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G'He
L 0Founded I
the College NewsletterBarone s Cun1berlege tneet
ightingale Institute students
.1(\\'\:..,( (;roup (:hid pl:ak..,a( K.Jr1g\ on b~lI1king er (hl:l:11\ IWIlJl1l:JH
narf)IJI'H (,'lIlIIbl'dl'/(l'lall's 10 Xla!! ((lIrI xlllrlmlJ r111t1' .\'iKltlill,~(/11' /IIXI/l111'
Baronc\\ Cumberle"l:,
1'.lrlialllenw~ l'nd:r-<,eerewry
of Stme at the Ikpanllll:nt of
llealth, n':l:l:ntly callle (() thl: Collegl:,
Thl: purpo\e 0 hl:r I i\it II'a\ to meet
and wlk to thl: 300 \trong intake of
Projeer 2000 \wdl:nt\ from thl:
'\, ightingall: I n\titlltl:, .\ftl:r hl:r
addrl:\\ \hl: \penr mer all hour chatting
(() \wff and \cudem\, amlll:ring
Cjul:\tion\ about Gl)\ern ml:nt polie\.
the roIL: of nur\c\, and carl:cr pro\pl:et\.
Jn hl:r \peeeh \hl: 1Il:lcoml:d the
\tudent\ co their nCII cour\c, .md
cho\cl1 pro!i.:\\ion, in onl: of the mo\t
dynamIC. plOneerin • and caring
in\tiwte\ in the count~, Rackl:d up by
thc cxpeni\l: and cxcl:llcnee of (;uy'\.
Thoma\' and King\ College ho\pital\.
it lIa\ a nur\ing faculty of truly
imernational \tanding. Shl: paid tribute
[() the Direc[()r of thc ~ightingale
In\ticutc. ProfL:\\or Jill :\hlelL:od Clark,
aeknl)\\ iL:dging her conrribution to thl:
del'clopmcnt of nur\ing, and a\ a roil:
model for \cudent\,
Bank\ :Inu the financial \l:ctor
halc an imporwm role [() play In
helping (() rai\c l:11\ ironmencal
\wndaru\. thc ChicI' E ,",ecutilc of thc
'\,.It\\'l:\t Group \aiu in the annual
Gilbarc Lecture at "ing'\ on lK October.
Derck \\'anle\\. 11 ho i\ al\o Chairman of
the GOIernment\ '\UI i\or) Committee
on Bu\ine\\ anu the EI1\ ironlllent.
\poke on RrlllJ:illr!. ,,"rI Ihr I'.m:irol/llll'lll in
an el'ent ho\tcd b\ "ing\ and the
(:banered In\tiwtl: of Banker\ and
\upponcd by Fleming,/~al c e I'ro\per.
In hi\ adeJrl:\\ \Ir \\ anle\\ JI\o ,aid
that integrating CI1I ironmcmal i\\ul:\
imo the core acril itil: of all bu,ine\\,
'IIlU public reporting on bu\inl:\\\
elll ironmcnwl pro,gn:\\, 11 erl: kl:\ fir\t
\tep\ to achil:1 ing l:nl ironlllemal
improl l:lllem\. lie IIcm on [() di\l:u\\
\OIlll: ofthl: CI1l ironmenral i\\uc, 11 hich
hal l: \ignificam bu\inc\, implication\.
and l:mph,hi cd thc necd to mOl c
bu\inl:\\ t()II'ard, thl: goal of \u\tainable
delclopmcm, balal1\:ing cconomic,
l:1lI ironmental and \ocicral ,goal\.
:\ Ir \\'anIL:\\ \tated hi\ belief that
l:nl ironmemal ri\k\ \hould be fully
integratcd into thc more traditional ri\k
d\\C\\mem proeedure\ u\cd by bank\
I1 hen con idering loan\. '\Vc often hal l:
COlllilllll'rI Oil /Jagr Ihl'n'
I'agt: 1
IJong er\ ice re\varded
Thc follo\l ing mcmb~r, of ,raff
recei\ cd long ,cn ic~ a\l ard,
from rhe Principal ar .1
pr~,enrarion in rhc Council l{ooll1 on
U Oc[{)ber:
Nmj: m'O!·. kl! If) "~I!;h!: 1)1' Franci,
Jelkrr (\Iarhemaric,); 1)1' Farouk
"halafal1a (Eknronic cS'1':kctrical
Enginccring); Prok'>'>or \brgarer
Hre)\\ n (Educarion); 1)1' \nrhoJl\
Harnard (\ brhemaric'); Prof..:'>'>or
Colin Gun[{)n (Theolog~): Dr Rog..:r
Slade (Safcry Office); I'rofc'>'>or
Gordon Da\ ie, (I'h~ ,ic,)
.lliddlt mu:': 1)1' John Sih e,rer
(\!arhcmariC'»; \ II' Geoffre~ Bel1ringer
(Librar~ ); \ 11'1)'1\ id Fra,er (Ekuronic
cS' Ekcrrical Engineering); Dr
Chri,ropher 'l'hur,ron (Life Scicncc,);
\11' John I Ltrpcr (Geograph~); 1)1'
I',micia Goodin,on (\Iarhcmaric'>l; \11'
Surendra Hharia ("CS\ID)
Fmll! m'O!': \1, .\nnJohn'>on
(Finance): \) I' Chri,rophcr \ lcC:aulc~
(Finance): Profc'>'>or .Ianc Rob~rr,
(Engli,h): Thc I'rincipal: Dr .\nrholl\
Richarl"on (Chemi,rn): Rc\ d Richard
c:oggin, (Thcolog~): Dr John "ichola,
« :hemi,rr~ )
Orher, cli,giblc [() recei\c an ,mard
bur un,lblc ro a[[cnd rhc prc,enrarion
\I Cl''': \11', .Iean.\ldcrron ("CS\ID); Dr
IllIgh Iknncr[{) (Chcmi,rr~);Profe'>'>or
R E Burge (I kp'lrrll1..:nr of Ph~ ,ic,
-10 \car, a\l,trd); \11' Pcr..:r Lan/!;Ioi,
(Ekcrronic e Elccrrical Engin..:cring);
\Ii", \Iargarcr Ru,bridge ("CS\)I).
.lJ1d Dr Barbara \\'hirchou,c
(Ph",iolog~).
I' I"~ !.
Cell, se{f & sociel) - po ter forum
T hc l!ealrh cicncc,' Di\ i,ionheld a li\eh po,rcr forum
cnrirlcd (tI/. ...tlfc-srN/I!)' in
rhe Grear Ilal1 ar rh..: 'rrand on
\\ ..:dne,da~ 11 Ouob..:r. Po,r..:r,
il1u,rraring rh~ re,c'.Jrch acri\ iric, of
dcp'lrrm..:nr, \I cre ~,hibired b~ rhe
\ge (,oncern JJl'>riwre of G~ronrolog~,
rhc Cenrrc for \ !enral l!ealrh ~cn ice,
Ik\ clopm~nr. "ur'lJ1g ~wdic"
"urririon e Dicreric, and Pharnuc~.
enty-five years on
'inl' 1'lIlm/ln hrtll al Ihl' Slmlld!)(,t!.'n!jor Ih{' 17'11/1;0/1
T he CI'I" of I97() cekhr:.Jted
thc t\1 ent) -fifth anni\ er,ar) of
their graduation ill ,t\ le Oil
Saturd:.J) 30 Seprember. Cher a third of
rllO,e \\'ho \Iere ,rudent' in rh,u ) car
came to enjoy ,In afternoon of
departmental \ i,ir,. tour, of rhe
;ollege and rhe Principal'" Reeeprion,
l'nder rhe g'l/e of the ,rarue' ':l:.Jncre
and SapielHer. alumni. ralT, former
,ralT and currenr ,rudelH g:.Jrhcred [()
go"ip, e'\eh:.Jn~e ne\I' 'lIld informarion
and to re\ i\ e forgo[[en (or almo,r
forgo[[cnl memoric,. IIRII Reggie.
borne from hi, hidin,~ place b) eight
,wdenr'>, held :.Judience in the.: Council
Room.
