He was well-connected, a ba- and published by Boydell, this is a library edition, rometer of public opinion, and supremely well- but the project team is planning to bring out a one- informed: the perfect fly-on-the-wall, discrete and volume paperback abridgement in due course. unobtrusive. Written just twenty years after Pepys’s "e Entring Book is the longest and richest diary Diary, the Entring Book depicts a darker England, of public life in Britain during the era of the Glori- thrown into a great crisis of ‘popery and arbitrary ous Revolution. Spanning the last years of the reign power’. It was a time of religious persecution and of King Charles II and the short and disastrous religious fundamentalism, but also a time when reign of his Catholic brother, James II, the Entring fear of anarchy and of godly tyranny drove people Book chronicles the second downfall of the House of to find a way towards social peace. "e Glorious Stuart. Nearly a million words long, this is a record Revolution brought stable parliamentary govern- not only of politics and religion, but also of soci- ment and a large measure of religious toleration. ety and culture, gossip and rumour, manners and ‘Diary’ is a convenient term for the Entring Book, mores, in a teeming metropolis risen Phoenix-like but a misnomer, for it is not a personal document, from the ashes of the Great Fire. It has much to say but a chronicle of news. In fact, it is probably the about military and colonial affairs, foreign relations, office master-copy of a limited circulation manu- and European warfare, as well as guerilla warfare script newsletter, secretly prepared for Morrice’s in Scotland and Ireland. It offers closely-observed political masters. If Pepys is self-revelatory and accounts of spectacle, ceremony, celebration, and hedonistic, Morrice could not be more different,

An example of the code in the Entring Book.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  for he discloses next to nothing about himself, and engaged in a good deal of puritanical tutting at the debaucheries of the era of the ‘Merrie Monarch’. Finding out about Morrice is hard to do. He left few traces outside his own archive of papers, in- cluding the fragile Entring Book, preserved today in Dr Williams’s Library, Gordon Square, Blooms- bury, the principal research library for the English Nonconformist tradition. But we know a little. He was the son of a yeoman farmer from the moor- lands of north Staffordshire. His background was Puritan and Parliamentarian during the Civil War. He was briefly, under Cromwell, a minister of a parish in the Church of England, at Duffield in Derbyshire, until ejected as a Presbyterian when the episcopal church was restored in . After that, he served as chaplain (in practice, as semi- secular factotum) in turn to two leading parlia- mentary leaders of the emerging Whig party, Lord Holles and Sir John Maynard. Morrice matriculated first at Magdalen Hall, !e finished books. Oxford, in , when he was registered as being of ‘plebeian’ parentage. In  he migrated to not mention the College in his will. He had in fact St Catharine’s, where his being a ‘sizar’ likewise in- spent a good deal of his money funding students for dicated that he was not of gentlemanly origins. He the Presbyterian ministry through the academies. took his BA in  and MA in . At that time, "e manuscript of the Entring Book has been St Catharine’s, like Christ’s, Emmanuel, and Sid- known to specialists in Stuart history for some de- ney Sussex, had a reputation for Puritanism. "e cades. Several ingredients were needed to make pos- great theologian Richard Sibbes had been master sible its publication for the first time. Some , in the s, when, Morrice wrote, ‘he raised up words of the text are written in a shorthand code, a learned generation ... He was a very learned and designed to prevent reading by prying eyes. (Some- holy man and a great lover of nonconformists’. times Morrice put the name of his informants in In Morrice’s own time, the master was the bibli- code, so that a longhand sentence might contain cal scholar John Lightfoot, who served from  just a single word in code, the name itself.) One of to . A moderate Puritan, Lightfoot had been a the very few experts in seventeenth-century short- member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines in hands, Dr Frances Henderson, of Oxford, decoded the s, which set about reconstructing the na- this material for the project. "e next ingredient tional church on Presbyterian lines. But he was not was a substantial grant from the Arts and Humani- a dogmatist, as is plain from his surviving the Res- ties Research Council, to fund a postdoctoral re- toration in his post. During his continuing master- search associate for three years, and six-monthly ship after , Lightfoot made St Catharine’s one meetings of the project team. Also necessary was of the few places where Puritans were willing and an amicable and enthusiastic collaboration among able to continue to send their sons, whereas most half-a-dozen scholars from half-a-dozen universi- colleges were thoroughly purged. Besides the for- ties, for each of the volumes of the published edi- malities of admission and graduation, we have no tion has a different editor. (A single scholar could other evidence of Morrice’s time at St Catharine’s. scarcely hope to undertake so large an editorial Given that, by the time Morrice died in , Cam- task.) "e final element is supportive institutions, bridge and Oxford colleges were entirely Anglican especially Dr Williams’s Library, the owners of the institutions, and the Dissenters had established manuscript, and a publisher with high academic their own academies, it is no surprise that he did and production values, Boydell.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  A Retrospect

