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CONTENTS

THE TRINITY COMMUNITY ...... 2 JUNIOR MEMBERS ...... 59

President’s Report ...... 2 JCR Report...... 59

The Governing Body ...... 4 MCR Report...... 60

News of the Governing Body ...... 6 The 2008 Commemoration Ball ...... 61

Members of Staff ...... 11 Clubs and Societies ...... 62

Staff News...... 13 Blues...... 70

Degrees, Schools Results and Awards 2008...... 15 ARTICLES AND REVIEWS ...... 71

THE COLLEGE YEAR ...... 18 ‘A Gryphon Rampant’...... 71 by Richard Incledon Alumni and Development Office Report...... 18 ‘Courting Success: The History of Tennis at Trinity’ ...... 72 Benefactors Hilary and Trinity Terms 2008 ...... 20 by Matthew Johnston Garden Report...... 25 ‘A Tortoises’ Tea Party’ ...... 78 Buildings Report ...... 26 by Linora Lawrence

Library Report...... 28 Book Review...... 81

The Old Library Cataloguing Project ...... 31 Degree Days...... 81

Archive Report...... 34 Editor’s Note ...... 82

OBITUARIES ...... 38

Derek Steel...... 38

Albert Greenwood ...... 38

Frank Bush ...... 41

Members of College...... 42

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THE TRINITY COMMUNITY

PRESIDENT’S REPORT The academic year which has just finished brought us 25 Firsts and once again a place in the top half of the fabled Norrington Table. Not quite as good as last year’s stellar performance, but still a very t is a relief to report that after two years of often intense impressive feat, which reflects on the quality of our teaching fellows Iinternecine squabbling, the University has moved into calmer and the hard work of our undergraduates. It is quite sobering for waters. The arguments over governance, if they have not gone away, someone who was an undergraduate in the 1960s like me to note that have at least been conducted with greater decorum and the all but eight of current finalists got a First or 2.1. These impressive perpetually divisive issue of money, how to divide up the money figures ought to counterbalance the Brideshead image of Oxford from the Government between the University and the Colleges, has regularly revisited by the media of our students as champagne- finally been resolved, largely as a result of the work of a group of swilling, plovers’ egg-eating and teddy bear carrying. Unfortunately College Heads without central University interference. The Vice- a new film of Brideshead Revisited is about to appear to give a new Chancellor, John Hood, is standing down at the end of this academic generation a picture of Oxford decadence at a time when we are year to make way for the current Provost of Yale, Andrew Hamilton, investing an enormous amount of effort in ensuring that no one is a distinguished chemist and a highly successful figure at Yale. He deterred from applying to Oxford on any other ground than lack of will come to Oxford as the University’s mega-campaign Oxford intellectual ability. The list of University Prizes won by Trinitarians Thinking, which has grabbed the headlines and which only those in is on page 17. the Fens could ignore, is fully in its stride. An attempt to raise £1.25 billion as a minimum, not a target, may sound ambitious in these We were saddened by the death earlier in the year of Albert doom-laden economic times, but by dint of including benefactions Greenwood, the former SCR steward. His name is extremely well from the quiet period before the campaign was officially launched, known to many generations of Old Members. Another wrench for the University has already reached the half-way mark. As I hope will the college is the departure of Peter Carey, who has spent 42 years have been evident from the literature you have already received, this as an undergraduate, graduate and fellow at Trinity. We cannot but is a combined University and collegiate effort. Giving to the College wish him well as he takes up an exciting new post in Indonesia counts towards the general target, as of course do contributions to working for a charity. It speaks volumes for his boundless energy University institutions. Trinity’s own targets are to endow bursaries that he is able to take on such a daunting task as a second career after for needy students, to secure fellowships, which University funds so many years in his first. Several members of the fellowship have often cannot now provide, and to continue our Forth Bridge distinguished themselves, Peter Read has been honoured by the activities in maintaining and improving the buildings of Trinity and Royal Meteorological Society in recognition of his inter- if possible to provide a new one. I am very conscious of how much disciplinary research contribution, while Justin Wark was one of a space is at a premium on the main College site. We are as a college team awarded a prize for research on high energy density science as remarkably lucky in the generosity of our Old Members but it would a recognition for outstanding research involving collaboration with make an enormous difference if we could encourage a higher Japan. Martin Kemp is finally leaving the Fellowship after eleven proportion of Old Members to support us. At present 18 per cent of years as a highly successful and high profile Professor of the History Old Members whose details we have do so. Some colleges have of Art. Although his successor Craig Clunas has already been with managed to move up to around 30 per cent, which is beginning to us a year, Martin has stayed on to assist with the Research approach US proportions (Harvard, Yale and Princeton manage Assessment Exercise. In our annual rotation, the Fellowship loses a between 41 and 60 per cent). Junior Research Fellow, in this case Alexandra Olaya-Castro, who 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 3

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has won a five-year fellowship grant to be held at UCL, and gains a home in the next few months. I will be meeting Old Members in new one, Philip Booth, who will be researching Classics and Spain in October and those in the south-west and north-west of Christianity in the Therapeutic Culture of early Byzantium. England in the autumn. I have also attended over the last year a series of smaller functions, allowing me to meet Old Members and Trinity’s small size proved no barrier to sporting success this year. to discuss with them in greater depth what the College is doing and The women’s joint soccer team with LMH won cuppers, while the what they can do to help. rugby team has now bifurcated. Some are playing jointly with LMH, but there is in addition an all-Trinity rugby team which has entered We mark on 29 January 2009 the 450th anniversary of the death of the league at the bottom of the table, but is set to rise dramatically. our Founder. No doubt Sir Thomas Pope would be amazed at the The Trinity tennis team won the 2008 league championship title in changes but I think he would be proud of the way so many of his their first season in the top division, being unbeaten for the second ‘flock’ have fostered the sense of a community which projects its year running. This is a wonderful achievement for a team which learning in the wider world and retains an affection for the College entered the bottom division in 2001 and managed four promotions and each other way beyond student days. in seven seasons. The boat club had mixed fortunes in Summer Eights, but their enthusiasm and commitment is compelling. Numbers participating in rowing are remarkable for a college of our size and the generosity of old members was reflected specifically in a new men’s First-Eight boat Parni given by David Beauchamp in honour of David Parnwell, one of the College’s most enthusiastic rowing supporters down the years. A complete list of Blues and Half Blues obtained by our students can be found on page 70. Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG

Music, drama and debating, among a bewildering range of student activities, all flourished. The Chapel Choir has been as beautiful in voice as it has been substantial in numbers and the Music Society has continued to entertain the College and wider University. I hope many of you will have caught a fine production of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, which made me very wistful for my own thespian days. The college acting community also put on a one night only performance of Lorca’s Blood Wedding which deserved a far longer run.

The Richard Hillary lecture, always a significant event in the university’s literary calendar, this year brought us Howard Jacobson who spoke with his customary blend of erudition, wit and combativeness on ‘Forget plot, it's the thought that counts: The novelist as moral mentor’.

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THE GOVERNING BODY Professor Justin S. Wark, MA (PhD Lond.): Tutor in Physics, Vice President (to 30.09.08)

President Professor Martin J. Kemp, MA (MA Camb.) FBA FRSA: Professor Sir Ivor Roberts, KCMG MA FCIL of the History of Art (to 30.09.08)

Professor Jan T. Czernuszka, MA (BSc Lond, PhD Camb.): Tutor in Fellows Materials Science Mr Michael J. Inwood, MA: Tutor in Philosophy, Dean of Degrees Professor Martin D. Maiden, MA (MA, PhD Camb.) FBA: Mr Peter G. McC. Brown, MA: Tutor in Classics Professor of the Romance Languages

Dr Clive H. Griffin, MA DPhil: Tutor in Spanish Professor Louis C. Mahadevan, MA (BSc New Delhi, MSc PhD London): Tutor in Biochemistry Professor Gus Hancock, MA (MA Dublin, PhD Camb.): Tutor in Physical Chemistry Dr Alexander M. Korsunsky, MA DPhil (BSc MSc Moscow): Tutor in Engineering Science Dr Peter B. R. Carey, MA DPhil: Laithwaite Tutor in Modern History (to 30.09.08) Dr Chris Wallace, MA DPhil (BSc MSc Lond.): Tutor in Economics, Fellow Librarian, Dean (to 30.09.08) Mr Jack Collin, MD (MB, BS Newc.) FRCS: NHS Consultant Surgeon Dr Keith J. Buckler, MA (BSc Lond., PhD Newc.): Tutor in Medicine, Dean (from 1.10.08) Mr Bryan R. Ward-Perkins, MA DPhil: Tutor in Modern History, Fellow Archivist Dr Trudy A. Watt, MA DPhil (BSc Open, MSc Shef. Hallam): Senior Tutor Dr Chris R. Prior, MA DPhil (MA, PhD Camb.): Tutor in Applied Mathematics, Garden Master Mr Nick W. Barber, MA BCL: Wyatt Rushton Tutor in Law

Dr Steve J. Sheard, MA (BSc, PhD Lond.): Hunt-Grubbe Tutor in Dr Kantik Ghosh, MA (BA Calcutta, MPhil, PhD Camb.): Stirling- Engineering Science, Computing Officer Boyd Tutor in English

Dr G. Jonathan Mallinson, MA (MA, PhD Camb): Tutor in French Dr Bernd Kirchheim, MA (RNDR, CSc Prague): Shaw Foundation Tutor in Mathematics Professor Russell G. Egdell, MA DPhil: Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry Dr Stephen D. Fisher, MA DPhil (MSc Southampton): Tutor in Politics Professor Peter L. Read, MA (BSc Birm., PhD Camb.): Tutor in Physics Dr Victor F. P. Seidel, MA (BSc Cornell, MSc Rensselaer, MBA Camb., PhD Stanford): Tutor in Management Studies Professor George D. W. Smith, MA DPhil FRS: George Kelley Reader in Materials Science Mr Ben McFarlane, BCL, MA: Tutor in Law

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The Reverend Emma M. Percy, MA (MA Camb., BA Dur.): Chaplain, Welfare Dean (from 1.10.08)

Dr Johannes Zachhuber, MA MSt DPhil: Tutor in Theology

Mr Kevin J. S. Knott, CVO (BA Lond.) AKC: Estates Bursar

Professor Kim Nasmyth, MA (BA York, PhD Edin.) FRS: Whitley Professor of Biochemistry

Dr Stefano-Maria Evangelista, MA MSt DPhil (BA E. Anglia, MA Lond.): Tutor in English

Mr John J. Keeling CBE, MA (MA London): Domestic Bursar

Professor Marta Z. Kwiatkowska, MA (BSc MSc Krakow, PhD Leic.): Professor of Computing Systems

Professor Craig Clunas,MA (BA Camb., PhD Lond.): Professor of the History of Art

JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS

Ms Alexandra Olaya-Castro (BSc, MSc Bogota): Physics (to 30.09.08)

Ms Laura A. Swift, MA MSt: Classics

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NEWS OF THE GOVERNING BODY group of researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he will be lecturing in the summer of 2009.

ir Ivor Roberts continues work on a revision of the classic Gus Hancock has come to the end of the first three years of his Swork on diplomacy, Satow’s Guide to Diplomatic Practice, Headship of the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory. while occasionally lecturing, contributing articles and giving Two years to go. His research work continues to go very well, with interviews to the press on practical contemporary diplomacy in this year’s highlights being a new EPSRC research grant in reaction areas as diverse as Italian politics, the Lisbon Treaty, Kosovo, the dynamics, in collaboration with colleagues in Oxford and Bristol, arrest of Balkan war criminals and Georgia/South Ossetia/Russia. worth about £6M over five years, and the results of his new Since January he has been Chairman of the Council of the British experiments on infrared emission from the atmospherically School of Archaeology and Fine Arts at Rome. He is also Chairman important nitric oxide molecule featuring as a ‘Hot Topic’ article in of the Executive Committee of the University’s Careers Service, the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. The spin-out Patron of the Venice in Peril Fund, and a member of the Independent company of which he is a founding academic—together incidentally Newspaper Group’s International Advisory Board. with Grant Ritchie (Trinity 1991)—Oxford Medical Diagnostics (often referred to as OMD, but incorrectly, the band Orchestral Peter Brown’s year was dominated by continuing service as a Manoeuvres in the Dark have precedence here) was featured as one Finals examiner (for the last year ever, he hopes); he also continued of the top fifty Technology Pioneers at the recent World Economic to serve on the Humanities Divisional Board, on the AHRC Peer Forum in Davos. The company has recently been acquired by the Review College, and as a Director of the Archive of Performances Avacta Group plc, which develops detection and analysis of Greek and Roman Drama. A new horror this year was his technology aimed at the defence & security, biopharmaceutical and membership of the University’s Institutional Audit Management clinical diagnostics markets. Board (you don't want to know...). On 1 March he hosted a well- attended Classics Lunch in the Hall, at which Edward German’s Peter Carey has resigned his fellowship to take up a post in Jakarta March and Chorus for Sophocles’ Antigone (see the Report for as Project Director of the Indonesian School of Prosthetics and 2007) were performed by members of the college orchestra, with Orthotics, which will be opening in January 2009. Funded by the five singers performing the Chorus in the original Greek. Peter’s Nippon Foundation and the Cambodia Trust—which Peter himself translation of the Comedies of Terence appeared as a paperback in co-founded in 1989 to bring relief to the country’s thousands of the Oxford World’s Classics series in January, and his paper on landmine survivors—the School will offer postgraduate training to ‘Scenes at the Door in Aristophanic Comedy’ was published in teachers of disability health professionals, who are desperately August in M. Revermann and P. Wilson (eds), Performance, needed to care for and mobilise Indonesia’s estimated 2.4 million Iconography, Reception: Papers in Honour of Oliver Taplin physically disabled people. (Oxford, 2008). He read a paper on ‘Slaves, Ex-slaves and Peter’s Trinity career began in 1966, when he came up to read Aristophanes’ Frogs’ at Nottingham University in May and at a History under Michael Maclagan (fellow 1939‒81) and John conference in Oxford in September. Cooper (1952–78). He continued in the MCR, before embarking on Clive Griffin has published several articles on Spanish literature a PhD at Cornell University, where he began the research that was and the history of the Spanish book, and is co-editor of The Spanish to culminate in the publication of The Power of Prophecy: Prince Ballad in the Golden Age (2008). He has given papers in France, Dipanagara and the End of an Old Order in Java, 1785–1855 Spain, Italy and Mexico as well as at other British universities. He (2007). Peter’s interest in the prince led him to sail for Jakarta on an has begun what he hopes will be a long-term collaboration with a Indonesian cargo ship in February 1970, a journey that almost ended 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 7

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in disaster as he came close to death from peritonitis in a Palembang Jonathan Mallinson has completed a two-year term as Chairman of hospital. the French Sub-Faculty. He was appointed Acting Director of the Voltaire Foundation for the year 2008/9. He gave a paper in Paris at Peter’s love of Indonesia is life-long. He spent his childhood in the 60th Congress of the Association Internationale des Etudes Rangoon, Burma, and travelled widely in Java in the early 1970s, Françaises on the seventeenth-century reception in England of learning Indonesian, Javanese and Dutch the better to use the d’Urfé’s L’Astrée, and published an article on Voltaire’s Lettres records in the National Archives at Jakarta. In 1974 he returned to d’Amabed in Voltaire and the 1760s, ed. N. Cronk. Oxford to take up a JRF at Magdalen College, and in 1979 he was elected a fellow of Trinity, to succeed his former tutor John Cooper. Peter Read spent the final months of 2007 running a major Peter was joined two years later by Bryan Ward-Perkins, with whom experiment on the huge Coriolis rotating fluids tank in Grenoble, he formed a long-lasting and harmonious teaching partnership. The France. This was an extension of a previous experiment he led there annual Historians’ Christmas parties, with their charming raffle in 2002, with the aim of studying the fluid dynamics of rotating prizes, and the picnics at Wayland’s Smithy, a place close to Peter’s convection that might underlie key features in the circulations of the heart, will long be remembered by all those fortunate enough to be outer giant gas planets Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter and Saturn are invited; and no History student has passed through Trinity without covered in clouds of ammonia that are organised into semi- learning the significance, and interest, of the world beyond the Urals permanent bands or stripes, oriented East–West and held in place by and Suez. a corresponding pattern of winds. The experiment produced similar Peter will be much missed as a member of the Governing Body, not banded ‘wind’ patterns, results that will help to guide future efforts least for his habitual good humour, and for his active social to model the atmospheric circulations of these planets. Images of the conscience which, by example, provided a timely reminder that experiments and interviews with Peter were shown in June, in there are much more important things in life than academic careers ‘Naked Science—Saturn’s secrets’ on National Geographic Channel and university politics. The beautiful and deeply symbolic in the US. Peter also gave invited scientific presentations on these Cambodian Lion, that Peter campaigned successfully to have set up experiments in places as far afield as UKAEA Culham, Oxon., and in the Library Quadrangle, will, we hope, serve as a perpetual record the University of South Florida (USA). of this important truth. The entire Trinity community wishes Peter every success in his latest bold venture. In May, Peter was honoured by the Royal Meteorological Society with the award of their Adrian Gill Prize—an annual award for Bryan Ward-Perkins enjoyed his first year co-ordinating the new distinction in interdisciplinary research relating to atmospheric Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity, whose success was ensured by a science. In the spring he helped with the preparation of a new BBC generous gift from Trinity historian Lewis Chester (1986). The programme on the history of climate science and the role laboratory Centre was able to bring a number of distinguished scholars to fluid dynamics experiments played during the Twentieth Century in Oxford, from the continent and from the USA, to lecture and hold the development of ideas about the circulation of the Earth’s seminars on their most recent work. There is now a new energy and atmosphere. Sadly, Peter will not be seen on our screens in the UK, unity of purpose amongst the many people in the University, across although he will appear in the international version. On 1 August he six faculties, whose research covers the period between around 300 took over as Head of one of Oxford’s six Physics sub-Departments, and 700 AD. This year was also, of course, the very last in which that of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics (AOPP). He will Bryan will work with Peter Carey, so all the historians at Trinity hold the post for five years, while remaining Trinity’s senior Physics made sure that familiar mile-stones of the ‘History Year’, such as the tutor but with reduced teaching hours. Wayland’s Smithy picnic, went with a very special swing. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 8

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Frances Ashcroft has given two prize lectures this year: the 10th Chris Wallace completed a research project on the evolution of Rodney Porter Lecture, in Oxford, and the Kroc Lecture, at Uppsala public-good provision in simple games, resulting in publications in University, Sweden. The Rodney Porter lecture is especially notable Games and Economic Behavior, the Review of Economic Studies, as it honours the distinguished Trinity biochemist and Nobel and a further paper forthcoming in the Economic Journal. Two new Laureate Rodney Porter, who was the Whitley Professor and Fellow projects are underway: one on inequity aversion and one on public of Trinity 1967‒85. The lecture was given by Kim Nasmyth in announcements and macroeconomic performance in information- 2007, Ed Southern in 2006 and Andrew McMichael in 2002, so it is transmission models. The latter has been presented this year at quite a Trinity event. Fran was the first woman to be invited. Essex University and at the Helsinki School of Economics. Other activities include continuing service as Fellow Librarian, a year as Alexander Korsunsky has been invited to be a member of the Dean, and continued involvement with the Society for Economic Science Advisory Committee at Diamond Light Source at the Analysis Ltd., as its business manager and company secretary. This Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, where he also chairs the charity supports research in theoretical and applied economics, user working group for JEEP—Joint Engineering, Environment and especially by young economists, and publishes the Review of Processing beamline—which is the first synchrotron-based Economic Studies. instrument designed and dedicated to modern engineering research. Alexander’s group carried out a series of new experiments on three Trudy Watt has received two Oxford University Teaching Awards different beamlines at Diamond in 2008, aiming to demonstrate the 2008. The first was awarded jointly to Trudy and the other three world-beating capabilities of this facility that is the largest UK senior tutors who are members of the OxCORT Management investment in science in the last 30 years. Experimental visits were Committee, in recognition of the establishment and development of also made to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) the OxCORT system for recording tuition across all colleges. This in Grenoble, France, to SRS Daresbury and ISIS spallation source in allows teaching hours and student reports to be submitted by tutors the UK, and to FRM-II reactor neutron source in Munich, Germany. on-line and also makes the reports available to undergraduates via Techniques developed by the group are applied to diverse areas of the web. The second was awarded jointly to Trudy and to Alan applied science and engineering, from nanotechnology to reliability Percy, Deputy Director of the University’s Counselling Service and of jet engines. Alexander gives lecture courses at ENSICAEN Liaison Counsellor for Trinity College. It recognises the (France) and the National University of Singapore, and in the establishment and development of a session for supporting finalists, coming year will hold a visiting position in Rome. which has since been adopted by many other colleges.

During 2008 Alexander has been invited to give plenary and Nick Barber has contributed book reviews to both the Law keynote lectures at conferences in Hong Kong, Porto Carras Quarterly Review and the Cambridge Law Journal, and has also (Greece), Singapore, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Seoul (Korea) and Cape published an article in Public Law on the project to produce a Cod (USA). He chaired the World Congress on Engineering that is written constitution. Next year will see the publication of a now an annual event held at Imperial College in London, and is substantial article on laws and constitutional conventions in the Law organising an international conference on meso-mechanics entitled Quarterly Review, while Nick is continuing his work on a book on ‘Dissipation and Damage across Multiple Scales in Physical and the state, which he hopes to see published in 2010. Mechanical Systems’, to be held in Oxford in the summer of 2009. Kantik Ghosh was invited to speak at the University of Freiburg- Alexander has contributed chapters to several books, and edited a im-Breisgau; at the Centre for Early Modern Studies in the volume of collected works entitled Current Themes in Engineering University of Sussex; and at Peter Pazmany University, Budapest. Science, published by the American Institute of Physics. He was also an invited speaker at a conference on ‘Lollard 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 9

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affiliations’ held at Oriel College in July. He is a member of the impact of Information Technology—and particularly the Internet, organising committee of a major international conference entitled mobile phones and sensor networks—on our everyday life. The ‘After Arundel: Religious writing in England in the Fifteenth proceedings have been published in the Philosophical Transactions Century’, to be held in Oxford in 2009 under the joint auspices of of the Royal Society A, volume 366 no. 1881 (October 2008). the English Faculty and the Bodleian Library. From 1 October Alexandra Olaya-Castro continued her research on energy transfer Kantik will take up the position Director of Undergraduate Studies in photosynthetic systems. She presented her work at the conference in the English Faculty. ‘Energy Transfer in biomaterials’ held in Paris in October 2007 and Steve Fisher has published ‘Disengaging voters: Do plurality at an invited talk given at Harvard University in August 2008. She systems discourage the less knowledgeable from voting?’, written also continued supervising a DPhil student, Francesca Fassioli with Laurence Lessard-Phillips, Sara B. Hobolt and John Curtice, in Olsen, on her research on energy transfer dynamics in Electoral Studies 27(1). photosynthetic membranes, and she and Francesca have now written a draft together with their collaborators in France, entitled ‘Energy Victor Seidel was named the academic co-director of the new transfer in light-adapted photosynthetic membranes: from active to Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, located at the saturated photosynthesis’. Alexandra has also been working on the Saïd Business School, with effect from January 2008. This centre physics of gene dynamics in bacteria. This research has been brings together faculty from across the university to engage on developed with Dr. Nick Jones (Physics) and Professor David issues of entrepreneurship, and the founding of this centre marks a Sherrat’s group at the Biochemistry department. significant development of research in this area. In July Victor was invited to participate in a workshop at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Alexandra was one of fifty successful applicants from among about Fe, New Mexico, a cross-disciplinary research centre that focuses 600 candidates competing for a 5-year Career Acceleration on issues of complex systems and innovation. Fellowship offered by the EPSRC. The project, which concerns exploiting quantum coherent dynamics in light-harvesting systems, Ben McFarlane has presented five conferences papers, on topics will be developed at University College London and Alexandra is ranging from unjust enrichment to the nature of equitable property delighted that this will allow her to begin building her own research rights and in locations from Cambridge to Singapore. He was an group. invited professor at the University of Paris II (Pantheon-Assas) and has jointly developed a new BCL course on Advanced Property & Laura Swift’s first book was published in May: Euripides’ Ion Trusts. Ben also became the Law Faculty’s Admissions Co- (Duckworth, 2008). The book aims to provide an accessible ordinator. His book, The Structure of Property Law (Hart introduction to the play, discussing the major themes of the work Publishing, Oxford) was published in July, and is a bargain at just and providing a reading of its main themes. An area of particular £28 for 998 pages! He made a successful application to the concern was that of genre, and how optimistic plays like Ion fit into University’s Recognition of Distinction Exercise and, with effect our understanding of ancient tragedy, and the book also explores from 1 October 2008, is a Reader in Property Law. how the play fitted in with contemporary beliefs about patriotism and empire, and how modern attitudes to these issues have affected Marta Kwiatkowska was the lead organiser of a Royal Society later scholars’ approach to the play. Laura is now working on her Discussion Meeting entitled ‘From computers to ubiquitous second book: a much revised and expanded version of her doctoral computing, by 2020’, which was held in March. A prestigious panel thesis, which will appear in print in the summer or autumn of 2009. of speakers, including Lord Darzi, Adam Greenfield, and Professors This deals with the relationship between the chorus in Greek tragedy Gaetano Boriello, Andy Hopper, Jeanette Wing and Gary Marsden, and the ritual choruses from which it was derived (for example spoke to 200 participants from a variety of backgrounds on the religious choruses, or choruses to celebrate weddings or funerals). 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 10

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Laura’s aim is to provide a better framework for understanding non- tragic choral genres, as well as reassessing tragedy’s relationship to other forms of poetry. During the process of researching this book she has also written several articles on how particular plays make use of lyric material, three of which will be appearing in journals in 2009 and two of which will appear in edited volumes.