The culmination ofdle da) \\a,
rhe magnifiecnr Reunion Dinner in rhe
Grear Ilall, [() \\ hich almo r J.'iO came.
1),1\ id ~Iarrin \\ho \\a, Dean in 197()
galc a \ irtll<J'o perform:.Jnce a, gue,r
,peakcr \1 irh a eharacreri,ric:.Jll\
ourrageou' and enrermining ,peech .. \
di,co of rnu,ic from 1970 wok rhe
proceeding, inw rhe e:.Jrly hour, of
SarLlfda\ morning,
Were :ou here in 1971?
If\ou 'rudied or \\orked ar King',.
QEC or Chcl'e.:a in 1971, rhen
\lartin Thomp'on ofrhe KCL\
Office \\ ould \ er) much like ro hear
from )OU, lie i, ,dread) pl:.Jnning rhe
2.'i YC:.Jr Reunion for rhe Cia, of 1971.
\\ hich \\ ill bc held on Sarurda) 2
September 1996. lie i, ,eeking [()
compile a, full a contacr li'r a, po"ibk
of rhc taff and ,rudenr, of rhat ) car
and \\oldd be \ef'\ grareful for a 11\ help
he can get.
If) ou ha\ e departmenral
phorograph, or other memorabilia of
the.: pe.:riod he.: \\ ould al,o be.: \ e.:r\intere,red in heaflng from )OU. \Iartin
ma\ be eontaercd in rhe KCI,.\ Office.
Corn\lallllou,e.:; hi, rekphone
e'\ren,ion i, .'\().'i2 :.Jnd hi, email i,
m. th ellll p,onCQ-k<; 1.,1(;. u k.
Gilbart kcrure, f'OlIt;I/U{'r!(milljJ{~{f,e olle
\eC) link iuea abour rhe el1\ ironmenral
con,equence, of our aeri\ itie,. E\ en if
\Ie kno\\ \1 hat rhe) arc, do \\e - can \Ie.:
- knO\I \\ hat the) \1 ill be.:? \\'har i",ue'
are being ,wred up to be faee.:d in
furure. \\ hen de\ cloping 'cienritic
km)\\ ledge open, our e)e,?' he 'I'll-cd.
lie poinred our rhar of
appro'\imarel) 37.()()() mulri-national
corporarion" onl) ju,r 0\ er IO() hall;
publiell reported rheir en\ ironmenral
pcrformance to their ,h'lreholder'.
'SomehO\I \\ c ha\c [C) cn,ure rhat rhe
an:.JI",r, and fund m:.Jnager, r:.Jke
el1\ ironmenral i.,.,ue, eflou,I). l' nril
thi, happen" unril en\ ironmenral i.,.,ue,
arc ,een a, impacring upon :.J eompan) ..,
operation:.J1 ;lI1d financial perform,lnce,
'f'> \1<.:11 ;1\ it, long rerm \1 ell-heing, rhe
markcr, arc unlikcl) to reacr \1 Irh much
enrhu,ia'm. '
(,'rlp;"S ofIhl' fltll 1l'\1 ofIhe In/Itn' /117'
(It'rl;la/;!(' fmlll Ih" Ptr'SS (lIId PIt!JI;mllllll.'
Offill'. {'xllt .ill/i.
Roland Baiicl
Link Co-ordinaror
Life Science, Di\ i,ion
Clll1lribullOn ro kno\l ledge Ilf
biodl\ er ir~ 1Il1luded an C\hilararing
explorarion of high allllude \\ erland, in
rhe \ loul1l,lin, of rhe \Ioon (R \I en/nri
Life Sciences rene,\'aandah
OpportllnJ[\ for coll,lborarion
bcr\\ccn cn\ ironmcnralt r~ 111
rhc Lift: ciem:c I)i\ i~lon and
\lakerere l ni\er~J[~'~ In rirurc of
Em Ironmcnr and .. 'Hural Rc~ource~
ha~ becn arranged for a rhrcc \car
pcriod rhrough rhc Iligher Educarion
Link Scheme. Thi, foil 0\1 , rhe
complerion in \1:1\ 199.') ofa \en
,ucce.,.,ful rhree-\\"a~ \\"erland, Biolog~
Link ber\l een our uni\ er,irie, and rhe
l'gandan :"arional \\'erland,
COl1'len arion and \ Ianagemel1l
Programme, ~upporred ()\ er fi\ e ~ e,lr,
b~ rhe Briri~h Council and \\'orld
COl1'enarion l'nion.l·ganda·,
\I erland, include ,omc of rhe counrr~ \
mmr producri\ e and \ aluable nalllral
eco~\ ~rem,. The~ ha\ e grear pOlenrial
for long-renn ,u~rainable managemel1l
offering good, and ,en ice' ranging
from \I ,ltcr. rimber, rharch. fuel and
fi~h. lO \I ildlife habirar~. flood conrrol
and \I'a,re uearmenl. .\r rhe ,amc rimc
in l'ganda. a~ el,e\l hen:. \lerland, are
liable lO degradarion rh rough ()\ er
exploirarion, pollurion, drainage and
land comer~ion. Thu,. rhe principal
objeeri\ e of rhe link \la, (() a~,i,r rhe
C;O\ ernmel1l in rhe con,en'arion and
,ound managemenr of \\"erlan(1\ and in
rhe acqui,irion of a rechnicalcapacir~
[() do rhi~.
OUl\\'ard \ i,ir, from London
during rhe \\\;r1an(1\ Link cenued on
e,rabli,hing collaborari\ e re~earch \I irh
GO\ ernmenr and In,rilllrc ,raff and
po,rgraduare,...\mong,r Inlllarl\ e~ 111
,u,winablc urili,arion \I a, rhe
de\ elopmenr of agro-fi,h pol~ culllln.:
including a 'finger-pond' concepl.
Thi, im oh e, rhe exca\arion of
elongare hollo\l' ar rhe land\l ard edge
of '\lamp' lO rrap fi,h during rhe ebb
of ,ea,onal flooding \I hich. \I irh crop~
'0\1 n on rhe mound, ber\l een rhem.
rhen offer han e,r, of borh during rhe
dr~ 'ea'on .. \ major pollurion ,rud~
a.,.,c.,.,ed rhe e'\rel1l of heal ~ meral
incur,ion, from pa,r mining aeri\ in
inlO rhe il1lernarionall~ recogni~ed
\I erland, of Lake (;eorge and poil1led
w rhe need for remedial acrion and
moniwring a~ cobalr reclamarion from
mll1e railing, ger, unden\ a\.
link \ ith
rangel.
In\l ard \ i,J[~ from Kamrala \I ere
orienred W\l ard, training and relied on
man~ folk in College. rhc \\"arer
l·rilirie,. \:arional Ri\er, .\urhorir\ and
eon,en'arion bodie, \I ho ,hared rheir
rcchnique, and ~kill\ in anal~ rical
chemi.,rr\, ,u,rainablc bioma.,.,
urili'arion. biomoniroring. \I cri and
re'rorarion. nalllre re~en e
managemel1l and 'roOl-/one'
bio[(;chnolog~.. \ highlighr and unique
fearun: of rhe fir,r link \I ,1'1 rhe
produerion of a pop-,ong 1l"1't!llIIrls (111'
Oil!" /~k/J/o{jd. Performed and recordcd
b~ l'ganda\ ,\frigo Band. ir \la,
launc:hed b~ rhe \lini~rer for \::llural
Re,ource~ ar rhe Kampala Sheraron in
199.) and i, rc:gularl~ heard on l'ganda
Radio [() il1lroduce \lerland, a\\"arcne,~
and orher en\ ironmenral rrogramme,.