Glen Cavaliero (, Research Fellow , Fellow-Commoner ) writes ‘B ’  spoil your pleasure in reading?’ But it was characteristic of him to present one with exclaimed more than one friend on hearing that, at such a challenge. I took it as a compliment and the age of thirty-eight, I was proposing to work for much enjoyed giving the poem a poker-faced ap- an English degree at Cambridge. As it turned out, praisal: Tom knew what he was about. they were wrong, even though I myself had some With Tripos safely over, and a Research Fellow- misgivings at the time. Hitherto I had been enjoy- ship awarded me by a generous Governing Body, ing the English poets, essayists and novelists as an there commenced those decades of teaching in accompaniment to my historical and, later, my which I have tried to convey to others an enthu- theological studies: they were also trusted enliven- siasm that a professional engagement in English ers, entertainers, friends, always at hand to support studies had not diminished. Convey, for one does me in times of need – as when, for example, Jane not ‘teach’ imaginative literature – one learns from Austen supported me throughout the rigours of an it, and the sharing of what one discovers results in RAF Officers Training Course, the pages of Emma the increase of what it has to offer. I look back with and Persuasion awaiting me after a day of Sten Gun grateful affection to the years of supervising under- practice and parade-ground drill, or of forcing graduates, singly or in pairs, the Cambridge learn- one’s way through the daunting obstacles of an as- ing experience which is probably the most truly sault course. So to study the works of my favourite educative for all concerned. And somehow or other writers in order to undergo examinations seemed a I contrived to publish half a dozen books as well. chancy thing to undertake. Methods of criticism come and go over the years Luckily for me I was going to St Catharine’s, and, as literary studies become ever more profes- thanks to Tom Henn’s readiness to take a chance GERR

on an amateur enthusiast; and how well I remem- Y L I ber that first supervision with him in his, to me, NSTE

quite magical study on C Staircase. He had set me A D an essay on the th-century Metaphysical Poets, and, with characteristic courtesy, he invited me to read it aloud in accordance with the Oxford proce- dures to which I was accustomed. At least he had not asked me to write about Yeats or Kipling, on whose work he was an authority; but even so, the long silence that followed the conclusion of my es- say was unnerving, until the eventual growl of ap- proval restored my fading confidence. After which we proceeded to Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Ibsen and other highlights of the tragedy paper. Whatever the subject, Tom could extend it further by relating it to the life of affairs and action. "ere was never a whiff of the classroom about his teaching. And then there were those famous Monday eve- nings, when we would be invited to submit our poems anonymously, poems which Tom would then hand round to be read aloud by those pres- ent, who would have to comment on them. As I had recently begun to write poems myself I found these sessions helpful, even if on one occasion Tom Dr Glen Cavaliero, whose th birthday presented me with one of his own poems which, as celebrations are mentioned by the Senior Tutor he well knew, he had read to me the week before! and others elsewhere in this Magazine