John Vakonakis has continued to work on cell adhesion and migration. He and co-worker Michèle Erat have determined the first structure of a complex between human fibronectin and collagen, two molecules of the extracellular matrix. Their results indicate that fibronectin is likely to unwind collagen and, along with research on stimulation of cell migration, point to a regulatory role in cell mobility. John hopes to gain insights to cell migration during embryo development or tumour progression through studies of fibronectin as a control molecule. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 11

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MEMBERS OF STAFF • SEPTEMBER 2008

College Offices Archives Annabel Ownsworth, Academic Administrator Clare Hopkins, Archivist Isabel Lough, Tutorial Administrator Jonathan Downing, Schools Liaison Officer Medical Glenn Archibald, Admissions Officer Alison Nicholls, Nurse

President Gardens Ulli Parkinson, PA to the President Paul Lawrence, Head Gardener Lana Ip, Housekeeper Luke Winter, Assistant Gardener Aaron Drewett, Apprentice Gardener Computing Alastair Johnson, Computer Manager Housekeeping Mandy Giles, Accommodation Services Manager Alumni and Development Office Sadia Saad, Housekeeping Supervisor Sue Broers, Development Officer Brenda Bassett, Scout, Staircase 6 Tom Knollys, Alumni Relations Officer Damian Blachnio, Scout, Staircase 18 & 4 Linora Lawrence, Database and Development Office Assistant Renata Blachnio, Scout, Staircases 10 & 12 Simon Toner, Data Assistant Kathy Davies, Scout, Staircase 3 Kate Lewis, Student Assistant Elsa Davidora, Scout, Staircase 4 Yeti Dos Santos, Staircase 5 Bursary Alan East, Scout, Libraries and Chapel Robyn Searle, College Accountant Caroline East, Scout, Dining Hall & Various Jenny Cable, Executive Assistant to the Bursars Palm Harding, Scout, Staircase 15 Nasera Cummings, Fees and Battels Administrator Malcolm Nolan, Scout, Staircases 2 & 11 Laraine Mather, Assistant Accountant Sue Peach, Scout, Staircase 1 and Porters Lodge Annexe Paul Rose, Assistant Accountant Erwin Szymaniec, Scout, Staircases 7 & 13

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Kitchen Custodians Chris Simms, Executive Chef Maurice Hicks, Custodian Julian Smith, Head Chef Khalil Alhaji, Custodian Verity Anton, Third Chef Caia Betke, Apprentice Chef Outside Properties Jonathan Clarke, Second Chef Ken Ip Pat Conway, Kitchen Assistant John George, Kitchen Porter Workshop Justino Geogino, p/t Kitchen Porter Steve Griffiths, Maintenance Manager Doug Simms, Pastry Chef Nigel Morgan, Workshop Foreman Jacob Simms, p/t Kitchen Porter Maged Alyas, Workshop Assistant Simon Wallworth, Chef de Partie Paul Hunt, Plumber Daniel Wright, Senior Chef de Partie Henry Jeskowiak, Electrician Gary Kinch, Painter/Decorator SCR and Dining Hall John Smith, Carpenter Jack Pierre, SCR and Hall Steward Dave Thomas, General Labourer Lisa Linzey, Assistant SCR and Hall Steward Rogrigo Scotti, Assistant SCR and Hall Steward Grounds Paul Madden, Groundsman Beer Cellar David Burrows, Assistant Groundsman David Smith, Bar Steward Linda Peach, Cleaner, Sportsground Sue Smith, Beer Cellar Steward Gun Gunawan, Beer Cellar Assistant Boathouse Mark Seal, Boatman Lodge Graham Rance, Head Porter Nigel Bray, Porter William Darbon, Porter Simon Gardiner, Porter Dominic Lantain, Night Porter Mark Norman, Porter

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STAFF NEWS Rodrigo Scotti held the fort with great commitment and style in the interim and I am indebted to them.

his report only covers eight months instead of the usual twelve Other departures included Hassam Bakar and Khalil Alhaji from the Tbut I can’t help thinking that a year’s worth of work has been Hall; Peter Greeney from the kitchen; Leila Haddouche, Philip Ling crammed into the truncated period. The number of Trinity students and Valentino Bondi from housekeeping; and Ian Gray, Nigel remained constant but the staff coped admirably with the expanded Timms and Adrian Faulkner from the Lodge. Arrivals include Bill American Summer School programme for six hectic weeks in the Darbon and Simon Gardiner in the Lodge and Claudia Betke in the summer and then catered for a proliferation of conferences, events, kitchen. And having just made the library bearable for the summer seminars, weddings and meetings. The ‘closure period’ in August heat waves (!), the librarian, Alison Felstead, has opted for an was simply another way of describing the opportunity to re-surface eighteen-month exchange posting to the Bodleian. We welcome the Front Quad, renovate the beer cellar, install air-conditioning in Sharon Cure in her stead and hope that Alison not only finds the the library and generally maintain the estate while the students were change of scenery stimulating but will return re-invigorated in 2010. not in situ. We wish all the leavers good luck in their new appointments and thank them for their contribution to Trinity over the years. Superimpose the biggest (2,000 people) and best (Sugababes, hot air balloons et al.) Commemoration Ball in Oxford—with all the The balancing act of trying to maximise the use of college rooms disruption, health and safety and detritus implications for the staff— and facilities while simultaneously trying to maintain, improve and and the picture is clear: a maelstrom of eclectic activities that restore buildings, gardens and infrastructure—without disturbing necessitated flexibility and initiative. Memories of Nigel Morgan academic life—has been quite challenging this year. Despite the and the workshop staff building exotic champagne stalls, vehicle volume of activity being higher, the staff being slightly fewer and ramps and theatrical props; Dougie Simms and Lisa Linzey running turnarounds often being short, standards have not been cocktail bars; Paul Lawrence and the gardeners assembling compromised. Indeed, while praise for executive chef Chris Simms dodgems; and Maged Alyas, Damian Blachnio and the other and his award–winning team pours in after every function, it is only stalwarts of the heavy gang doing the dirty work are just some part of the overall appreciation which follows each and every event. indications of the helpful, non-jobsworth fixers who made the Ball All of the unsung folk who don’t see their names in lights here can and many other events run so smoothly. I am most grateful to all the rest assured that they are still much valued and appreciated. staff who went beyond their normal remit. Notwithstanding the above, diary de-confliction still causes the As a relative newcomer (I’m told this status applies for at least ten occasional instance of ‘creative friction’. With Rosemary Strawson years at Trinity), I understand it is customary to cover departures constantly trying to generate additional commercial income, Sue and arrivals in this annual synopsis. The key changes are as follows: Broers and Tom Knollys expanding the development and alumni Steve Griffiths, having succeeded David Goddard last December, is programme, the College Office staff running a wide variety of now well ensconced as Buildings and Maintenance Manager, thanks admissions, open days, outreach activities and familiarisation days, largely to the stability and expertise of the rest of the workshop staff. and many others trying to do their bit with other university The new Hall Steward, ‘Jack’ Pierre—and yes, he is very French— institutions or local groups, it is virtually inevitable that overlapping joined us from St Catherine’s in August. He is now slightly bored activities demand prioritisation, re-scheduling and, occasionally, with the ’Allo ’Allo gags, but c’est la vie. He replaced Milanka last-minute resolution. But overall this is a healthy sign. Lots of Briggs who opted for pastures new in June after ten years of sterling people are clearly doing their best for the College and we somehow service; we wish her well in her new ventures. Lisa Linzey and seem to squeeze everything in and, importantly, do them well. The 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 14

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facilitators and administrators of many of these activities, as ever, Some of the staff were more affected by the weather than others. include the Lodge, the Bursary, the College Office and the IT ‘man- Trinity’s groundsman Paul Madden wondered if the incessant rain in-black’, Alastair Johnson. Again, my thanks to all of you who would ever stop; it did, just long enough for the SCR and MCR to make it happen, and still smile. tie the annual cricket match—a rare result. Occasionally there was even too much water for the boatman, Mark Seal, who witnessed Life isn’t without its lighter side. Having had ITV record a Lewis more red flag days than the boat club would wish. He was last seen programme here last year, BBC2 descended this year to film an assembling a big boat and collecting two of every kind of animal... episode for the Restaurant programme, which was broadcast in The rain helped the lawns recover quickly from the September. Some would-be restaurateurs aspiring to run one of Commemoration Ball, albeit in September the gardeners scarified Raymond Blanc’s restaurants were challenged to run a typical guest the lawns with a vengeance to rectify years of insufficient ‘deep’ night dinner in Hall, including High Table. During the recce, the treatment. But the window boxes rarely needed watering this year programme directors were so impressed with Trinity fare that they and Sir David King just managed to complete his interview on feared they would be unable to emulate the standard and the co- global warming for the Discovery Channel before the heavens ordination. They were right. But the students at least got a free meal opened again. and several of them and the Hall staff appeared on TV, notably Daniel Wright and Verity Anton in the kitchen who tried to prevent As this was written, the first students were starting to return for the meal from becoming a total shambles. The net effect, telethons and open days, and it was time to bring the scaffolding predictably, was that all present realised yet again just how good festival to a close, store the marquees and stoke up the boilers for the Chris Simms, Julian Smith, the kitchen brigade and the Hall staff start of term. And to reiterate my thanks to the Heads of Department really are. and all their people for their efforts this year.

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DEGREES, SCHOOLS RESULTS AND AWARDS 2008 n the academic year 2007/8 there were 298 undergraduates reading for Final Honour Schools and 119 graduates reading for higher degrees Iand three Visiting Students. The names of the new undergraduate and graduate students admitted in Michaelmas Term 2008 will appear in the next edition of the Report, which will cover the academic year 2008/9. Twenty-five members gained first class degrees in Final Honour Schools in 2008. Their names are in shown in bold.

Harleen Ahluwalia Samuel W Counsell George M S Macpherson Kathryn E Shierson

Richard W J Appleton Christopher R Fenwick Arjun D Malhotra Laura J Smallcombe

Hayled, E Ard Karis K Fiorrucci Jonathan J Malone Jennifer H Stockill

Sam Ashton Elizabeth H D Grimwood- Adam J Marsh Claire E Strauss

Elizabeth Atkin Taylor Thomas R Mayo Soon Inn Tay

Jonathan Ayling Jiten J Halai Rhea C McGarry Clare H Templeman

Lucy E Baker Fiona M Halliday Ian McKay Jennifer M R Tilley

Antonella M C Banszky von Sophie M Harding Edward D C Meuli Kyriacos P Vassilas

Ambroz Catherine Hartley David E Park Elisabeth J Von Bertele

Rhian M Barrance Frances E Hedges Ritu Patwari Nicholas Wakeling

Jonathan G Best Alexandra Hehir Julia A R Pidgeon Andrew J Wallace

Elena F Biagioli Caroline L Holroyde Alexander V Pinder Nicholas Wallace

Kai B Brueckerhoff Ruth C Hudson Benjamin Plommer Simon Ward

Laura J Bury Caroline Humphrey Benjamin J Pope Mark R Warren

Graeme D Cameron Ellen C Kempston Thomas P Prescott Linden R Webster

Benjamin J Cartlidge Li Lib Khoo Poompong Pruksanubal Hannah D Whittell

George T Castle Laura Kyte Benjamin D Raynor Jonathan D Wright

Rebecca J Chapman Matthew J Lawes Alison L Ritchie James P A Wright

Man Lok Chow Matthew J Lee James C Rowles Nicholson Yuki E Yamakado

Michael J Churchman Kate Lewis Dilraj Sahota

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THE FOLLOWING ADVANCED Masters of Science DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES James E Baldwin (Integrated Immunology) Jillian B Dyszynski (Environmental Change and Management, WERE AWARDED: Distinction) Those results not available at the beginning of michaelmas term Samuel P Gordon (Environmental Change and Management) 2008 will be listed in the 2009 report Sinead Keegan (Mathematical and Computational Finance) Roxanne G Quist (Comparative Social Policy) Doctors of Philosophy Kyla H Thomas (Clinical Medicine) Barbara Bader (History of Art) Benjamin D Dudson (Physics) Masters of Studies Daniel J Kirk (Materials Science) Caroline E Bristow (Classics) Sai S Lakshmi (Engineering) Mette Bundvad (Theology, Distinction) Andrew R Meadows (History) Thomas W Cawston (History) Beth L Palmer (English) Sarah E De Haas (English Studies) Oliver M T Pearce (Chemistry) Julia T Schoettl (Theology, Distinction) Benjamin M Sanderson (Physics) Claire L Wrathmell (Chemistry) Masters of Philosophy Qingguo Xu (Materials Science) Heidi S Boutros (International Relations)

Doctor of Medicine Diploma in Legal Studies Hettiaratchy, Shehan (2007) Celine Pasquier (Distinction)

Bachelors of Medicine Undergraduate Exhibitions Sara J Long Megan G Kershaw (Medicine) Lauren M Newcomb (Distinction) Benjamin E Thurston (Medicine) Nicholas C Smith Gareth J Waters Graduate Scholarships Hannah Wilson Christopher J Eyles (Chemistry) Ian J Hewitt (Mathematics) Bachelors of Civil Law Michael B Hoppa (Clinical Medicine) Thomas B Blomfield (Distinction) Manon H Mathias (Modern Languages) Sim Min Kok Timothy J O’Riordan (Chemistry) Katharine K Wilkinson (Environmental Change) Magister Juris David J Kaestle (Distinction) Ioannis Skandalis 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 17

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Graduate Prizes Alexander V Pinder: R A Knox Memorial Prize Felix Hofmann (Engineering Science) Alexander V Pinder: Peter Fisher Prize in Phsyics Yu-Jen Liu (History of Art) Benjamin J Pope: R A Knox Memorial Prize Sarah V Ogilvie (Comparative Philology) Kathryn B Ross: Stirling Boyd Prize (postgraduate) Anna T Szilagyi (Life Sciences) Peta C Z Rush: Lovells Prize in Law shared Anna T Szilagi: Sarah and Nadine Pole Scholarship shared College Prizes and Awards Mark A Stigglebout: Michael and Judith Beloff Scholarship David H Aitken: Birkett Scholarship in Environmental Change and Ciara S Stratford: Lovells Prize in Law shared Management Richard Williams: Richard Hillary prize shared Jonathan Ayling: R A Knox Memorial Prize James P A Wright: R A Knox Memorial Prize Kai B Brueckerhoff: R A Knox Memorial Prize Fanghi Zhang: Mrs J H McKcKeown Scholarship Kimberley H R Bryon: Sarah and Nadine Pole Scholarship shared Benjamin J Cartlidge: Stirling Boyd Prize (undergraduate) David Evers Prize Stephen S Du: Lady Astbury Memorial Prize in Law Nicholas Wallace Christopher R Fenwick: James and George Whitehead Travelling Scholarship University Prizes and other Awards Elizabeth H D Grimwood-Taylor: Sally Ball Prize in European Thomas B Blomfield: Allen & Overy Prize for Corporate Finance Community Law Simone T Caplin: Musgrave Fund for Spanish ї Alexander Hearne: The Sa d Graduate Scholarship in Business Elizabeth H D Grimwood-Taylor: Martin Wronker Prize for Tort Studies Law Frances E Hedges: R A Knox Memorial Prize Cicely J Hadman: Gibbs Prize for English and Modern Languages Bo Hu: Kandiah Thirunavukkarasu Scholarship Benjamin Judah: Prize for Politics (proxime accessit) Caroline Humphrey: R A Knox Memorial Prize Lauren M Newcomb: Margaret Harris Memorial Prize for Medicine Frederic W Jayatilaka: Warburton Book Prize (proxime accessit) Marius Kaiser: Birkett Scholarship in Environmental Change and Kathryn E Newell: Lovel Prize for Medicine Management Ciprian D Plostinar: Perkins Prize for first year Physics graduate ї Siddharth Khandekhar: The Sa d Graduate Scholarship in Business studies Studies Kathryn E Shierson: Norton Rose Prize for Company Law ї Manish Kulkarni: The Sa d Graduate Scholarship in Business Laura J Smallcombe: Sir John Rhys Prize for Modern Languages Studies Wanzhen Tang: AstraZeneca Student Bursary for Chemistry Mary-Jannet Leith: James and Cecily Holladay prize in Ancient Jennifer M R Tilley: SET2008 Morgan Crucible Award for Best History shared Materials Student 2008 Edward D C Meuli: Sutro Prize in Literae Humaniores Matthew R Thomas: R H Craven Award for Materials Science Amanda R Partridge: Richard Hillary prize shared Benjamin E Thurston: Gibbs Prize for Medicine Sophia Pilkington-Miksa: James and Cecily Holladay prize in James P A Wright: Junior Paget Poynbee Prize for Modern Ancient History shared Languages 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 18

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President to get to know a large number of old members whom he THE COLLEGE YEAR might not otherwise have met for a very long time, if ever. The visit to New York, where I was fortunate to join him, coincided with the biennial North American Reunion, the most enjoyable part of which ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT was undoubtedly the dinner for nearly thirty old members and guests OFFICE REPORT in the University Club.

It was a particular pleasure meeting parents of current members who he first nine months of 2008 have been another busy—but, given our joined us in May for the Parents’ Lunch. This occasion, which has Told members—immensely enjoyable period for everyone in the become a hardy annual, is a wonderful opportunity for the parents of Office. The focus of attention has again been on the President and on our current students to learn about the history and traditions of Trinity— keeping in touch with old members and meeting those whom we have not and to enjoy a first class-meal. previously had the good fortune to come across. The second William Pitt Society Lunch took place on 31 May and was The Michael Beloff Law Society Dinner in February was held for the attended by thirty-five of the now sixty-eight members of this society, first time at the Oxford & Cambridge Club in Pall Mall. The very which comprises all old members who have notified Trinity that they good Dinner, at which Lord Mance, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, was have included the College in their wills. As I said in my last Report, the predictably excellent guest speaker, was substantially over- long after my time here the support of old members in this way will subscribed. Conversations with some old members confirmed the make an enormous difference to the financial security of the College. difficulty they have making space in their packed diaries for visits to I am delighted to report that membership of the Ralph Bathurst Oxford and, following the success of the experiment, we will now Society, which old members and Friends who have given over alternate these annual dinners between London and Oxford, knowing £20,000 to the College are invited to join, has increased from sixty- that Trinity’s renowned hospitality will still entice many old members nine to seventy-four over the period. The Bathurst Society Dinner back to College next year! took place in June and was preceded by a private viewing of the Saturday 1 March saw the Oxford première of Sir Edward German’s Bodleian Library’s ‘Beyond the work of One’ Exhibition, followed by nineteenth-century March and Chorus for Sophocles’ Antigone, the a reception in the Divinity School. In July, a small group of Bathurst unperformed score of which Peter Brown had discovered in his piano Society members also joined a number of the fellows on one of the stool. The performance, in which Peter was a member of the Choir, few glorious days this summer for an enjoyable visit to The Prince of preceded lunch in Hall for eighty-three former Classicists and their Wales’s delightful garden at Highgrove. guests who enjoyed the opportunity to return to College and to talk to Other events that saw old members coming back to College Peter, and to hear more about the continuing and impressive progress included the Richard Hillary Lecture at which Howard Jacobson of his campaign to raise £1 million to endow a Trinity Classics gave an entertaining and thought-provoking lecture entitled Fellowship. (The campaign is now over two-thirds of the way to its ‘Forget plot, it’s the thought that counts: the novelist as moral target.) mentor’; the launch of the latest book by Justin Cartwright (1965), In April the President went on a whistle-stop tour of North America, This Secret Garden: Oxford Revisited; the first Gaudy for those first visiting St Bonaventure University in New York State (one of the who matriculated between 1998 and 2000; and a dinner for former four American universities whose Summer School takes place at Historians who came to bid farewell to Peter Carey who, as Trinity), before going on to Toronto, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles reported elsewhere in this Report, has departed to start a new and Washington. This visit was an undoubted success and enabled the career in Indonesia. In addition to these, annual events such as the 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 19

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Trinity Society AGM and Spring Lunch, the London Reception The funds raised from the Annual Fund campaigns are invaluable (this year at The Charterhouse) and the newly traditional ‘Fifty because they are disbursed as promptly as possible after receipt. plus years on’ lunch for those who matriculated fifty or more years The most satisfying outcome from the 2007/08 campaign was that ago were all well-attended and much enjoyed. we were able to increase the maximum bursaries offered to undergraduates to £1,500 (an increase of over 130% over the last The President attended three lunches in London for small groups two years) during the year. The 2009 Report will list how the of old members at which he outlined the challenges we face and donations received as a result of the 2007/08 campaign were our plans for tackling them, and responded to questions and disbursed. comments all of which have been very useful in refining our plans. We hope that, with the help of old members, we will hold more of Before closing, it would be remiss of me not to thank Sue Broers, these pleasurable occasions, which are both challenging and Tom Knollys, Linora Lawrence, Simon Toner and Kate Lewis immensely productive. most sincerely for all their hard work on behalf of the College. Trinity is lucky to have such a committed and devoted team. Old members continued to be generous to the College. Between 1 Finally, the President and fellows are, as ever and quite simply, January and 31 July total donations to Trinity were over £550,000. grateful to all those old members and friends who have supported The largest donation was the first instalment of a near $1 million the College over the last nine months, both financially and in other legacy from the late Professor John Mitchell (1935). These funds ways. The College has always depended on such philanthropy, are designated to provide financial support for outstanding third or and the continuing support and commitment of old members could fourth-year undergraduate students at Trinity. Other substantial not be more appreciated. donations to the endowment were for the Classics, History and Law Fellowships campaigns, for student financial support and for sports at Trinity. In recognition of his considerable generosity to Kevin Knott the College over the years, Tom Winser became a Sir Thomas Pope Estates Bursar Fellow in March 2008.

The 2007/08 Annual Fund campaign closed on 31 July, having raised over £265,000 in total over the year, primarily as a result of the telephone campaign that took place in September 2007. Fifteen students, most of whom had no prior experience of so- called telethons but who wanted to support the College themselves, underwent two days of intensive training before THE 2009 RICHARD HILLARY speaking to nearly 700 old members over a two-week period. It is LECTURE a somewhat nerve-racking experience for the students to call strangers, albeit old members, and I would like to thank all those who took the calls so graciously and, even if they were not in a Colm Toibin will give the 2009 Richard Hillary Lecture on 27 position to make a donation, used the occasion to learn about what January 2009, speaking on ‘The Art of Losing’ in the Law is happening here and to update us about themselves. I would also Faculty Lecture Theatre at 5 p.m. All old members are like to thank formally the callers for their hard work and welcome to attend; please contact the Alumni and commitment and for being such excellent ambassadors for the Development Office for details. College. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 20

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BENEFACTORS JANUARY-JULY 2008

Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Former Fellows and Staff 1939 Mr R M S Allan His Honour the late Judge R A Barr The Rt Revd R O Bowlby Mr C W O Parker JP DL Mrs F S Broers Mr P G M Brown 1940 Dr P B R Carey Mr A R Taylor MBE Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey Bt Sir David Goodall GCMG 1941 The Hon Sir Charles Gray Professor C F Cullis Mr K J S Knott Mr D C Humphreys (1941) Ms L V Lawrence Miss P M K Mayfield 1942 Professor F G B Millar FSA FBA Mr E R Giles Dr P J Moody Maj Gen H G Woods CB MBE MC DL Dr J Pellew Sir John Rowlinson FRS 1943 Dr T A Watt Mr R F Lewin Mr J A W Whitehead 1911 The late Mr E P H Kern 1944 Professor G I Bonner 1929 Dr G T Haysey Dr J H Lewis 1945 1933 Mr D C Attlee Sir Humphrey Prideaux Kt OBE DL Mr J W Bateson Mr J H K Brunner 1934 The Rev Canon H Collard Mr C P Diver Dr I A Hill The late Mr J S Lawson 1935 Mr W R Norman The late Professor J W Mitchell Mr J C Woodcock OBE

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Sir John McFarland Bt 1952 1957 Mr T R M Sewell Anonymous Mr D J Culley Mr H E P Woodcock Mr C A K Cullimore Mr J M A Gregson Mr S D Lawrence Mr L D Jenkins 1947 Sir Martin Wedgwood Bt Mr C N Laine Major R M Collins Mr M G L Thomas Mr D Henderson 1953 The Revd G F Warner Mr G D B Pearse Mr T F Godfrey-Faussett Mr D J Weight Mr W N M Lawrence Mr C M J Whittington 1948 The Revd Prebendary D M Morris Dr C B Williams FRCP Mr P T Gordon-Duff-Pennington OBE DL Mr D W C Morrison Mr P D C Greenway Mr C F A Salaman 1958 Mr A G S Grellier Mr P S Trevis Mr J H Bottomley Mr G F Hancock CMG Mr J F E Upton Mr A C J Donaldson Mr G C Rittson-Thomas The late Mr J C Warden Mr H E Fitzgibbons Mr P P J Sterwin Professor J W Last CBE Mr G F Symondson 1954 Mr S D Rangeley-Wilson The Revd Canon A C Hall Mr I S T Senior 1949 Mr R C Pegler Mr R S Simpson Mr G R Barkes Major General T D G Quayle CB The late Mr W F C Swann Professor J Black Mr R N B Thomas Dr A D Ferguson FRCP Mr D M Wilson 1959 Mr G C R Fuchs Mr D F Beauchamp Mr T B Owen CBE 1955 Mr R J M Butler Mr T B Ryves OBE Mr J S Allan Dr M J Elliott The Revd M J Staines Mr A D Jenkins Mr M J Gould Dr C M Staveley Mr C A H Kemp Mr D A Newton Mr J A Nelson-Jones Dr H E R Preston 1950 Mr E P Sharp Mr R J Dix 1960 Mr J F Duke 1956 Mr T A Bird Sir John Hall Bt Mr C G Briscoe Mr J D Blake Mr N F McCarthy Mr D J F Fecci Mr T J B Farmer Mr K M A Ryves-Hopkins Mr M Gainsborough Professor Sir Malcolm Green DM FRCP The Venerable C Hewetson Mr R J M Neal 1951 Mr A Richardson The Revd R E G Hughes Mr T W Roberts 1961 Mr R E Mavor Mr F N P Salaman Mr R P F Barber OBE The late Mr I F Shaw Mr C J Hemsley Mr A G Wilson Revd Canon K W Noakes 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 22

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Mr M E Pellew CVO Mr N W Jackson 1973 Mr A D Stewart Mr R B Morse Mr R E Ainsbury Mr A W Warren Mr D W Parker Mr M R Gifford Mr R S Parker CB Mr A A Murphy 1962 Mr G M Strawbridge Mr A S Newman Mr D Armes The Rt Revd Stephen Platten Mr M J Hatch 1968 Mr A Shivdasani Mr A G Thorning CEng FRAeS Mr S C D Bankes Mr P J Bretherton 1974 1963 Mr O N F Fairclough Mr C N Boothman Mr M B Baldwin Mr J A H Greenfield Mr J M Foster Mr R E B Browne Dr S H Large Mr P J Horsburgh Dr J A Evers Mr A J G Moore Mr Ronald H Levine Mr N M Fraser Mr C T Richardson Mr P W Lodge Professor C Hall Dr J A Vann Mr A Mangeot Mr J S W Partridge 1964 1969 Mr M H Ridley Anonymous Dr N C Elliott Mr R F Foster Professor R S G Knight 1975 Mr A M Fowler The Revd Canon Dr M F West Mr J P Brown Mr G P Hayman Mr C T Couzens 1970 Mr P J Griffiths 1965 Mr N P F Brind Mr G B Heys Dr S A Mitton HE Mr A J Cary CMG Mr G L Riddiford Mr N J Renton Mr M L L Lapper Dr J E Tabor The Revd Dr F J Selman Mr D G Williams 1971 1966 Mr N J Hunter 1976 Mr J L A Cary OBE Mr P J Lough Mr G G U Davis Mr H A Elphick Mr E S Dismorr Professor D Fairer 1972 Mr H J Emmens Mr P G Hollings The Rt Revd John Arnold Mr D J Engel Mr W Hood Mr C D Baxter Mr M J Haddrell Mr I D P Thorne Dr J D H Chadwick Mr R A E Hunt Mr R A West Mr E A Doran Mr M A Pepera Dr M C K Wiltshire Mr J M Gray Mr C D Randell Mr M A Layton Mr R D M Sears QC 1967 Mr C H Parker Professor A M Grant Mr D G Wrighton The Hon D F Howard 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 23

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1977 1981 1987 Dr S J Charles Ms V R Blades Mr C W Hammon Mr R J Farmer Mr J G H Dickinson Mr A J Last Mr K M Stephan Mr A P Dyte Mr M R Tillett Mr C R Whittaker Mr C J C Hollis Ms A C Turner Mr J D B McGrigor 1978 Mr C J Reilly 1988 Anonymous Mr M C Taylor Anonymous Dr I W Archer Ms A C Window Mrs A Ardron Mr J N Atkins Dr A R Graydon Mr A P H Browne 1982 Mr D P G Hinds Mr A M M Hammett Dr R G Barton Mr M P Rees Mr J N D Hibler Mr D S Ewart Mr D P Tomlinson Mr J B Hunter Mrs A Henderson-Begg Professor J C Hurtubise Miss K D Lassila 1989 Mr D W Jones Mr R A Lindsay Mr J S Argles Dr A Knapton Dr R C Ratnavel Mr G M Brandman Mr S P Lomas Mr T Drew Mr S M Lord 1983 Dr S L Garland Mr N V Radford Mrs C F S Clackson Mrs T P Garland Mr R C F Rea Dr J Fletcher Mr M A J Pitt Dr P D Warren Mrs S Lewisohn Mr I A Taylor 1990 1979 Mr A R Lawson Mr I N Abrey 1984 Mr A L Wilkins Mr K R Craig Mr J M R Glasspool Mr A D Wilson Mrs C J Sants 1985 1991 1980 Mr M S Harwood Dr E F Drysdale Anonymous Mr P M Kerr Dr N W Gummerson Anonymous Mr J Spence Mr T E W Hawkins Dr M D Chapman Mr D J Yeoward Mr T E W Hawkins Mr S Edelsten Mr C R Howlett Mrs J L Goulding 1986 Dr J L Kennedy Ms K L Mavor Mr L Chester Mrs S E Oakley Mr P J Pinto Mr D N Evans Ms S M Tyne Dr H R Mott 1992 Dr S J Tucker Mr J M Allan Mr A B Woodfield Mr P C Collins 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 24

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Mr B Giaretta Mr S W Miller 2002 Miss S M Pettigrew Miss C C A Newbury Mrs D Fowkes Mr M P Rendell Mr S M Ng Ms C Osti Mr N M Steele Mr G J Samuel-Gibbon Mr G Von Graevenitz Mrs S A Samuel-Gibbon 2004 Mrs K L Vyvyan Mr J Mik 1993 Miss C L Curtis 1998 2005 Mr R W Dawkins Ms S A Ellis-Jones Miss K M Lewis Mr R D Hadley Mr J G Jansen Dr S J Payne Miss C R Leigh Parents and Friends Mr M G Pratt Mrs R F Stone Mr N H G Armstrong-Flemming FCA Mr J P Snaith Dr W C Van Niekerk Mrs C J Banszky Mr P J Yates Mr Barrell 1999 Mrs M E Bristow 1994 Miss H Cartwright Mr D H Crocker Dr V C Appel Mr N Grennan-Heaven Lt.Col. G S Furtado Mr S J Chiavarini Mr M E Harris Miss A Hall Miss A J Doenhoff Mr B Morris Mrs J Hill Mr S P Donnan Mr S E Scanlan Mr D H Paroissien Mrs S J Hawkins Mr A W W Slee Mr D Pimm Mrs S J Hawkins Mrs S Tollemache Mrs A Richardson Mr D J Nicholson Dr A Wallace 2000 1995 Miss F E Arricale Others Anonymous Mr C E H Cook Allen & Overy Mr N J Gray Ms K E L Garbutt Deutsche Bank Mr L G Large Miss J B Goodall The BOC Group plc Ms E N Price Mr J D Hutchins MBNA Bank Mr J J Westhead Mr D P Latham Barclays Bank Plc Mr A S Powlesland Dyers Company 1996 Mr R Truffer The Mercers Company Dr R Goodall Miss J Wölber Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc Dr C E Hinchliffe British Schools and Universities Foundation Inc 2001 UBS 1997 Anonymous Contemporary Watercolours Miss R E A Backhouse Mr A R Johnson Edward Kern Miss D E Cresswell ACA Mr D Johnston Mr C J Good Ms S E Symes Ms E C J Good 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 25

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GARDEN REPORT meeting with the President and support from Governing Body, I am very pleased to announce that we have two Hermann tortoises that will reside here at Trinity for many years to come. Toby and Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, Plum, who are both females, were very kindly donated to us by but by the moments that take our breath away. Mavis and Neil Ramsden. An appropriate ceremony was held in the President’s garden where the arrival of the tortoises was celebrated by some of our fellows and again by the American or me the autumn is a very special and quite beautiful time of summer schools. Fthe year. The trees, which are the backdrop to many a great landscape, have performed for the year in great style. Many have The Summer Season rewarded us with a symphony of spectacular autumnal colours from On reflection the summer this year seemed very short and very yellow to purple, which can quite simply take my breath away. wet. We have as usual hosted many weddings, drinks parties and Trinity’s Front Quadrangle, which has been planted with several conferences. The Oxford Theatre Guild performed in the Gardens trees, is looking particularly good for autumn colour at the moment. during the summer months, staging the comedy As You Like It, this Liquidamber styraciflua or Sweet Gum, a tree which resembles a time set in the 1960s. The Summer Ball created the usual problems maple, is turning a brilliant crimson red, whereas Koelreuteria but it was all good fun. The SugaBabes stole the show and were paniculata - the small tree between the blue cedars - is showing off enjoyed by almost everyone for one reason or another! The other its golden orange foliage with great gusto. Cercidiphyllum memorable thing about the Ball this year was the hot air balloon, japonicum, a tree that is native to Japan and China, was introduced which although tethered, was extremely pleasing to see and even into this country in 1881 (four years before the Jackson building was more pleasing to go up in. The dodgems were a huge success. We built). Cultivated for its spectacular yellow or red colouration, the were particularly glad about that: just at the last minute the tree also releases the smell of burnt sugar. dodgem company were going to pull out because a ramp hadn’t been provided for them to drive their vehicles down. Estates For gardeners, planting trees is one of those moments when we are Bursar Kevin Knott spoke with the owner, and negotiated a left humble in the knowledge that we are doing something good compromise. The workshop crew rapidly went about building a for the future. In mid-January my colleagues and I planted suitable ramp and between a few of the Ball Committee, all the Crytomeria japonica ‘Elegans’ in appreciation of Tom Dowd of gardeners and most of the workshop, we manually transported all the University of Virginia Summer Programme. Tom ran the the equipment which comes with these rides off the vehicles, down summer programme here at Trinity for very many years and was the ramp and across the lawns into position. By the time my honoured by his friends who planted the tree in his name during colleagues and I had finished we were completely exhausted! his final year. This small coniferous tree (commonly called the Japanese Cedar) has soft feathery foliage, which in its juvenile (And digressing slightly, the next time my children ask whether they state will turn red during autumn and winter. The tree has been can go on the dodgems at the local park and I turn my nose up planted behind the blue cedar near the lodge and fairly close to the because I think a fiver is too much I will without question path. reconsider...)