Through a further ,erie, of regular
r\l (HI a~ \ i,ir" rhe ne\l link \I ill
conrinue ,e\ eral \lerland direcred
aeri\ irie, bur rhe empha,i, \\ illm()\ e
W\I ard, ,ha ring experli,e on a broader
from in applied en\ ironmenral ~cience.
c\\ from rhe [k~lp,lrrmeJ1(
of lIuirion'~Dlcreric
P rofc~ or (:Jrhnlm: ('Cl kr Jnd
Jane nlOma J[(ended rhe \''In
lIlnrion (.onfcrenn: 111 BeIJII1g,
in Ollober and I'mlc ~or ander gal e
an in\ ired pJper ar rhe 21 r \\ nrld
Congre~ of rhe Il1lernJlIonal (K.ier~
for Far Re~earlh in rhe Ilague on 16
Oerober.
DrTol1\ Leed, \la, il1\ ol\l;d in
organi,ing and ,pcaking ar rhe Ro~ al
Socier\ of \lcdicine Conft:rence I'ood.
PmjJlt ({lid /Im/ln: PI/SI e FIIIII/'I' on 26
and 27 OClObcr. Profc.:.,.,or Tom
Sander, ha .. appeared on ,e\ en"
rele\ i~ion programme,. On BBC T\\
(:f)lllllll' Filt he di,cu.,.,ed rhc pro'> .ll1d
con~ of hUller \ er,u, margarinc. On
Channc.:l-l\ TIt/' B~~ Slory. \I hich
challenged rhe merhod, and erhic~ u,ed
b~ \ egerarian acri\ i,r group, lO infilrrarc
,chool,. he \lamed again,r rhe hat.ard,
of reenagcr, adopring unbalanced
\ egerarian dier, and ()\ crderending on
\I har hc rcrmed '\cgerarian junk food'.
In rhe G\IT\' breakfa,r programme
Profe.,.,or Sander, warned abour rhe
hal.ard~ of ,Iimming dier, rhar a\oided
milk producr,. Thi, follo\l ed a reporr
rhar rhe Duehc,~ of York had recenrl~
lo,r 0\ er r\l 0 ,rone in a no-dairy product
dicl.
FOcll .... ed on re .... earch
KCL Elllerpri.,es ha, recellll)
launched ir, 0\1 n regular
ne\l ,lcner, Rt'smnn FO(;{ 'S,
Thi, replace, rhe Rf'S('((!"d/ 0PPfJ/1ftllilil'l'
BII//rllll formerl~ produccd b~ rhe
..\cademic Srandard, Secrion. Our
illlemion i, 10 keep rhc ne\l ,lcncr
brief and rc.:le\'am; \I e hope ir \I ill
,upplemem rhe rargered informarion
on re,earch opporrunirie, rhar ~ ou
alr<:ad~ rec:ei\ e from u,. ,.\11 re,earch
oprorlunirie, \I ill cOlllinue [() be pur
on rhe Re,earch '\,'oriceboard of King'"
Infurmarion S~ ~rem (K IS).If you \I "h lO be included on our
mailing li,r, plea,e comaer Sara Kell~.
KCI. El1lerpri~e Lrd, Corn\l'all
Ilou,e on exr 3.EI; e-mail Bt\) or
FI R on I'D, .\013.
Geraldinc Barr~
KCL Emerrri~e, Lrd
Robin 11<llilt
Pha rm"eology
or ~ le1\. i11e Seh'1ch t
d rh re\'-\ Terl1110r'1tl\ e _ Iedal
Pr )fea\yard( ... 0111111
Member\ of the PhJrm.tcolog\
Group \\ ere l.lt.:lighteu wrccei\ e ne\\, of J \ cn. .~reJt
honour \\ hich h:.l\ bt:cn confcrrcu on
\!cl c.;chaehtcr (({lIm!') for hi\ lifctimc\
comribution w meuical ,cience anu for
aeh "ncing our unuer,wnuing of the
bIOlogical imporrancc of pain
prouucing kinin,.
.\Ithough Profe<,<,or c.;ch"chtcr i\
Can"ui"n and \\a\ rraineu in
bioehemi,t~. phy,iology anu mcdicine
•It :-'!cGilll'ni\er,iry in thc 1<)40,. he i,
reg'lrdeu by many of u, a, an honor"n.
I-.ngli,hman. Thi, j, bccau,e he UI[ hi
re,c"rch teeth in the I<).';(h Jnd ca rh
J<)60, m Lonuon, before going our whead the I'hy iolo!.,~ Deparrmenr at
the l'ni\cr,jty of -\Jberra. 1100\e\er.
,ince official 'retiremt:nr' in 1<) .'i hc
ha, rcwrneu \\ ith hi, family w li\ e in
I.onuon.•mu [() conrtnuc "n "cri\ t:
ill\ oh emenr \\ ith laborarory re,e:.lrch.
tir,t Jt l CL anu latterly at "ing\.
The ciwtion from thc hey -\\'erle
l'oLlndation nced, \ClIllt: t:\planatlon.
Tht:,e t\\ 0 emint:m Gt:rman ,cicmi,t\
uominatt:u caruio\a,cular
pharmacologie,,1 rc,earch in the
imef\\'ar year,. making major
ui,cc)\ eric, about hcm bloou prc<,<,urc
i, controlleu in the face of injLl~ and
r
hlcedlll!:. 'I hi led [() the tdcnrt iL.lrton
of \ JfHlI1 protcm-Iikc ub lJnec \\ I[h
hOrlllf,nJI tUlluiflll \\ hllh I fC\. \\ erlc
Jnu thClf colleJgue deteucu In
phJrnuc"logicJI lC t . Thc meuJI
thcrcforc cd" [() eommcmor:.lte major
UlIltrlbulHlIl m th" area.
\lcI chachter \\.1,:.1 Ie.lum~ light
in the emergmg .Ifea of kinin re e.lreh
uUrlng n:nufl.:d fellfl\\,hip\ in thc eJrh
p",l\\ar \e.lr helu Jt thc LI,ter
In,ttture. ">Jrton.i1 In [I[urc of \JculcJI
!{c carch IIld I ni\ cr,l[\ (.ollcge Thh
\\ a, a periou IJI \"lIch man\ of the
lummarie, oj Bnrl,h pharmJcolog\
\\ere e,tJbli hlllg I[ preuomul.lnr
po,ition. :.Ind \!cl \\." parr of thl
pluurc. \\orklng .i1ong\luc 'ouch great,
a, \\ i1hclm I· c1dberg anu Bill (later Sir
\\ i1hall11 I'Jwn. \mong,t h"
U"CO\ eric, \\ ere thc tindlng, that
kinin peptide, .Ire pre eJlt not onh 111
mamm.i1, bUl aho In \\ a\p \ enom,
(:.Inu no doubt contribute «J the pain
produced by ,ting,) :.Ind in othcr
,implc animal,. It \\a, he \\ho
propo,ed th"t the generic term 'kinin'
bc applieu to all 'ouch clo,ely related
peptiuc ub,wnce" "nd he \\a,
f,,\cinateu by the concept th"t the,e
'L1b,tance, ha\ e been con,en eu
during million, of ycar, of e\ olution
acro" :.I \\ iue range of ,pecie,.
l nfortlln:.ltely. \!cl \\J' unable to
collect hi, mcual In per,on in J)en\l:r
Jt the "mln (J'; conference on I.';
eptember a, he i, recO\ ering from a
mild ,rroke. 'J h" he ha, borne \\ Ith hi
ul,romary forrttllue :.Inu t:.lrth\
humour. quahrte \\ hleh h:.l\ e,en. eu
him \\t.:llm the \\orlu ohuenrific
re e"rch. \\ e congr"tlIlate him anu
\\i,h him \\ell!
tlldie'illHaIIJ~flllReiioioll
J.1Ilt.: tcm n m the I.ltt: /1) and \\ .IU)
m thc t:Jrh 11' mJ\ hJ\ c
luppt:ndnl wo far :1\\ J\ [I> Jppe.lf
rehellt [() thc Hritl h chufch - hut
rt.:ct.:1l[ c\cm III hcftieh.l h.l\e
hfl)u~ht the clleet of hJrmtll1
fcllt:IOIl omo our uoorutep.