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  sionalized, the received discourse of the hour grows through a reading of the English masters in those increasingly determinative. With each decade one cheap pocket hardbacks – Everyman’s Library, !e watched a change – ‘criticism of life’, the war-cry World’s Classics and the rest – so readily available in of FRLeavis, was within a year or two of my ar- the years when I was growing up. I am very glad rival at St Catharine’s to be supplanted, through that I acquired the habit of reading for pleasure at an the influence of Raymond Williams, by ‘society’. early age; and I am still more glad that I did take the "en linguistic studies took over, and ‘language’ plunge and engage with literature academically. My was the name of the game, and all was ‘"eory’. pleasure has not been diminished, even when work ‘"ere’s nothing here for me to de-construct’, com- dictated that I take up a familiar author for the ump- plained one of my students when presented with teenth time. And insights have been shared not only an unfamiliar poem at a Practical Criticism class with university students but with people in all walks (and how happy I am still to be conducting them). of life – the Board of Extra-Mural Studies opened Another decade saw the arrival of Gender Studies, up many opportunities for me. But whether in my with welcome attention being paid to many a hith- study at home or on the lecture platform or in some erto neglected woman novelist whose work I had village hall or community centre, I continue to bear enjoyed for years. It has all been immensely stimu- in mind Samuel Johnson’s comment that ‘"e only lating, for each emphasis has in turn enriched my end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy understanding and powers of appreciation. To be life, or better to endure it’, since no one engaged in connected with English studies at Cambridge is to literary pursuits should ignore that wise and heart- be kept constantly on one’s intellectual toes. ening declaration. For their work is concerned not My own first acquaintance with authors came simply with written texts but with living things.

College Magazines

M   realise that the Society in touch with each other and with the College and Magazine was not always the only Magazine also to facilitate united action in any matter con- to be produced by St Catharine’s. "ere was, in cerning the welfare of the College and its alumni, the s and s, also a College Magazine. including the assistance of necessitous members.’ "e illustrations show the College Magazine "e Library is by no means sure that it has for December  and the Society Magazine for copies of all issues of the College Magazine. "ose  (the Society Magazine cover design remained donated to the Library include issues from  to the same until the s). , but the series may not be complete. Further Copies of early issues of the St Catharine’s Col- donations of this Magazine (and also the Wood- lege Magazine illuminate the early years of the lark and Spokesman Magazines) would be most College Society and its own Magazine, which in welcome.  celebrates  years of publication (all issues are now available online). "e College Magazine of June  notes that ‘in connection with the St Catharine’s Society it is hoped to produce next year a magazine which will contain a resume of College events during the year, together with the best of the original contribu- tions to the previous three numbers. "is project depends upon the financial position of the Society, but, with a reasonable membership, it is thought that such a magazine could be supported from, and included in the Life Subscription Fund.’ "e issue of March  notes ‘four years ago the Society was founded to keep old S. Catharine’s men

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  On the Catzwalk

Alys Bryant (), who has just graduated, impressed at least one senior Member of the College throughout her time at St Catharine’s, by never seeming to wear the same outfit twice. !us she was invited to contribute, as a ‘first’ for the Magazine, an article on fashion. C   for its books, bikes and ‘chat’ on the back of the humble hoodie. However boisterous beggars; however our fashion scene, it the real feather in the Cambridge cap is undoubt- seems, has yet to penetrate the outside world. edly the ‘blues stash’ which is strutted by the crème A distinct fashion hierarchy rules the cobbled de la crème of the sporting contingent, regardless of streets of Cambridge, starting with the Rah! ‘Jack the distressing itchy-looking aqua oversized jackets Wills’ look as demonstrated to perfection at the paraded about by the broad-chested, groomed and Varsity Polo game – pink pin-striped upturned ostensibly haughty ‘blue’. Other types to be con- collars, brown loafers for the boys and flowing pa- sidered are the spectacled geek and arty arts stu- shmina scarves with obligatory back-combed hair dent, with a smattering of token chavs, über-cool and tight-fitting tank-tops for girls. "e sporting foreigners and elegant middle-aged ladies sweeping world is never to be outdone in Cambridge. Col- towards the UL on vintage bicycles with pleated lege hoodies with all manner of slogans, mottos greying hair, black-rimmed glasses and poised pos- and even insults to other colleges are to be spotted ture. But for the most part, the archetypal Cam- whizzing along Kings parade on bicycles provoking bridge look remains firmly entrenched in the world tourists to snap a stereotypical Cambridge student of crushed velvet jackets, paisley patterned ruffled- and members of other colleges to sneer with deri- shirts, messy hair, neckerchiefs and bewildering sion as a rival college big-wig flashes their cheesy brogues. RO B