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This thatch lies just above soil level and is primarily made up of BUILDINGS REPORT dead grass and grass clippings. Although it is not unusual to have thatch in an existing lawn—in fact quite the opposite—it is a Refurbishment of the SCR Tower Rooms problem when the thatch layer becomes too thick. When this ver the Easter break some needed refurbishments were carried occurs water and nutrients are unable to penetrate the soil, instead, Oout in some of the SCR rooms, including the two Tower rooms, they are caught up with the thatch, bypassing the grass roots the adjoining kitchenette and the hall and stairs leading to all these altogether. The consequence of this is that the vigour of the grass areas. The small kitchen had all the units removed and following is noticeably reduced. The grass has no incentive to put down roots redecoration and retiling it was refitted to modern standards in a as everything that it requires is being held up on the surface. cherry timber finish and a dishwasher installed. Particular attention Thatch in essence resembles moss. It can hold on to water which was paid to the two Tower room fireplaces. The non-original marble is great during times of drought; but when the rainfall is high will infill boards and old electric fires were removed and new cast iron hold on to too much water, and with warm temperatures will fire insert/basket sections were installed and the fire surrounds harbour fungal diseases. repaired and cleaned. The wooden floors of the two Tower rooms In recent years we have been unable to carry out this essential were stripped and sanded and painted in black ‘Japanning’ as the work due to the heavy scheduling of functions. The fact of the other SCR meeting rooms. The floors were overlaid with specially matter is we are dependant on these functions continuing for the purchased antique Persian rugs. The hall, stairs and landings were success of the College but we have simply got to put the gardens redecorated and re-carpeted. higher on the agenda. I am grateful for the support of bursars Kevin Knott and John Keeling who have agreed that every External Repairs and Improvements September they will make sure that this annual task will be able to The front drive has been resurfaced using a resin bonded gravel take place. It is a considerable job: by the beginning of October we system. The works included completely relaying the path section had filled five six-cubic metre skips with dead grass and were still along the Jackson Building with tarmac, before applying the top going. The work had to stop when cold night temperatures began, dressing; broken York paving slabs were also replaced outside the but will be resumed next year. This restoration will take at least President’s Lodgings. A removable wooden bollard design has been three years but visitors will see a huge improvement already by chosen with the advice of Bryan Ward-Perkins and this will be next year. installed directly in front of the Chapel arch. This will enable both gates to be open, allowing a fine view into the Durham Quadrangle I would like to finish by thanking my fellow gardeners Luke and with no risk of vehicles entering. Aaron for all their hard work for what has been a very eventful year; and also to pay thanks to our groundsman Paul Madden for In recent years four of the six stone finials above the gate piers have his help and for allowing me to use his machines. decayed and fallen off. New matching finials in Bath stone were made by Joslins Ltd of Hanborough and have been reinstalled by a stonemason. Minor repairs have also been carried out to the top of Paul Lawrence the gate pier masonry, which was found necessary once scaffold had Head Gardener been erected.

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years). Service and adjustments to the mechanism have also been monitors in the Lodge have been replaced with modern flat-screen completed. The two north windows of the tower rooms were versions. The control box has been completely replaced, and several repainted, and some minor masonry repairs were also carried out. At cameras have been repaired or replaced, with the resultant the same time as these painting works were carried out, adjoining improvement of picture clarity and scope. All 118 gas boilers and scaffolding allowed us to access and paint the accommodation room heaters have been serviced; repairs have been carried out to the windows facing Durham Quad, above the Dining Hall. Windows of heating control panel serving Staircase 4 and the Jackson Building. Staircase 17 facing Durham Quad were similarly redecorated and Inspections by our Legionella treatment specialists earlier in the both contracts included several replacement timber sills and opening year highlighted the need for tank cleaning and sterilization to of our sashes. cold water storage tanks. The works also included the provision of A new Accommodation Office is being provided by converting an tank lids to prevent build-up of debris. The same inspections advised old garage space underneath Staircase 18. At the time of writing that electrical units to inhibit lime scale should be installed to the work was still proceeding on this project. The planning system has systems of the majority of our buildings. These works were been slower than anticipated and some exacting planning recommended under the accepted code of practice for the prevention conditions, most notably stonework choice and procurement, have of Legionella. The works were carried out by Eton Environmental further delayed the contract. Services and SMY Electrical Ltd.

Repairs were carried out to the guttering and lead-work above the Under the five-year periodic fixed electrical system testing program, SCR and the ‘Stonesfield slates’ and lead-work roof on Staircase 1, five staircases, the Sports ground properties, the Dolphin Yard, the as a result of minor rainwater penetration. Extensive rainwater Chapel, and seven other buildings were fully surveyed and tested. penetration into the rear top bedroom of 108 Woodstock Road Repairs were carried out on five Staircases and college houses that necessitated re-plastering and full redecoration of the affected room. were tested the previous year. All testing and repairs were carried Scaffolding was erected at the rear of the property in order that out by Lowe & Oliver Ltd. repairs and further investigation of the roof fabric could take place. At the request of Blackwells, South Eastern Electricity upgraded Internal Repairs and Improvements and increased the supply to the bookshop from their sub-station, Phase One of the College Bar refurbishment has been completed. which is situated below the Lavender Garden outside Kettell Hall. Works carried out consist of: stonework cleaning and restoration, The works included the lifting the adjoining slab path and part of the new lighting, re-plastering and redecoration, repairs to the air lawn; trenching was also carried out alongside and below our Broad extraction system and the provision of new furniture. The Gatehouse Street boundary wall. Flat and the disabled bathroom in the Pig & Whistle have been refitted and redecorated. All accommodation rooms were repainted in Staircases 4 and 17. Steve Griffiths Buildings and Maintenance Manager College Systems and Services A new air conditioning system has been installed in the basement of the Library. This work had become necessary in recent years due to excessive over-heating during the summer. The installation by BHW Refrigeration Ltd was finished before the planned contact completion date. The entire CCTV system has been overhauled and updated by Chris Lewis Security Ltd. The failed black-and-white 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 28

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LIBRARY REPORT given is that of matriculation. We are always very pleased to receive such gifts.

n the Library Report for 2007 I concentrated on the Old Library. Professor Patrick Atiyah presented a copy of The Great Land: how IBy way of a brief update, I am pleased to say that the Old Library western America nearly became a Russian possession by his son, Cataloguing Project which began last year is progressing well, and the late JEREMY ATIYAH (1981), which was completed and you can read a fuller account of this project by Paul W. Nash on p. published posthumously in 2008 by Parker Press of Oxford.

31. Two books from the Old Library were lent for exhibition this NICK BARBER, Fellow and Tutor in Law, presented the 6th edition of year, this time to the Museum of the History of Science for its Criminal law: text and materials by C.M.V. Clarkson, H.M. Olympics tie-in ‘Heaven on Earth: missionaries and the Keating, S.R. Cunningham (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007). He mathematical arts in 17th-century Beijing’. Trinity can boast a also presented the 3rd edition of European human rights law: text double connection with this exhibition, as Craig Clunas, Professor and materials by Mark W. Janis et al. (OUP, 2008); Law of the of the History of Art and fellow of the college, gave a public lecture European Union, 6th ed., by John Fairhurst (Pearson Longman, entitled ‘Wise men from the West or pirate spies?: the Jesuits seen 2007); and Cretney: Principles of family law, 8th ed., by J.M. from Ming China’ as part of the programme of events associated Masson et al. (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008). with the exhibition. THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL J. BELOFF, Q.C., President The New Library has benefited from several improvements over the 1996–2006, donated a number of law books from his own library, course of the academic year, beginning with a new electronic access plus some books of literature. He continued to donate copies of law control system which was installed in October 2007. This has journals such as Counsel and The Barrister. improved the security of the library for the readers as well as for the books. During the Long Vacation, air conditioning was installed in PROFESSOR RAJ BHALA (1985), Rice Distinguished Professor at the the lower library, which will make it a much more comfortable place University of Kansas, presented his latest publications on to work in Trinity term. In addition, I am pleased to report that international trade law: the major work entitled International trade thirty-eight new chairs have been ordered for the lower library, and law: interdisciplinary theory and practice, 3rd edition, along with are expected to arrive in October. These will match the new chairs the Documents supplement and the Teacher’s manual (LexisNexis, purchased for the upper library in 2005. 2008), and the Dictionary of international trade law (LexisNexis, 2008). I will be taking a break from the college starting on 1 September for eighteen months, as I have been seconded to the Bodleian Library Brian Buckley presented Intimate letters by Margaret Buckley (where I worked before coming to Trinity) to help out with several (Kenilworth: Chrysalis Press, 2007). projects to examine and improve the workflows for the efficient PETER CAREY, Fellow and Tutor in History, presented a copy of the processing of library materials in Oxford University Library first edition of his magnum opus published at the end of 2007, Services. I will be leaving the library in the very capable hands of entitled The Power of prophecy: Prince Dipanagara and the end of Sharon Cure, a qualified and experienced librarian who has worked an old order in Java, 1785–1855 (Leiden: KITLV Press, 2007). He in Oxford for several years, most recently in the library of the Saïd also donated, from his own library, Timor: a people betrayed by Business School. I hope many of you will have the chance to meet James Dunn (Sydney: ABC Books, 1996). Sharon over the coming months. Brian Carter presented a copy of his booklet Newman at The following books were presented to the college library during Deddington which he wrote to accompany the exhibition of the 2008. The names of college members are in upper case, and the date 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 29

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same name held in September 2000 to commemorate the life and SUSAN LEWIS (née LEACH) (1995) donated several useful Spanish works of JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1816). books from her own library.

ROY CHATFIELD (1963) donated six history, science and philosophy JONATHAN LOAKE (1970) presented Last poems (London: Oldie books from his own library including Roger Penrose’s The road to Publications, 2008) by his friend and old member JAMES MICHIE reality: a complete guide to the physical universe (BCA, 2004) and (1945), who died last year. James Michie was a classical translator Crucible of war: The Seven Year’s War and the fate of empire in and an accomplished poet who won the prestigious Hawthornden British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred Anderson (Faber and Prize in 1994 for his Collected poems. He was published regularly Faber, 2001). in The Oldie magazine from 1997 up to his death.

ALAN COATES (1980) presented Citizen Milton: an exhibition IVOR LUCAS (1948) presented a copy of his latest publication 80 @ celebrating the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton 80: reviews in Asian Affairs 1989–2007, published by Four O’Clock (1608‒1674) by Sharon Achinstein, published in Oxford by the Press in 2008. Bodleian Library in 2007. BEN MCFARLANE, Fellow and Tutor in Law, presented a copy of his ALISON FELSTEAD, Librarian, presented a copy of Richard Hillary: new book The structure of property law (Oxford: Hart, 2008). a life (Macmillan, 1950), purchased for a song in a charity shop in Robert MacSwain, Ramsey Fellow and Chaplain at St Chad’s Witney. College, University of Durham, presented The truth-seeking heart: DOUGLAS FERMER (1971) presented a copy of his latest work Sedan Austin Farrer and his writings (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2006) 1870: the eclipse of France, published in Barnsley by Pen & Sword which he co-edited and introduced with Ann Loades. Military in 2008. TIM MARSHALL (1970), a regular donor of new books to the library, CLIVE GRIFFIN, Fellow and Tutor in Spanish, presented Poetry and presented the following works: Introduction to medieval Europe, parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany by Anna 300–1550 by Wim Blockmans and Peter Hoppenbrouwers; and Linton, published in 2007 by the OUP; Gender, writing, and Introduction to early medieval Western Europe, 300‒900: the performance: men defending women in late medieval France, sword, the plough and the book by Matthew Innes, both published 1440–1538 by Helen J. Swift (Clarendon Press, 2008); and by Routledge in 2007. Constructing authorship in the work of Günter Grass by Rebecca Dr John Meddemmen, who is also a donor to the College Archive Braun (Clarendon Press, 2008). All three titles were published in this year, has given: Della modernità edited by R. Cremant, M. the series Oxford modern languages and literature monographs, on Harachi and S. Rocchi (Flavius, 2008) and an issue of Strumenti whose editorial committee he serves. He also presented The critici (Anno xix, September 2004, fasc. 4). He also presented an Spanish ballad in the Golden Age: essays for David Pattison which Italian translation of Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows, he co-edited with Nigel Griffin et al. (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008) translated by Beppe Fenoglio (Einaudi, 2008). and Literatura y política by Mario Vargas Llosa (FCE-Espana, 2003). ALAN MILNER, Emeritus Fellow, continued to present the New Law Journal and bound volumes of foreign law reports edited by himself ROBERT HUGHES (1951) presented Cultural connections: how to and published by his company Law Reports International. make the most of the international student experience, which he researched and wrote for the British Council (London, 2007). This STEPHEN PLATTEN (1973), Bishop of Wakefield, presented his two is an updated version of his earlier booklet Feeling at home: a guide latest books: Rebuilding Jerusalem: the Church’s hold on hearts and to cultural issues for those working with international students minds and Vocation: singing the Lord's song, both published in (1991). London by SPCK in 2007. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 30

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St. Bonaventure University, which held its first summer school in TRUDY WATT, Senior Tutor, presented How I got my First Class Trinity College this year, presented the two-volume work Reportatio degree edited by Peter Tolmie, published by the Unit for Innovation I-A = The examined report of the Paris lecture by John Duns Scotus in Higher Education at Lancaster University in 1998. This title joins (ca. 1266-1308), translated by Allan B. Wolter and Oleg V. Bychkov the ranks of the new ‘Study Skills and Bibliotherapy’ section of the (St. Bonaventure: Franciscan Institute, 2004‒2008). library, which contains a selection of self-help books available for loan to college members. STEVE SHEARD, Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Science, presented the 3rd edition of The chemistry of polymers by J.W. Nicholson M. SARAH WICKHAM (née RAWLING) (1992) continued to pay for (Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006). the library’s subscription to the Church of England Record Society and its publications. BERNARD S. SMITH (1943) presented a copy of his latest book, Three treatises from Bec on the nature of monastic life, published for The Medieval Academy of America by the University of Toronto The following recent graduates and undergraduates gave us Press in 2008. books from their own libraries: ALAN STRATHERN (1993) presented a copy of the book he wrote whilst a graduate student at Trinity, Kingship and conversion in DHRUVA AGARWAL (Financial Economics, 2007), MATTHEW sixteenth-century Sri Lanka: Portuguese imperialism in a Buddhist D’NETTO (Life Sciences, 2007); DANIEL HARDING (Chemistry, land (Cambridge University Press, 2007). 2005); JONATHAN BEST (Medicine, 2005); HEIDI BOUTROS (International Relations, 2006); FRED JAYATILAKA (Chemistry, RALPH TANNER (1954) presented a copy of his latest book, 2005); and LAURA KYTE (Modern Languages, 2004). Religious ceremonies: Christian rituals in cross-cultural perspective published in 2007 by Dharmaram Publications, Bangalore. Alison Felstead ROMA TEARNE (2001) presented a copy of her latest novel, Bone Librarian china (London: HarperPress, 2008).

ARTHUR G. THORNING (1962) presented a copy of his biography of a famous Trinity alumnus, The Dambuster who cracked the dam: the story of Melvin ‘Dinghy’ Young (Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008). A review of this book can be found on p. 80.

Professor Graham J. Towl, Chief Psychologist, and David A. Crighton, Deputy Chief Psychologist, both at the Ministry of Justice, presented their joint work Psychology in prisons, 2nd ed. (Malden, MA & Oxford: BPS Blackwell, 2008).

BRYAN WARD-PERKINS, Fellow and Tutor in History, presented Hagia Sophia: architecture, structure and liturgy of Justinian’s great church by Rowland J. Mainstone (London: Thames and Hudson, 1988, repr. 2006) and Writing the Holocaust: identity, testimony, representation by Zoë Vania Waxman (OUP, 2006). 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 31

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THE OLD LIBRARY CATALOGUING scratch, or imported from one of a number of external catalogues. In practice, the latter option has proved to be considerably less PROJECT efficient, as records in available databases usually need such levels of revision and checking that it is quicker, and safer, to create a new description of the book in question. The finished catalogue record n May 2007 I was contracted to work in the Old Library of Trinity has to stand for an ‘ideal’ copy of the edition in hand, and thus be College on a part-time basis, cataloguing British publications I applicable to all copies of that edition. dated after 1800. The project has been made possible by the generosity of an old member, who has funded it for a three-year The copy record has to be created anew for each physical volume period. The number of post-1800 books in the Library is unknown. (thus multi-volume works will have multiple copy records, although However, an estimate of 1,800 works was made and, one year into certain elements of these can be copied, which saves having to the project, 600 titles have been catalogued and approximately one retype information). Here any differences between the ‘ideal’ and third of the library has been scoured for nineteenth-century books, the actual copy are recorded, along with other information unique to suggesting that this estimate is roughly correct. At the same time as Trinity’s copy. The physical size of the volume—as opposed to its working through the shelves and extracting post-1800 books for bibliographical format, which is usually the ‘size’ given in the cataloguing, I am taking a moment to look at every book and to record—is noted, along with a description of the binding, the names confirm (by comparison with the shelf-list) that volumes are in the of any owners, donors, binders, annotators etc, notes on book-plates, correct places on the shelves, and to note which volumes will still provenance, additions (including such things as extra-illustrations remain to be catalogued once the post-1800 items have been tackled. and inserted cuttings), imperfections, material bound with the item, This will be useful in calculating the extent of the Old Library (for and, indeed, any other data peculiar to this copy. which precise figures are not yet available), identifying missing and damaged volumes, and gauging the needs for further cataloguing of A good many of the post-1800 books in the Old Library originate rare books, once the current project is complete. from the bequest of James Ingram (1774–1850), President of Trinity from 1824 until his death. When his books were added to the Old The project involves the creation or revision of an antiquarian Library its extent was increased by about a third, and the existing catalogue description for each edition, using the University’s bookshelves had to be extended to the ceiling to accommodate them. ‘OLIS’ catalogue, which is available to all via the internet. A Ingram was an antiquary and topographer, remembered today separate ‘copy’ record describing the individual characteristics of chiefly for his Memorials of Oxford (issued in parts between 1832 the Trinity copy also has to be created for each physical item or and 1837), and his library reflects these interests. There are volume. In many cases, a catalogue record already exists in OLIS topographical, historical, architectural and antiquarian books from for the book in hand, although this always requires checking, very his library, often inscribed by their authors to the President. A often upgrading and sometimes correction, before it will serve. For particularly interesting example is Ingram’s copy of The history and nearly half of the books, however, there is no useable record in the antiquities of the Cathedral church of Oxford by John Britton system. In the majority of cases this is because the only recorded (1771–1857), issued in the latter’s ‘Cathedral antiquities’ series in copy is one described in the Bodleian’s pre-1920 catalogue, which 1820–1821 (and a work familiar to me from my period as Curator includes records of a different (and much more basic) sort. of Rare Books at the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Library, However, in more than twenty percent of cases the absence of an which has, like Trinity, an excellent collection of Britton’s existing record is due to there being no other copy of the edition publications). This copy is on large paper, and bound in calf with recorded anywhere else in Oxford; thus, more than one fifth of the gold- and blind-tooling, probably executed for Britton for this post-1800 books in Trinity’s Old Library are apparently unique to presentation copy. Not only does it bear a warm inscription from the College. In these cases a new record must either be created from Britton to Ingram, dated 7 July 1849, but it also includes the original 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 32

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ink and wash drawings for the eleven plates in the volume, by Ingram’s library also contained a good deal of literary material, Britton’s draughtsmen George Cattermole (1800–1868), Frederick some of it written by former members of the College and presented MacKenzie (1788–1854) and Thomas Uwins (1782–1857) (see to the President upon publication. However, Ingram’s interest in this figure 1). The copy is rendered more intriguing by the inclusion of material was variable, and some of the literary works in his library a letter written by Britton after Ingram’s death, asking for the return have never been read (some remain ‘unopened’, that is to say the of the volume, saying that he had given it Ingram on condition that original folds of the gatherings have not been slit open to allow it be passed to the Oxford Architectural Society after the recipient’s reading; this state is recorded among the copy-specific details in the death. John Wilson (d. 1873), the new President, replied citing the catalogue). An interesting book from Ingram’s literary collection is inscription which made an unqualified gift of this copy to Ingram, The Wiccamical chaplet, a selection of original poetry (1804), and thus the copy was retained by the College. edited by Trinity alumnus George Huddesford (1749–1809). This is Figure 1: a modest volume containing largely anonymous verses by poets who had attended Winchester College. Trinity’s copy is annotated in pencil, probably by Huddesford, with the names and initials of the authors of nearly all the verses. Thus, for the first time, the authorship of much of this verse has become known. Among the authors are Joseph Warton (1722–1800), brother of Thomas Warton (1728–1790) fellow of Trinity and Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1757 to 1767; Robert Lowth (1710–1787), Warton’s predecessor as Professor of Poetry; John Geree (1672–1761), an Oxford-based clergyman and minor poet; and one identified only as ‘WC’, who is almost certainly the poet and ‘Public Orator’ at Oxford, William Crowe (1745–1829).

Ingram was also a great keeper of scraps and ephemera, which he often inserted into his books. These have been carefully recorded, either as additions in the copy-specific notes to the book, or catalogued as separate items (modern techniques make the cataloguing of ephemera relatively simple), thus making pamphlets, bifolia and single-leaves known, very often for the first time. Especially interesting, and useful for the researcher, are prospectuses and catalogues, often issued for nineteenth-century books but rarely kept by librarians and collectors at this period; Ingram was assiduous about retaining such item with the books to which they related. Figure 2 shows the prospectus for An history of the Abbey of Glaston, and of the town of Glastonbury by Richard Warner (1763–1857). Ingram’s copy is bound with the finished book (published in 1826) and the printed invoice issued by Warner to MacKenzie’s original drawing of Oxford Cathedral subscribers upon publication. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 33

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was a seminal figure). For example, the library holds a volume of Figure 2: pamphlets about the ‘Hampden Controversy’ of 1836. This centred on Renn Dickson Hampden (1793–1868), who was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at the University in this year. His views were liberal by contemporary standards, and his appointment was opposed by a group of high-churchmen and tories, including Newman, Vaughan Thomas (1775–1858), Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882) and John Hill (1786–1855). A paper war ensued, with both sides issuing pamphlets and ephemera condemning their opponents, sometimes in quite outrageous terms (one pamphlet is a spoof Epistle from His Holiness the Pope which links the high- church faction with the threat of Popery). The Trinity collection of these pamphlets is among the best in Oxford, and includes several not recorded in other OLIS libraries.

These are just a few examples from the items found during the first year of the Old Library Cataloguing Project. The work will continue through 2009 and 2010, and I feel sure that further treasures, both great and small, will be discovered in the Library and made accessible to scholars across the world.

Paul W. Nash Antiquarian Cataloguer

Prospectus for Richard Warner’s An history of the Abbey of Glaston

Ingram was also inclined to make manuscript notes in the margins, or on separate leaves of paper inserted into the volumes in his library. Thus, the material originating from Ingram’s collection is important both for its intrinsic literary and artistic value, and also for the light it throws on his own attitudes and research.

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ARCHIVE REPORT ‘George’. The ‘Outer [i.e. Durham] Quad’ includes a white-bearded porter standing ready to serve outside Staircase 10, which was until 1885 the President’s Lodgings. Another picture, taken looking down at-tat! Let’s hear it first for the wonderful double-headed- from the windows of Staircase 16, is the only evidence we have ever Rdragon-shaped door-knocker, cast in brass and inscribed ‘Trin seen that archery was once deemed a suitable pastime to be enjoyed Coll Oxon’, which Nicola King (1995) purchased on e-bay and in the gardens. We reproduce the college group of 1868; seated with kindly despatched to what is surely its true home. The knocker now the undergraduates is Samuel Wayte (President 1866–78). He was graces the door of the Douglas Sidney Flemming Reading Room, the first Trinity President to be photographed, and the last not to have and, we hope, inspires every visitor who enters therein. his portrait painted. It has been a great pleasure this year to show off our Reading Room to a number of college members who have come to look up their forebears or to hand over some treasure of their own. The most exciting development of 2008, from the archival point of view, has to be that we have bought into an archive cataloguing database system—AdLib—which is being used by an ever- growing number of Oxford college archives. This will enable us, ultimately, to make our catalogues searchable online; although in the short term, it seems to mean that the Archivist is an even slower worker than usual, as she slowly picks up speed and skill in navigating the new system. It was a thrilling moment to perform the search that summoned up a full list of all donations in the year so far. Trinity College in 1868. Samuel Wayte (President 1866–78) is seated at the far left. The earliest item is not unique, but is such an important source of Trinity History that we were delighted to receive a further copy from Another important Trinity figure can be seen in the group of 1870. It Joanie Kennedy (1991). It is a framed print of David Loggan’s 1675 is Robert Raper (scholar 1861–5 and fellow 1871–1915) on a visit engraving of the College, showing the Wren building that was to from The Queen’s College, where he was a fellow between 1865 and become the first part of the Garden Quadrangle, and a wealth of 1871. Raper’s influence on many generations of Trinity men was detail of the buildings and grove. (Joanie has also enhanced the profound, and it was no surprise to see him recognised in Robert College’s art collection with the very generous gift of a most Gordon Routh 1869–1964 (Bromsgrove School, 1964). We were attractive Linda Sutton print. For small and colourful works of art very glad to receive a copy of this rare publication from Jim Page are often more in demand than dour oil portraits when it comes to (1951), who has also written a memoir of living with Routh during beautifying the rooms of the fellows.) the 1950s, when, in retirement, Bromsgrove’s great headmaster Two centuries later, and the first photographic images of Trinity shared the Page family home at Ivythorn Manor in Somerset. Robert were available. Anthony Runge (1958) has sent a delightful set of ten Routh came up to Trinity in 1888, and was a leading light of the large plate scenes of the College and its members during the later Gryphon society, the Church Society, the Rugby team and the nineteenth century, and these are a wonderfully rich source of College Mission. In his third year he presided over JCR meetings as historical information. One untitled group of eleven figures includes the Senior Commoner. It was Robert Raper who advised Routh to nicknames, and a rare image of a college servant, identified as study languages and travel abroad before becoming a schoolmaster. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 35

