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Trevor Dannatt obituary Elain Harwood The Royal Festival Hall, London, is an enduring legacy of the cultural optimism of the Festival of Britain, seven decades ago. In 1948, a hand-picked team of architects was brought in by London county council (LCC) to design the concert hall on the South Bank in which the festival would hold its main show. Among them were eight members selected by their former tutor, Peter Moro, at Regent Street Polytechnic, who, along with Leslie Martin, le...

Trinity College has cut their bursaries for undergraduates who have not returned to Cambridge by 50 per cent for the entirety of Lent term, the college has confirmed in a statement to The Tab Cambridge. Undergraduate students from “low and middle-income families” currently receive additional support from the college, in addition to the Cambridge Bursary, for students with a household income of below £42,620. The college told The Tab this affects a “small proportion” of students and tha...

“The Junior Common Room (JCR) and Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) have said they are concerned about ‘claims of harshness’ in the implementation of Covid-19 restrictions in student accommodation. The two groups have released joint communication to Trinity Hall (Halls) residents regarding recent concerns raised about fines that have been issued to residents …” (more) [Shannon Connolly,

Keswick School is celebrating that three A Level students have secured conditional offers from Oxford and Cambridge. Charlotte Hignett (from Gilcrux) has been offered a place at Pembroke College, Cambridge, to study Modern and Medieval Languages, Sophie Mackenzie (from Workington), has been offered a place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, to read History, and Hannah Rumney (from Ennerdale) has been offered a place at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to study Veterinary Medicine. Charlotte said: �...

All welcome at “Consecration to St. Joseph” in person and Zoom programs in during Lent Share SACO — In the Year of St. Joseph, two Maine parishes will present opportunities for anyone interested to learn more about the universal patron of the Church and his life of wonder and ceaseless love. “Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father” will be offered on Monday evenings at 6 p.m. in Most Holy Trinity Hall, located on 271 Main St. in Saco, from Feb. 15 through Marc...

“Students who feel ‘terrorized’ by a strict implementation of social restrictions at Trinity Hall (Halls) have raised their concerns ahead of the upcoming semester. In a meeting of the newly-established Trinity College Dublin’s Renters Union (TCDRU) this evening, an issue was raised about the conditions Trinity Halls (Halls) residents have been experiencing over the last few months …” (more) [Shannon Connolly and Kate Henshaw, Trinity News, 28 January]

A top private school has been condemned for including Soviet spy Donald Maclean among a list of former pupils that it wants to honour with blue plaques.   Greshams School has applied to put up plaques celebrating a selection of notable alumni on its Old School House building in Holt, Norfolk. Those selected include The Crown actress Olivia Colman, Sir James Dyson, composer Benjamin Britten, poet WH Auden and hovercraft inventor Sir Christopher Cockerell.  The school, which costs £36,000...

Student Minds Cambridge and Trinity Hall students have launched open letters calling for “compassion” to be shown by the collegiate University when dealing with returns enquiries. Current University guidance allows for students to return to under exceptional circumstances, including a lack of a workspace at home and physical or mental health issues. However, students have told Varsity of the issues they have encountered in this process, while the open letter from Trinity Hall students cites...

Trinity alumni have delivered a letter to the College demanding full divestment from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels. The letter was signed by 110 Trinity alumni, ranging from former students who matriculated in the 1950s and 1960s through to last year’s graduates. The letter, which was delivered at midday today (11/01), reads: “Investments are a political statement. While the College remains invested in fossil fuels it aligns its financial interest with—and endorses t...

From the prospect of women landing on the moon, to Covid-19, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Rent Strikes and Freedom of Speech, 2020 certainly held a lot in store for Cambridge. Here,  Varsity Senior News Editors, past and present, summarise some of the key moments which shaped the previous year for our University and community. January – A promising start Simon Lock As hard as it may be to believe now, 2020 began brimming with positive news for Cambridge. Two of the University’s former stude...