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Models, from the left: Esther Lousada (), James Fitzgerald (), Alexandra Glatman () and Noel Cochrane ()

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( reward individuals seen on the streets of London sporting a rustic brown paper Primark bag as it is those with analogous Louis Vuitton carriers. "is paradoxical mix of price range adds depth to the style stakes and suggests a heightened awareness of the flavour of the month sweeping the fashion industry. Finally, the Catz motto is to work and indeed to play hard, and thus it is fitting to end this section with an invaluable tip regarding the morn- ing after a heavy night on the tiles, and that is the The age-old gender issue colour pink. Nothing perks up a weary face better "e fashion hierarchy flows ferociously on into than a dab of cerise lip gloss (preferably Lancome) May Week, with the males seeing only floaty dress- and nothing feigns  hours sleep more convinc- es, floral head-dresses and long exam-free evenings ingly than a rosy blush on the cheeks, so there you in which to savour the opposite sex. "e female of have it. the species on the other hand observes her com- RO B petitors’ labels, fabrics, accessories and nail polish G OL with a sly side-glance followed by sneer or reluc- D I N G

tant approval. "e men, limited as they are in their ' 2006 choice of May Ball get-up, are almost clone-like in their tuxedos with the possible addition of jazzy ( bowtie or braces to mark individuality in an oth- erwise dreary sea of drab hired suits. "e men of Cambridge then, with the exception of the occa- sional statement oddball, can only draw attention to themselves in ridiculous fancy dress and by ap- propriately outrageous behaviour. In this city, the height of elegance and epitome of sophistication, it seems that we cannot escape our primal instincts. Even exquisite ladies need to compete for male attention and indeed weigh up the competition, because the aim of the dress code is just as much about impressing other girls as it is the men. "is can no better be demonstrated than in May week when men appear to unite, in the style sense, with their ubiquitous tuxedos – ladies crave variation, for, as we are all too aware, no lady wishes to be duplicated or perceived thus.

Fashion tips for Ladies When attempting to imitate the style of other la- dies, always do so in moderation, adapting the de- sired style to more familiar, established looks, and always be realistic. It is imperative to know one’s own strengths and weaknesses and enhance or con- ceal them accordingly so as to achieve maximum

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Fashion tips for men Unlikely as it may be that jewel-encrusted Col- Nothing attracts a lady more successfully than a lege gowns will grace the Catzwalk any time soon, dazzling smile, clean, ironed clothes and pleasant- Cambridge can pride itself on being unwittingly in smelling footwear. vogue. Its eclectic mishmash of traditional Cam- bridge dress combined, seemingly effortlessly, with Turning the spotlight on to St Catharine’s modern chic is quintessentially boho, and appears Catz attracts applicants from everywhere with to have pre-empted the London look down to a T. every background, and it is therefore appropriate Paris, New York and Milan all favour a pristine, that the miscellaneous styles sported around Col- groomed and timelessly classic look, whereas the lege reflect this. Furthermore there are the many London look is scruffier, combining well-made other dress codes around college from choir robes pieces and cheaper more dispensable fleeting fash- to maintenance wear to office and porters’ wear, ion. How delightful then that in Cambridge, shab- and yet there is still the unmistakeable Cambridge by chic is where it’s at; in this light, Cambridge air that cannot be defined, with everybody chip- can pride itself on being veritably avant-garde yet ping in to keep the Catz wheel spinning. "e concurrently characteristically old-school which, classic Cambridge student look is comfy, slouchy after all, is why we are all here. and unique in our college individuality, and this is RO B epitomized in the Catz College hoodie which can G OL be recurrently observed around college, especially D I N in hall at meal times, notably emblazoned with G ' the Catharine Wheel and the name of a society, 2006 group or team usually combined with a practical ( pair of jeans. Yet College still manages to retain a smattering of trendy-wendys and those too cool for school who are enviably in touch with the world of fashion. Elsewhere in the country, and especially in the large urban agglomerations, they would be considered well and truly behind the times, yet in the Cambridge bubble they can proudly hold on to their fashionista status with glee.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  !""# Varsity Rugby: a view from the stands