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We regularly acquire useful additions to the Archive from visitors of beneficiaries includes many touching details: the disposal of the who come here to research. Although not based on documents in the £100 which he had intended for his ‘late dearest sister’; £30 to a silk Trinity Archive, we were very glad to receive from Mark Pargeter merchant of Watling Street, London, in remembrance of his (1960) a remarkable article entitled ‘Miss Townshend Regrets: A affection for his late brother-in-law Richard Peisley; and £3 each to story of sex and intrigue in late Victorian Oxford’. The tale, worthy the Rev John Cox of St Giles’ Oxford and Jane his wife, to buy a of ‘So who do you think you are’, is that of Mark’s grandfather Tom, ring in remembrance of him. William also mentions a little book of the son of a Milton stonemason, who at the age of 14 became a ‘Memorandums for my Executors’, which contained fuller scout’s boy at Oriel, and of his grandmother, Mary Lou Townshend, instructions for the disposal of his personal effects. Fortunately for the daughter of a brewery labourer, who was born in Elm Cottages, us these were copied into a later codicil, so we can read of William’s just off Broad Street, (where the New Bodleian now stands). Tom ‘best set of China: six cups and six saucers and a Tea pot’; his ‘other and Mary Lou were cousins, and Tom would often stay with her set of blue Ground Worcester China’; his solar microscope and case family when not sleeping in the scout’s pantry at Oriel (as his late of instruments; his collection of fossils, shells and ores; his and early hours required). He invited Mary Lou to a ball held for the collection of manuscript sermons; and ‘his antiquarian papers and Oriel college servants, and, as a surviving dance card shows, they …life of Edward Lloyd’, these last two destined for Thomas Warton danced every dance together. Both were ambitious: in 1901 Mary (fellow 1752–90 and Professor of Poetry). The four executors—two Lou at the age of 18 was a pupil teacher in charge of 60 pupils at St fellows of Trinity, the manciple and the second butler—must have Ebbe’s school, and Tom had become a reader at the OUP. But then had a busy time when William died in October 1772. everything changed—for Mary Lou fell pregnant. The young couple Another visitor to the Archive, Yvonne Cocking, came to research resigned from their positions, were married hastily at St Michael’s, the life of Rupert Gleadow (1928). In exchange for some images and fled to Birmingham where they raised six children, none of from the college photograph albums, she has given us the text of a whom were ever told any details of their parents’ early lives. ‘Such very interesting paper about Rupert’s friendship with Barbara Pym, were the conventions of the late Victorian era’, reflects Mark. whom he first invited to tea in May 1932 when she was an ‘When I went up to Trinity in 1960 I did not know that my undergraduate at St Hilda’s College. Rupert and Barbara’s letters grandmother had been born and raised in a house not a stone’s throw give many insights into the difficulties of sustaining a sexual from where I had my first year rooms…’. relationship in 1930s Oxford: ‘I suppose the University would not Mrs Kathleen Hay has long been investigating the lives of members allow me merely to come and call on you, otherwise they’d have all of the Huddesford family, not least George Huddesford, who holds sorts of Don Juans getting in. Yesterday every street I came out of I the record as Trinity’s longest-serving President, with his looked carefully around to see if you weren’t in sight!’ wrote Rupert remarkable 44 years and 292 days in office. Mrs Hay has this year sadly. It is however true that the holdings in the Trinity Archive donated some fascinating biographical records, including the will of would suggest that 1930s undergraduates spent more time rowing George’s son William (fellow 1757‒72). This has given some telling than thinking about girls. From the family of the late Tony Money insights into family life in the eighteenth—century Lodgings, and (1938) we have received the rudder of the 1939 Second Eight, also into the financial activities of a Trinity fellow. The will was complete with attached cords that demonstrate exactly the best way written in February 1769, and its primary purpose was to disburse to suspend such an inconveniently shaped object for public display. William’s considerable nest egg of £1283, which he had invested, This rudder can still evoke very different emotions: the triumph of using a degree of common sense unknown to our own generation, in coming from Oxford’s most successful Boat Club; and sadness over 3% consolidated stock in the Bank of England. 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Northern Italy when, tragically, he was killed by the accidental war years, Trinity members were keen to pick up the reins of discharge of the gun of one of the partisan troops. We are very traditional life, as exemplified perfectly by the Claret Club menu grateful to Dr John Meddemmen of the University of Pavia for that we were delighted to receive from Mrs Jean Hunter, the widow copies of several chapters of Beppe Fenoglio’s ‘Il Partisan Johnny’, of John Hunter (1946). We reproduce the front of this beautifully which tell the moving story of Major Hope’s last days in a vivid preserved item. blend of colloquial Italian and English. Adrian Hope was held in This has been a vintage year for memoirs, always welcome in the enormous respect by the local people, and we were also delighted to Archive for their vivid descriptions of people, events and places. receive photographs of the beautiful square that still bears his name. Geoffrey Allsebrook (1937) got off to a distinctly bad start when he If any of our readers are ever passing through the village of Cisterna delayed his admission for a year, in order to take up an Anglo- d’Asti, we hope they will stop a while in Piazza Maggiore Hope and American scholarship to Kent School, Connecticut. This elicited a reflect on the life of this courageous Trinity man. characteristically grudging response from President Blakiston: ‘I A very distinguished wartime member of Trinity was the late give my consent, but not approval to the scheme,’ he wrote. As a Marmaduke Hussey (scholar 1941, Honorary Fellow 1989–2006). member of the Oxford UCTU (Gunners), Geoffrey’s studies were Lady Susan Hussey has deposited cut short the moment that War was in the Trinity Archive a significant declared: ‘I closed my books, played collection of Duke’s papers, both two quick rounds of golf and reported personal and relating to his long for military services on the next day.’ career, and we are proud and glad In February 1940 he was that these have come back to his commissioned, and in June sent out to undergraduate college. The Tanganyika to serve with the East Hussey archive includes Africa forces. His subsequent life was photographs, cartoons, press- often dangerous, and always colourful. cuttings, speeches, diaries and A short selection from the sub- various files, many of which will headings of the ‘Incidents and be kept closed for an agreed Anecdotes’ gives a flavour: period. Riot, Banana Wine, Football boots, From a time when Trinity was still gold and murders, A Lion Story, at war, Bill Taylor (1944) has Another Lion Story, A hippo story given us a copy of his freshers’ (‘one had to stick a stamp on a wet photograph. We are always hippo’), “Bloody Marys” and a nun grateful when members are The ‘Trinity Days’ of Iain Campbell willing to part with or loan their (1948) are a chapter from a handsome treasured images of years ago. work entitled ‘Portraits from a Richard Pegler (1954) has gone to Pepperpot’, reflecting on Iain’s considerable trouble to provide a childhood, army days, and subsequent copy of the 1955/6 cuppers- career as a schoolmaster in England, winning rugby team, having Southern Rhodesia and New Zealand. realised the picture was lacking in His admission to Trinity will sound the college records. In the post- Claret Club Menu Card of 1949, from the papers of John Hunter 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 37

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familiar to anyone else selected for a college crew or team by the One of Peter’s students, Martin Pratt (1993), may have preserved inimitable Domestic Bursar and Law Fellow Philip Landon. In the his own essays and notes, but it is a Trinity/LMH rugby shirt that he autumn of 1946 Iain was given leave from the third week of Basic has given to the Archive, and also the framed list of student names Training with the Buffs to play for Blackheath against Oxford and room numbers that were taken down from the lodge and spirited University (‘our Club President outranked my C.O. by a couple of away by Martin when the pigeon holes were revamped. He is to be pips’). After the match, he remembered ‘an old codger in a shabby congratulated on preserving an otherwise unrecorded minutia of raincoat gripping my arm and murmuring that I must come to college life. Nowadays ‘Data Protection’ and ‘Health and Safety’ Trinity which in due season I did!’ Not that Iain confined himself to would never allow a public list of students’ rooms to appear in an rugby while up at Oxford. One of his tutors was Bruce Wernham, open lodge, without even the hint of security gates beyond—how fellow (1935–51), who ‘was most understanding of my desire to things have changed since 1993. play cricket and at the beginning of the summer term sat me down The history of Trinity College has been a tale of constant change. and suggested a couple of 9 o’clock lectures I should try to attend David Hallmark (visiting fellow 2007–8) organised a Luncheon on before cycling up to the park for nets.’ Thirty years after going 1 April this year to celebrate the links between the College and the down, Iain met his other Trinity tutor, Michael Maclagan, taking a City of Worcester, and we thank David for a copy of the menu and constitutional in the Parks: ‘Ah yes, let me see, Campbell I.P. 1948- programme for the occasion. Two early Worcester men at Trinity 51. Real Tennis, Hockey and cricket…’. were Robert Skinner (1607), who was consecrated Bishop of A further memoir, of the 1960s, comes from the golden pen (these Worcester in 1663, and John Somers (1667), who became Lord days, a keyboard) of Leslie Houlden (chaplain 1960–70). This is a Chancellor in 1697. Both dined daily in Hall during their delightful piece: thoughtful, moving, and also amusing. It evokes a undergraduate days, but never, we think, on Avocado and Crayfish Trinity populated by such colourful characters as Michael Maclagan Torte with Gazpacho. Skinner made a generous contribution to the (unloading unwanted teaching on Leslie, and entertaining Garter building of the first side of the Garden Quadrangle in 1665, and King of Arms at High Table), and James Lambert, stalwart of the Somers is likely to have been among its first occupants. But surely College Mission, who would leave dinner early on a Sunday so as neither ever imagined that almost three centuries later the College’s not to miss ‘Songs of Praise’ on the Home Service. But it also Quatercentenary would be commemorated by the commission of captures Leslie’s ambivalence, as a northern grammar school lad, in three exquisite glass goblets, engraved with images of the college a very public school Trinity, and his very serious attempts, which we arms and buildings by the artist Laurence Whistler, and displayed in suspect were more successful than he lets on, to enrich the spiritual a purpose built cabinet in the Senior Common Room. We thank life of the College. Nigel Armstrong-Flemming for an article about the goblets, written by Sir Cecil Kisch (1903), and published in the Connoisseur More recent records of the Trinity Governing Body will be found in Magazine of April 1957. the archives of Peter Carey (fellow 1979–2008). And indeed of the Trinity undergraduate body, for Peter first came up in 1966 to read This has been a busy year in the Archive, and as always we are glad History under the legendary team of Maclagan and Cooper. Besides of this opportunity to thank everyone who has made a contribution his well-ordered essays and lecture notes, he has accumulated a host in whatever way. We look forward to many more visitors and of files about his students, his teaching, and various other matters of accessions in 2009. local and international importance. As an enthusiastic supporter of the Trinity Archive since it opened its doors to donated material in Clare Hopkins, Archivist 1985, Peter will be very much missed. The replica land-mines that Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow Archivist he left in a cardboard box outside the door of the reading room on almost his last day in College are assured of a good home with us. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 38

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contributor to its capital. He willingly and lavishly entertained old OBITUARIES members of Trinity in his Guernsey house. He held his eightieth birthday party in Trinity reminding me (who had quite forgotten) just before dinner that I had promised to make a speech in his DEREK STEEL, (1926–2008) honour. Such was the warmth of the occasion that Marcel Marceau Commoner 1944, Thomas Pope Fellow could have performed the role impromptu without embarrassment.

As recently as December 2007 although increasingly hard of erek Steel was born on 30 March 1926, at Durban, South hearing he attended a meeting of the Oxford University Society, in DAfrica, and was the younger son of George Frederick Steel, the Royal Court in St Peter Port. Though he had a beautiful house in financier. The family lived in Wimbledon and he attended Rutlish Provenco, he was deeply suspicious of all things European; his School. He came up to Trinity as a naval probationer in October politics were distinctly conservative, but his conversation was 1944 for two terms, reading a short course in French and Spanish. (maybe in consequence) aromatic, his enthusiasm contagious, his Having joined the Fleet Air Arm, he transferred in July 1945 to the hospitality legendary. He was until his death earlier this year one of Royal Marines (Commandos), but spent the year 1946‒7 on special the increasingly few remaining Trinity old members whose studies leave on a scholarship to the Sorbonne. He returned in Michaelmas were interrupted by service to the Crown. We can recollect with Term 1947 to take a Second in Modern Languages in 1949. gratitude and affection someone who fully deserved the title A Good His main interests were athletic. He was Secretary of the OUAC in College Man. 1948 (when Roger Bannister was President); and President himself the following year. He won the 880 yards in the Blues Match in the Michael J. Beloff QC former, and the 440 yards in the latter year. He was in the OUAC President 1996‒2006 team that competed in the USA in 1949. He was captain of the Trinity athletics club in 1949/50, and took part in the 1950 Achilles Tour to Greece, masterminded by another great pillar of both Trinity ALBERT GREENWOOD MBE and Oxford athletics, Tommy Macpherson. (1928–2008) His distinguished athletics career extended beyond the bounds of Scout and SCR Steward 1943–2000 Iffley Road and he won international vests in the 400 yards. He, however, retained his loyalty to the Dark Blues and service. He was ith the death of Albert Greenwood, Trinity has lost a a tireless Treasurer of Achilles from 1958 to 1987—in a pre- distinguished servant of the College, who was held in computer age—and he carried out his administrative duties in long W universal respect and affection. Albert, born to parents in South hand: Vice-President since 1987, and Trustee of the Achilles Trust. Oxford, came to work at Trinity in 1943 aged just 14, beginning his Derek’s professional life was in finance, he founded the insurance career as a scout’s ‘boy’ on Staircase 4 (under the redoubtable group Steel Burrell Jones now SBJ. He was extremely successful Cadman). This was long before the bursarship of Robin Fletcher and in consequence became a tax expatriate in Guernsey with his introduced electric fires and basic plumbing to the College, so life second wife Jan, a New Zealander. But Derek was a giver, not a was hard—it began at 6 a.m., with coal to be fetched and laid and the taker. His generosity to the college was such that he became the first young gentlemen’s shaving-water to be heated, and, in term, it Thomas Pope Fellow. He himself endowed the Achilles Trust in continued for seven days a week without interruption. As Albert order to ensure the survival of the USA tour of which he had been a explained, in an interview in 1994: ‘We didn’t have weekends and prime mover in its post war revival and was a major (but private) overtime and things like that.’ 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 39

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Albert worked at Trinity for the next 57 years, interrupted only by a on the back of his chair; a look of alarm was seen to cross Albert’s period of National Service in the Army, and over time he gradually face—but only for the briefest of moments, before everything acquired more and more responsibility. In the early years he helped proceeded as smoothly as it always did. The fellows and their in the Common Room Stores (servicing both the SCR and the JCR), guests might behave oddly, but they were after all the fellows and and in 1952 he became the scout for Marriott House (later he looked their guests. When Trevor Williams asked to eat a bowl of plain after Staircase 15, and then Staircase 11). When the MCR was boiled rice for dinner, in solidarity with some students marking instituted in 1966, initially in Staircase 11, it was Albert who world hunger, Albert did not bat an eyelid, and ensured that the ensured that it was well served. In 1972 he added the Claret Club Chaplain got his rice at high table. But his sense of the correct to his quiver of responsibilities. hierarchy of things also ensured that Trevor got twice as much of this unappetising dish as the undergraduates. In 1974 he became SCR Butler, the role that most of us remember him in. For 26 years Albert presided over the Senior Common There was, of course, much more to Albert than what we saw every Room, with calm and benign authority. Those who worked with day in the Senior Common Room. As a boy, he was a bugler and a him tell me he was the perfect person to work under, unflappable stalwart of the band of the 1st Oxford Boys Brigade, based at St and ever courteous. To us, the fellows, the service he gave was Matthew’s on Marlborough Road; and in the 1950s he played impeccable, yet somehow delivered with a delightful twinkle in his football for the Oxford University Servants, and rowed in their boat. eye. Albert also knew precisely what to do, and when to do it. Throughout his life he was an avid stamp collector, and always There was, for instance, no need for seating-plans or place-cards at grateful to fellows whose business involved interesting parcels from high table, since seniority determined where the fellows and their abroad. Above all, he had a very happy home-life, with Jean (whom guests would sit, and a hierarchy of different napkin-rings identified he married in 1950) and their son David. Jean herself worked for their individual seats. One of his primary responsibilities, as with the College for twenty years, with the same reliability and calm as all butlers before him, was to look after the glasses in the Senior Albert. I was fortunate enough to have her as my scout for several Common Room, and their all-important contents, and he came to years. She never commented on the untidy and ubiquitous piles of know an impressive amount about wine. Some twenty years ago, I paper that she had to clean around; and in the depths of winter she organised a small conference which involved wining and dining would turn on my gas fire first thing in the morning, in order to some distinguished French and Italian colleagues, frighteningly make sure the chill had been taken off the room long before I knowledgeable on all things gastronomic. I confidently left the arrived. choice of wines to Albert. He served my guests a careful selection In 1997, Albert was awarded a well-deserved MBE for his services of vintages from the New World, aware that they were then hardly to Trinity, and was invested at the Palace by Princess Anne. In 2000, known in continental Europe. I have no idea what my colleagues aged 71, he retired, to the regret of everyone. His was such a strong learned from the academic meetings we held during the day, but and positive presence, that many of the fellows worried about how they were certainly deeply impressed by the lessons taught them life after Albert would be in the Senior Common Room. each evening by Albert. Fortunately, we had the good sense to commission the wonderful I am sure he regretted many of the changes that came over the portrait by Bob Tulloch, which is illustrated here and which hangs College, and the slow slide in standards of formality that in a prominent place on the SCR staircase. Albert looks out at us, characterised the later twentieth century: the fellows shifted with characteristic calm and straightforward gaze, his arm resting in awkwardly, from calling him ‘Greenwood’, to ‘Mr Greenwood’, and a gentle, but proprietorial way on one of the Old Bursary chairs. He even ‘Albert’; but he, of course, never replied with anything less is in control, and he is still with us in spirit. We are in good hands. gracious than ‘Sir’. But it went with the territory of the SCR Butler to accept such changes without comment or reproach. One warm Bryan Ward-Perkins summer evening at high table, a fellow took off his jacket and set it Tutor in History 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 41

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FRANK BUSH (1936–2008) busy to chat, and instinctively knew when to listen and when to dispense good advice. He was in his element buying and Porter and Head Porter 1981–99 recommending wine, and particularly enjoyed attending a good wine-tasting event. Indeed, the only things he didn’t like were working when the bar was empty, or when diners in Hall were too grand to come downstairs for after-dinner drinks.

Frank was born in Alfreton, Derbyshire. He met Trisha, a Yorkshire lass, shortly before his demob from three years’ national service in the RAF, and for their first date he invited her to a dance at Lindholme Airbase. The couple were married in Derbyshire on 11 October 1958, and after Frank had worked in the family business for some time, they acquired their first pub, in the tiny Welsh village of Llanllwni, between Lampeter and Carmarthen. Here their daughter Jan was born, and she remained in the area to raise her own family, the grandchildren always very dear to Frank’s heart. But Frank and Trisha eventually felt ready move on, and after several false starts, they saw the Trinity College advert in Caterer and Hotel Keeper. It was to be their perfect job.

During his last years at Trinity Frank suffered from episodes of ill rank Bush spoke of his thirteen years as the Trinity College Bar health, which was a time of great anxiety for Trisha and for the FSteward as the happiest time of his life, and anyone who entire college community. He retired at the age of 65, and they remembers his friendly smile and welcoming presence behind the moved back to Carmarthenshire to be near the family. Frank took bar will surely recall Frank’s arrival as the start of a golden age of great pleasure in the knowledge that he and Trisha were handing the Beer Cellar. It is impossible to think of Frank without his wife over to Dave and Sue Smith, whose Pennine pub they had chanced Trisha by his side. Their strong relationship was founded on a close to visit, not long before Frank retired. David and Sue applied for the friendship and they loved nothing so much as working together. post on the strength of that lunchtime conversation in their bar— Tragically, Frank died just five months before their golden wedding because Frank and Trisha had told them that Trinity was such a great anniversary. place to work. Frank and Trisha enjoyed one memorable holiday, travelling along the Norwegian coast on a working vessel, but plans Frank and Trisha’s appointment as Bar Stewards in 1988 was early for more foreign adventures were put on hold when Frank was in the domestic bursarship of Michael Poyntz. They quickly set diagnosed with lung cancer. He fought the disease with great about transforming the atmosphere of the Beer Cellar into that of a fortitude, and he and Trish delighted in the beauty of the Welsh friendly local, with proper opening hours, lunch-time sandwiches, countryside and local walks with their golden retriever Flynn. Frank table football, pool and darts. Frank and Trisha relished died at home on 28 May 2008, surrounded by his family, friends and opportunities to open late for bops, and to decorate the bar for neighbours. He will be much missed, and remembered warmly by Christmas parties. They were unfailingly interested in all activities all who knew him. of the JCR and MCR, extended the same warm welcome to all Summer School visitors, and supported every charitable venture, however unpromising. Like all great landlords Frank was never too Clare Hopkins Archivist 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 42

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OBITUARIES OF MEMBERS OF Boys, with newspaper cuttings, encouragement and jokes. He died of cancer on 3 July 2008, and is survived by his wife, Angela, and COLLEGE by the three children of his first marriage to Jo Philby, and three step-children. From an obituary in The Times.

EFFREY SUTTON ABBOTT (Scholar 1952), schoolmaster, has been NIGEL JAMES MOFFATT ANDERSON MC (1938), chairman of Jdescribed as the ‘Mr Chips of Uppingham’ for his role as a Wiltshire County Council, was the nephew of one of Trinity’s most father-figure, mentor and legend for generations of pupils. Born on major benefactors—Harold C. Moffatt (1878)—and the cousin of 22 October 1933, he was the star of Newbury Grammar School, another, Hugh C. Cumberbatch (1904). Born in Melbourne, playing rugby for Berkshire, and winning a Classics scholarship to Australia, in 1920, Nigel Anderson was educated at Marlborough Trinity to read Mods under Tommy Higham and Greats under James before coming to Trinity in 1938, with a view to following both his Holladay. From the latter he learnt his life-long love of Rome and all father and grandfather into medicine. Instead, in 1939 he joined the things Roman. He played at Number 8 or Lock for Oxford and the 4th (TA) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was posted to Harlequins, and was fast, clever and brave, coming very close to Northern Ireland, where he met his future wife, Daphne, and later being capped for England. He was also an active member of OUDS entered into the Norwegian Campaign, covering the Scots Guards’ and of the Trinity Players. withdrawal from Krokstrandem, where he won one of the earliest MCs of the Second World War. On his return, he was posted to No. At Uppingham he taught English and Classics, in a memorably 2 Commando raiding on the French coast, before he was seriously individual style. He was housemaster of West Bank in 1968–83. wounded in 1941. Innocents imagined that his house flag displayed crossed hockey sticks. In fact, Abbott had designed crossed canes, and a sun with Nigel returned to Trinity, where he changed to Geography and flails coming out of it. He chose St Francis Xavier as his house saint planned a career in teaching. He spent several years at Radley because St Francis introduced the scourge to Japan. It was irony. He College, before inheriting the family estate at Hamptworth Estate was a beating housemaster but was in turns both frightening and from his cousin, and moving there in 1952. He had a great love of funny. He was a gentle father figure to unhappy small boys without the countryside and understood instinctively how it worked and how male role models. He created West Bank’s wonderful garden, ‘the it needed to be managed. Very knowledgeable about birds of prey, Dell’, where he would teach his class whenever weather permitted, particularly owls, Nigel was a keen fisherman and an excellent game or even if it didn’t. shot. His passion for rural life led him to become the county president of the Country Landowners Association and he was a The crusty codger carapace was partly a jocular act. He hated ships founder member of the Timber Growers Association. and pretended to be terrified by mobile phones. He stood for Parliament for UKIP, not entirely as a joke, though he managed to Nigel Anderson was elected to Wiltshire County Council in 1953, get many laughs and jokes out of his campaign. But beneath the the start of a 30-year council career. He was the chairman of many bluff exterior, the Major had a bottom of good sense. ‘Be precise, committees and of the council itself from 1979 until his retirement concise and concrete,’ he advised his boy essayists. And: ‘No essay in 1983. He served as an alderman of the county until 1972, and, in is complete without a quote from Alice [in Wonderland].’ Jeffrey 1991, he was appointed the 999th High Sheriff of Wiltshire, an loved going to Devon for bridge and beer-drinking. Every year he honour that he greatly relished. He served the local community in went to Scotland for the Melrose Sevens and the Edinburgh Tattoo. many ways, as chairman of the county Scouts Association, president He was the subject of a cricket book by J. S. Finch called Game in of the Wiltshire Youth Orchestra and of the Redlynch and Morgans Season, subtitled ‘Mr Abbott’s Sporting Tour’, which is regarded as Vale Royal British Legion branch. He also played an active role in a classic. Jeffrey Abbott was a regular correspondent to his Old village life and was a member of the governing body of the 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 43

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Hamptworth and Nomansland Primary School. Among other things he was confined to a wheelchair and had difficulty in speaking which, for an articulate and loquacious Nigel Anderson died on 23 May 2008. He is survived by his wife, lawyer, was extremely frustrating. He faced this illness with great Daphne, and his son Donald. stoicism, and even humour, until he died on 6 February 2008, at EDWARD ‘TED’ GRENFELL BOWDEN (1965) was born on 28 January home and with his family at his bedside. Clarissa Boyd. 1946. He came up from St Mary’s Roman Catholic School in PROFESSOR MICHAEL GREGORY BUTLER (1957), German scholar, Sidcup, and took a Second in PPE before embarking on a career in was a brilliant teacher whose contribution to Anglo-German cultural business. Ted Bowden died on 27 November 2007. relations was recognised by Germany in 1999 with the award of the HENRY MARLOW BOYD (1960), barrister and businessman, came up Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit). His publications from the Royal Belfast Academy in his native Northern Ireland, in range across German lyric poetry, drama and prose fiction of the order to read law. He was following in the footsteps of his father, modern age, but his most significant work was in the field of also a Trinity man, and four years later his younger brother, Robert, twentieth-century Swiss-German literature. He also wrote with great arrived at University College. In his second year, Henry’s tutor was insight on writers including Grass and Böll. John Kelly who went on to become Ireland’s Attorney General, and Michael Butler was born on 1 November 1935, and read modern lively debates on all things Irish took place. Henry was not a languages at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, before coming to sportsman, although he was a keen beagler and had a share in a Trinity to take his PGCE. As a teacher he gained experience in a greyhound which ran at Oxford Stadium but which failed to make wide range of situations: as assistant master of King’s School, the fortune that its owners had dreamed of. He went on a cricket trip Worcester, for three years, then one year at Pforzheim, followed by to Corfu with the Trinity Triflers—as scorer. He excelled at debate eight as head of German at Ipswich School. In 1967 he became a of all kinds, and loved poker at which he was rather good. Fellow of the Institute of Linguists, and in 1970 was appointed to a Henry got a second in his finals, then went on to read for the Bar. He lectureship in German at the University of Birmingham where he did his pupillage, qualified for the Bar and joined chambers at 10 taught students of commerce and engineering. King’s Bench Walk, where he specialised in criminal law. In 1969 In 1973 the Council for National Academic Awards awarded he married Clarissa Burden; together they bought an old rectory in Michael a doctorate for his work on Max Frisch. He was given a Sussex, from where Henry commuted for twenty-four years, and in personal chair in modern German literature in 1986, and from 1984 due time had a family of three, a daughter, Charlotte, and two sons, until his retirement in 2001 he was Head of the Department of Harry and Sebastian. German Studies. Although often critical of the managerialist In the mid 1970s, Henry’s career took a different direction. He left tendencies of British Universities, he was always willing to play his the Bar and joined an oil company for a time, before starting his own part in university life, and was a highly successful Public Orator business, providing legal services to the oil and gas industries. between 1997 and 2001. His collected speeches were published in Among other activities, Henry became Chairman of Governors of a 2007. On a wider stage, he was instrumental in persuading the rapidly expanding and successful prep school, Vinehall School in German Government to locate the new Institute for German Studies Sussex. He entered into this responsibility with typical thoroughness at Birmingham. In retirement he gave his time unstintingly to both and enthusiasm and was justifiably proud of the results achieved. the department and the University, and continued to teach and to research, with no dimming of his tremendous personal warmth and In 2000 Henry was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy, a energy levels. Michael Butler died on 25 November 2007, and is degenerative neurological condition. For the remaining seven and a survived by his wife Jean, and by their son and daughter. half years of his life, he gradually lost many of his physical abilities. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 44

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PROFESSOR NOEL GORDON CARR (1958), biochemist, was born in edited two important works: The Biology of the Blue-green Algae South Shields in 1935. His family moved to Leeds where at the age (1973) and The Biology of the Cyanobacteria (1982). He exploited of 14 Noel was crippled in both legs by polio. For much of his life a number of his ideas commercially with companies including he discounted the handicap, walking with two sticks and mounting Schweppes Research Ltd and the Helicon Foundation, California. stairs at a dizzying pace. In 1954 he won a state scholarship to Leeds He regularly took his students to the pub after a day in the lab, and University, where he read biochemistry, then embarked on a DPhil invited them to share the warmth of his home where his wife Di and from Trinity, researching the metabolism of purple bacteria. their four children welcomed visitors with bacon and eggs. In retirement Noel Carr indulged his passions of the theatre, wine, and Carr’s first postdoctoral position was at the University of California, bridge but struggled against the legacy of polio, and finally, his San Francisco, where he worked on lipid metabolism, but his career- inability to fight off bacterial inferctions. He died on 30 October changing experience was attending C. B. van Niel’s course in 2007. Based on Anthony Walsby’s obituary in the Independent. microbial ecology at the Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University. When he returned to the UK in 1962, to take up an ICI FRANCIS MICHAEL CASSAVETTI (1947), newspaper correspondent Fellowship in the Biochemistry Department at Liverpool, he turned and press officer, was born in London on 3 October 1924, and his attention to certain blue-green algae, convinced of their pivotal educated at the Dragon School and at Sherborne. He saw four position in biology. Carr and his students demonstrated that this years’ army service with the 60th Rifles in England and Germany, algae produced a substance known only in bacteria and led to the before coming up to Trinity to read PPE. He was one of the fortunate reclassification of blue-green algae as cyanobacteria. In the 1970s generation of Trinity men to be taught politics by and to enjoy the and 1980s his group investigated the biochemical pathways of friendship of Tony Crosland (fellow 1947–50). cyanobacteria, discovering new enzymes and explaining how these Embarking on a career in journalism, Francis worked first in the organisms depend on photosynthesis for growth. Appointed to a London office of the Bristol Evening Post as parliamentary reporter Chair of Biology at Warwick University in 1984, Carr’s research then lobby correspondent, and then as lobby correspondent for the was of seminal importance to one of today’s most urgent scientific Daily Express, before becoming diplomatic correspondent of the issues, the rise in atmospheric CO , causing global warming. The 2 Daily Herald, for whom he wrote under the name Francis Moir. In present composition of the atmosphere results from the ‘Great 1965 he headed for Paris as Head of the press service of the Oxidation Event’ over two billion years ago, when oxygen gas first Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, where accumulated in the air and CO levels plummeted. These changes 2 he remained until his retirement in the mid 1980s. were brought about by cyanobacteria using the energy in sunlight to split water into oxygen, released as a gas, and hydrogen, which Unambitious in a worldly sense, Francis always regretted not transformed CO2 into organic matter—the process of photosynthesis making his name as a poet or novelist. Funny, clever, sometimes that is ultimately responsible for creating the food we eat and the air outrageous, intelligent, cultivated, passionate for knowledge, ever we breathe. Noel Carr and his colleagues developed molecular curious about the world around him, Francis was to many a breath methods of investigating nutrient uptake by cyanobacteria, work of fresh air. He was married three times, and had seven children— that has great significance for today’s research into the possibility of Nico, Patrick, Andrew, Francesca, Hugo, Christopher and fertilising the oceans with iron to increase CO2 absorption from the Stephen—of whose fascinating mix of artistic and intellectual atmosphere. talents he was rightly proud. Francis met his third wife Gabrielle at a press reception in the OECD and they shared 26 wonderful years. Noel Carr enjoyed collaborating with people, and saw the best in When he died, at their country retreat in Normandy on 8 August everyone that he met. He became founding editor of Blackwell’s 2008, he left his family, colleagues and friends bereft, but very Studies in Microbiology series. He and the botanist Brian Whitton proud to have known him. G.H.C. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 45