\llIrllI III /I{I/IIIIIII R.tll~I/JII. the
eighteenth confercnle of the (:emre
for I heolo~\ C( .1IItllre. j, J
eonfcr~nce ue,igllt:ll for anyone \\ ho I
conecrncd \\ Ith potclltlally harmful
praUlCe III reltglou, Itft:. The
th~oretic.d .Inu pr.luleal contributIOn
\\ ill he rele\ e,IIH ro the Imere,t of
pne t, .md p.l,tor,. member, of the
c"rint: profe, lOll, Jnd tht: p.lfent of
chiluren In reltglOu orgJni,,,tion
\\ hie h LIlI,e them cOllcern.
I· or furrher detJI"- pleJ'c ,peJk
to \nure\\ \\ .t1ker. Roolll 21211. t:,t,2';4.
In thenews
lurnin!!: on rhe \\ mmDr Philip \\ lll[field. I lead of rhe
Di\ i\ion of [,Ife uence'. had hi,
lenure ro rhe Brin\h \.,.,I)<:lanon
reponed in rhe f)tI/!r "Ji/i".!mph. rhe
Gl/ardial/ Jnd "1'111 "J //III'S, lie re\ ea led
rhar a \wch of rhe earinl.( halm of
chimpan/ee had unco\ en:d medicinal
lea\ e\ rhar could help uear \I orm
infe,{<\rion, rhar affen more rhan a
billion people. The chimp, ,penr a lor of
rimc chc\l ing .\\palia lea\ c \I hich ha\ c
link nurrirional \ Jlue bur conrain J
compound rhar anaek\ roUJl(hlOrm. He
,aid ir \\'a\ a ',orr of bil.arre molecule
rhar no \\ nrherie organic chemi,r \I ould
c\"(;r rhink of making bur ir happened wbe a \'er~ good drug.'
PI1C\\ ~
During rhe reeem \\'arer \horrage\ ir \la,
re\ ealed rhar Tre\ or ~e\l wn. chid'
execuri\"e of York\hire \\'arer, had nor
had a barh for rhrce momh\, Prote,\or
~orman ~oah, Profe.,.,or of Public
Ilcalrh and Epidcmiolog~.KC:S:\ID.
~aid in The Ti/lles rhar rhere \I'a, lin!c
ch~lIlce of neming a public heal rh hal.ard
b~ nor ha\ ing a barh, ,\ ,hll\\er in rhe
morning \\"a, more of a p\~chologieal
hoo~r rhan a mcdical nece,~iry,
\ \"irne""The \\'ar crime uial, in The l/aguc of
Dragan Nikolie, rhe man aecu,ed of
murdering and wrruring inmare\ ar rhe
infamou\ Serb-run SU~iCI pri,on camp in
\'Ia~eneia, \\"a~ reponed in rhe IJllil)'Telt'f!mph. The fir\r \I irne\\ \I'a, Dr
Jame~ GO\l, I,eewrer in rhe Deparrmem
of War Srud ic\. \I ho ga\ c a hi\wrieal
background (() rhe contlicr in rhe former
)"ugo'la\'ia,
'()( all rape e pillage,\ ne\l image ofrhe \'iking, ha,
emerged from BBC Z\ 'I'i/llr~'atlh
programme and an arricle in The Sl/I/dayTi/lles. The \'ie\l rhar rhe~ \pem all rheir
rime raping and pillaging \la, rejecred
b~ Janer ~e"on. Profe"or of .\iedie\'al
I [i,wl"\, \\ ho ,aid rhar rhe C\ idence \\"<1,
\"Cry difficulr w find of ,pecific ea,e, in
rhe comemporary ,ouree" Ir \la, m()~r
impormm for e\ idence w be inrerprered
correerly: rhere \I'a, none rhar ,h()\\"(;d
rhar rhe \'iking, \lere an~ more \ iolem
and aggre"i\'e or c<lu,ed more damage
rhan orher group, in earl~ medie\'al
rime" Follm\ ing on from rhi\. Profe ,or
el,on ha, raken parr in programme for
BBC \\ orld el"\ Ice Jnd BBC Radio
<"'corland on rhe ,ame ropic
Ri!!:hr-\\ in!!: rhrear from rheLefrI,ord Ru"ell, Profc"or of Bnmh
Ili rOI"\ .1Ild Liberal Ikm()<:rar Peer.
\I arncd again,r rhe Righr-\I ing rhrear
po,ed b\ ne\l I ,abour in an opinion
piece in rhe S'l/l/rllll' TI'Ier:mph.
lr could ha\ e been rhemRllllrlO/ll /"rlitiOl/, rhe Radio -l programme
\I hich pick, a dare and ne\l',paper wlook ar C\ cm, for rhar rime. reeenrh
focu,ed on rhe 17rh cemury, lien~
Ro,e\ care. I)rofe"or of I1 i,{()~, wok
parr and re\ ealed rhar rhere \I ere
lorrerie, in I~ngland in rhe 169(h,
'!'ieker, for onc cO'>r £ 10 each ,0 people
u,ualh clubbed wgerhcr w bu~ rhem,
Jn12;ood \oiceIlarold Baum. Profe.,.,or of
Biochemi,r~. \la, on rhe Radio-l
\cience programme, The Thew)' QlIl'I)'.
lIe an\\lered li,rener~' que,rion~on cell
biolog\ and \ang ,ongs from hi,
biochemi\r \ ~ongbook.
'I'he pi me'> of ProzacDr Simon We\,el~, Rcader in
P,~chological :--iedieinc, KCS;,\ 1D, \I rore
an arricle for '1nl' '/'iIlll'S on rhe mcrir, of
rhc nC\I amidepre\~anr~. ~uch a~ Prozac.
a, oppo,cd w rhe older ~'pc, of drug"
\Jararhon ralkAnrhc<l Tinker, Profe,~orof Social
Geron{()lo,l,~. wok parr in a nummorh
r\lo hour di,cu,\ion on ageing on rhe
Radio S.
Irriuring, bur nor dan12;crou,>Ted Gram. Profe~ or of Experimemal
Ph\',ic . appeared on BBC Radio Solcm
{() ralk abour mobile relephone, and rhe
po"ible harm w he<llrh eau,ed b\
radiarion emining from rhcm, Ilc: \\'<1,
<lblc {() rea.,.,urc li~rener~ rhar rhey \I ere
,afe and {() gi\ e rhe,e phone, a clean bill
of heal rh.
Sec rh roughDr .\!an ;,\Iicherre, Cenrre for X-r<l\
Science. Ikparrmcm of PI1\ ,ie,. \I'a,
inren ie\l cd on rhc BBC World Sef\'ice
programme. Postlllar/: A/rim, abour x-ra~
,pecrade" in re,pon\e {() <I li,rcner\
cnqui~,
COll1111 rcial di pute re olutiol1
he ( emre i,r Con uuulon
L:I\I <..:: \IJnJ~emem', {h
JnnuJllonfcrenL'e II:I held
om J - eprember and J((entku b\ oler
2"iO people. 'I he rheme 11 J rhe earch
for cOllllllerLlJlh I 1,lhle pro<.xuure, {o
make {he he'r 1I e of arhlrra(lon,
conLlharllln ,IIlU (he L1Hln,. The Ihlion DJme Eh/Jhl"rh BtlCkr-, 10"Lhain;u rhe conference. 'lhe ke\ nme
'lddre '\la ... dell\creu 1)\ {he Rr lion
rhc Loru 'Id U rill \I ho ... un e\ ed rhc
el olu(lon :Inu UCI clopmem of
arhnra{ion on {he Engli,h kgi,LHil c
lanu ...Glpl". lie IIlrwuuecu U\ w ,I nCII
Jcrol1\lll \\'Y(jI\\'I~ - \lhJr ~ou gl"r i,
\I har I ...a~. and clllpha ... i...cu hml morc
Lhoice in arbirrarion can k"d w grc'ller
fra~mcm,t(ionof proceuure
The fir ...{ ...c"illn dcalr \I irh rhe
nccrl... ofrhc l!'>Cr. Sir \I .. \wir \I(mon.