Last year’s magazine had an article from Mike Harfoot (), who gave his view of the  Varsity Rugby Match ‘from the scrum’. !is year, Jennifer Davis () who was to be the partner of Chris Lewis () at the post-match Ball, and was therefore an interested party, writes E  M term had started, with the team selection for the Blues’ tour to France, it was clear that the build-up to the  Varsity Rugby match was going to feature prominently in the coming weeks. It proved to be an exciting and tense time, not just for Chris Lewis, but for many more of us at Catz. Fortunate to be living at Chad’s, just across from the Grange Road ground, I joined the ever-increasing Catz crowd who turned out every week to watch the matches. Our initial excitement that Chris was in each starting line-up was cut short when he picked up an ankle injury in the first weeks of term, much to his frustration, although he was soon back on form. Varsity team selection date loomed and we could only wait with Jen Davis. fingers crossed, well out of the way, for the Cap- tain to knock on Chris’s door. "e atmosphere in  December when we joined the crowds heading College and amongst the Catz supporters in the to Twickenham, hoping that Chris, who was on stands had been growing increasingly tense, with the bench, would get his Blue. A strong contingent rumours of professionals flying around, culminat- of Catz students, past and present, gathered in the ing in a particularly vocal match a couple of days stands and did not have to wait long. Chris came after the Varsity team selection. Unabashed by the on as a replacement for Joe Ansbro after the lat- close proximity of the coach and the man in ques- ter was injured just minutes into the game. "e tion, a few of Chris’s most fervent supporters made cheer from our section of the crowd as he ran on their views about the more controversial elements could clearly be heard on Sky’s TV coverage of the of the selection resoundingly clear, much to the match. Although he didn’t stay on for long, the delight of the Catz crowd. "e complaint, inciden- strong victory ensured that everyone was in good tally, was picked up by !e Times on match day. spirits for the post-match celebrations. After a rau- All of this faded away, however, on the morning of cous coach journey across London from the hotel, we kicked off the evening with a champagne recep- tion for both teams in the opulent surroundings of the Oxford and Cambridge Club. "e trophy was passed around the jubilant team members for half an hour before we went in to the dinner for the victorious Cambridge side. "e elation of the boys was infectious and the meal was punctuated every five minutes by a triumphant song, sung from up on chairs, with much clapping and cheering. Af- ter the captain’s speeches, the new Blues were each presented with their coveted blue blazer by one of their team mates and after much more singing we headed to Pacha nightclub for the Varsity Ball. Here the dancing and festivities continued into the early hours, making a fantastic ending to an amaz- Chris Lewis. ing day.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  The Night Climbers of Cambridge

Hamish Symington () writes I  , late summer, at dawn. Over the last year or so, Noel Symington has been writing a book about climbing round the roofs of the city, to be published in October by Chatto and Windus. "e need for more photographs requires desperate measures, and so Nares Craig is forty feet from the top of St John’s College New Court, while a cam- eraman several yards away tries to coax his ancient machine to life. Time is of the essence; a Porter in Trinity, standing by the river, has seen them. "is was soon after two men (one of them Nares) had been rusticated for climbing King’s Chapel, and the ascent of the last forty feet after he had been seen with the prospect of a ninety foot descent before he could get away needed ‘a good performance’; Nares was in his last term, and desperately anxious not to be sent down. !e Night Climbers of Cambridge, published under the pseudonym ‘Whipplesnaith’, is an as- tonishing record of most of the climbs that Noel, my great-uncle, and a group of others undertook whilst undergraduates and soon after graduation. St John’s New Tower, dawn. "e book refers to many Fellows, friends and po- licemen (‘Roberts’) who helped, and in the intro- get the perfect picture. One night Noel was at- duction it is said that ‘the younger dons, indeed, are tempting St John’s Main Gate for a photograph often roof-climbers themselves… in fact, if you tact- for the cover of the book. "e flash-man was on fully broach the subject to your supervisor, he may be the side of ‘the Onion’ on the Divinity Schools; able to help you considerably’. the camera halfway to the Hawk’s Club, on the "e climbs themselves are varied in difficulty, but ground. ‘As the camera- and flash-men could not see they do not grade them. ‘What appears easy to one each other, they had arranged to whistle when each climber appears difficult to another’, he writes, and was ready, and then the flash-man was to whistle four this appears to be true from the accounts that have times and flash on the fourth. Before this, the climber been written, especially where he disagrees with was to wave a white handkerchief four times when the author of !e Roof-Climber’s Guide to Trinity, ready. All started according to schedule. !e hand- published in . Easy or difficult, the carefree at- kerchief waved, whistle answered whistle, and four titude to some of their climbing is hard to believe, pips announced the critical moment … but nothing with what would now be considered impossible happened. !e flash-man lost his head, and kept up a situations or extremely painful injuries just being continual barrage of pips while he shook the appara- all part of the ‘fun’. tus; the climber, slightly confused, flapped a handker- Another aspect of the climbs, making them chief with equal vigour; so that no one should say that all the more impressive, is that many are photo- he was wasting time, the cameraman let off an occa- graphed. In the s, this involved not only a sional toot. !en the flash went off ‘of its own accord’. camera (briefcase-sized) but also a separate flash- It was a good twenty minutes before he had recharged man; it was not unusual for four or five men to be the apparatus; the unfortunate climber on the top of climbing at a time, with a couple of them carrying the Main Gate nearly died of exposure; it was a chilly ‘impedimenta’ – ropes, flash, flashbulbs, camera, night with a strong wind blowing.’ string etc. "ey went to extraordinary lengths to Although on the most part the climbers (and