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ANTONY VARIAN DUNDONALD COCHRANE (1953), financial ANTONY JUSTIN RICHARD DAVENPORT, antiques dealer, was born on consultant, was a direct descandant of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl 17 February, 1922. He attended Stowe School before coming up to of Dundonald, who had a colourful career in South American Trinity in April 1940 to read Modern History. He stayed until June politics, commanding the Chilean Navy during the War of 1941 when the war interrupted his studies and he joined the 4th Liberation 1818‒20. Antony accepted regular invitations to the Battalion Grenadier Guards. After training he took part in the Chilean embassy, but never talked much of his own early career in Normandy Invasion when as the commander of a Churchill tank he South America. He was born on 14 November 1933, and educated landed in France three weeks after D-Day. As part of the Guards at Rugby. The product of a formal upbringing and a creature of Armoured Division, later the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, he fought his habit, he was always correctly dressed and appeared to have cleaned way up through France to Germany. Shortly after crossing the Rhine his shoes before putting them on every time. For many years he his tank was hit by an anti-tank weapon and he suffered serious visited the delicatessen in Hadlow every week carrying his wicker shrapnel wound. His recovery took seven months and by the time he basket, and every day he sat down to listen to the 6 o’ clock news returned to the British Army of the Rhine in November 1945 he had with a glass or two of sherry. The only time he seemed not to wear been promoted to Major. a tie was when he working in his extensive vegetable garden. In 1946 he returned to civilian life but rather than resume his studies At Trinity Antony read History. He was fluent in Spanish, and for at Trinity he opted to see the world and joined the shipping company many years would make regular visits to Spain, where he Mackinnon Mackenzie, working as an agent in India and the Far successfully gave financial advice in the burgeoning years of the East. In 1949 he was briefly engaged to the American tennis player country’s economic revival after the relaxation of Franco’s control. Gertrude ‘Gussie’ Moran but in 1956 he met and married his wife He was intrigued by Spanish Medieval History and researched it Stella Tylden in Singapore. A year later their son Justin was born. assiduously in both Spain and England although he never published After a few years they returned home to Hinton Waldrist in his work. Antony was married to Anne; the couple set up home in Oxfordshire where Antony had been brought up. He took up dairy London but very soon bought Laddingford House in Kent where and arable farming, which he continued for many years. A chest they raised their three children Sarah, Charles, and Rupert. Anne infection brought on by the dust from harvesting forced him to seek was also an enthusiastic gardener who qualified at the Chelsea a new career in middle age and he turned his farm barns into Physic Garden and designed many gardens large and small, public showrooms for an antique business. On his retirement he sold his and private, in the locality. farmhouse and converted one of the barns into a home where he and Stella enjoyed a happy retirement. After her death in 2000, he found Antony was always a keen supporter of the Conservative Party and happiness again with the artist Pam Lascelles who he married in when John Wells became MP for Maidstone in 1974, he asked 2005, and also discovered a previously unknown talent for painting. Antony to form a Branch in Laddingford. Antony’s energy and Antony died suddenly at his home in Hinton on 27 January, just enthusiasm kept the Branch active until 2002, and it then merged three weeks short of his 86th birthday. An immensely popular man, with the Yalding Branch in 2004. When Sir John Wells retired his Antony was renowned for his charm and good humour. Justin place was taken by Ann Widdecombe whom Antony supported just Davenport, son. as enthusiastically, being an Executive Committee member and Honorary Treasurer for many years. He was as successful in DR DAVID WHITNEY CANNING DOVE (1950), general practitioner, collecting subscriptions and selling tickets on behalf of the local was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and educated there at the Conservatives as he was in selling insurance for Hambros. Recently, King’s School. He came up to read medicine, which he managed to Antony and Anne moved to Cirencester, where he suffered combine with athletics (he was captain of the OU cross country increasingly from poor health. He died on 30 Marcy 2008. With team in 1954), rowing, rugby and squash, and with membership of thanks to Brian Moss and Bobby Barnes of the Maidstone the Claret Club, Vincent’s, and of the Oxford Union. He completed Conservative Association. his medical training at the London Hospital, and then returned to his 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 46

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home country where he practiced as a family doctor until his as he did his family. He died in December 2007, but will live on in retirement in 1990. David was married to Cynthia, and they had a the memories of his colleagues and the personalities of his children daughter and three sons. He always took a keen interest in news and his grand-children. With thanks to Jane Furse and Pat from Trinity and was a generous benefactor to the College. David Ramsay. Dove died on 11 December 2007 after a short illness. ADRIAN JOHN IRWIN FURTADO (1961), systems analyst, was born on NICHOLAS RALPH DOLINGTON FURSE (1947), BBC Executive, was 4 November 1942 in Bideford, North Devon. He died suddenly on a highly influential figure in the BBC appointments department in 17 June 2008, following a totally unexpected brain haemorrhage. the 1950s and 60s, notable for his skill and sympathy as an His funeral service was held in the College Chapel on Monday 30 interviewer and his efficacy as a chairman of appointment boards. June, when, thanks to the Rev. Emma Percy and many members of His father, Sir Ralph Furse, was the director of Recruitment at the the college staff, Adrian was given a memorable send off, in keeping Colonial Office for many years, and from him Nic learned his high with his characteristic desire for high quality and style. and consistent standards of selection. He was at Eton when the Second World War began. He volunteered for the Navy, was At the age of ten, Adrian attended Berkhamsted School as a boarder. commissioned, and trained to operate the dangerous three-man He did well academically, and was made Head of Lowers and a submarine. At the very end of the War he was posted to the Pacific, Prefect. It was there that he discovered his talent for rowing. He and went ashore in Japan where he witnessed the remains of came up to Trinity to read Classics, thoroughly enjoying himself and Hiroshima. considering Oxford to be his spiritual home. He excelled on the river and was Captain of Boats in 1964. On his graduation in 1965, After demobilisation, Nic embarked on a History degree at Trinity. Adrian joined IBM as a Systems Analyst, and continued to work He went briefly into the Colonial Office before joining the BBC in there until he took early retirement in 1993. During these years he 1951, at a time of great expansion of the Corporation. He never married Rosalind, and they had a son, Murray, and a daughter, sought high office, but took satisfaction in exercising great influence Rosalind. Sadly, the marriage did not survive, and Adrian married at every level by force of highly intelligent argument. Nic married Hyacinth in 1982 during his first assignment to Paris. He always Jane in 1950, and threw himself into family life with the same retained contact with his children. energy, humour and thoroughness that characterised his style at work. His defining quality was integrity. Nic’s eldest daughter wrote At IBM he progressed up the corporate ladder and his hard work and of him, ‘he had no desire to make a big splash in life. But he belived full commitment earned him Exceptional Achievement Awards and intensely in the efficacy of small ripples. He cared greatly for his a number of promotions. His work involved liaising with the IBM family, spending untold hours helping each of his four children to international network and took him to many countries over the develop a questioning mind, a thought-out set of ethics, a way years. During two assignments to Paris he became fluent in French, through problems.’ Nic had the gift of turning everyday activities having gained an Open University Diploma with distinction. He into adventures, and would recall and relish every experience with made the most of his time in France and despite the demands of the an ‘inward eye’ that William Wordsworth would have recognized. job took up horse riding, and took part in many randonnées in France and also in the Caucasus and Mongolia. He developed a In 1969 Nic Furse resigned from the BBC and moved with his passion for the Citroen SM car and was an active member of the SM family to Devon, where he took over the management of his ailing Club de France, joining in many international rallies. His last father’s estate. In retirment he devoted much time to studying and assignment with IBM was to Rome, from where he took early writing about the genre of biography, and he leaves a major retirement. manuscript devoted to this field of research. Essentially a very private person, Nic Furse valued his small circle of friends as much On returning to the UK, Adrian and Hyacinth lived in Basingstoke, 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 47

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where he continued to pursue his many hobbies and interests. Foundation of Human Rights, the Cancer Research Society, the Perhaps his greatest passion was for music. His membership lists Montreal Symphony Orchestra and many more. During all his life included the Royal Opera, the English National Opera, and music, painting, literature had a tremendous influence on him and Glyndebourne. He also took up learning the piano and the bassoon. because of it he had a profound love and knowledge of all three. Mr. Adrian had an eye for design and things of quality. For many years Gagnon was a widower and was the father of two children. He died he was a member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient on October 17, 2007, aged 89. He will be remembered as a Buildings and enjoyed visiting places of architectural distinction. humanist, a thinker and a very knowledgeable human being. He was a connoisseur of Art Deco furniture and design. There have Hélène Gagnon, daughter. been many tributes to Adrian’s many fine qualities and ALEXANDER JOHN GLOVER (1991), chartered accountant, came up achievements, and he will be greatly missed. Adrian is survived by from Godalming Sixth Form College to read Chemistry, but his his wife Hyacinth, his father and sister, and by his son and daughter. studies were interrupted by illness, and he was unable to complete Hyacinth Furtado. his degree. After sucessful open heart surgery Alex qualified and JEAN-JACQUES GAGNON (1938), businessman, was born in practised as an accountant. It is with great sadness that Trinity heard Montreal on February 11, 1918, the son of a bank manager. He was of his death on 14 May 2008 at the age of 35. educated at the Joliette College near Montreal and came to Trinity GEOFFREY PAUL HARMAN (1945), Senior Executive of HM as a Rhodes Scholar in 1938 to study for a BA in PPE. One of his Customs and Excise, died aged 80 on 15 April 2008 after a short tutors at the time was the economist Robert Hall, later Lord Roberthall. This was a ‘golden age’ of sport in the College, and illness in hospital, near his home in Kent. He was born on 30 June Jean-Jacques was a member of the very successful Hockey team of 1927 and grew up with his parents and two brothers in Falmouth, 1938/9. Due to the Second World War he returned to Canada Cornwall. He went to Falmouth Grammar School where he (Montreal) in the summer of 1940 working first for an airplane developed his love for Rugby. He later became a referee. Geoffrey manufacturer and then joining le Journal le Jour, an important was a keen swimmer from a young age and became a lifeguard at newspaper of the time where he worked under the direction of the one of the beaches near to where he lived in Falmouth. On one famous journalist and writer Jean Charles Harvey. occasion he ended up saving his wife-to-be when the boat she was in capsized. In 1942 Jean-Jacques Gagnon joined Alcan Aluminium Company as an industrial relations specialist. He worked first in Shawinigan, Geoffrey entered National Service at 18 and during this time was and in 1947 was sent to British Guyana as Director for their plant. sent on a War Office Signals course at Trinity for one year. He In 1949 he was back in Canada as Personnel Director of their thoroughly enjoyed his life at Oxford and took a life-long interest in refinery in Arvida, and in 1957 he was transferred to Montreal. He developments at the University. He was also an avid supporter of then resigned from Alcan and began working for Steinberg, a Oxford in the Boat Race each year and his whole family were made prominent food distribution company. Two years or so later he to watch it and cheer them on! After Oxford, he went to work in HM rejoined Alcan for good and with much success. In 1974 he was Customs and Excise at Edinburgh for two years and, following his sent to Mandeville to take the position of President of Alcan marriage to Marion in 1950, took up a position in the Investigation Jamaica. When he retired in 1980 he held also the position of Branch of Customs and Excise in London. By his retirement in 1987 Executive Vice President of Alcan Canada. During his tenure with he had risen to Senior Executive level. During his time there, he Alcan he also held the position of Chairman of the Canadian received a commendation for his achievement on an important Manufacturers Association. After retiring he joined the board of betting duty investigation. He was a Magistrate for Bexley Courts several social and economic organizations such as the Canadian for many years, and served as the Chair of the Licensing Committee. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 48

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When Geoffrey retired he devoted his time to his family including Trinity Reel Club—a popular feature of college social life in those looking after the grandchildren with his wife. He spent many happy days—and given half a chance he (and his sister Anne who was days at his second home near Deal on the Kent coast, which always likewise studying in Oxford at the time) would also perform a reminded him of Cornwall. He is survived by his wife, two Scottish sword dance in fine style. Vacations saw him exploring daughters and six grandchildren, whose lasting memories will be his family roots in Scotland and joining in skiing expeditions. wonderful sense of humour and their lively Christmases for which Memorably he and a South African legal friend bicycled from he organised games, quizzes and very funny plays acted by the Oxford to Vienna and back, climbing mountains en route in Austria grandchildren. Marion Harman, Judith Childs, and Elizabeth and Switzerland. While visiting a local court in Vienna to observe Warwick. the law in action, their bearded and travel-worn appearance led to them being mistaken for two accused men on the run, and being WILLIAM ADRIAN HOPE (1949), South African lawyer, was one of hauled up in front of a somewhat bemused judge to explain the many talented South Africans who have made such a distinctive themselves. contribution to Trinity, never more so than in the period after World War Two. Bill Hope arrived at Trinity in 1949, following in the On returning to South Africa he started at the Bar in Johannesburg, family tradition as both his father Adrian (1920) and his grandfather but before long moved to a less apartheid-ridden Rhodesia to Charles (1885) had been Trinity men. Earlier, after leaving continue working as a barrister there. This led to his appointment as Michaelhouse School, Bill spent a brief six months at Wits legal adviser to the Chamber of Mines, where he was involved in University in Johannesburg and then joined the South African army research into Mining Law. It was at about this time that he met and at the age of 17. He saw active service in Italy, where it so happened married Hazel. Also he took up flying Tiger Moths and gained a his father was already serving behind the lines with a partisan group. private pilot’s licence. But in 1963 he and his wife decided to move Tragically Major Adrian Hope was killed in a freak accident when back to South Africa. (Ian Smith’s unilateral declaration of one of the partisans, wishing him ‘good night’, reached out to shake independence for Rhodesia, which followed a couple of years later, his hand and accidentally dropped his sten-gun which discharged a was in Bill’s view a profound mistake.) single fatal bullet. Military valour evidently ran in the family, for Back in Johannesburg he joined JCI, a leading mining company, Bill’s great-grandfather had been awarded the VC during the enabling him to write a handbook on Rhodesian Mining Law on Crimean War for rescuing a wounded officer under heavy enemy behalf of the Chamber of Mines. Averse to big corporate life, his fire at Sebastopol. independence of thought brought him to an important mid-career The war over, Bill returned first to Wits University to read logic and decision, as an experienced and well-respected lawyer, to qualify philosophy, and then (like his father) came on to Trinity for an and enter practice as a solicitor. Times were hard for the family, but Oxford law degree, studying under the redoubtable Philip Landon he soon joined a Johannesburg law firm as a partner, becoming their and also (for Roman-Dutch law) with Tony Honore. For the rest of expert in mining law, which had long been his interest. In later years us who had barely travelled anywhere far in those spartan years after in Johannesburg he set up his own successful legal practice. One the war because foreign currency was rationed, there were many drawback of being a sole practitioner, he admitted, was that he enlightening discussions with Bill Hope and his fellow South missed the comradeship of partners with whom to discuss points of Africans about apartheid in their country. Immediately in evidence law or difficult clients. So he ended his Johannesburg career by was Bill’s characteristic twinkle in the eye and pause for thought joining a firm where he felt most at home and could trust partners to before giving a balanced answer to a serious question, and the solid uphold his own high standards. good sense with which he approached any complicated issue. There was one more chapter to come, when he and Hazel moved in Hugely proud of his Scottish descent, he was a keen member of the 1989 to Knysna, a coastal resort some 300 miles east of Cape Town. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 49

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Here Bill again set up a practice on his own, which he ran until ill- Santa Gertrudis itself was bred by Bob Kleberg, being a cross health led him finally to retire in 2000. He came through a number between Brahman and Hereford cattle. On occasion these cattle just of operations with courage and dignity. Never afraid to make a survived on the fruit of the cactus plant. The quarter horses were major decision, Bill was a man of principle and integrity, with a also introduced into these two countries. strong sense of doing the right thing and of serving the community. In 1970 Michael married Joanna, and the couple went on to have Nor did he ever try to get away with giving a quick or easy answer. nine children. It was at this stage in his life that he began his two For his legal work he often under-charged or even waived charges ranches, and perhaps one of his greatest challenges was to keep and altogether. Within the wider community for example he sat on develop the Concha y Sierra breed of fighting bulls that were on the various school boards, presided voluntarily over a small claims finca. He spent many hours in the burladero, testing the cattle for court, and established a trust which he chaired for 17 years to bravery. The spanish farm also had the Iberian pigs bred for the preserve a green space in the centre of Knysna. Serrano ham, and plenty of sheep and patridge. His gusto for brave We can attest above all to Bill’s strength of character, his devotion bulls waned however when one of his bulls nearly put an end to the to his family, his deep religious faith. Indeed he was all that a wise matador’s life in the Madrid bullring. Michael Hughes died on 14 and faithful friend should be, keeping in regular touch from those March 2008 after a long and brave struggle against illness. Joanna long-ago days at Trinity onwards. In his prime he always aimed to Hughes. get to the top of the highest mountain wherever he found himself. In CHRISTOPHER FREVILLE HUNTLEY (1931), civil servant and life too he set his sights on the highest standards, and in that brewery chairman, who died last November, was one of the last of a endeavour he never let himself, nor others, down. Bill Hope died on generation of Trinity men born just before the First World War who 12 June 2008 on the eve of his eighty-first birthday. He is survived came up in the early thirties. Chris Huntley grew up in by his wife and four children and by eight grandchildren. John Gloucestershire, was an Oppidan Scholar at Eton and a keen fforde and Sir Patrick Moberley KCMG (both 1948). sportsman. He had come up to read Mathematics but quickly MICHAEL BERTRAM GLYN HUGHES (1951), rancher, was born on 25 transferred to PPE where he had the good fortune to have Robert August 1930, the son of Brigadier General Hugh Llewelyn Gwyn Hall as tutor. He rowed for Trinity as bow in the first boat in 1933 Hughes, who was to take charge of the medical operation at the and 1934 at a time when the College was beginning its steady climb liberation of Belsen, and of Armorel Anselmo Rought Jones. up the first division to its years of supremacy. His Trinity years were Michael read agricultural economics at Trinity, and animal genetics marked by great friendships forged in the peculiarly male society at Colorado State University. He was known as ‘El Luchador’ (‘the that was then Oxford, enjoying mountaineering and ‘reading’ fighter’) in Paraguay, where he worked with the Leibigs meat holidays, one spent canoeing down the Moselle with Arthur Mahler. company for several years improving their ranches. The name ‘El A number of them shared digs in their third year in the Old Luchador’ characterised the whole of his life as he fought many Parsonage—renowned for its parties. One long vacation was spent years of illness when told he had a short time to live. with another Trinity friend, Oliver Barstow, as English tutors in a Bavarian schloss where conversations were enlivened by politics, Michael worked on projects for the World Bank in South America the daughter of the house having joined Hitler Youth. and then joined Bob Kleberg’s team at King Ranch, Texas. He was in charge of setting up ranching facilities in a joint operation with After going down in 1934, he qualified as a chartered accountant the Moroccan government in the middle atlas, and also in before joining Imperial Airways from which he was headhunted to Andalucia, southern Spain. The projects entailed introducing and the new Ministry of Food just before the outbreak of war. He stayed cross breeding the Santa Gertrudis cattle in order to produce a hardy on after the war as Assistant Secretary on the Fisheries side of what animal that could withstand the difficult dry climate conditions. The became MAFF during the early ‘cod wars’ and growing political 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 50

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requirement to balance fishing with environmental interests. He had taking part in the Berlin Air Lift. But he had no doubt that the ‘best long been a director of the family brewing business and—ever the and most effective part’ of his army career was between 1952 and countryman at heart—he retired in the early 1960s to be part-time 1956 when he served with his regiment and with Army Intelligence chairman, moving to live in Herefordshire. Here he was able to in South East Asia during the Malaya Campaign. Peter Hutchinson develop his two great passions—growing and collecting rare plants was a conscientious officer who took every aspect of the work and and building his library. A conducted tour of his large, slightly its place in the Cold War seriously. unkempt garden was an experience few could forget. His book- Peter and his first wife Esme Bailey met as teenagers in 1942, and collecting had started in the war and slowly built up to cover a wide were married in 1950. Their two children Juliet and Andrew spent range of interests—early illustrated books, private press and modern their early years in Malacca and Johore Bahru. Leaving the army firsts, as well as botanical—all carefully catalogued in a handwritten was a difficult time for the whole family. Peter became a Manager ledger revealing a bibliophile’s fascination with source and price, with the National Mutual Life in Sussex, and worked long hours together with his observations on the process and motives of breaking successfully into the student market. Esme suffered from collecting. A planned opus on Aesop’s fables, of which he had a ill health and depression and eventually was to initiate divorce remarkable collection, remained a dream. proceedings. Throughout his life Trinity remained of special importance, not least Determined not to succumb to loneliness and unhappiness, Peter having introduced him to his wife Maisie Ritchie, who’s brother had moved to Westfield, near Battle, and threw himself into a DIY been a contemporary at Trinity with Chris’s elder brother John. With building project. In July 1976 he married again, his widowed his own contemporaries—Tony Attenborough, Pat Turcan, Paul neighbour Kitty Peacock, and the couple made the decision to start Wootton, Kenneth Boyd and others—Trinity weekends gave over to a new life in the hamlet of Chosely, near Hunstanton in Norfolk. His annual lunches until the numbers fell away. Matthew Huntley final project was the restoration of a thirteenth-century farmhouse, (1962), son. and his last battles were against the local authority planning authorities and against Alzheimer’s disease. Peter Hutchinson died MAJOR PETER HANLEY HUTCHINSON (1941), soldier and insurance salesman, was a man of tremendous energy and determination, on 6 January 2008, and is survived by Kitty, Juliet and Andrew.

qualities that were to stand him in good stead in the vicissitudes of MILES BERESFORD KINGTON (1960), jazz musician and writer, died both warfare and peacetime. He grew up in a clerical household, the on 30 January 2008. David Barlow (1961) writes: You would look fourth son of the Rector of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and was sent to in vain for my name in Who’s Who during the 1980s unless you St Edward’s School in Oxford. He spent but a single term at Trinity turned to K for Kington where, under Hobbies, you would find in 1941, having come up with the intention of joining the Oxford ‘…trying to beat my friend Barlow at something’, a hint at University Air Squadron, and, as soon as he could, the RAF. Taken competitiveness that better fitted me than him. Miles had no car off the Pilots Training Programme at Miami, Oklahoma—they said and, after he joined Instant Sunshine in 1973, I chauffeured him and he was ‘a menace in the air’—he held out for his next choice, a his double bass from gig to gig for some twenty years. Throughout commission in a Highland Regiment. this time he wrote a daily column for The Times and then the Independent and, faut-de-mieux, my foibles and faux-pas found Peter Hutchinson wrote a memoir of his life post-Trinity, which he their way into his columns from time to time. However, we had donated to the College Archive in 1992. His army career is an actually become friends twelve years earlier. exhilarating read as he served with the 1st Battalion Black Watch, st st the 1 Gordon Highlanders (No 5 Commandos), and the 1 Trinity in 1961 was described in Cherwell as the ‘College for the Battalion Parachute Regiment. He had a penchant for ceremonial gentleman of discernment and taste’: Cadman (and Norrington) and dramatic occasions, and relished lunching with royalty, and ruled, there was silver service at all meals, the mayonnaise on the 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 51

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lawn was home-made and the loo-paper came in pads of a thousand, until Harold Evans hired him for what turned out to be the each superior wafer-thin tissue worthy of Fortnum’s best. Miles and ‘Moreover’ column. Miles moved to the Independent in 1987, the Sally (then Paine, becoming Kington in 1964) took me under their same year he began his second marriage to Caroline Maynard, a wing before mentoring had become fashionable, and provided television and theatre director. He left London for Limpley Stoke, friendship, advice and, most importantly, reassurance—was it all near Bath, whence he sent his daily column without significant right to be the only two at Trinity with only two wheels? break, his last column appearing the day before he died. Although he had spent all of 2007 with his diagnosis of cancer of the pancreas, After Trinity, Miles moved to London determined to make a living since he never visited the office in London, nobody at the as a writer. He sent jazz reviews to The Times, and soon became its Independent had any inkling that he was unwell. jazz critic, and pestered Bernard Hollowood, then Editor of Punch, with unsolicited pieces. In 1967 Miles was invited to lunch and, Miles was a writer. A very good writer. He was a better linguist later that afternoon, to join the staff. In 1973 the three doctors in than his Trinity ‘gentleman’s third’ might suggest. You needed to be Instant Sunshine decided that what we needed for success was a at home with a language to produce his immortal Let’s Parler bass-player, and we persuaded our initially cautious patient to join Franglais (‘Les Francais ne parlent pas l’O-level French’) and his us. Our regular trips to the Edinburgh fringe always included a translation of Alphonse Allais was scholarly as well as witty. He Miles monologue with barbed asides about the city fathers. Our first was also very kind to his many correspondents. Humour never trip to Edinburgh was a really unexpected success. No Perrier deserted him. His last email in December 2007 ended with: ‘...may awards in those days just a solitary Scotsman ‘Hit of the Fringe’ I just say that I often think of you and you lot and how we really did which, with Miles’ help we won. Sold out for our second and third spend some of the best days of my life together, and can I have them weeks (seats 75p), we learned that the Queen’s sister and entourage back, please?’ were coming one night. With difficulty we scrounged an extra row of chairs but the only ones who paid attention to our performance Miles is survived by first wife Sally and children Sophie and Tom, were the policemen at either end of the row. To that insult was and by Caroline and their son Adam. added the injury of a now raucous first row invading our tiny dressing room and drinking Miles’ precious single malt. And they THE RT. HON. LORD JOHN ROBERT CECIL MANNERS, 5TH BARON didn’t pay for their seats. Miles later observed how many show-biz MANNERS (1941), solicitor, was born on 13 February 1923, the first performers were named after seaside resorts: Eric Morecombe, son of Mary Gascoyne Cecil and Francis Manners. He spent an George Formby, Princess Margate… idyllic childhood at Avon Tyrrell, an arts and crafts house on the edge of the New Forest, where he acquired a lifelong passion for Most of Instant Sunshine couldn’t read music and some could not riding and hunting (following in the footsteps of his paternal play by ear. Miles, however, could and did both. I have a happy grandfather, the Third Lord Manners, who had won the 1882 Grand memory of radio 4’s ‘Stop the Year’ with Robert Robinson, when National on his own horse Seaman). Bob was educated at Eton Miles was detailed to accompany Vera Lynn. He bought the music where he whipped into R. E. Wallace and became Master of the and practised ‘There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Beagles in 1940/41. Dover…’ until he was finger-perfect, to be told, as the Diva entered S2 studio in the bowels of Portland Place, that she always sang it in Bob came up as an RAF probationer in April 1941 and shared a C Sharp (or whatever). Miles was sweating as he transposed the room with Bill Waugh. He then trained as a pilot in Arizona, and number live on national radio. served in the Far East flying Mosquitoes on photoreconnaissance missions. The planes were stripped of all armour and carried extra Miles left Punch in 1980 when offered the chance to make a railway fuel in their bomb bays instead. It was somewhat akin to sitting on programme in Peru. He sent daily pieces to The Times for a fortnight an incendiary bomb, but enabled the Mosquito to fly immense 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 52

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distances. On one sortie he clocked up the record for the longest guiding principle of his life, that one should do all things well. distance photoreconnaissance flight in the Far East. In August 1945 Patrick was educated at the lycée d’Étampes in Paris, and came to he flew 2,620 miles from the Cocos Islands to Penang and back by Trinity to read PPE. His degree was interrupted by service in the a diverse route, in just over nine hours, an exploit later dismissed as Royal Artillery—like so many, he volunteered in October 1939— having left him with a very sore bottom! and his experience of warfare, often bloody and brutal, remained a vivid memory, finally to be the subject of a marvellously detailed In 1946 Bob returned to Trinity where, to his great delight, he and and down-to-earth autobiography: Wartime Field Gunner (Pen Press Bill Waugh shared the very same room they he had occupied five Publishers 2005). years previously. They had not met in the interim. He graduated in 1948, having studied law and continued hunting, whipping into his For many years Patrick worked for the European Organisation for life-long friend Bill Birch-Reynardson at the Christchurch Beagles. Nuclear Defence (CERN) in Geneva, where he was the first minute- He then joined Farrer & Co, and on qualification worked for Trower taker and translator on the staff. He retired twice, from CERN aged Still & Keeling. In 1955, lured by the attractions of living in the 65—although he stayed on to help with the pension fund—and Gloucestershire countryside, he joined the Bristol firm that was to again, aged 79, as an investment manager working for private become Osborne Clarke, where he practiced law until his retirement clients in Geneva. in 1985. Pat Mollet was married twice. His first wife was Helen Monica Fry Bob combined the life of a busy solicitor with his love of country whom he married early in the War. They had a son, Michael, who pursuits. When it was his turn to man the office on a Saturday was sent to the Dragon School after his parents’ divorce, and a morning during the hunting season, staff got used to the sight of him daughter, Linda. By his second wife, Solange, Pat had three step- at his desk in his riding clothes. He had married Jennifer Selena sons. His life-long passions were food, and for skiing; on at least Fairbairn in 1949 and they had three children—Venetia, Selena and one occasion he won the title of British veteran ski champion. Pat Willie. Bob also assumed the management of the family estate in the was an unfailingly generous man; he helped many people and was New Forest, returning to live there when he succeeded his father as an excellent judge of character. In old age he and Solange settled in the Fifth Baron Manners in 1985. He became immersed in what he Switzerland, where Pat died in February 2007. He was buried with often described as ‘Forest politics’, serving as Official Verderer his father at Ormoy-la-Rivière near Étampes with his father, the from 1983 to 1993 and as President of the New Forest Association family vault in the Père Lachaise Cemetery being full. from 1997 to 2003. HENRY RICHARD MORCOM (1945), schoolmaster, was born on 14 Bob died on 28 May 2008, Jennifer having predeceased him by June 1922, and went directly from Repton to war service in the Rifle some 12 years. His funeral took place at All Saints Church, Thorney Brigade. Invalided out, he came up to Oxford to read the shortened Hill, built by his grandfather, and designed by Detmar Blow. He was course in History. Trinity was his family college, for he was the carried to his final resting place by employees and tenants of the great-nephew of Henry George Woods (President 1887‒96) and his Avon Tyrrell Estate, a fitting tribute to a countryman who was wife, the poet and novelist Margaret (Daisy) Woods. For much of perhaps happiest living there amongst those that he loved and his career Henry Morcom worked in preparatory schools; initially in respected. Willie Manners, 6th Baron Manners. partnership with the head of a school in Kent; then at Bagshot in Surrey. Subsequently he acted as an A-Level ‘cramming’ tutor. In PATRICK CHARLES PHILIP MOLLET (1937) was born in Paris where retirement, Henry Morcom lived in Worthing. He died on 17 May his father, who was of Jersey extraction, ran the grocery emporium 2008. With thanks to Major-Heneral H. G. Woods CB MBE MC DL Hédiard. The business had been inherited from Pat’s mother's (1942). family, and it was from the retailing of food that he acquired the 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 53