Chairman of rhc Channcl 'Iunncl
group. di,cu"cd hml li\IJlIrc ... impacr
on rhc progre ... \ of major con,ullction
and cnginccring prujccr,. \\'c \lcre
I Cf~ pka ...ed w hear Sif \I'!'>rair .... I ie\l
,Ind ,lfC ~r.t(cful rhar he \la ... ,Ihlc w
'Ixlrc rhe rime [0 come, gi\ cn hi ... orher
com m i(Illl.: m ..... \ndn;\I Ibird from
'-, KO\l in ourh _\friLa c\.Jlllllled
hll\l rhe e\l 1-,n2;inccnng (.omrau
l:In bc urdheu [0 reuuceu 'IUI cr Ir\ III
rhe Lon rruulon pn'LC .
Thc cCllnu e' IOn colHinucu
\\ Irh rhe ...Jmc rhcmc. I he
irnpkmcnr:Irion Ilf rhc LJtlum Rcport
rccomml"nuarion, Jnu hO\I rhl"\ Illlghr
be pur iIHO pr:Iuice. \\ a ... u i'Ul l"U 1)\!'flIfe or I'hihp C:Ippcr of KCL.
!'rofc ,or. imon Robcrt of rhc I.SE
c\.all1ineu rhc con equcncc of rhc
\\'0011' Repon .\m,'I" IIIJI/Slill ,mu
offcrcd \omc uggc\rion ....1' whim
\DR CJn hc pur inw pr:Icticc.
.\frer lunch. prOl iucd [0 rhe u u:I1
... r'1I1uaru, Ilf rhc Cllllq!;e Carcfln~
SCf\ ice\. rhc rhird \c\\ion dcalr \I irh
rhc pJnicular mode\ of di,pmc
rc\olurion, in imt:rnarional and
commodir~ afbirfariOlh and m,ljor
imt:rnarional infr.l\rrUCWfe projt:cr....
Jlrofe'''lr John I 'fT. rht: :">. .. ,h Jlrofe"or
of I~nl!:inct:ringLa\\ ar KCL, ueli\l~n:d
J papef on rht: prcdicrabilir~ of
inrernarion,d dfhluarJOn, a \ubJecr
clo... t: [0 rht: (:emre· ... hearr, '-Ind onc
\\ hich rhrough rhe I chick of ir,
\la\rCf'\ progr'lmmc ... t:ek, ro
IIHfIlUULC "me unifllfll1ir\ Jnu rhu
preulluhdlf\ IIlro rhe mJrkerpIJn;.
\trer rea \I e l\l:rc enrertaineu h\
I)r \lolll1eJII\ a ro I prJuicc JlllJ
\\ fur \\ e (':Ill ICJrn from It: rhe Ho rOil
'I e.1 !',ln~ qUip \lcm J long \lJ\ [l)
/i .... rt:ring J L'ommon unucr [Jnuing. \
Common\l t:Jlrh counrerpoim \I J'
gl\ t:n h~ Dr I'crt:r Tcm on Jnd \ I r l:In
BJdc~. hmh k.llhng cOn'>rfunion
cOlln\e1 in ~ dne~. Thc rok of rhc
I· rcnlh cOUrt \Ii" t:\Jmlllcu h~ \ltlt:
Clrolt: \ IJlinl Jud. Jnu in conllu 1011
\ birre Rc~ 1l1Onu fmm Lall'.tnnc
comlJ.lreu rhe cil il ... r~ Ic of pmccullrc
\I irh rh,1[ of rht: common la\\.
'["hc occa"on \\ ,i'> ,1 ~rcar ... lIcce ......
'lIld ha\ cOlHrihllred w rhe
Ut:I elopmenr of di\pll[e re ...olurion
prou:uurc, in horh dome ... ric anu
Inr<.:rnarion.t1 ni'><':~. Thc confcrcnct:
lI"a\ 'POll\or<.:u h~ rhc Cir~ tirm of
'oliciror\. \\hllr... r \lorri ... Cri,p, \I ho
kind" organi,t:u a rcccprion ,Ifref rht:
elt:l1('
Pauline (jalc:, (:enrrt: of (:on ... ulIcrion
L,I\I e \ lanagell1cnr
X-Rays - the first 100 years - programme
Allcering, X-NI!)'."" Ihl' fj,W !lit)
W'IIH, \\ ill hc hdu on \\·t:dnt: ...u.l~
K '\;01 cmh<.:r, rhe e\acr IOOrh
annil cr"lr~ of rht: di,<.:O\ C~ of \.-ra~ ,.'I'ht: pro,~rammcappear, helml.
Tht: mornin~ ...c",ion ... \I ill ht: h<.:lu
in rhc (;rcar Ilall and rh<.: afrcrnoon
...e",ion, in rhe "t:\\ I.t:crurt: ·1·hcJrre.
Tltc <.:()'>( of arrt:lllling i,.I: I() {ilr rht:
whole ua~. or '.:6 for Gllh \c",ion, :Inu
lunch can hc pren iucd:1[ a co... r of .1:7.:;0.
,\n~bod~ inrcrc\red in arr<.:nuing ... hould
re,l!;i,rcr, a... \\ c need [0 kccp conrrol of
nllll1bcr\ in I ic\\ of rhc ,pact: al ailahlc.
FUfrhcr in!<1fI11arion Gin hc obtaincd
from Alan \Iicht:rrc (e\r 2HII) or SI:I\I ka
JlEllInr...eh (e\r 214(,) in rhe 1kparrJ11<.:nr
of Phy,ic....
Pr()gmmm~
lJ.OO Sir tan Gain,ford (\'ict:-Principal
:lnu 1kan of rhe School of \ kuicine eIknri ... r[\: \\"elcomc
Session 1<:hairman~ T \luilc\ L\ [On I'nilcr...ir~)
Ol)IO.\ hank... CHI·: (:">.",I[ional Ph~,ical
Lal oraro[\)
:\-Ra~, - Thc FiN lOO Ycar\
Ol)..'O R F \Iould (Coll'>ulranr e.\lIrhor)
Thc Earl~ Ili ...[(}~ of .'\-R.ty ... in
\ledicinc for Thcrap\ e Djagno... i"
10.1 0 \\' <: ,\;ivlIl (C:unhridgc
I nil cr\ir~ ) e C J Buckle~ (King\
(:ollegc 1AlIldon)
\'-Ra~ \Iicro\cop\
Session 2Chairnl.ln: RI·: Burgc (King"" Collt:,l!;c
I,onuon)
II.I:;J \·l.ong(Cambridl!;e I'nilcr,ir\')
X -I{a~ \licro'lIlaly~i
11.:;:; \\" hiller (["nil t:r\ir~ of Kt:elcl
X-Ra~ Diffr'luion1l.3.:; 1.ll/Irh
Session 3Chairm'-ll1: P.l Dukc (Darc,hu~
I,:lborawry)
1.),-1.::; 1 11 \llInro (I hfehll~ Labora[()~)
Thc I)CI clopmcnr allll/\pplicarjoll\ of
S\ nchr(J[mn R.il!i<l[ioll
1-1.25 \ Smirh (lhford Ill\ulImcnr... )
.'\-R.t~ I.irhograpll\
1:;.05 K POllnu~ FRS(Chicfl-:\.ccurile.pp \RC)
'I'hc Ikl clopmenr of .'\-Ra~ .\ ... uonom\
1.:;.-1.:; 'Ii'fl
Session 4Chairman: \ Frank ... CHI-: ('arional
I'h\ \ical I.ahorarof\)
16,10(: I,S I ,c\\i ... (QlICCI1\ lni\cr,ir\
Iklf,N)
The DCI e1opll1cnr e .\pplicarion ... of
1'1.t,m.t X-Ra~ Source
16.50 \1 11 Kc~ RlIrltt:rfi,rd \pplewn
I ,:lbora[(l~)110\1 I,a ...er, C;t:ncnlre Ihighr SOUfCC, of
\'-Ra~,
17.30.\ \Iiller (I'rin<.:ipal. I'nil er\i~ of
Srirling)
X-Ray, - The 'nr 100 Year...