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"e book itself was printed in , and reprinted in . Since then it has gradually appreciated in value, and good-quality second-hand copies of the second printing are advertised on the web for around . "ere are a few websites devoted to it, and it was through one of those that I was put in touch with Jon Gifford at the Oleander Press in Cambridge, a small independent publisher special- ising in ‘eclectic, esoteric and, sometimes, eccentric publications’. He had had it in mind for several years to reprint the book and had been in touch with Noel’s son who, amazingly, still had most of the original negatives and prints. As both a graphic designer and Noel’s great- nephew, this was too good a chance to miss, and I persuaded Jon to let me design the new edition. His original idea was to produce a straight facsimile of the  edition, but with the advancements in printing technology (and the changes in fashion in design) we decided to interleave the photographs with the text to make them contextually relevant, and to re-set the type. We also took advantage of modern technology to digitally remaster the nega- tives to remove spots, dots and hairs, and to en- Traverse round base of King’s Chapel pinnacle. hance areas of the originals which were not as clear !ere is a drop of ft below the climber. as they could be. "e new edition will be published on  Octo- the buildings they were climbing) ended a night ber,  years after the original went on sale. Cam- without damage, the climbs were not without mis- bridge may have changed since Noel wrote about hap. Only very slight damage was ever done – a his exploits, but the charm and wit of the book crack to the slates on the roof of the Porters’ Lodge remains as fresh as ever. of King’s (they sent  ‘conscience money’ to the For more information, or to buy a copy, see Bursar) – unlike one of the climbers in the s, www.nightclimbers.co.uk. If anyone was a part of Hederatus, who damaged stonework and lightning the expeditions, or knew Noel (who was at Clare), conductors, and was sent down for his troubles. In- I would be delighted to hear from them. juries were uncommon, but severe when they hap- pened; a Trinity man fell twenty-five feet when he tired after attempting a descent of a route usually found difficult going upwards; ‘He crawled across the court … to the Porters’ Lodge where, behind the Porter’s back, he managed to sneak the key of his room and get away unseen … for a newly crippled body it was little short of a miracle.’ He spent the next week in a nursing home outside Cambridge. Another in- cident occured during a descent of King’s Chapel, where Noel was faced with a decision to fall forty feet and break his back, or to burn his hands slid- ing down a thin Alpine hemp rope. ‘He burnt his fingers, and for six weeks his hands were in bandages.’ So much for the fun. !e Senate House Leap.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  The joys of dancing and writing

Felicia Yap () is the recipient of a Tunku Abdul Rahman Centenary Scholarship, a Scouloudi Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research in London and was recently awarded a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge. She has combined her PhD studies in Modern History with terpsichore, and writes