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JOHN GETHIN MORGAN-OWEN, QC CB MBE (1933), Judge DR RONALD CARL ALAN PEARSON (1971), neuroanatomist and GP, Advocate General of the Forces from 1979 to 1984, was born in encompassed within his medical career a diversity of research, Camberley in August 1914, the son of a distinguished South Wales teaching and clinical experience in the UK, the USA and in Borderers officer. Having read law under Philip Landon he was Tanzania. Carl Pearson was born and educated in the North of called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1938 and practised on the England, where his father was a GP for a small colliery village. He Wales and Chester Circuit. passed the First MB examination at St Thomas’s Hospital and then came up to Trinity to read Physiological Sciences. He met Enid Before the war John Morgan-Owen had joined the Supplementary Michael, a fellow medical student, during their first term at Oxford; Reserve of Officers of his father’s regiment, and in April 1940 went they married in 1975 and he was an unfailingly loyal supporter of with its 1st Battalion to Norway. Morgan-Owen remained with his her career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Early in his medical battalion for the next four years, through D-Day and most of the studies, Carl developed a passionate interest in the function of the subsequent fighting, before joining the staff of 146 Brigade as its brain, which was encouraged by his tutor in neuroanatomy, Tom Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, an Powell. In his final year he obtained an MRC postgraduate research appointment in which he was appointed MBE. His war over, he studentship, and in 1977 he was awarded the DPhil. returned to his Cardiff practice until, in 1952, a vacancy occurred for a judge advocate on the judicial staff of the Judge Advocate General. On entry into clinical medical studies in Oxford in 1977, Carl took In 1948 this Office had become part of the Lord Chancellor’s to clinical work with alacrity, enjoying immensely all opportunities establishment, a change designed to ensure complete independence to talk to patients. Contemporaries will probably remember him from the Army and the RAF which it advised. John Morgan-Owen best, however, immersed in a game of bridge at Osler House, relished the opportunity to travel, and served in Germany, Hong chuckling wickedly over a winning hand; and for his portrayal of Dr Kong, and Cyprus before becoming Vice Judge Advocate General in Sidney Truelove, the eminent physician, to whom Carl bore an 1972. A judicial role suited him admirably. Clear-minded, succinct, uncanny resemblance, at the medical student Tingewick Pantomime unfailingly courteous and capable of firmness when needed, he of 1979. added to these qualities a detestation of injustice, especially when Some were surprised when on graduating in 1980 Carl announced perpetrated by authority. He was always relaxed, natural and his intention to return to Tom Powell’s neuroanatomy laboratory, informal and never less than polite and in full control of himself. initially as a University demonstrator and subsequently as a Quietly witty and surprisingly well read to the point of unassuming Wellcome Research Fellow. He was popular as a college tutor, with erudition, he had in his days at the Welsh Bar known both Dylan a prodigious reputation for lucid lecturing and tutorial style, which Thomas and Kingsley Amis and been welcome in their company, continued throughout his university career. The Wellcome though not sharing their capacity for alcohol. Fellowship permitted the chance of working abroad, and in 1986‒7 Though he was an outstandingly successful Judge Advocate he enjoyed a highly productive year in the laboratory of Professor General, John Morgan-Owen chose to take early retirement to allow Sol Snyder, in the department of neurosciences at Johns Hopkins a colleague, who would otherwise have passed beyond the University Medical School in Baltimore, USA. He returned to an maximum age, to assume the office. Always intensely proud of his appointment as Senior Lecturer at St Mary’s Hospital Medical Welsh origins, he set himself in his seventies to learn to speak School in London and soon after was appointed as Professor of Welsh. A keen beagler, he continued to follow that sport until well Neuroscience at Sheffield University, at the age of 35. His into his eighties. Tennis, he said, ‘gave him up’ when he was 68, to collaborative style and infectious enjoyment of the science attracted be succeeded by croquet. He was appointed QC in 1981 and CB in a stream of medical and scientific postgraduate students to work in 1984. He is survived by his wife Mary and by two sons and a his laboratory. daughter. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 54

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Carl made significant contributions to clinical neuroscience in three receiving his initial training as a boy in the Salvation Army. As an areas. First, with Tom Powell, he made substantial discoveries undergraduate, he was a founder member of the Broad Street regarding connectivity in the brain, particularly of the cholinergic Stompers jazz band, which was later reprised in his clinical years as pathways, which at the time were emerging as central to the Tingewick Band and in recent years as the St George’s understanding the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Secondly, Pantomime Band. A man of strong Christian faith, he became a working with clinical colleagues in Oxford, he was the first to confirmed Anglican in 1997, and devoted much time and energy to describe clearly how Alzheimer’s disease spreads within the human his local church, St George’s, Jesmond, serving as Church Warden brain, and to hypothesise how the process might begin. The key from 1997‒2000. On returning from Tanzania in 2001, he paper he published on this subject in 1985 has become a citation established a fund for sponsorship of medical education in KCMC, classic, and ensures that his name will never be forgotten in this which, to date, has put six students through the medical course and field. Thirdly, Carl was the first in UK to use molecular techniques is still going strong. Tragically, Carl Pearson died on 8 July 2008, for the study of gene expression in the human brain, and to apply aged 55; his life cut short by metastatic kidney carcinoma. He is them productively to the study of Alzheimer’s disease. survived by Enid, and by their daughter, Grace, aged 15, who also does pantomime. Enid Pearson. The 1990s were difficult times for those engaged in research and teaching in the universities, and Carl felt the compromises were THE RT. HON. HAROLD MALCOLM RITCHIE, 5TH BARON RITCHIE unacceptable and would not permit standards of teaching and OF DUNDEE (1937), educationalist, made a highly significant research to be diminished. By 1999, it was clear that he felt the need contribution in the field of dyslexia. The third son of the 3rd Baron, of a radical change of direction in his career. By chance, he noticed Malcolm Ritchie was born into a talented family of politicians and an advertisement in the BMJ for teachers of undergraduate financiers with literary, sporting and artistic interests. He came up physiology and anatomy in the newly created Kilimanjaro Christian from Stowe to read History. While at Oxford his great interest in the Medical College (KCMC) in Tanzania. Carl would have been the theatre was stimulated and he met his future wife Anne Johnstone, first to admit that he gained more from his year in Africa than he had whom he married in 1948. He fought in the Second World War and given—a common experience amongst those who have worked in gained the rank of Captain in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, serving Third World countries. His sabbatical year gave time for reflection in Italy, Greece and the Middle East as an Intelligence Officer. on the possibilities of a radical career change and he returned to At the end of the War Malcolm Ritchie joined his elder brother England resolved to resume a career in clinical medicine, which he Colin, who was co-head of a small progressive private school, did in August 2002, taking house jobs in Medicine and Surgery in Down House, in Sussex, whose intake was increasingly of boys with Hull, where he was remembered for his meticulous and, by then, academic or emotional difficulties. Malcolm joined the staff, and old-fashioned attention to all his patients. later succeeded his brother as head. Like all good teachers he his Carl’s gregarious nature, humour, excellent approach to patients and primary concern was in drawing out his pupils’ talents, and he used his strong moral and socialist principles made General Practice a his personal passion for the theatre and interest in art and music to natural choice. He obtained a position as a GP in Sunderland, where encourage the development of skills his pupils never dreamt they he spent the last 18 months of his working life, amongst the happiest could master. During the 1960s the term ‘dyslexia’ entered the and most fulfilling periods of his entire career. It gave him great vocabulary of educational thought, mainly through the work of pleasure to be awarded the MRCGP in April 2008, an award that his people such as Critchley and Geschwind. Malcolm came daughter received on his behalf. increasingly to recognize that this might be the explanation for the problems many of his most talented pupils had encountered A generously hospitable and sociable Yorkshireman, Carl loved academically. In a bold move he decided to adjust the aims of the good wine, cricket and brass bands. He played the cornet brilliantly, 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 55

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school towards helping boys with ‘dyslexia’ and other specific complete his national service in the army, but returned to Trinity in educational difficulties, and Down House, later Brickwall House, 1949 to finish his degree in physiology in 1951. David Staig lived gained an excellent reputation as a specialist school. for many years in Goring, Oxfordshire. He died in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, on 1 July 2008, aged 80. On succeeding Colin as 5th Lord Ritchie in 1978 Malcolm took up his seat in the House of Lords, later becoming Spokesman on Arts WILLIAM (BILL) FREDERICK CECIL SWANN (1958), chartered and Education for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, where his authority, accountant, known at Trinity as Willie Swann, died on 13 August quiet humour and elegant turn of phrase was much appreciated. 2008 after a short illness. Pancreatic cancer had been diagnosed Despite his background he often pursued a minority left-wing only ten weeks earlier, and his sudden and rapid illness came as a course and in successive education bills opposed corporal huge shock to his family and friends. punishment, elitism in government funding and the Additional Bill was one of a small minority of Freshers from Grammar Schools, Places Scheme. Always self-effacing, he supported the cause of as I was also, when he matriculated in 1958. He had been a boarder dyslexics quietly but tirelessly. He died on 11 January 2008, and is at Midhurst Grammar School in West Sussex, and came up to read survived by his wife, daughter Philippa and son Rupert who History. One of his tutors was the legendary Michael Maclagan, the succeeds him as 6th Lord Ritchie of Dundee. other John Cooper. Bill took full advantage of what Trinity and Oxford had to offer, including, I recall, attending the popular THE REVEREND JOHN BRYAN CARTERET ROBIN (1946), Anglican lectures of A. J. P. Taylor and Kenneth Clark. In those days, as at priest, was the son of an English clergyyman, but born in present, Trinity food was excellent and renowned, and this no doubt Queensland where his father, Bryan Percival Robin, was serving as contributed to Bill’s life-long interest in good food, especially rector of Hughenden, and canon and sub-dean of St James’s French and Italian cuisine. Cathedral, Townsville. The family came back to Britain when John was nine, but returned to Australia in 1941, when his father was After graduating, Bill went north to St Andrews for a Diploma in consecrated Bishop of Adelaide. Education, and after teaching for a few years, switched to Accountancy. As a Chartered Accountant he worked for several John Robin came up to Trinity to read History. He rowed in the years with Price Waterhouse, then Glaxo, then with Cyril Sweet, the College Eight for two years, and in the Four wich won the Steward’s Quantity Surveyors. Bill must have grown to enjoy the West Sussex Race at Henley in 1949, breaking the record by a second. He also countryside during his time at Midhurst, as in 1983, whilst living in won the University Pairs with his friend Ronald Bowlby. After Purley, he and his wife Liz bought a charming weekend cottage in a teachng for some years in UK, he was ordainded, and eventually secluded spot near the village of Sutton. Here Bill was able to walk returned to Australia as Chaplain of Geelong School. On retiring the South Downs and to indulge his culinary interests by growing from that post, he was priest in charge of St.George's, Queenscliff, fruit and vegetables. Victoria, from 1986 to 1996, moving to Point Lonsdale in Victoria where he remained in full retirement until his death, on July 25 Bill was a tremendous enthusiast. He had a wide range of interests th With thanks to the Rt. Rev 2008, which was his 86 birthday. and many talents, artistic and practical. For example, he produced Ronald Bowlby (1948, Honorary Fellow 1989). many excellent paintings and wood carvings, completely re-wired

IAIN FARQUHAR SHAW (1951) came up from Loretto to read law. He their cottage, and was an excellent cook. At the same time as being lived in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, with his wife Margot. Iain Shaw very active, Bill had a relaxed, easy-going, unhurried approach to died suddenly on 3 July 2008, aged 75. life. He loved France and Italy, spending many holidays in both countries with his wife, daughter and son. He was particularly DR DAVID STAIG (1946), opthalmologist, came up from Rugby to attached to Normandy, from where his mother’s side of the family read medicine. He chose to break his studies after one year to came. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 56

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Last January Bill was present at a lunch at Trinity, arranged by Ian He was promised by the Chairman an eventual directorship of Senior, and the staff he met then were shocked to hear of his illness. McVitie and Price (which never materialised); and so he spent many One member of staff he met described him as ‘an absolutely years both before and after the War selling their products in delightful man’. That is Bill exactly, and he will be missed lugubrious places all around Britain. He was not particularly good at enormously. He bore his illness with great courage. His funeral selling things—he was better at hitting things—but his McVitie took place on 27 August in the lovely church of Barlavington years gave George Thorne intimate, and for a Guards officer amongst the South Downs, the same church in which his daughter unusual, acquaintance with the circumstances of people much less had been married just a year earlier. More positively, we should fortunate than himself. This stood him in very good stead in the acknowledge that Bill certainly lived life to the full and that he Second World War. found, and also gave, great pleasure in life. Howard Bottomley (1958). Those were his finest years; first as ADC to the divisional commander General Alexander in the BEF in France and Belgium

MAJOR GEORGE THORNE MC (1931), soldier, biscuit executive, up to Dunkirk in 1940; and then as a company commander in the and farmer, died on 7 April 2008. After his death a neighbour wrote, Guards Armoured Division. George was in almost continuous action ‘he had a long and really fulfilled life with so many interests and a in NW Europe from June 1944 until May 1945. Part of his MC host of friends who feel really privileged to have known him.’ We citation reads: ‘In knowledge, experience, leadership and above all remembered him at Chilton Church on 6 June. Two hundred people in his personal courage, he has given outstanding service to the were there (including three Lords-Lieutenant) and drummers played Battalion throughout a long period of fighting.’ But from his ‘The Grenadiers Return’ and the sun shone and the Trinity Choir experience of the horrors of war, in liberated concentration camps sang Mozart’s ‘Ave Verum Corpus’ and the Trinity Chaplain Emma and in ruined Berlin, George Thorne was given nightmares to pursue Percy read some prayers. In the marquee afterwards, and amidst the him to the end of his days. tea-cups, George’s photograph album was out on display and a golf He was a born soldier and should have become a Regular after the club made for him when he was eight, and a copy of his citation for War (as he was tempted to be); but by then he was married with two the Military Cross. We were saying farewell to a gallant 95-year old small sons and so McVities reclaimed him. His wife’s parents gave who faced life as he had many times faced death, without fear and them jointly a small farm in South Oxfordshire in 1950, on which he without reproach. worked part-time until his biscuit career ended in 1967. At the age Educated (after a fashion) at West Downs and Eton, George Thorne of 55, George was at last a full-time farmer; and remained one for came up to Trinity with his twin brother Sandy to read Modern the next 26 years. He became of course a big figure in the landscape, History. He played much rugby for the College and the Greyhounds, much in demand as Deputy Lieutenant and involved in numerous and Cricket to a high standard (he was formidable as both batsman Service charities and associations, a fine shot into old age and an and fast bowler), and served hilariously as a mounted gunner in the excellent golfer; a man held in high regard. On 6 June 2008 his OTC. Darkly handsome, and endowed with phenomenal strength, granddaughter Davina Thorne read, in an adaptation from the stamina and courage, George was the embodiment of Trinity 1930s Pericles Oration, ‘Take this man... for your example. Like him... Man; but then he and Sandy both went down after two years. It is remember that prosperity and true happiness can only be for the not clear why, though the competing claims of (mildly) dissatisfied free; that freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the examiners and the prospects of a sound career in biscuits (amid the courage to defend it.’ Ian Thorne (1965), son. horrors of the Depression) possibly explain something. George FRANCIS BURNELL TOWNSEND (1943) came up to Trinity as an RAF nevertheless remained proud of his Trinity connections for the rest cadet, and proceeded to service in the RAF as a pilot in South of his long life. Africa. He returned to College in 1947, for the one-year Colonial 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 57

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Service course. Francis and his late wife Helen settled in Lewes, he studied Classics under Alan Whitehorn, whom he greatly Sussex, and had three children. Francis died on 24 January 2008. admired. He then came up to Trinity to read Greats, tutored by the renowned T. F. (‘Tommy’) Higham, and took his degree in 1960. PROFESSOR JEREMY DESMOND BROMHEAD WALKER (1957), philosopher, was born at Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. He was educated Although he made occasional appearances in the College Hockey at the Dragon School, Oxford, at King’s College, Canterbury and, Second XI, his interests were intellectual and social rather than after National Service in the Intelligence Corps, at Trinity, where he athletic. Characteristically he found advantages in his membership was a Scholar. He got a Second in Greats and proceeded to a BPhil, of the University OTC, which supplemented his State Scholarship, where he was supervised by Gilbert Ryle. Such was the speed of enabled him to pass the War Office Selection Board for a expansion in the University sector in the early 1960s that even after commission in expectation of National Service, and allowed him to failing the BPhil he was appointed to a lectureship at Leicester pass his driving test. His training for the latter, being conducted in University by Patrick Nowell-Smith and in 1966, after the an armoured car, gave him great confidence, less so the citizens of publication of his book on Frege which was the first book-length Oxford and indeed his family. treatment in English of this philosopher, he was offered a position at In 1960 he was articled to Touche Ross Bailey and Smart, now part McGill University by Raymond Klibansky. He taught there until of Deloitte Touche, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1964. early retirement in 1992, and is remembered as a stimulating teacher Soon after qualifying he went into Merchant Banking, joining and mentor to several generations of McGill students. Guinness Mahon and rising to be a Director in 1978. Guinness Jeremy Walker’s early work derived from his Oxford education and Mahon had by then been taken over and, as a man of the greatest training, but after taking up his position at McGill, he became personal and professional integrity, he found the more overtly interested in the American philosophical tradition and in the commercial attitudes then being imported into the City less than literature of psychotherapy. He also taught Moral Philosophy and agreeable. Leaving Guinness Mahon, he joined Commercial Union the Philosophy of Literature and was active in painting, to set up a new Corporate Finance department and remained there photography, and drawing, publishing two collections of verse. In until his retirement. retirement he devoted his time to reading, writing, and thought, In 1968 he married Sarah Bedford, from a family with strong preparing numerous manuscripts for publication. When he was connections to Marlborough, and moved to Long Sutton near diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004, he fought the disease with Oldham, where they made their home for nearly 40 years. characteristic passion and good humour. In keeping with his life- Throughout that time he was heavily involved both in the Church long commitment to teaching and learning, he left his body to the and the community, while still finding time to indulge his strong McGill University Medical School. Married twice, he is survived by interest in his garden. A devoted family man, he delighted in the his former wives Catherine Hilliard (née Forster) and Louise Leahy successes of his four children and loved to have them and his (née Kohl), and his two children, Lucy and Adam. Catherine grandchildren around him, both at home in Hampshire and at the Hilliard. family’s holiday home at Castle Townsend in Ireland. WILLIAM OSCAR FRANCIS WALLIS (1956), merchant banker, who In retirement he was involved in voluntary work with several died in March 2008 aged 70, was the eldest son of a North Country charities, most recently being instrumental in setting up ‘Help parson. He won a Scholarship to Marlborough where he studied Hoima’ to support a village in Uganda, and as a trustee of a local Classics under Alan Whitehorn, whom he greatly admired. merchant Housing Association. It was at a meeting of the latter that he banker, who died in March 2008 aged 70, was the eldest son of a suffered a heart attack from which he never regained consciousness. North Country parson. He won a Scholarship to Marlborough where Andrew Wallis, brother. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 58

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JOHN CHRISTOPHER WARDEN (1953), patent agent, was born on 16 the piano well. One of his patent colleagues summed him up as ‘...an May 1933, in Singapore, where his father, Ken, was a merchant intelligent, modest, friendly and fair colleague, held in great shipping agent. When Singapore was occupied by the Japanese in esteem.’ Another of his friends said that he was ‘a special mixture, 1941 Ken was taken prisoner but John’s mother, Maisie Warden, both spiritual and scientific.’ He kept his deep interest in Jung and together with John and his younger brother Robin, escaped by sea to Taoism and in the last months of his life in a book about Chinese India where they lived for some time in Tamil Nadu; to the end of symbols, which combined his insights into chemistry, symbolism his life John could recall a nursery rhyme in the Tamil language, and Jungian psychology. He died peacefully, of cancer, at his home much to the amusement of his grandchildren. Also at this time he on 5 April 2008, with his family round him. Peter Wood (1951). became a skilled rider. At the end of the War the family returned to JOHN PAUL DUNCAN WEIR (1938) was born on 24 January 1920, England and were re-united with their father. and died on 11 June 2008, aged 88. He came up from Cheltenham After a stay at prep school in Devon John attended Christ’s Hospital. as a Wylie Exhibitioner, but his degree in Greats was interrupted by He did his national service in the Royal Signals as lance-corporal War service. before coming up to Trinity in Michaelmas term 1953, where he worked under the guidance of James Lambert and graduated in Chemistry in Trinity Term 1957.

His first posting after graduating was as Government Chemist in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). His responsibilities covered the whole country and I recall working with him on Mount Kilimanjaro where I was stationed, both of us suffering greatly from the giant stinging nettles on a soil survey on the west of the mountain. On his return from Tanzania in 1960 John qualified as a patent agent, a profession he was to follow for the rest of his life. He married Lois in 1965 before moving to Montreal for a spell where their daughter Nicky was born. Their son Adam was born after their return to England in 1967 and the family lived in Surrey whilst John worked for the firm RGC Jenkins. Here John was able to indulge his love of riding, owning horses, riding cross-country and even riding in the local hunt.

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JCR REPORT all contributed to Trinity’s increasingly formidable reputation on the pitches and courts of Oxford.

azzled by spectacle at the Commemoration Ball, or lost in Of course this year Trinity made a great impression when it came to Dswirling crowds of supporters down by the Isis, it is easy to its Summer Ball. Amid unscrupulous rumours from other Colleges forget those individuals who made this a year to remember. Looking that ours was not an authentic Commemoration Ball, (despite our back through the JCR’s correspondence and minutes from meetings, hosting one since 1902) the committee pulled out all the stops and it is self-evident that 2008 was a busy time for our members: from put on an extravaganza that will not be forgotten. While this was a remarkable displays of prowess in croquet to excellent grand undertaking in itself, the year’s preparations also involved performances in Chapel, Trinity has been making its mark. hosting a triumphant drinks party on the lawns to raise Trinity’s profile even further. It was a stunningly beautiful day, one of the few The staples of the Trinitarian lifestyle are going strong: Welfare we’ve witnessed this Summer, and a great success, though in itself nights continue to energise a term’s plodding routine of essay it was only a dim oracle of the vision that lay ahead. We were deadlines, supplemented this year by a paint-balling trip and a extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated committee to oversee bowling night. Likewise our oft-unsung Peer Support Team has kept the mechanics of the Ball’s preparations, and their President, Adam up a constant stream of tea and comfort throughout the year week in, Ben-Yousef made no compromises in his sterling efforts. week out. Few colleges can boast such a strong sense of integral community, and Trinity should be very proud of her efforts in this Throughout the year in JCR Meetings we have caught glimpses of field. The Broadsheet, the JCR’s own witness-in-print to our individuals pushing forward charitable motions and undertaking activities and concerns, was taken over this year by Peta Rush and formidable challenges to raise funds. While there is never time or Vanessa Yu; this is a tangible expression of our group identity, and space to recount them all, these endeavours deserve a mention, not we greatly appreciate the continuing support for this publication only for their own merit, but simply to do justice to this major facet from the Trinity Society, and the hard work of the editing team. of College life. Faraz Sayed, Caroline Halstead-Smith, Christo Smallwood, and Emer Morrison formed a team to raise money for The JCR’s creative side is flourishing, with the Lawns Play drawing the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign by doing a sponsored abseil in crowds despite the heavy shadow of thunderclouds, while back in down the John Radcliffe Hospital; Mohamed Madi undertook the Hilary the Arts Festival extended over nearly two weeks, packed Water Cycle challenge to raise funds for well construction in Sudan; with a production of ‘Blood Wedding’ in Hall, and performances Tom Mayo undertook the London Marathon with his brother for the from the Orchestra, Choir and Jazz Band, culminating in a highly Spinal Injuries Association; and most recently Steffen Hoyemsvoll accomplished President’s Concert. Meanwhile Nick Featherstone braved a Parabungy for the Anthony Nolan Trust. has kept up the now established tradition of Open Mic Night where Trinity’s talent comes to the fore, and home-grown group Mister Provision for the JCR’s members is gradually evolving according to Ginger played in the Imsoc Battle of the Bands Final. Musical flair our changing needs. The introduction of the ‘Chill Out Room’ in also extends to our Boat Club, ever since their music video caused Staircase 14 has offered a new refuge from the library for our a storm on Radio 1: their presence is as strong as ever, on and off the drained finalists, while the JCR room is now awash with colour and water. Our newly independent Rugby team, athletes, maestros in sound since the introduction of a wall-projector. With the Beer Croquet, and our champions in Women’s Football and Tennis have Cellar refurbishment programme entering its initial stages we can 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 60

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look forward to yet more improvement, and we greatly appreciate MCR REPORT the College’s continuing interest in our facilities. This year we also introduced an innovation to the College family system with the It took me some time in my first year at Trinity to appreciate the ‘Godparents’ scheme, whereby JCR Committee members will join point of the MCR Committee and to notice the results of their work. second year parents in helping the Freshers in their introduction to I have even thought, though very occasionally, that the MCR Oxford. This should fill in any gaps in the sense of consideration Committee might believe in their own importance rather more than and attention to each other’s needs, which defines Trinity’s identity. necessary! However, as the year progressed, and more social events I have been extremely fortunate this year in working with an and General Meetings came and went, I started to appreciate that the excellent Committee: all members have worked hard in their roles MCR as a social body is in fact very dependent on the Committee. and developed their responsibilities in new directions. They are a I have been fortunate enough to be elected as an MCR President to striking cast of characters in themselves, and together have formed serve until June 2009 and am proud to carry on the formidable task an effective team. I can’t sing their praises enough. of representing the MCR’s interests to College and University.

As for the year ahead, the future is bright. Our ongoing projects, The MCR Committee responsible for the running of the MCR such as a review of the grants system, will hopefully prove fruitful during the long vacation was a little on a short side, with only two for many generations to come. As for our more immediate members in office. Besides myself, Sarah De Haas, the elected prospects, an industrious Freshers Committee is preparing to instill Welfare Officer, took on the duties of the Social Secretary and as the a fresh dose of enthusiasm into the start of the new academic year. MCR appointed Webmaster. For my part, I filled in as Treasurer as If their efforts are anything to go by, the next JCR Committee should well as taking my official duties as MCR President. This situation prove to be a formidable group. I hope their fervour maintains the will be changed by the time this report is printed, however, as there sense of community, activity and progress that has defined the is a substantial interest among both new and old MCR members in undergraduate body this year. the available Committee positions and each of them is likely to have been contested.

Since January the previous MCR Committee has done an Richard Williams exceptional job of reforming how MCR social events have been JCR President conducted, and of suggesting economising measures to consolidate our financial position. I would like to mention the sterling job done by Thomas Cawston, former MCR Secretary, in standardising how we organise MCR Exchange Dinners, a very popular form of graduate social event. We have seen a significant improvement to the Room Ballot procedure, proposed and implemented by Mette Bundvad, former MCR Secretary. Finally, a special mention should also be made of the fantastic work done by Chris Fenwick, former MCR Treasurer, who has ensured our financial stability and left the MCR accounts in excellent order.

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of the problem and the Student Union officials are trying to bring the THE 2008 COMMEMORATION level of their services to an acceptable standard. If the benefits of re- affiliation with OUSU become apparent in the coming academic BALL year the situation may be changed by the majority vote of MCR members. On Friday 20 June 2008 Trinity hosted its triennial white tie Most MCR social events have been thoroughly covered by my Commemoration Ball. With over 1800 guests and a budget of nearly predecessor, Sam Hobbs, in the previous MCR report. The only £250,000 it was a spectacular affair and the largest Ball held in notable social event that happened on the very day Sam left office Oxford in living memory. Beginning at 6pm, guests strolled down was an annual MCR-SCR cricket game. To quote Sam himself ‘a the red carpet to be greeted by champagne and oysters in Durham better game could not be scripted’. Going into the final over with the Quad, which itself had been transformed by the arrival of a ‒ score balanced on a knife-edge of 97 96, the SCR just managed to magnificent fountain on the central lawn. tie the game—a sporting result for a sporting contest! Across the lawns and woodlands an extensive selection of food, Relatively few official MCR events occur over the long vacation drink and entertainment was provided all night long. Guests were (not to say that there haven't been plenty of unofficial ones). That served hand-made canapés and premium Mediterranean cuisine said, the Committee were kept busy planning the Freshers’ Week inside the large Dining marquee on the lawn. After this, many were events and preparing the MCR documents for the Freshers’ Packs. drawn to take a ride in the hot air balloon, floating with breathtaking We couldn't have done our job without the help of the previous prominence above Trinity. For those preferring to keep their feet on Committee Members. We have thanked them all in other ways but I firm ground, rides on the dodgems and games of laser tag were a still would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude once must. more to Mette Bundvad, who continued to perform her duties until her submission day, Julia Schöttl and Chris Fenwick for their Inside the Lounge Bar, guests were treated to an evening of contribution and in particular Thomas Cawston for putting together premium jazz and swing music, whilst enjoying Martin Millers Gin the new MCR Freshers Guide as well as other important MCR cocktails. Those venturing into the woodland enjoyed a bewildering documents. I would also like to thank Matthias Fruth, who selection of cocktails underneath the beautifully lit trees, though organized our largest Freshers Week event, Cheese and Wine some preferred the fresh sushi and luxury chocolates on offer in Tasting in conjunction with Bacchus, the Oxford University Wine Durham Quad. The Cabaret marquee in Library Quad hosted a range Tasting Society. of fantastic dance and musical performances throughout the night. Lido66, the 13 piece Cuban jazz band, received particularly high I would also like to thank all of the College academic and supporting acclaim. The Main Stage on the lawns saw performances from a staff who have helped the MCR throughout the year and no doubt variety of rock and pop groups—the evening’s entertainment was will continue to do so. I would especially like to thank Trudy Watt, crowned with a show-stopping live performance from the the Senior Tutor, who has always made herself available in a crisis. Sugababes just after midnight.

