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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

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

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

15 Sep 2020: The latest medieval manuscript at Trinity Hall to be digitised is a twelfth century copy of Josephus’ Historiae Antiquitatis Judaice (The Antiquities of the Jews), Ms. 4. The Latin translations of Josephus were incredibly popular throughout the

10 Sep 2020: alumni across the matriculation years to meet old friends, make new ones and to maintain.

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

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

7 Jul 2020: This knowledge reflects a period of change at the University of Cambridge which saw a move away from its original purpose to train clerics in canon law, to providing the new

5 Nov 2020: Invest in a new pot (about 20% bigger than the old one) and some fresh compost. ... Pop out your plant and gently loosen its root ball. Sit it on the new compost making sure that its compost surface is about 2 or 3cm from the top of

26 Aug 2020: The following University webpage summarises the present situation: www.cam.ac.uk/coronavirus/news/statement-on-undergraduate-admissions-18-august-2020. ... As things stand, 70% of our new intake will come from the maintained sector (an increase from 67%

12 Apr 2020: Terry Waite CBE, the humanitarian and author, spent 1,763 days in captivity in the Lebanon, the first four years of which were spent in solitary confinement. Following his release in 1991 he was elected a Fellow-Commoner of Trinity Hall, where he

9 Sep 2020: It has also proven impossible to recruit new committee members in the COVID-19 climate. ... I would like the legal issue to be resolved before handing over to a new president – another reason for proposing no changes to the committee in this difficult

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

3 Dec 2020: As part of a community effort to make sure people don’t go hungry in Cambridge, the Trinity Hall kitchens provided food for a local food bank based at Cambridge Regional College in King’s Hedges.

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: Food is an important part of Christmas festivities and many of our present day gastronomic traditions have their origins in centuries old recipes. These recipes were shared by word-of-mouth or passed down in private notes or journals, but from the

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

12 May 2020: After the Wall was down, this empty area running along 140 km —87 miles— became home to modern buildings trying to peacefully connect and reunite, to create a new common future.

27 Feb 2020: Trinity Hall welcomes students of any faith or none, and Cambridge is a wonderful place to explore new ideas, philosophies and religions, either intellectually or personally. ... Living on-site means that your lectures and other colleges aren’t too far

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