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24 Jun 2020: During this period of lockdown, I have often used the intervals of time at the weekend to watch films on Amazon Prime. I confess that my favourite genre is romantic comedy, as I find its light-heartedness relaxes me the most. Admittedly the regular

15 Sep 2020: It is most likely written for a Roman (gentile) audience, to demonstrate that the Jews are an ancient people with great traditions and a great culture, although his narrative supports the ... For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a

3 Dec 2020: Written by:. Kathryn Martin-Chambers. Posted:. 03 Dec 2020. As part of a community effort to make sure people don’t go hungry in Cambridge, the Trinity Hall kitchens provided food ... The pandemic has highlighted ongoing issues associated with poverty

1 Apr 2020: Many of us who are stuck at home have turned our thoughts to our gardens. I have been at the bottom of my own garden over the weekend. It’s amazing what you can achieve in a few hours with determination and a flame thrower! Well, actually just a

27 Feb 2020: Should students be concerned with any aspect of their studies, health or wellbeing, Trinity Hall has a network of people they can talk to including their.

9 Dec 2020: The College is sorry to announce the death of Graham Howes (1938-2020), alumnus and Emeritus Fellow, on 8 December. Graham was born and brought up in Norfolk, and was always proud of his Norfolk antecedents. After national service in military

12 Apr 2020: This is his Easter thought for the day. At the heart of our existence lies a deep mystery and to give meaning and coherence to life people everywhere find concepts and

7 Jul 2020: One day while idly looking through our copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) I chanced upon an interesting doodle in the back endpapers. To find inscriptions, notes and drawings in our early printed books is not unusual. And these can offer

5 Nov 2020: It’s well documented that adding houseplants to our living spaces can help reduce anxiety and stress as well as boosting our happiness levels. Nurturing plants and watching them grow can be very satisfying, adding to our sense of contentment as

24 Apr 2020: Dr John Walshe matriculated at Trinity Hall in 1939 to study Medicine & Medical Sciences. On the 24 April he celebrates his 100th birthday. Dr Walshe discovered an effective treatment for Wilson’s disease, otherwise known as hepatolenticular

12 May 2020: And as I work from home, always sitting at the same dinner table — changing chairs but always facing outside for more light within the day — these people become part of my

6 Jan 2020: There is in the Old Library of Trinity Hall a manuscript (Trinity Hall, Ms. 48) dating from the eighteenth century which has advice about studying law.  Books about how to study law are a well-established feature of modern legal educational

26 Aug 2020: Update on 26 August The Admissions Round has almost reached its conclusion now, and we are looking forward to welcoming our new first years at the start of the Michaelmas Term. The next few weeks will be an exciting time for them, and we will do

30 Nov 2020: Over the course of my time here I have listened to some of the world’s most influential people speak, worked with some of the brightest up and coming young professionals,

4 May 2020: This time last year we would not have thought that attending religious services in front of a screen would be commonplace. Three Trinity Hall contemporaries from 1967 tell us of their experience: “Little did we realise on Sunday 15 March 2020 that

11 Dec 2020: Recipe to make mince pies the best way. These were used to produce a single large pie, which must have been substantial enough to serve many people at once.

16 Apr 2020: In Lent term, the kitchen introduced carbon footprint labels in the cafeteria that indicate the greenhouse gas emissions per 100g for each of the main course dishes prepared by the kitchen. The informative labels help the catering team and visitors

30 Apr 2020: Invictus, by William Ernest Henley Rumoured to have been one of the late Nelson Mandela’s favourites, Invictus by William Ernest Henley, is one of the few poems in my life that continues to speak, especially in times of crisis. It is the best

29 Jun 2020: On Saturday 27 June Trinity Hall held an online celebration for the graduands of 2020. The year group joined us on LinkHall, our online community platform, from midday for a series of videos, messages from Fellows, staff and alumni, and a virtual

30 Nov 2020: After the fireworks at the start of the month, the rest of November has seen other momentous occasions as well as challenging times.

5 Nov 2020: The first week of November has been a significant date for Trinity Hall since its foundation 670 years ago, featuring important donations that gave the College the distinctive look we see today and our connections with the Gunpowder Plot.

17 Jul 2020: More than 120 people attended the virtual Open Day on Friday 26 June.

2 Nov 2020: 66. Trinity Hall Front Court. Lockdown at WychfieldEmpty hallways. People leaving one by one. ... The Passage’s aim is to provide homeless people with support to transform their own lives.

16 Apr 2020: Gerard Manley Hopkins poem God’s Grandeur Hopkins poem is not just another lament for the wounds we have inflicted on our world. As a Christian priest, a Jesuit, he sees the damage we have done as our failure to “Reck God’s rod”, and calls

17 Oct 2020: From my experience it was very apparent, and remains so, that those at greatest risk are the elderly and people with underlying conditions.