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My final thanks are reserved for my executive team. Vice President Dilraj Sahota organised the small army of staff working to run the event, and succeeded on every level, as well as providing strong support in other areas. The Treasurer Li Lib Khoo was responsible for keeping track of the accounts of the Ball Company, and producing our budget, showing tireless commitment, working through the night on many occasions to ensure the finances were on track, and chasing up contractors in the daytime. Finally Jonathan Malone as Vice President was a true right-hand man, to whom I owe many thanks: involved at every level, providing unwavering support—I could have filled this entire report with a list of his activities! Organising the Commemoration Ball has been a very challenging but incredibly rewarding experience. It has been an honour to provide Trinity with such a landmark event, and I look The Ball Committee and the Sugababes - Back, left to right: Keisha Buchanan, forward to the 2011 Ball with great anticipation. Adam Ben-Yousef, Amella Berrabah, Heidi Range, Simone Caplin Front: Sarah Downes, Georgia Barrie. Adam Ben-Yousef Ball President Abbasali Haji was a great help in bringing the event infrastructure together. Thanks are also due to Sarah Downes for working so hard to organise the food provided, and for successfully ensuring our CLUBS AND SOCIETIES many caterers delivered on time. Christopher Sellers succeeded in providing an astonishing range of premium drinks—worthy of a top ATHLETICS London bar. Over the course of a year, Richard Williams honed his After our second place in Michaelmas cuppers, Hilary term was a Photoshop skills producing a beautiful programme and stunning quiet one for Trinity Athletics, there being no inter-collegiate ticket design. Together with Sian Roberts, who must be applauded competition and various other commitments preventing the sincerest for her work on the ‘nitty-gritty’ side of sales, spreadsheets and all, intentions of the captains to put forward a single trio for Teddy Hall they managed to sell 1800 tickets against fierce competition, more Relays! However, an enthusiastic team, armed with the beer cellar’s than any Oxford Ball before us. Jason Griffiths (2003), now an customary delicious packed lunches and comprising students from alumnus of Trinity, returned to provide a wonderful website across a wide spectrum of college, entered into all the fun of Trinity (www.thetrinityball.com) that was the envy of other colleges. cuppers, which took place at Iffley Road on an unexpectedly sunny Simone Caplin was instrumental in securing the Sugababes day in May. Sadly we failed to make much impact on the overall performance through her dedication and perseverance over many standings, but it was great to see a good turn-out in a term often months, whilst organising many other smaller groups at the same dominated by other sporting activities, and particularly encouraging time. I can’t go further without mentioning the invaluable services as the captaincy passes on to the next generation and the capable provided by Christopher Fenwick in his role as Event Safety hands of second year students Victoria Ward and Steffen Hoyemsvoll. Manager—he must be applauded for the sheer rigour and efficiency with which he carried out his duties over the course of many Hayley Wood months. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 63

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BOAT CLUB Over Easter the top twelve rowers from each squad (plus coxes) crossed the Irish Sea to train in Belfast. We had an excellent training The Boat Club started the new academic year with a successful camp, hosted by the Methodist School, and skills were improved fresher taster session at the Boat House. Most of the new intake considerably. We are once again indebted to our old members for showed their faces to enjoy refreshments, watch England beat helping to fund this yearly camp–thank you very much! Australia on a large screen and, of course, dabble in a bit of rowing. Following this we had sixty new people who were interested in In Trinity term we received delivery of our new Olympic standard rowing—not only freshers but also older members of the College who rowing eight from Empacher, which is a true asset for the boat club. finally succumbed to the attraction of the Boat Club. Training It was generously donated by David Beauchamp (1959) and named progressed well, with everyone slowly becoming accustomed to 6 ‘Parni’ after his long time friend and supporter of the boat club David a.m. starts, and a strong display in Isis Winter League—with the Parnwell. It is now used by the Men’s 1st VIII primarily for racing Men’s Novice crews coming second, fifth and eighth—and a few purposes—look out for a Trinity crew flashing past at Henley Royal excellent races by the Novice A crew to reach the quarterfinals in Regatta next year! The Boat Club is, as always, very grateful for Nepthys regatta demonstrated the depth of quality in the squad. The contributions from old members and we welcome all supporters to our Ladies crews also put a fine performance in, gaining some quality annual Dinner, held on the evening of the Saturday of Torpids. Please racing experience. This all raised expectations of a good performance email [email protected] for more information. in Christchurch regatta, with a record six crews being entered; but Summer Eights presented us, yet again, with an emotional England being England the heavens opened with exquisite timing and rollercoaster worthy of a Brazilian telenovela. The Ladies kept us over the space of twelve hours the river went red flag and any hopes perched on the edge of our seats in nervous excitement all week—W2 of racing at Christchurch were quashed. started strong, with that impressive square blade warm up and two In other areas of the boat club, Henry Sheldon excelled himself as well earned bumps on Hertford and Brasenose, before rowing over on President of the Lightweights, resulting in a convincing win over Friday and succumbing to a frighteningly large Hilda’s crew on the Cambridge in Easter term. The Men’s top squad found a new coach in final day. Bob Newby who has many years of experience in training crews for W1 had a tough draw, but rose to the challenge valiantly—they bumps races. Roger Ewing, imported from Leander and Henley suffered from a slow starting St Hugh’s crew on the Wednesday, Rowing Clubs, was the new man responsible for the Ladies. Over which enabled Brasenose to get a quick bump seconds before Trinity Michaelmas and Hilary the Firsts squads improved considerably would have caught them and forcing our girls into a gritty row over. under their watchful eyes and with a successful training camp in They then proceeded to repeat this feat the next day after coming January held on the Isis they set their sights on climbing through the excruciatingly close to bumping just outside the boat house. divisions of Torpids at the end of Hilary term. Unfortunately the Ladies were not able to row so far on the next two Torpids was quite a successful regatta for the Boat Club. The Men’s days: a rapid Mansfield crew was the first to take advantage of the fact squad as a whole were the second highest-rising squad, demonstrating that our girls have managed to avoid the usual traps of 1st VIII rowing the depth of skill we have. The 1st VIII rose one place to seventh on and maintain their feminine figures, followed on Saturday by a the river, after an eventful first division, with the 2nd VIII and 3rd VIII Corpus crew out for vengeance after being convincingly broken by both gaining three bumps. The Ladies had some strong racing but Trinity earlier in the week. unfortunately fewer bumps, ending 2nd in Division 3 with the 2nd VIII The M2 were my heroes this year. Yet again they deserved blades; yet ending up one place higher at 9th in Divison 4. again they were denied them; yet again it wasn’t their fault. After a start out of the blocks on Wednesday worthy of Usain Bolt, they 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 64

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destroyed Queen’s before even breaking into a stride. Their form CHOIR continued on Thursday, but a highly contentious klaxon prevented a glorious over bump on St Antony’s. The Men kept their heads high, The Trinity Chapel Choir have had another successful year with however, and toyed with Hertford for a good 500m on the Friday membership continuing to thrive. The college can now boast one of before finishing them off just before the boat houses. They completed the largest voluntary choirs within the university with almost forty the week with an impressively quick bump on Worcester and had the members from within the college. The standard of singing is pleasure of presenting that crew with their spoons. excellent, confirmed by the many who attend the weekly evensong. The choir continue its success away from college as well, with The Men’s 1st VIII bonded well over the weeks they were together— members singing at other events. In July, the choir were able to go what had initially appeared as an Eight bearing little resemblance to further afield to sing in Dublin, thanks to the financial support of the the mighty Torpid ended very much as it had at the end of last term, JCR and the Trinity Society. We are extremely grateful for the with only one change. When the time came to race we were drilled support, without which the tour would not have been possible. The and ready—a strong Queen’s crew forcing us all the way to the finish choral scholars have sung at an old member’s memorial, a funeral three times in a row, which only went to show that our boys certainly and more recently a wedding. There are many plans for the future to can go the distance. However, on the Saturday a fast and heavier bring the choir into line with other colleges. Projects include Wolfson made use of the headwind achieving a bump on us with just recording another CD and in summer 2009 a tour to Italy. strokes before we would have been able to seal the coffin on a poor week for Worcester. Catherine Wallace There must also be a quick mention to the crews that did not qualify: the Ladies Pimms boat showed that elegance is not altogether absent from the water, while the M4 gave a gutsy performance. The W3 and CHRISTIAN UNION M3 trained hard and were a surprising loss from rowing on—the men This has been an exciting year for Trinity’s CU. The New Year and women in those boats are good oars-people and I expect to see began with a house party—Ignite—in Wales with many other many great things from them next year! members of OICCU (the Oxford Intercollegiate Christian Union) Congratulations to Jamie Thetford and Rosemary Lobley for being present. Ignite was a wonderful opportunity for prayer and elected Captains for the next season. I wish them all the best for the fellowship and a great preparation for OICCU’s 2008 Mission, year ahead and have no doubt that under their hands the boat club will Amazing Grace. Hilary Term was full of events linked to the go from strength to strength. Thank you to Sam Roots and Matt Mission and in fourth week, Trinity CU hosted a ‘Grill-a-Christian’ Thomas who both step down from their positions to be replaced by in the Sutro Room. A panel of three Christians from varying Simone Dogherty (Secretary) and Ellen Kempston (Treasurer) backgrounds answered questions from a packed floor. Following respectively. Then there is Mike Churchman. Mike has given this, Trinity CU put on ‘Explore Luke’, an informal course everything to the boat club over the past four years and is largely the investigating the claims of Jesus Christ and his relevance to us reason why it is such a thriving, happy club. He will be sorely missed today. In Trinity term, no momentum was lost when the handover by all—we hope he comes back to visit us soon! to the new CU reps took place. Making the most of Trinity’s lawns, the CU hosted a ‘Strawberries and Cream’ event, with a short talk about Christianity by Malcolm Riley and time for discussion. We Ben Thurston look forward to what next year will bring.

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WOMEN’S FOOTBALL In Trinity term, LMH/Trinity also excelled in the five-a-side tournament. The squad were unfortunate to lose many important 2008 has undoubtedly been a successful year for the LMH/Trinity players to examinations, but the team still did well to get through to women’s football team. Having qualified for Cuppers quarterfinals the final, before losing that game to ChristChurch/Oriel, a First in Michaelmas term, the team returned from the Christmas vacation Division side. The team were disappointed to finish runners up in with plenty of excitement and ambition. The team drew defending the tournament but it was still a great achievement. champions Keble College in what was anticipated to be a difficult game, but LMHT had too many quality players for Keble and It was devastating for LMHT to get their first taste of defeat in the recorded an 8–0 win. The victory really gave the squad the belief final game of the season, but it could not take the gloss off what has that they could go on to win the competition and it certainly made been a fantastic season for the team. The team enjoyed success that other teams take notice. nobody could have predicted before the season began and their accomplishments were celebrated by both colleges. We can only LMHT had several players missing for the semi-final against New hope that LMH/Trinity are able to continue to achieve as highly next College, but still recorded a fantastic 12–2 victory. LMH player season. Oviri got a double hat trick and Dickinson a single hat trick, whilst a special mention had to go to Trinity player Rowan Dalglish who scored her first goal for the team and was awarded the player of the Laura Marjason match award. The semi-final win meant that LMH/Trinity booked their place in the final against Somerville. However, before the final was to be played the team had their final league game of the season to play. The team went into the game very nervous, knowing that GRYPHON SOCIETY they had to overcome an unbeaten St Edmund Hall side to win the league. Despite having key players missing, LMHT showed that The Gryphon society has experienced a relatively quiet end to the they had quality in depth and recorded a 5–0 win, with Trinitarian year, with prelims and finals meaning that numbers take an Charlotte Bauccio getting her first goal for the club. The victory understandable dip throughout Trinity term. Nonetheless there ensured that LMHT finished top of Division Four, having won every remained a core number of devoted debaters engaging in lively game, and will be promoted to Division Three next season, their discussions ranging from ‘Are beauty contests harmful?’ to the more second promotion in two years. topical, such as the relationship between politics and sport at the Olympics, and ‘Can the assassination of a dictator be justified?’ The Cuppers final against Somerville was a highly anticipated game, as both teams had won every one of their previous games. A crowd of around two hundred turned up to support both teams, Ciara Stratford including Trinity’s own President Sir Ivor Roberts. LMH/Trinity got off to a great start, with an early goal, but it was not long before Somerville got one back. All the team were nervous, which showed in their early play, but in the end Somerville were no match for them and LMHT were the better team, winning 8–3. So it was LMH/Trinity who were crowned Cuppers Champions and were the only team who could boast winning all of their Cup and League games in the 2007/2008 season. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 66

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Despite being called Trinity’s ‘Jazz’ Band we play a pretty eclectic The Law Society has enjoyed a most lively year with the highlight set. From rock and pop to blues and jazz everything’s got a Trinity undoubtedly being the annual Michael Beloff Law Society Dinner. Jazz spin to it and lots of improvisation on the night helps when time This year marked a first for the event, for it was held at the Oxford for rehearsals is fairly limited! A personal favourite this year was and Cambridge Club, London, beginning a tradition of alternating our space-age/reggae/rock/funk version of Herbie Hancock’s venues to accommodate old members as much as possible. Diners ‘Chameleon’. It made full use of keyboardist Kamau Lyon’s enjoyed a most amusing speech from Lord Mance and some selection of special effects and could last any where between two delicious food; we look forward to the delights of dining again at and twenty minutes, depending how much fun we were having! Our Trinity next year. slightly erratic rehearsal style didn’t faze our newest members, first years Rob Beal and Oli Southwick who have both been valuable Ciara Stratford additions to the band.

Finals for most of our members this year hasn’t stopped us MUSIC performing at the three termly open mic nights in the Trinity’s Beer Cellar. We’ve even been able to add in some vocals, including a In 2008, music in Trinity College has maintained its glowing guest appearance by Laura Kyte in Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab’. reputation and we have seen a very high standard of dedication and Despite lacking the beehive and eye-liner, on the singing front Laura participation on both individual and ensemble levels. With the was a fantastic Winehouse. For our take on Led Zepplin’s ‘Whole continued generosity of Gillian Howard, our honorary patron, the lotta love’ we had some interesting ‘singing’ by drummer Nick Music Society has been able to fund a number of projects, including Wallace, guitarist Tom Mayo, trombonist Tom Prescott and bass subsidising the Dublin Choir tour in July to a significant extent. We player, Nick Featherstone. Turned out to be not so much singing as have even been able to save a little in preparation for our exciting boys shouting a lot. I just left them to it. plans for 2009.

Our highlight of the year was definitely playing at Illumina, the The most important, and certainly most hectic, week for music this Trinity College Ball. Thanks to Nick F we had some year was Arts Week, which took place, rather unusually, over a uncharacteristically organised rehearsals and smart new folders with period of a week and a half in Hilary term, in order to incorporate a copy of the music for EVERY member, and Trinity Jazz Band was the Trinity Players’ Blood Wedding. Our first musical event was the transformed into the swanky, sophisticated, sizzling hot, black-tie Trinity Singers’ performance at Guest Night. Their light-hearted Jazz group that kicked off the lounge bar’s entertainment with a entertainment between courses is always a highlight of Arts Week, swing. Certainly our most polished performance to date and all the and this year was no exception—the spirited a capella singing old favourites came back for what was to be the last appearance for complemented the excellent Trinity guest night cuisine. three of our members. Sadly, Nick W, Tommy P and Tom Hendrix- Mayo have to leave the band for more lucrative professions and will The Joint Choir and Orchestra concert, a tradition of Arts Week, was all be greatly missed next year. Despite these depleted numbers the, also particularly successful this year. The choir enjoyed the ‘everything but Jazz’ Jazz Band will be back in business next year opportunity to perform some lighter repertoire, including the most and looking to recruit some enthusiastic new talent from the freshers entertaining John Rutter composition, ‘Banquet Fugue’, and the to join us. orchestra played an excerpt from their programme of their Hilary term concert, Carmen, Suite no 1. In addition, some ambitious Holly Gathercole repertoire was performed with great flair: ‘Music for the Funeral of 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 67

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Queen Mary’, by Purcell, and selections from Vivaldi’s‘Gloria’: in Both the Trinity Orchestra and the Chapel Choir have flourished this both these performances, our Choral Scholars performed the solos year. The Orchestra has had a stable leadership in Hilary and exquisitely. The conducting of the programme was expertly shared Trinity, in the form of Daniel Reeve, who took on the conductor’s by Miggs Wallace and our Senior Organ Scholar and Daniel Reeve, role in only his second term. Its repertoire has been impressive, with our Orchestra Conductor. some dramatic performances of Haydn’s Drumroll Symphony, and The President’s Concert is always a grand opportunity for the most Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni. The Chapel Choir has also talented of Trinity’s soloists and ensembles to display their gone from strength to strength, with numbers remaining very high, capabilities and musicality, in a professional, but warm, atmosphere. enabling the choir to fill the Chapel each Evensong with beautiful The concerts of both Hilary term (held during Arts Week), and of harmonies. The Choir has also welcomed our new Junior Organ Trinity term, were of an excellent standard, and attendance has also Scholar, Daniel Sharpley, and both our Organ Scholars have worked been high this year, with one audience of 60: this demanded an extremely hard to keep up the choir’s excellent standards. increase in the provision of refreshments during the interval at the This year, individual members of Trinity have excelled in President’s Lodgings! It has been particularly pleasing, more university-wide musical activities: we have a number of talented recently, to see more impromptu ensembles and duos forming for players current in the Oxford University Philharmonia, as well as the occasion, to great musical effect. And, of course, the regular the Arcadian Singers, and numerous other ensembles. In June, a contribution of both the Trinity Singers and the Flute Ensemble to small group of choir members constituted the core of the female every President’s Concert has been much appreciated—both groups chorus in Holst’s Planets, performed by the Philharmonia in the have had a very successful year, with new and enthusiastic Sheldonian theatre. members. However, our many soloists were by no means less impressive, with a combination of more experienced ‘old timers’ The Music Society could not have not functioned so well this year and talented freshers producing very professional performances. without the tireless work of the Music Society Committee. And, naturally, the President’s Concerts could not take place without Advertising, organisation, and making sure that potential performers those dedicated pianists who take on a vast amount of actually play is never easy, and this year’s Committee, Miggs accompanying, often at short notice. Wallace (Treasurer) and Abigail Nye (Secretary), worked wonderfully to ensure the smooth running of all our performances, Open Mic Nights this year have had, as always, an atmosphere of and to make sure that any stressful moments were transformed into College camaraderie, showing off the considerable talents of our enjoyable results. I have no doubt that music in Trinity will continue home-grown bands and singers. Thanks must go to Nick to repeat such successes on 2009: at present, the Music Society is Featherstone, our Open Mic Rep, who has made sure that our Open planning both a series of lunchtime concerts and a number of Mic Nights have run like clockwork, with a wide variety of master-classes to give those in Trinity with musical ambition and performances. This year’s Jazz group, although they were unable to talent further chances to build confidence, and to enjoy music to the play at lunchtime in Hall during Arts Week, have had an otherwise full. successful year, and have been a mainstay of the Open Mic Night. Special mention should also go to our own Mark the Porter, who has been a regular and sporting participant in recent Open Mic Nights Mary-Jannet Leith (President, Music Society) —it is good to see members of staff participate so directly in the musical life of the college. Proceeds this year from Open Mic Nights have gone in part to various charities already supported by Trinity members, and the sums raised have hopefully made a difference outside the walls of Trinity. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 68

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ORCHESTRA practices and expanding the amount of equipment and facilities we have access to. Trinity Orchestra is a prominent cultural asset to the college, and we are proud of our triannual concerts. In Hilary 2008, we saw the Rosie Batty debut of first-year Daniel Reeve as our new conductor. Trinity Orchestra performed a challenging programme including Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni and Haydn’s Drumroll Symphony—a RUGBY fantastic chance to employ our new timpani, which are currently the This year has been one of change for Trinity rugby as after ten years best in Oxford! The purchase of the timpani has dramatically as a combined side, Trinity have recorded a series of wins and entry increased our potential as an orchestra and they are often rented out into Cuppers as an independent team. Key to the formation of this to other musicians in Oxford. Trinity Term saw a wide repertoire independent side has been the enthusiasm and assistance of Sir Ivor ranging from Johan Svendsen’s poignant Romance to Saint-Saëns’ Roberts and John Keeling who have gone above and beyond to thrilling Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah. assist Tom Sharman and Alex Auld in getting the idea off the drawing board. Trinity Orchestra is sad to be losing some much loved members as they move onto new pastures, but is looking forward to the musical The combined Trinity/LMH side played very well and showed real gifts that the freshers are sure to bring. Finally, as is our annual determination and spirit in regaining a place in the top division of tradition, Trinity Orchestra’s Michaelmas Concert will be held in the College rugby after a brief spell in league two. They also managed University Church on Tuesday 2 December 2008. We hope to see to reach the quarterfinals of Cuppers and would have gone further many Old Members there. had it not been for a loss of some key players due to injury and examinations. Will Lough and Thomas Clarke were outstanding for Sarah Broadbent Trinity/LMH this year and Guy Davies, Steffen Hoyemsvoll, Richard Newsome and Harry Smith managed to be fantastic for both of the Trinity teams. Richard was the top try scorer for Trinity/LMH—no mean feat for a prop! This year also marked the NETBALL final season for Matt Lawes and Nick Wakeling who have been real stalwarts of Trinity/LMH since their Freshers’ Week, and I wish This season has been a positive time for Trinity netball. Although them all the best for the future. our results don’t always reflect this, we have seen an increase in the size of our squad both in male and female players. In previous The independent Trinity side has had a real mix of players, some of seasons getting a full team together has been tough so this has been whom had not played in a long while. All deserve praise for their a real step in the right direction. As well as playing league matches hard work and commitment, but Nick Featherstone and Rob Beal Trinity also played in a cuppers tournament which involved some of were outstanding and are sure to be strong players for the future of the best teams from the university. After a fairly rocky start things the club. Special mention must go to Ben Pope and Jonny Wright for started to go our way and in our final match against the eventual their tenacity and dedication throughout the season. Next year champions of the tournament we were winning at half time, with a should prove to be an exciting one for Trinity as we are entered into score of 5-4. Unfortunately we weren’t able to maintain this lead the College leagues on our own for the first time in 11 years and we throughout the second half but it showed that our effort and skills will be targeting promotion and a successful Cuppers run, as well as were starting to pay off. In order to improve the team next term, I a proposed tour to the Other Place. hope to work on what we gained last year as well as having regular James Hunter 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 69

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TRINITY SINGERS against a decent New team that included the new captain of the university Second team secured the trophy for us—Trinity had won The Trinity Singers have continued to meet under the direction of their league and promotion into the top division! Special mention Daniel Reeve and Miggs Wallace. Their main purpose has been must go to Sam Halliday and Charlie Hill (playing at strings 2 and simply to enjoy singing by meeting once a week to escape the 5 respectively) for winning every match of the season and Fred regular ‘essay crisis’. Appearances have been limited but not lacking Burgess and Steffen Hoyemsvoll for scraping some much needed in quality. The group’s main performances have been in the termly points for the team despite not having played many matches at such President’s concerts, singing favourites such as ‘The Teddy Bears’ a high level. Outgoing captain Oli Plant, who has had much success Picnic’ and ‘Goodnight Sweetheart.’ They were also heard at Guest at the number one spot for the last two years, passes the captaincy Night during the annual Trinity Arts Festival—something that will to Sam Halliday with high hopes that this season’s victory might be be continued in future years. repeated in the coming year as the team has a chance to win the top division of league squash. Daniel Reeve

Oli Plant SQUASH Coasting on a strong record with several promotions in recent years, TENNIS Trinity started the academic year in the second of the nine university Trinity’s Tennis team marched to the 2008 League Championship squash divisions. The team was always going to be a force to be title with a second successive unbeaten league campaign and reckoned with as the top player from two years ago was now playing following back to back promotions. The loss of last year’s star at number five in the team due to our strong intake of freshers. In the player Andy Luke was offset by the addition of Freshers Sam first half of the season, played in Michaelmas Term, Trinity had Halliday and University third team player Fred Burgess, adding to dominated several opposing colleges in the first few matches but the talented squad of Russ Jackson, Oli Plant and the ageing narrowly missed promotion as some colleges appeared to gain easy warhorse Matt Johnston. points against much weakened teams. Hopes for a good showing in Cuppers were bolstered with wins in the first two rounds but then Cuppers success, however, continues to elude Trinity, and after a smashed as Balliol put out a team consisting entirely of university 10–5 victory over St Hugh’s, Trinity slipped to a second round First and Second team players. defeat by the same score line to a talented Exeter team on their grass courts. This proved to be the only defeat of the season, and losing With renewed resolve and more experience for the team’s three to a team containing four University second team players was no Freshers, Trinity started the second half of the league season fresh disgrace. and determined to seize the top spot in the second division and gain promotion to the zenith of college squash. Strong competition from Trinity’s League form was far more impressive, and the team played Worcester and Univ in the first two matches earned the team a with a flair that took the First Division by storm. The campaign respectable 7 from 10 possible points but more was needed to make began with a 12–0 whitewash of a poor Keble side, who amassed a serious bid for the title. In the next two rounds a whitewashing 5–0 just nine games in twelve sets. Trinity’s title push then gained victory against Corpus and a valuable 3–2 win against rivals Jesus momentum with an excellent 9–3 victory over last season’s runners were going to be all important when it came to adding the points up up Worcester, and an 11–1 win over LMH. In the next match at the end of the season. With one match to be played, Trinity led defending champions Jesus unfortunately could not field a team and Jesus by one point at the top of the division. A crushing 5–0 win conceded a 12–0 walkover victory which boosted the team’s points 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 70

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tally. In a dramatic final match, Trinity faced bitter rivals and second BLUES placed team Merton knowing that a result of 5–7 or better would seal the Championship title. Tensions between both teams ran high, with the scores level at half time but, despite failing light, Fred Susan Jishan Chai Burgess saved the day by winning the vital sets that secured a 6–6 Table Tennis Half-Blue; Ultimate Frisbee Half-Blue draw and the Premiership crown for the first time in Trinity’s Tennis history. Sam Hall Since entering the bottom divisions in 2001, Trinity have risen through the rankings with four promotions in seven seasons and Football Blue victory in this debut campaign in the top flight is a phenomenal achievement, and caps a magnificent decade of success for Trinity’s Charlie Hill Tennis team. Cricket Blue; Rackets Half-Blue Matt Johnston

Henry Martin Cycling Blue (time trialling)

Henry Sheldon Lightweight Rowing Half-Blue; Lightweight President

Claire Strauss Women’s Lacrosse Blue; Club President 2008/9

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ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

A GRYPHON RAMPANT

Richard Incledon

o the Gryphon ‘noticeably declined after the Second World survey of literary otherworlds through the ages. I gave it to the SWar’? (Sinead Doyle, Trinity College Report 2007.) Not in my Canning Club as well, and to be honest it was only a tarted-up parallel universe, it didn’t. Or, if what I experienced was decline, version of a sixth-form essay. In its eclecticism (posh word for what must the heyday have been like? bittiness) it was worthy of Aubrey; not, I fear, in any other respect.

I was up from 1946 to 1950, and a member for the latter part of those We had outside speakers too. Terence Rattigan came to our dinner years. I can’t remember if there was a set frequency of meetings, but one year and talked to us afterwards about his experiences in the we certainly met quite regularly and had a variety of interesting theatrical profession. I have to confess I recall only one remark: papers. I recall one on Dante, prompted by Penguin Classics’ edition speaking of the practice by which a financial backer would make his of the Inferno in Dorothy Sayers’ translation. Maurice Balme, I support conditional on the casting of his girlfriend in the leading think, talked to us about ‘That Best of Books’—Boswell’s Life of role, regardless of talent, he described it, memorably if indelicately, Samuel Johnson. Bill Adie told us about a German-sounding as ‘spoiling the show for a ha’p’orth of tart.’ professor who had explained the ten plagues of Egypt in terms of the Best of all, I recall Ronnie Knox himself, whom Sinead acclaims as effects of a passing meteorite. (‘I seem to hear the patter of little tiny a leading light of the Gryphon in his days as fellow and chaplain. He golden boughs’, commented Robin Smyth.) In Hilary Term 1950 we read us his essay on ‘French with Tears’ in the rooms I shared with had a paper on Dostoevsky. (This, with the ensuing discussion, Peter Hinchliff for a couple of terms in 1949. He read, as he always prompted me to read The Brothers Karamazov; the time spent did, never betraying by any flicker of his lugubrious countenance or reading it in the Easter vacation when I should have been revising tremor in that harsh but compelling voice, the slightest awareness for Greats put paid to my chances of a First; and I suspect that Ivan’s that all round him young men were rolling on the floor with fable of the Grand Inquisitor put paid to my chances of a laughter—literally; we had far too few chairs to seat all who came. bishopric—but that’s another story.) I’d heard it before, at the Newman Society, but it still made me And, very suitably for Trinity, somebody read us a paper on Aubrey, laugh—and still does, sixty years later, on the printed page. who wasn’t as well known in those days, even at Trinity, as Roy So, decline? Well I don’t think that’s what Gibbon meant by the Dotrice’s brilliant ‘Brief Lives’ was later to make him; but Cresset word... had just published a selection of his writings. (I may have shocked a rather distinguished Catholic priest by telling him I was prouder of And a PS. Sinead mentioned the question of pronunciation. I’m Aubrey as a fellow-collegian than of Newman.) pretty sure we always rhymed it with ‘siphon’ not ‘tiffin’.

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Tennis on the lawns circa 1900, from the Album of Geoffrey Christie-Miller COURTING SUCCESS: THE HISTORY OF TENNIS AT TRINITY Matthew Johnston

Tennis has enjoyed a long history at Trinity, with highlights including the Cuppers victories in 1941, 1971 and 1972, and the League Championship-winning success of 2008. In this article we chart the growth and development, the failures and successes of the men’s tennis team, and outline why the future is rosy for this traditional sport. This article draws mainly on the Trinity College Report, while also using records from the College Archive, including those of the Amalgamated College Sports Fund. I am also extremely grateful to Ian Ritchie and Etienne de Villiers for personal recollections and photographs.