Page 7
Profile: Peter Hoffman College Catering Officer
Pcter) foffnun. College C'ltering
Officer. joined Kin£!;' In 1979
aftcr a tarecr in the \ krchclllt
'c11 I. commcrcial org'llli c1tion\ c1nd
mhcr educational c tclbli\hmcllt .
( fl/l \'flll ([k'l fI /117'/{ft." fipllfJl/ o( \'f)ffrjo/I
Reporting to rhe Bur\ar. f run cl \elf
financing departmenr prm iding
n:fre\hmenr\ and carering \en icc\ to
\raff. \wdenr\ and e\rcrnal cu\tomer\ on
all m'lin College \ire\. Th<.: departmcnr
<.:mplm \ \om<.: 40 \rafLlnd la\r financial
~ <.:ar our rurnOl er lI'a\ in <.:\c<.:\\ of £ 1.6m.
"or." hfl':l' Ihillgs rlrcdoj!N/ OU'I" !hI' I (j
.1'1'(1/)' \'011 hll"i"l' /ll'l'IIlll A'illg's!
\\'irhin ml 0\1 n depclrtm<.:nr. nor
ncarh a\ much a\ onc 11 ould hal e likcd.
Thi\ i\ primarih for financial r<.:a\on\.
'I"he increa\ing numbcr of \rudenr\ ha\
pur comiderabk pre\\ur<.: on e\i\ring
facilirie\ and manl' arc 0\ erc[(}\\ dcd. bur
in\ufficienr incom<.: i\ generated bl our
departmenr to im e\t in ne\l faciliri<.:\.
I htl ing ~aid thar, in a hi\toric Colkge
IIhich ha\ been going former 160 \ear\
change\ arc. perhap\, rarh<.:r .,Ic}\\ er than
thel arc in rhe commercial \I orld,
II 'O'l' .1'011 vcwJ:illg ill /hl' mll/II/I'trill!
U''f)r1r1 V/,/Ol'l' yOlllcllllf 10 A'illg's'!
I \lork<.:d in in\ri[lJrional or
educational carering prior to coming to
King\, although m~ fir\r rhr<.:c job\ lI'<.:r<.:
in rhe pril'ar<.: ~ec[()r. One of rhe re.:a\on\
I lI<.:nr from commer<.:ial to'in\riwrional'
carering \I'a\ becau\e I gm f<.:d up 11 irh
1I'0rking a ~ixreen or eighree.:n hour dal
to keep ~hareholder\ in dil·id<.:nd\ and to
keep Oll'ner\ of hotel group" in Roll.,
Ro~ee~.
II Ital rlirlyolllmill flS!
) did a four-year horel and catering
managemenr cour\e \I hich COl ered all
a"pects of the earering bu\ine.,\ from
pracrieal cookery, rh rough accounting to
horel house-keeping and fronr and back
of house.
HarlyolI tt'vc·tI\,s ",·tllllerllo vc'od: ill this
fiflr/!
f had ahnl\'S wanted to go into the
Royal :'--:al:' bur \I hen) \la., \'ir[lJall~ in
rhe) di.,eO\'ered rhar I \I a., .,emi-colour
blind and rherefore rhe~ couldn'r rak<.:
mc. I looked around ar rhe other rhing\ I
wa\ interesrcd in and filed upon
carering-morc by luck rhan judgem<.:nr.
Fortunarely I \la., able to combin<.: my
inrerc~r., in carcring and rhc :"al) 11 h<.:n
I graduarcd from carering colkge b~
joining rhc \Icrchanr :'--:an \I here I
didn'r hal e an\' prohlem, \I irh colour
blindne\\.
Dirlyolllmcd IIit vcw1r!!
f \I orked for rhe l'nion Ca.,r1e
Company 11 hich 11 a\ primaril~ on rhe
Sourh Africa routc. I \pent rhree I'C,H\
\ailing from Sourhampton, pa\r rhe
Canan' bland\, up and dOli n rhe SOLJ[h
.\frican coa~r.
Do .1"111 sli//sflil!
Ye~, I don'r hal c m) Oil n boar bur
11 c charter a boar <':1 <.:ry year and \ail in
rhe ~ kdircrran<.:an. \\'<.: ocea\ionall) go
.,ailing in rhc Soknr ar rh<.: lI'eekend."
Dol'SYOllr illlflr'SI ill/oorl tlllrI vc'illf
f.\ll'IIrI Vl'yollrlyOllljOV!
Jeanerrc, m~ \I ife, 11 ould rcll I'OU
rhar 11 hen \I care.: <.:nr<.:rtaining ar home
\hc'" rhc onc \I ho cook\ bccau\c \hc has
more pariencc \I irh \auces and rhings
like rhar. f do quire a lor of cooking
\I hen ir'" jU\t rhe [\\0 of u., bur rhen ir'"
ju.,t ba.,ic home cooking.
1\ Itttl "''fJItlrlyoll .1'11.1' vc'fl'l' Ihe 11/0.1'1 flllrI
kllsl jJosilicf tlspcrls o/yollrjo/li'
f rhink rhe mo\r po.,iril e a\peer i.,
rhe friendline.,\ of rhe people here and
hOll' rhey all 11 ork togerhcr. f hal'e a I'ery
good group of \raff \I orking for mc,
man\' of \I hom came into unil'er.,it)
carering from rhe commercial .,ccror
.,ome years ago. ofrcn for rhe .,ame
rea.,ons I did. Thcy hal e heen I er\'
flexiblc and del eloped OI'er rhe ~car., a~
we frequenth' work .,el en day~ a wcck
imtead of being ju.,r a nine [() filc,
\ londa~ [() F rida~ operarion. Onc of rhe
prohlem "thar people arc all \lorking
longer hour, Thi I nor ju r carcnng.
nor ju,t KJIlg' Collcge. ir' rh<.: GI\C all
mer rhe counr~. Tho\c in \lork. \lork
longcr hour\, 'I hc \raff ar[f[ude., 11 C·le
gor in rhe Colkgc arc I e.:~ po iril e.:.
'1 he ne.:garil <.: a pen\ of ml Job
\I)fing from rhe facr rhat 1 hal <.: rhc "'lme
problcm\ a\ rhe.: C:olle.:ge in gencral.
') hcrc ha\ been a lack of rc\ourcc, and
inl C\[I11<.:nr and. equall~ importall[,
\pace. Thi\ i\ a particular problcm ar rhc
momenr for ml dcpartmcnt, pcrhap\
,Iighrl~ c\aecrbarcd hI \cme.:\rcri\arion,
J)uri ng rhc [\\ 0 hu\ic\r \emc\rer\ more
pcople arc on \ire rhan Cl cr bcforc and
rhi, C'IlI\C\ ()\ e.:rlo'lding of rhe faciliric\.