D I ’ any activity happier, more Varsity Match itself (the last time Cambridge won exhilarating, and more nourishing to the soul, I Varsity was back in ). Blaise and I not only can’t think what it might be. In dancing, the mind earned our half blues in ballroom dancing, but we flies with the body; the efflorescence of movement also won the trophies for the best Cambridge ball- pulses in the brain, in rhythm with the feet and the room couple and the best overall ballroom couple, swing of the arms. besides coming second in the overall rankings. Both dancing and writing are highly addictive I am convinced that the twin activities of danc- activities; both are, for me, inextricably bound up ing/writing have kept me as a reasonably sane his- with expression. Since I arrived at Cambridge, I torian. A long, frustrating and sometimes despair- can’t recall a time when I wasn’t writing, and I can’t ing morning of work, for instance, can usually be recall a time when I wasn’t dancing. In both, the unsnarled by a vigorous dance practice in the late ‘spirit’ finds release; through the music and power afternoon. On days when I can’t dance, I don’t feel of words, or though the poetry of movement. "ere like ‘myself’ and the writing remains inexorably is, however, an added edge to dancing when it is tangled. But when I can dance and write my heart done competitively. Ballroom dancers must not out, it is a joyous, ecstatic release. only be physically fit, but they also have to look CA R beautiful while competing. For us, every competi- OLY N

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of our choreography. 2006 "is year has been an incredibly successful year ( of competitive ballroom dancing for us. My part- ner Blaise "omson, remarkably, was a beginner to competitive dancing only last year. We represented the university on the A-Team at most of the major competitions this year; besides winning the waltz at the Sheffield Open and the advanced ballroom event at Cuppers, we made the advanced ballroom finals of the Nationals (Inter-Varsity Dance Com- petition) at Blackpool in March, where some  students competed. We came fourth in the final, thus establishing ourselves as one of the top stu- dent ballroom couples in the country. Our crowning highlight of the year was the Var- sity Match in May. Eighteen of the top couples from Cambridge and Oxford were pitted against each other across four ballroom and Latin disci- plines – the waltz, the quickstep, the cha and the jive – and were awarded points based on their rela- tive rankings. "e university with the highest cu- mulative total was declared the winner at the end of the day. "is was Cambridge’s year – our teams won the second team match for the first time since the match was instituted in , as well as the Felicia Yap and partner.

 St Catharine’s College Society Magazine  Caths, Cats and Catz Cardinals Ball )&*"

K B () writes to emphasize that it was P S J Baker (Fellow ) found his brother Geoffrey Barnes () who wrote the a  edition of Varsity Magazine. St Catharine’s poem which set off this furious debate, not Ken gets two mentions, both in connection with the himself; Ken merely sent it to the Editor. "e Cardinals Ball (‘the highlight of the Lent Term so- poem was indeed correctly attributed when it ap- cial scene’ which featured the Windmill Girls as peared in the  Magazine. the cabaret that year).

Brian Price () writes May I be permitted to add a brief note of support for Jon Lewis’s letter ( Magazine) deploring the recent appearance of Catz as the familiar name for our illustrious institution? Its usage seems to have coincided with the arrival of the degenerate forms of English employed in e-mails and the sloganised generation brought up on ‘Beanz Meanz Heinz’. As for whether or not there should be an apos- trophe inserted in Cats/Cat’s, too many of this same generation have either given up the unequal struggle with this tiny item of punctuation or nev- er realised there was a choice; for some, Catz must seem both safe and logical. Perhaps the only way to eradicate this regrettable aberration is by the strictest editing of contribu- tions submitted for publication in the Society’s Varsity cartoon of the cabaret. magazine. Such action would, I feel sure, meet with the approval and relief of the great majority A   Cuthbert which was thought of members. to have disappeared in the demolition of the old Porters’ Lodge came to light at the Ball that year. !e Editor replies Can anyone throw light on what became of this I am not at all sure that you and Jon Lewis are bust and why the College should have had it at all? correct in implying that there are many more alumni approving Cats rather than Catz. "e lat- ter first appears in a Magazine over  years ago and was certainly in common use by then (Editors being slow to pick up these changes). "ere are liv- ing many more alumni from the immediate past  years than from the previous  or so, not only because of limited life-spans, but also because of the increasing intake of students.

Cuthbert.

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