20 May 2020: Apart from the general anxiety that came with the sudden and rapid change in the operations of the University as a result of the pandemic, mine was worsened for two reasons. Firstly, I am visually impaired and the lockdown meant that I was going to

30 Sep 2020: On 29 September 2020, Blackbaud contacted us to advise that after the initial ransomware attack, they continued their investigation which revealed a subset of customers who had been affected further than they previously anticipated. They have

23 Apr 2020: Mia Hansen-Løve’s film Things to Come (L’Avenir, 2016) depicts a woman at a time of personal crisis: her husband has unexpectedly left her, her publisher has dropped the book series she edits, and caring for her elderly mother is becoming an

27 Apr 2020: My reason for this was because the painting was to hang in a place full of young people, so colour might bring life and vibrancy to the portrait. ... After a series of somewhat exhausting climbing trips, I started to wonder how people tolerated normal

12 Nov 2020: Trinity Hall has recently approved a revised investment policy. As part of this revision the College has committed to divest within six months from direct investments in companies whose primary activity is in fossil fuel exploration or extraction.

26 May 2020: And if that’s not enough, people look at the state of the political world today, and that seems almost worse.

13 Apr 2020: Trinity Hall musicians are using their talents to keep our community spirits up by recording performances in their homes. From piano to vocals to French horn, and classical to modern songs. Every Monday, the Trinity Hall YouTube channel shares a new

7 May 2020: During lockdown, I have been ‘meeting’ weekly on Zoom with the friends I made while training for ministry thirty years ago. We’re scattered around the UK and beyond, these days and see each other less often than I’d like. But these are

12 Nov 2020: Dr Gonçalo Bernardes, Staff Fellow and Director of Studies in Chemistry at Trinity Hall, has been selected to receive the 2020 International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) Young Chemical Biologist award.

25 Sep 2020: Alumnus Billy Boyle (1997) is a serial inventor, entrepreneur and a Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medallist. At Cambridge, he co-founded Owlstone Nanotech, marketing a programmable microchip sensor with applications ranging from toxic gas

31 May 2020: One of the great pleasures of teaching English Literature is that my students often surprise and delight me with the unusual material that they find to study, especially when they move on to more independent research in their final year, or

20 Jul 2020: It connects people to community services and resources, such as gardening, walking groups and debt advice, which enhance their health and wellbeing. ... GoodGym (London). GoodGym is a fitness community that combines exercise with volunteering for

15 Dec 2020: Yet because it was filmed during lockdown, the footage lacked the vital Trinity Hall ingredient: its people. ... The most important factor throughout 2020 so far has been communication and keeping as many people.

5 May 2020: Professor Jack Thorne (2004) has become the youngest living member of the Royal Society, aged 32. He has been recognised for multiple breakthroughs in diverse areas of algebraic number theory. Professor Thorne studied Mathematics at Trinity Hall

22 May 2020: A joint statement from the heads of all 31 colleges at the University of Cambridge, including the Acting Vice- Master of Trinity Hall Dr Daniel Tyler, has appeared in The Times. The statement says in full: “As heads of Cambridge colleges, we have

24 Sep 2020: September update The College’s Fellows, staff and JCR and MCR Committees have been working hard to ensure time spent in College is as Covid-secure and comfortable as possible. Our priority remains promoting the safety, wellbeing and health of

6 Nov 2020: It is crucial to raise awareness about how many people suffer from mental illness in Cambridge, like everywhere else, and to make sure that we can speak about this openly, and

11 Dec 2020: To protect vulnerable people and other members of the public the College acts in the following way:. • ... We have a policy for fundraising from vulnerable people which can be found on our website. •

13 Nov 2020: At the start of the last academic year, the Vice-Chancellor announced the Harding Challenge, made possible by part of a £100 million gift from David and Claudia Harding. The Harding’s vision is to encourage new donors to collegiate Cambridge and

3 Jun 2020: Announcing the social entrepreneurs shortlisted for the 2020 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at the University of Cambridge From fighting loneliness on your morning jog, to

7 May 2020: As a result of Philipp’s work, the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) convened a citizens’ assembly to give people living and working in Cambridge the chance share their views on the

8 Jan 2020: But it is to say that the widest possible variety of people do come to Cambridge. ... In 2009, during the global financial meltdown, our investments were as badly affected as most people’s.

8 Dec 2020: Many people chose shots that highlighted the wonderful surroundings of Trinity Hall and the people in it.

27 Jul 2020: A woman who had a life-saving kidney transplant back in 1970 celebrates 50 years of healthy active life. Angela Dunn, now 74 and living in France, is thought to be the longest-surviving transplant* patient in the world, still leading a healthy life

30 Nov 2020: Taking on a tech giant like Google requires preparation and hard evidence, particularly when the target for legal challenge is the jewel in its crown – the Google search engine. A recent ruling made against Google shows European nations are taking