C:U\[()nKr\ mighr hu~ a mcalll hich rhel
11 ould cnjo~ bur rh<.:~ can'r find
an~ 11 hcrc [() \ir dO\l n. Thi., i\ nor a
problcm unique [() m~ departm<.:nt bur
'1\ a d<.:partmenr 11 hich i., .,clf-financing I
find rhar I am .,rruggling 11 irh onc of ml
,um\ ried behind my back. In rh<.: real
11 orld a .,ucce.,\ful commercial compan~
11 ould almo.,r certainlY be able [() horro\l
mon<':1 [() il1le.,r and expand. bur 11 care
I <.:rl ri<.:d b~ rhe lack of .,pace.
I undcr.,rand rhe problem. \Ye.: arc a
unil <.:r\irl and academic prioriries
inel irabl~ rake preccdence; 11 hcn ir
comc., [() \pac<.: allocarion lecrurc room.,
and librarie\ arc more important rhan
carcring amcnirie~ and bar\. Ilal'ing \aid
rhar. ar rhe .,amc rimc lI'e arc required to
be.: .,clf-financing. Ir'., a bir ofa dilcmma.
(j1l1l1l1l'i.·etr~C!/' rllly ill sellleS/fr lill/f ho'iJ!'
II/lIIl\' Ilmp/f 11I'l' yOIl mlflillRIor!
Ir\ alnlO~t impos\ible to gile you
an e\an number beeau.,e man~ pe.:ople
11 ill come back more than once. 1n
incomc dunng rhe da\' on cash .,ale.,
alonc \I e arc raking .,i" w <;i .... and a half
rhou.,and pound." The trend ha., mOl<.:d
all'a~ from main meab to nacking bur
\I e \rill prOl ide 1..100 main meal., a dal·.
\I Itlll vc'olllrlyollr/rl"i'IJlIr7le II/m//Il'!
\\'hen I ear out f am equall~
concerned wirh rhe pre.,enrarion and thc
armo.,phere of rhe .,urroundings. \\'hen
ir come., [() food ir.,elf I am rather boring.
Engli.,h lamh i., a particular falourire of
mine, I e~ plain, I'm nor wo keen on
rich .,aucc\, Prccedcd by fi<;h - proper
Scorri.,h \almon. not farmed .,almon.
,I lid ""iller
t\ good d~ \I hitc, a Chabli., Premier
Cru.
Career(", mll'rllI - W,d", I/'II 1.\m.,III/JtI.
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III - lI,rI,tll',II(- JI",r I/'''
i S""",I",. li.I"1 ILhllJlJl(,/1,,111,,1/••\I/(/IId
h.: I .tir prm Ilk .In
0ppl/nunit~ for tlIlknt, to
111.:.:t \1 Ith ':Illplo\ l'r, .md
1111 I' tl~JtC .\ r.lI1~': of l'.Irl'cr optlOlh. It
I nor.l r.:t:rUltl1lcnt tJlr and .:mplm <:r
II ill nl/t b.: l',p<:<:tin~ tlIdcm to UJIll<:
prl'Jur.:d for Int<:nil'\I. 'I h" \<:'Ir\\l'
h.1I I' dl.ln~.:d thl' f',rm.1t Ill' th<: 1'1 I'IH
li~htl~ [() .lLhi<:1 <: .In mlf<:,1 nl
I'lllph.l,i, on .I!UIllI1U illl oh <:Ill.:nr.
'1 h.: llrl!"mi,.ltIOn, r.:pr':'<:IH<:d .Ir.:
11 'tnl bdo\l.
I. Itihiwr\llll'fll.tIlI'O\l<:r(.lll1\l'r Illll (\1'( I
\flm (>f!ll.:r
\nhur \nd.:r'':11
Ilmtl.:r 11.11111\n
IWI' 1..1\1 "thl/ol
'1 h.: (.h.lrtl'rl'tI In't1tutt: Ill'\I.lI1.1g<:Illt:1H \t:tOUl1unr,
Tht: Chart.:rt:d Jn,titllt<: of I'uhllt
hnann: e \ct:oununt~
Tht: (:ham:r.:d In'titlltl' ofT.".ltlon(:oop<:r, e I_~ brand
Tht: "Ir't ".won,1! Ilank of ChltagoFrcnth Crandl" Eeok, of
\l.lna~t:lllcnt
l'rol1tit:r (I ht: "olit:t\ for
Em Ironlllt:IHa I E 'plor'ltion)
Inlant! Rt:\cnu.: (LI' In'p':ltor.ltt:1
Intt:rnatlllnal I Iou,.:
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Tht: Fair brochllrt: i, .l\aiLlblt: from tht:
(:ar.:t:r, "t:n ICt:.
7~'eJltieth
(elltlll)' Ph)' 'ic.'
OL[ob.:r I 'J'J.- .1\1 th.:
puhhut l[ b\ th.: \mcflun
.lilt! I " Imtitlltl" of f'h~ 'It'01'.1 nC\l refcrenlC "ork l'nntlt:d
fr...",I"lh (,11//111 PhI i, . rct.lihn~.It
t:2-0 for a hand'"llll' t:r. The mJj"r
Jthlt:1 ellll'm, tIl Ph~ ,i" through tht:
t.:ntlln Jrt: to\ ered 11\ Icadll1g
p':lI.l!i t 1I1 th.:ir tield Including .I
nUlllber of "ohel pfl/e \I innt:r,. The
u,k of reI 11'\1 In~ thl' 'ubjt:lt of opt it
and lJptOl:kuronil' \\.1 cntru'tcd wf'roft: ,or Rm I'ik.:. j. R . .It Kmg\
tlJ~<:ther \I Ith I'rofe or Robert Bflm n.
(;t:nl'ral \Iana~t:rofharp\ l-.uropt:Jn
Rt: I'Jrth LJborJ[()rJl" .It (hford.
'I ht:lr "ork took t\l 0 \ t:Jr, Jnd
tIltllltlnltol1 ultil1~ 0\ er 'lOO
rekrl'ntl' .
I hc atel'"ibl!lt\ of the Bodlci.lI1
1.lbr.lr\ tll I'rllfe"or Bro" 11. and thc
1Il'ntT Rl'krt:net: al1d I nforlllatiol1
"en iu.: 01 tht: Brin,h I.ibrar\ at
"Oll[h.lmpwl1 Ro", Jntl. of l'our't:.
KIlH~', (.ollcl!;t: 1.lbrJr\ to f'roft:"or
I'lkt:. happih ':11,urt:d that tht: ,ollret:
Illatt:flal rt:quirt:d for tht: tJ,k "a,
rl',lthh .II,lIlablc. Proft:"or PIke" In
fal't a rnt:lllbt:r ofthc \dli,or\ (:oul1cil
of tht: Briti,h Llbrar\ and a"o l'haifl:d
tht: ~l'i':lHitil Inforrn'\tion COlllll1itt.:e
of thl' I{o~al ")Ol'll't~ for a nUlllbt:r of
~':M'. 1It' rt:collllllt:nd, thi, \lork, if.1t
1<;;.1,t 'OI1lt: librlfl':' tan .Iffflrt! it. .I,
(:hri,tmJ' r.:ading for philo'lophcr,.
lI.:nt"r .tnd hi,torian . It t!i cu"t:,
th.: ori~ill' 0 thl' quantum thcor\ b.lt.:k
to I'LlI1lk and '·:tn t.:il1. and it,
dt:1 t:iopmt:I1t' intf) Ll'l'r,. lompJtt-tli,,'
pla'l'r,. n.lt tt:!t.:1 I Ion 'l't'l \OlICan
h.lI1g on tht: \I .111 .lI1d othn l1lod.:rn
d'l~ man t:i"
Food s\veat et )ong - Choir trip to the South ofFrance, 14-24 Jul. T
'1'//1 ('IIIIt;ffi (:lwir Plljf)/'lIIill!! 11/ Sl'klll/l\. Ill/ flld ('is/I ni(//I ((NI(T Ilmr .11IIII/pi/lilr
Hal ing ,ucce"full~ man~~gcdro
a"emblt: Cl tT~ onc ar (,arll Ick
for our lunchrimc tlighr ro
\ lar,eillc,. 11 e boarded rhc planc for our
,horr tlighr and lI'erc mer. on arril ~tI h~
D'II id and .Iecln C1l'menr. rrip org~lni,cr
and gencral hero on rhe French ,idc of
rhing,. \\'e '>11 ifrh made our lIa~ ro
Buou,. a rin~ I i1lage in rhe Pare de
I.uberon. in PrOl ence. \\'hil,r rhe glre
lie ,ra~ed in 11 a, quire ,implt:. and rhe
animal, nor parricularh ehoir-friendh.
rhe food. I in. il1l ariahl~ ro,c. and
pa~ ,age. full of 1<11 ender field,. 11 ere
maflelloll'. and rhe choir quickl~
adapred [() la lie PrOl cnr;alt:.