1900–1970 Figure 1: Long before ball games were prohibited on the college lawns, tennis was being played on the main site at Trinity. Resourceful undergraduates erected nets on the lawns for gentle rallies amongst It is reassuring to note that inclement weather has always played the daisies, as can be seen in Figure 1. The year 1900 marked a new havoc with tennis schedules in Trinity Term, even before the current era for sports at Trinity, when the current sports ground at the end of era of climate change. Rain renders the grass courts treacherously the ‘Mesopotamia’ Walks was acquired through the ‘generosity of slippery and unplayable for some time, and as a consequence, the numerous past and present members of the College’, with provision construction of hard courts was considered as early as 1926, when for Cricket, [Rugby] Football and Lawn Tennis. References to the two hard courts would have cost just £150. President Blakiston, latter sport were to increase throughout the century, although in the however, decided that there was no room for hard courts without early 1900s, it was its forerunner, Real Tennis, which was more encroaching on space reserved for ‘more important games’. Finally, frequently played. in May 1936 (the year that Fred Perry won his eighth and Great Britain’s last men’s Grand Slam singles title), Blakiston relented and Sports records are scarce before the 1940s, although archived two ‘Griselda’ en-tout-cas hard tennis courts were constructed at a photographs include the 1926 team—Jack Fletcher, Ben Chance, B. cost of £332.17. Pearson, Leif Egeland, J. C. Conn and Millard; the 1930 team— Balfour, Hinds-Howell, Knox, Titlestad, Gibson and University The construction of hard courts saw Trinity tennis progress to the player G. E. Curtis; and the 1932 team (with no names provided). In next level. In 1941, Trinity won the inter-Collegiate cup, known as this period, the lawn tennis courts were clearly so heavily used by Cuppers, led by University Team players B. J. G. Kaye and N. D. the men’s and boys’ clubs that, in 1923, an application from a girls’ Cox, and supported by J. Evans, J. D. Burridge, M. P. Dunkerley and club to use the courts over the long vacation was refused by R. H. Marten (see Figure 2). President Blakiston. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 73

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Figure 2: top spot due to ‘complications of the league scoring system’. This was indeed no fluke, and in 1971 Trinity went on to win Cuppers with the help of ‘the colonial contingent’ Richard Zachs, Jonathan Mueller, Tim Chadwick and Bruce Cain, whilst ‘the mother- country’ was ably represented by William Sutton and Jonathan Leslie. The finest tennis came in a first round victory over Christ Church and, after three weeks of rain, the hard courts just dried in time to enable a final 5‒3 victory over University College. The League was used as a testing-ground for new talent that year, although ‘this experiment failed’ and a third place finish was commendable. Figure 3:

The 1941 Tennis Team, who won Cuppers. Back row: J Evans, J. D. Burridge, M. P. Dunkerley. Front row: R. H. Marten, N. D. Cox, B. J. G. Kaye.

It is particularly heart-warming to learn that while most of the College’s wartime teams were combined with Balliol, Trinity achieved this feat without the ‘help’ of our neighbours. There followed a period of strong University representation, notably D. D. Warwick, P. G. L. Curle, I. P. Campbell, J. G. H. Nicholson and P. M. Kindersley, and Blues captains R.A. Prichard (in 1945), Cox (in 1948), P. M. M. de Wet (in 1952), Hamilton F. Richardson (in 1956) and J. D. Blake (in 1962). Indeed, Richardson, a Rhodes Scholar from Tulane University, was also one of America’s top-ranked tennis players, who combined studying at Trinity with reaching the semi-finals of the men’s singles at Wimbledon in 1956, losing to the eventual winner Lew Hoad. The 1972 Tennis Team, who won Cuppers. 1970–1980 Back row: Etienne de Villiers, Bruce Cain, Matthew Thorne. Somewhat surprisingly, Richardson’s achievements did not catalyse Front row: Jonathan Leslie, William Sutton, Jonathan Mueller. the sport in College, and tennis appears to have gone into a period of dormancy until 1970. In 1972 Trinity sensationally retained their Cuppers title with a team consisting of the Americans Cain and Mueller, a South African That year, the team lost in the first round of Cuppers but finished a Etienne de Villiers, and Britons Sutton, Leslie and Matthew Thorne tantalisingly-close second in League Division I, only missing out on (see Figure 3). The team was bursting with talent, with both Mueller 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 74

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and Sutton being University second team (‘Penguin’) players, and the all-American pairing of Gregg Petersmeyer and Mark Cohen, the prodigious Leslie picking up Blues in five different racket and squad members Paul Brown, Simon Boddy and Chris Fawcett sports. (see Figure 4). Indeed, this accomplished performance by Ritchie was the beginning of a sustained passion for the sport, and he is now 1973, however, did not quite live up to expectations: ‘Ian Ritchie Chief Executive of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, and Matthew Thorne played consistently well, Peter Walford played while de Villiers is currently Chairman of the ATP Men’s Tennis consistently badly, and no-one else played consistently at all’, Tour, demonstrating the prestigious and enduring nature of the Walford good-naturedly reported. The team finished low down in College’s links to the sport. Division II and were knocked out in the second round of Cuppers (after a bye in round one). 1980‒2000 After such highs in the 1970s, a lean period followed, and the Figure 4: College Reports contain no tennis references until 1985. In that year, despite an early Cuppers loss to eventual finalists Balliol, the team went on an unbeaten run with five wins including Wadham, Keble, Brasenose II and a notable 5‒4 victory over Brasenose I. John Van Doren was the star of the team, with his stunning backhand drive volley, ably supported by the ‘powerful pairing’ of James Henderson and Tim Cook, the ‘stylish and successful’ Nigel Griffiths and Mike Harper, and the capable substitute Robert Oldershaw. In 1986, the team won the third division but exited Cuppers in the second round, beaten by a powerful New College team. Americans Danny Lefall and Steve Hoey, who went on to play for the University, were the dominant pairing supported by Henderson and Cook. Other squad players were Rod Lloyd-Jones, Mark Brownlow, Mark Tennant, Richard Bastin and Robert Harrington.

The 1975 Tennis Team, who were Division II Champions and Cuppers Terrible weather, and an ‘infamous’ summer party, put paid to many Semi-finalists. Back row: Simon Boddy, Gregg Petersmeyer, Mark Cohen, matches in 1987. The team, led by Defall and Penguins’ captain Paul Brown. Front row: Chris Fawcett, Ian Ritchie (C), Jerome Fletcher. Hoey, soundly beat Linacre in the first round of Cuppers before going down 4‒5 to Magdalen in the next round. Squad players that Progress was made in 1974 when the team reached the quarterfinals, year were Henderson, Cook, Graham Ogg, Paul Woodman and losing to Merton, and finished in the middle of the second division, Rupert Youngman who were, for the first time on record, ably where performances from Penguin player Ritchie were pivotal. assisted by Trinity ladies Ann Brown and Andrea Nicholls. Rain was Finally, in 1975, expectations were realised as the team won once again the foe in 1988, but the team managed to play their Division II, sweeping through seven league matches without loss. fixtures and retain their Division III status, while falling to a first They also reached the semi-finals of Cuppers after winning three round Cuppers defeat against University College. Cook was again rounds, before the only defeat of the season came at the hands of the the star player, ably supported by Lawrence Braham, Rob Clouston previous season’s champions St John’s. and Piers Ludlow. 1989 saw a better season in the League where, The team was led by Ritchie, who partnered Jerome Fletcher, with despite a heavy defeat to Keble, victories over Merton, Christ 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 75

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Church II, Jesus and Exeter meant a second placed finish in Division By 2001 enthusiasm for tennis was gaining pace, and the III and secured a return to the second tier. A first round Cuppers burgeoning club entered two teams into the College League—the victory over Jesus avoided another embarrassingly early exit. first team into Division IV and the seconds into Division V. Both Penguin player Matt Phillips led the team, aside Ogg, Clouston, teams achieved promotion: the firsts, led by Johnston, Harris, Large, Ludlow, Rich Sever, Jason Solomans, Carl von Siemans and Rob Pinkham, Mark Simms, Martin Cooles, Marc Franklin and Lucy Dinning. Winslow won their division with four wins out of six, including a 7–5 win against Pembroke and a 8–4 victory over Queens, while the ‘They were dancing on the well-worn flagstones of Garden Quad in seconds, captained by Lucinda Orr, took a different route. Despite Eighth Week of Trinity Term’, wrote Philips in 1990, when a losing every match (0–12, 2–8, 5–7, 2–10, 2–10 and 1–10) their breathtaking season resulted in promotion to Division I: Jason sheer tenacity in actually turning up for matches meant they ‘Skip’ Solomans, Philips, Youngman, Sever, Clouston, Dinning, accumulated enough points to finish joint top and seal a remarkable David Ashby, Ali Devani and Simon Clarke defending their college promotion (since the league table is ranked on the number of sets proudly. Sadly, Premier League status could not be retained, and won and no other teams played each other). Cuppers success, ‘they were wiping dry the scars of defeat with a dripping Wimbledon towel’ in 1991. Clarke, Sever, Ludlow, Julien Kelly, however, continued to elude Trinity, where the 3-pair format Jock Mackay, Adam Baker, John Simcox, Dan Meredith Jones and (compared to 2-pair in the League) favours larger colleges with a Paul Bowness were outplayed by quality opposition, and a Cuppers greater pool of players to choose from. In the first round top-seeded second round defeat to St Catherine’s was accompanied by defending champions Magdalen ‘inflicted a [16–0] whitewash on relegation to Division II. In 1992 a mid-table finish in the second hapless, hopeless Trinity’, as Cherwell miserably reported. This Division was achieved by winning four and losing three matches, was not the only humiliation that year, as the team also lost a and defeat came against Teddy Hall in the second round of Cuppers. ‘friendly’ Broad Street derby match to bitter rivals Balliol. The team consisted of Clarke, Kelly, John Morgan and Henry Birts, The following season was one of consolidation in Division III, underpinned by the Gallic flair of Solomans, and the workmanlike where the first team won two out of four matches in 2002, 8–4 Tony Baker and Bowness. In 1993, a combination of JCR versus Jesus and 7–5 against Worcester III. The obligatory first Presidency and the pressure of Moderations and Finals depleted the round defeat in Cuppers was a narrow one, 9–8 at the hands of team of Birts, Tony Baker, Ben Birtchnell, Eliot Pikoulis, Andrew Hertford, but the team was boosted by a 6–2 ‘friendly’ victory over Jolly and Marcel Fratzscher. Poor weather meant that matches were Balliol, which avenged the previous year’s defeat. The team was limited, and wins even rarer, as the season resulted in relegation to propelled by the classy Frenchman Augustin de Longeaux, who was Division III. Captain Baker noted prophetically that ‘from such supported by Johnston, Simms, Harris, Cooles, Franklin, Simon dismal depths, the meteoric rise of Trinity Tennis will be all the Crompton, Alex Fellowes and Alex Mackenzie. more astounding. At least that’s the plan.’ 2003 saw the arrival of former tennis tour player Stuart Carr, and the 2000–2008 team swept away all before them, with six League wins out of six, Baker’s prophecy would come true, but the resurgence began from as the team marched to the title and promotion to Division II. the most humble of beginnings. Following seven years of obscurity, Highlights included the 12–0 annihilations of St Anne’s and Merton, the Trinity Tennis Club was reformed by Mark Harris and Matthew the 8–4 victory over Lady Margaret Hall II, and two very satisfying Johnston in 2000, with a squad of Ollie Large, Mark Pinkham, Chris ‘friendly’ defeats of Balliol. While League progress was being Murray and Chris Ogle. However, a 10–7 first round Cuppers made, Cuppers success was still proving hard to come by, with the defeat to the combined powers of graduates Green-Osler II ended team falling 9–2 to Pembroke at the first hurdle. Other team the season before it had really begun. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 76

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members were Simms, Harris, Johnston, Fellowes, Simon Randall, In 2007, a large influx of talented youngsters offset the loss of nearly James Perkins, Henry Biddle, Chris Wright, Rachel Morris and the whole promotion-winning side. The University second team tennis Blue Carys McMillan. Carr remains the player with the player, Canadian Andrew Luke, imperiously vanquished all before strongest record per-set this decade, conceding just one game in him, and a team consisting of Johnston, Ashton, Gilbey, Oliver eight competitive sets. Plant, Russell Jackson, Horatio Cary and Sian Roberts meant the college had the strongest squad in a generation. Trinity’s Cuppers With Johnston on a year away from Oxford in 2004, Biddle took jinx was finally ended with victories over Oriel and St Edmund Hall, over as captain and oversaw a change in Cuppers fortune, ending a before an agonising 5–7 quarter-final defeat to the two-time run of four straight first round defeats by winning their first round defending champions St Catherine’s. ‘Trinity overpowered by wild match. Sadly, though, the team could not retain their lofty league Catz’ was Cherwell’s verdict, but St Catherine’s went on to lift the position and slipped back into the third tier of the College League. trophy once more, and defeat was no disgrace. League form was In 2005, Johnston returned as captain with a large squad of players even more irresistible, and five victories out of five (conceding just consisting of the marvellous Mark Bedford, Biddle, Wright, Cooles, six sets from a possible sixty) resulted in a second successive Randall, Ed Fresson, Adrian Cunliffe, Andreas Coutsoudis, Andrew promotion, this time to the top division as Champions. An 11–1 Greenway and ladies captain Helen Gilbey. Normal Cuppers victory over Merton and 12–0 wins against Osler-Green, Somerville and Pembroke were impressive, but arguably the finest performance service was resumed with a 7–5 beating by St Hugh’s, but the strong was the taming of the ‘wild Catz’ with a thrilling 7–5 victory, first team squad achieved a third place League finish in Division III, notable for heroic efforts from Plant and Luke. following victories over Queens, St Anne’s, St Catherine’s and St Edmund Hall, a draw against Worcester II, and the only League Trinity’s moment in the limelight had come, and the 2008 defeat to Champions Exeter. The team was unfortunate not to be Premiership season began with great optimism for captains Plant promoted that year, and indeed a less successful season in 2006 was and Johnston, since the loss of Luke was balanced by the additions still enough for promotion. A friendly 4–4 draw with Exeter of University third team player Fred Burgess, Sam Halliday, Christo augured well, but after two opening League drubbings by Christ Smallwood, Steffen Hoyemsvoll and Rosie Batty. A 5–3 ‘friendly’ Church and Queens, it appeared that the season was over. However, loss to Balliol was erased from the memory with a friendlier 5–1 win following a revitalising 12‒0 demolition of St Annes’, wins over over St John’s. In Cuppers, following a 10–5 victory over St Hugh’s, Pembroke and St Edmund Hall were enough to secure promotion a second round defeat by the same score line to eventual finalists back to Division II after a two season absence. Bedford and Exeter did not disrupt the team’s momentum. The Premier League Johnston led a team consisting of Wright, Fresson, Coutsoudis, campaign began with victories over Keble, Worcester and Lady Graeme Cameron, Sam Ashton, Daniel Pastor, Volker Lang and Margaret Hall, as Trinity become the early pace setters. This was Gregoire Colly, and a ladies’ team was run by Georgina Campbell. achieved through both a stylish brand of tennis, and the intimidating In particular, European imports Lang and Colly earned vital sets in sight of Jackson swigging water from wine bottles. Following a this campaign, with gritty determined performances overcoming walkover victory against Jesus, the team needed just five sets against fellow Premiership debutants, second-placed Merton, to more illustrious opposition. The season was also a landmark one for clinch their first ever League title. The match was played in falling Johnston, who achieved his first taste of Cuppers victory in six light as the team fought cramp as well as dogged opponents to seasons. Apart from the narrow first round win over St Hilda’s, secure a battling 6–6 draw which ended their run of 12 straight though, Trinity’s Cuppers jinx continued with a creditable second league victories spanning three seasons, but sealed the Premiership round defeat at the hands of Magdalen, snubbing out any hopes of a crown in the most thrilling of fashions. A picture of the champions cup run. with Sir Ivor Roberts appears inside the front cover of this Report. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 77

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Figure 5: Graph charting the progress of the tennis team through the League and Cuppers tournaments, based on information available in the College archives.

The meteoric rise up the rankings in the last decade—see Figure 5— college staff. It is hoped that the new tennis facility will further fulfilled Baker’s prophecy from 1993, but it has been achieved with increase access to this sociable and dominant sport, and mean that most matches being played away from home. A minimum of three Trinity can build on the renaissance of the last decade. courts is required for League or Cuppers matches, and our three We gratefully thank the College and the Trinity Society for funding grass courts are only playable in the brief dry intervals during the our match costs, and the groundsman Paul Madden and his rainy months of Trinity Term. For this reason, and building on the predecessor Mr Hewlett for maintaining some of the finest grass League success, a new tennis facility containing three new hard courts in Oxford. Anyone who would like to be involved in a new tennis courts is in preparation, and due to be constructed next year, Old Members’ Tennis Club, returning to Trinity for a friendly day of which will bring Trinity’s facilities in line with those at most other tennis every summer from 2009, should contact colleges. Sunday afternoon social practice sessions have been a [email protected]. regular fixture throughout the last nine years, including the addition of a Tennis and Pimm’s tournament this year, and these attract all members of the College community, uniting the JCR, MCR and 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 78

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A TORTOISES’ TEA PARTY Linora Lawrence

The Early History of the Oxford Tortoise As readers of the Trinity Newsletter (Summer 2008) will know, the ‘When we were little,’ the Mock Turtle went on at last, more President and Lady Roberts held a tea party in their garden, on 1 calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, ‘We went to July, to thank the donors of Toby and Plum and to welcome the school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle— we used to call aforementioned members of the chelonian family to their new home. him Tortoise—’ Fellows and visitors enjoyed tea and cake and the tortoises enjoyed ‘Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn’t one?’ Alice asked. a gift of lambs’ lettuce—they are also very partial to the clover in the President’s lawn. ‘We called him tortoise because he taught us,’ said the Mock Turtle angrily; ‘really you are dull!’ Oxford colleges have a fine tradition of tortoise keeping and maybe this was at the back of Lewis Carroll’s mind as he drew together all the elements that made up Alice in Wonderland. One might be The above extract is, of course, from Alice in Wonderland. What tempted to think that tortoises were a Victorian fashion that has follows could amply qualify for an Alice sequel. The first meeting carried on, although Victorian members of college themselves of Trinity’s Governing Body in 2008 was presented with a paper, believed that there had been a tortoise at Trinity during the reign of with four supporting appendices, asking the Fellows to consider George III. In Douglas Sladen’s My Long Life (1939) we read: accepting the gift of a pair of tortoises. There followed consultation with the Garden Fellow; consultation with the gardeners; The Trinity tortoise was a marvel. About a century before I went up to Trinity [Sladen was elected to a scholarship in 1875], Lord North, the Prime Minister consultation with the bursars; consultation with other colleges that who lost us the United States, a Trinity man, had presented the college with its keep tortoises; precedents were checked—then back to the Fellows. park-gates facing Wadham. While the masons were sawing up the stone By the third meeting of term a vote was taken, the outcome of which employed in building the masonry they came upon a tortoise, alive, through the was the decision to accept the gift. Once again after, a fifty or sixty- hole out of which it came perfectly air-tight. It was let loose in the college grounds, and was still there in my time, though it has since mysteriously year gap, Trinity College is the proud custodian of a pair of disappeared. The Trinity tortoise was historical. tortoises. It seems impossible to believe the ‘tortoise coming out of a stone’ Toby and Plum have been given to the college from the estate of the story down the last detail, but that great recorder of tortoise activity, late Mr Leonard Cripps, mill keeper of Wheatley Mill on the edge Gilbert White in his Natural History of Selborne (1789) says, in a of Oxford. They are Hermann tortoises and it is thought that Toby letter dated 12 April 1772: is about 48 years old and Plum a little younger. They are both girls, despite the name Toby. Tortoises are notoriously difficult to sex and The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs; and can refrain from eating as well as breathing for a great part of the year. When first when Toby was given to Mr Cripps’ daughter for her thirteenth awakened it eats nothing; nor again in the autumn before it retires: through the birthday she thought he was a boy and named him accordingly. This height of the summer it feeds voraciously, devouring all the food that comes in is the fate of many tortoises. Luckily it doesn’t seem to bother them its way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind and, all being well, they live for at least a 100 years. Clearly they offices: for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity; are fitting symbols for Trinity’s members, especially as one can’t but remains inattentive to strangers. help feeling they must acquire a lot of wisdom in all that time. 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 79

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The Trinity Tortoise in the College Archives 12 January 1941 The earliest photograph of a tortoise at Trinity is in the Gryphon ‘Mr Sherbrooke was asked to define the duties of the Garden Boy. Club album of 1912. A study of Trinity’s earliest surviving JCR He replied that they consisted of defining the sex of the College Minutes reveals regular references to the college tortoise. tortoise and finding a mate for it. Mr Rampton said that he thought that another tortoise already existed in the garden and with his Sunday, 15 June 1930: natural tact let the house draw the obvious conclusion for ‘Mr Marston then moved that the post of Garden Boy and Keeper of themselves.’ the Lawns should be inaugurated. The chief duties of the official holding this post should be the presentation of the Bowls and the 11 October 1942 care and feeding of the College tortoises. The motion was carried. ‘The Garden Boy was asked to determine fully the sex of the Mr Moffat was elected to the post.’ College Tortoise to prepare for it a comfortable bed should it prove to be female it was suggested he might provide some “amusement” Sunday, 31 May 1931 with a view to a happy event later in the year.’ Regarding the post of Garden Boy and Keeper of the Lawns it was recorded that ‘after an interesting struggle between Messrs 11 October 1943 Shuckburgh and Rattigan, Mr Shuckburgh was elected.’ ‘And Mr Lamb by unwittingly betraying knowledge of the private life of the tortoise provoked the JCR into electing him Garden Boy.’ 3 June 1934 ‘Mr Tufton and Mr Mosley then suggested that a mate should be 16 January 1944 provided for the garden tortoise, but as they could not agree about The Minutes refer to the office of Garden Boy, whose business is a the sex of the aforesaid animal the matter was left undecided and the sinecure in winter since the tortoise cannot be found, being once tortoise unwed.’ more filled by Mr Lamb. This was to be followed by one Mr Jackson-Lipkin becoming Garden Boy. Could his experiences in the 1935 post have added to his becoming a High Court Judge? We should ‘It was decided by acclamation that the post of Garden Boy should never underestimate the value of a well-rounded education. be filled by Mr Drew-Wilkinson. The mention of the garden of course provoked bawdy comments on the sex of the tortoise. Mr Inter-collegiate Tortoises Furse was asked to look into the matter, since he appeared Oriel College was famous for its tortoises for many years, though particularly interested.’ sadly the last one died some twenty years ago. It lived in the Front 4 June 1939 Quad and came to national attention on two occasions. The first ‘Mr Hunter... was duly elected and requested to determine the sex of time was when the Queen, then Duchess of Edinburgh, visited in the college tortoise and to buy another of the opposite sex on the 1948; she appeared to be greeted by the tortoise on arrival and a recommendation of Mr Greg, who maintained that another tortoise photo was published in The Times. Ten years prior to this visit the was desirable to commemorate a wonderful year—wonderful for its same newspaper had been taken in by Oriel undergraduates who rowdiness and drunkenness.’ published a spoof announcement to the effect that a son had been born to the college tortoise disguised as O. C. Testudo. At that time 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 80

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the only persons eligible to give birth at Oriel were the Provost’s On a happy but more serious note, it must be acknowledged that wife and his daughter. A somewhat absent-minded academic Toby and Plum could have not have come to Trinity at all if the college remarked quite some time later that he believed the college had not had total co-operation and support from its Provost’s daughter had married an Italian. gardeners. Paul Lawrence and his assistants, Luke Winter and Aaron Drewett, have not only been happy to welcome the tortoises and Our neighbours at Balliol are proud tortoise keepers. Until 2004 look after them, but have actively promoted their coming from the they had a tortoise named Rosa; however she failed to re-appear in first mention of the idea. They have built them a little tortoise house the spring and despite various conspiracy theories no definite reason in the President’s garden where they live; they look after their diet; could be ascertained. However, in 2007 Chris Skidmore, a graduate their safety and their general well being. Also they have proved of Christ Church working for the House of Commons, presented a Gilbert White’s words to be entirely correct, as the tortoises pair of tortoises to Oxford; one to his old College and one to Balliol. definitely know them! Along with the gryphons, long may Toby and Matilda has replaced Rosa and has settled in well. She is looked Plum represent Trinity College, both in longevity and wisdom. after by ‘Comrade Tortoise’ (Balliol’s version of the ‘Garden Boy’) who is ably assisted by the gardener Steve Taylor, who used to work in the Cotswold Wild Park.

Corpus Christi College holds an annual Tortoise Fair in late May, the main event being the race. Competing tortoises are placed inside a large circle of lettuce and the first one to reach the edge is declared the winner. The Corpus tortoises (named Foxe and Oldham after the founders of the college) must have been taught very good manners as it always seems to be one of their guests that is declared the winner. For many years Emmanuelle the Regent’s Park College tortoise (now aged 90) was the fastest in Oxford. Recently, however, she has been out-distanced by the College’s newer tortoise, Fred. It seems Emmanuelle was originally named Emmanuel, meaning ‘God with Us’, an appropriate name for a college with strong religious affiliations. However, a vet who came there to train for the ministry discovered she was female, hence the re-naming. And sadly Fred has had to be re-homed after some goings-on with Emmanuelle!

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BOOK REVIEW ARTHUR THORNING, THE DAMBUSTER WHO CRACKED THE DAM: THE STORY OF had married only months earlier) and to his family. Throughout the MELVIN ‘DINGHY’ YOUNG book Melvin is portrayed as a very loyal friend and a loving husband Pen & Sword, 2008 (ISBN: 97818 4415 6672) and the story of his death is a real tragedy. This book also resonated for me on a personal level. I was able to In 2010 Peter Jackson is set to release a remake of the 1956 film The draw on a few shared experiences between Melvin and myself Dambusters. Central to this film will be the heroic character of across the past sixty years, being as I was a Trinity college oarsman Henry Melvin Young, known as ‘Dinghy’ Young to his colleagues in and that now I am pursuing a career with the RAF. I doubt however the Royal Air Force. It is about this man that aviation enthusiast that any member of Trinity could fail to be drawn into the story of Arthur Thorning has written in his new biography. one of our College’s most distinguished heroes. After all, those The first four (of ten) chapters of the book deal with Melvin’s pre- aren’t just names on the library wall. RAF days, and it is a real testament to the man that there is so much The book is published by Pen & Sword in Hardback and contains to discuss within these pages. From firsthand accounts from 170 pages. It costs £19.99 and is well illustrated throughout with Melvin’s friends and family we learn first of his childhood days in pictures from various sources including Melvin’s own previously both London and California, before addressing his education in both unpublished photo album. Westminster School and of course his beloved Trinity College. Whilst up at Oxford he read law, learnt to fly and continued to feed his passion for rowing. It was a sport in which he had great success, Mike Churchman (2005) not only in helping the college to reach the Head of the River in President of the Boat Club 2007/8 1938, but also—no mean feat—in representing the University against Cambridge.

The book then moves on to tell us about Melvin’s role in the first few years of the War. It is refreshing to read about the early years of DEGREE DAYS bomber command and to learn just how life was for the young men There are eight Degree Days during the academic year, always on at the controls of the early bombers such as the Whitney and the Saturdays. Trinity is allowed to enter twenty-one candidates in Wellington. During this time Melvin acquired the nickname person at each ceremony in October and November, twenty ‘Dinghy’ for surviving two ditchings at sea, and was twice awarded candidates at the two July ceremonies and twenty in May. There is the DFC. no time limit by which a degree has to be taken. Former It is for Melvin’s part in Operation Chastise (colloquially known as undergraduates of the College who have taken the BA or who are the Dambusters raid) that he is perhaps best known, and it is here eligible to take it, and who matriculated in or before Michaelmas that the story culminates. Arthur Thorning’s account of the raid is Term 2001 (or Michaelmas 2000 for those who had Senior Status), exceptionally thorough and doesn’t assume any previous are eligible to take the MA from Trinity Term 2008 onwards. It is knowledge. The unfolding story is very moving as we learn how essential to book a place on a Degree Day in advance, whether you Melvin’s legendary status is born by his heroic actions and yet sadly plan to ‘supplicate’ in person or in absentia: booking forms and how it was that he lost his life. Finally in the last chapter we learn further information are obtainable from the Tutorial Administrator at how the news was conveyed to Melvin’s wife Priscilla (whom he Trinity College ([email protected]). 5485_text:S4493_inner 27/10/08 11:38 Page 82

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Holders of the MA become life members of Convocation, which Michaelmas Term 2010 elects the Chancellor and Professor of Poetry; they also have a 23 October lifetime's entitlement to dine on High Table in College once a term, 6 November at their own expense with or without a guest, except on Guest Nights (again, advance booking is essential: www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/alumni). 27 November Those who took a course leading to a Masters degree (e.g. MEng, MBioc, etc.) and former graduate members who have other Oxford degrees may also apply for membership of Convocation in or after their 21st term from matriculation on payment of a £20 fee. They then have the same right to dine on High Table as holders of the MA.

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Michaelmas Term 2009 EDITOR’S NOTE 24 October 7 November This edition of the Trinity College Report was edited by Clare 28 November Hopkins, the college Archivist. She welcomes feedback from old members, and can be contacted by post or email: Hilary Term 2010 [email protected]. 23 January (in absentia only) The next edition of the Report will cover the academic year 2008/9. The editor is always glad to discuss possible articles Trinity Term and Long Vacation 2009 for the Report and is particularly grateful for contributions and 22 May suggestions relating to the Obituaries section. The Report 17 July accepts for review books of a biographical or autobiographical 31 July nature relating to past or present members of Trinity. 25 September 5485_cover:S4493_cover 24/10/08 14:19 Page 3

The Cuppers-Winning Trinity/LMH Women’s Football team of 2008. Back, left to right: Emily Bebbington, Emma Welch, Holly Bower, Sai Yang, Isla Kennedy, Emma Dickinson, Katharina Schwoch, Megan Kershaw. Middle: Rowan Dalglish, Laura Marjason, Brett Burns, Cal Flyn. Front: Ejiro Oviri. 5485_cover:S4493_cover 24/10/08 14:19 Page 4

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