Our tlr,r concerr 11 a, in Bonnieu,
a ,horr. bur rarher rreacherou,. dril e
from Buou,. \\'e ,oon gm dOli n ro rhe
bu,ine" of 'inging. albeir under rhe
lIa~ e~c of \ lon,ieur le Curl' 11 ho
,eemed mo,r prorecril col' horh hi, alrar
and hi, ehurch in /!:eneral- he ,all lir ro
emplo\ a rine [() keep pi/!:eon, alla\
from rhe laner. rhough rhankfull~ nor [()
keep u, all'a~ from rhe fi)rmer. The
mode<,r <,il.ed eroll d 11 ere rreared ro a
performance. rhe abidin/!: meJllO~ of
11 h ieh 11 a, rha r of <,11 ear - rhe com bi IH;d
effecr of a lI'arm \ Jidi el eni ng and rhe
elen lIarmer 'porlighr,. De,pire rhi,. ir
lI'a, n:a"uring [() ,ger our tir<,r concen
under our belr. and on rerurning [()
Buou, 11 e celebrared under rhe hri/!:hr
nighr ,k\ 11 irh a fell heer,. in huo\'anr
mood,
.rhe nc,r da\ 11 e found our,eh e,
in rhe heauriful tolln of ,\i,-en-
PrOl ence 11 here 11 e ,ang \ la" in rhe
church ofSr .lean de \lalre. \\'e follolled
rhar 11 irh a 11 ell-reeeil ed reeiral of
:"egro Spiriruah (from Tipperr·,. \ Child
O{Ollr 'I!ml') and 16rh cenru~ madrigah
on rhe <,rep, of rhe church.. \frer
meering up 11 irh .lean F ranr;oi" 11 ho 11 a,
[() <,upefl i<,e our recording in ~r
\la,irnin. and anorher fine lunch. lie
11 ere free [() roam rhe ,rreer, of .\i, for a
fell hour. hefore pre"ing on ro .t.,r
\Lt,imin.. \frer ,oning our rhe
aecommodarion. ,I eonl erred mona<,refl
ne,r [(J rhe ba<,ilica. 11 e rehear,ed a linle
and rhen pur on blatk rie once more tilr
our ne,r concerr. For man\. m\ ,elf
included. rhi<, 11,1<, rhe hi/!:hlighr ofrhe
rrip - 11 e ,ang to a large audience (c .1:iO)
and. el en b~ our Oil n u,uall~ high
,randard<'. panicularl~ 11 ell. The
nening lI'a<, rounded offin grand ,r~1e
11 irh rhe fir<,r of man~ fine meal<' ar rhe
(:Olll enr Royal (rhe horel 11 here 11 e
,ra\ cd). belilre reriring [(J our mo,r
ullnforuhle [<HIm,.
The ne r rll 0 dCII' 11 ere penr
.tlI1l0,t enrireh relorllJng .lIld ecltlng.
.IIlU IIhil r the tilflller 11.1' riring. lie
11 ere .tll'-I" ,uiubh refuelled h\ rhc
I.mer. Ir 11.1' l1or. thcrefore. 11 Ithour
"Imc '><ldnc.,-, thar lie lefr t.,t \la,u1lin
lilr.1 nell .lrCI - rhe Parl UC, (.l'l Cl1l1e,.
In rhe dcp,lnemcnr of IAI/Cre. \frer
,ome drculUrrt ,ccner~ al1d hairpin
bcnd, 11 e reclched I.e POl1lpidou in rimc
li,r lunth, \\ ell cre rhen <,holl n [fl our
<lCUlI1lI1lOll.ltion 11 hlch 11 a, ,ub,r~lndard
to ,><11 rhc Iea,t - rhe ri,gour, of ,tutlenr
hall, had 1111t rcctlh prepared u, for rhe
,hclbb~ ,r~l[e of .lfElir, rhatgrcered u, cl[
rhc er,rll hile menr~ll ho,pirall '0 ir 11 cl'
rUl1loured) tllrncd (.hri,ricln ) ourh
tamp. \\ c rehear,ed and dined beli,rc
,ening off dOli nhill ro rhe 'urpmingh
,mall church of .t.,r 1·lour du Pompidou,
The\ had ,omellOlI managed [()
<'hoehorn OIer a hundred people In
rhere bur. once 11 e and rhe ,porlight,
11 ere on. rhe cOl1lhinarion of people and
light, creareu.1 ,auna-like dTccr. In
addition. rhe facr rhar rhe church 1"1<,
fu I1 of people mClnr rhar rhere II~" 110
aeou,ric. <'0 11 e 11 ere hal'i ng [() 11 ork
doubh hard (a, an~ mi,rake, lIoulu be
e<l,il~ norice.lble) 11 hich lIa,
addirionalh ,"e,l[-inducing - rhu<' h~
rhc inren,tI IIC lIerc ,0 cOlered in
per,pirarion rhar 11 chad [() break 11 irh
rrauirion and do rhe <,econd half 11 irhour
jacker,. The people of I ,e Pompidou
11 cn:. helll Cl cr. mo,r gencrou 11 irh
rheir applau,e and lifr, up rhe hill afrer
rhe concerr - rhi, lI'a,. in facr. officiall~
reeogni<,ed 11 irh a receprion from rhe
maIm afrer a ,horr reciral in rhe I illage
rhe ne,r da\. 11 here 11 e 11 ere each gil en
a T-,hirr of rhe region. and plied 11 irh
Pa,ri, [() round off our hcm ,ra~.
The ne,r da~ 11 e mCJI cd on [() ~r
Rome de Dolan. C)I erlooking rhe Gorge<,
du Tarn. and inro. rhankfull~. much
bener accommodarion. \\'e rhen had a
Iengrh\ dril e [() S\ h'anc,. home of Pcre
Gou/e,. 11 ho,e nHl,ie 11 e had been
reconJing a fell d:l\<, earlier. \\'e '>ang:l
,hcm '>en iet: betilre dinner. and rhen :l
fine concen in rhe 101 eh lI'arm acou'>ric
of rhe ahhe\. 'I he audience 11 a,. once
J~JII1. mml Jpprni.IlIH: - pJflILubrh
Je.In Clement. fi,r 11 hllm 'h Jlle I'
de.lrh J 'peLIJI pbn: - he kit Il 11 lour
mo r mO\ In_ pl:rformJnn:. \\ I: Jl(j nol
r... lIJfIl ro r Rom... ufllIl rh ... nl.ll1 hour
0111: hJd .I I "'-111 .1nl! .1 rclJ Int: d.l~
JfOunJ Ih pool. heli,re hl:Jdin~ ro
Compe'r tor our p... nulllmJI... Le)nL ... n.
\fr... r nl.ll-.int; 11 .1\ for Ih " ...dJIll~
11 hldl 11 .I ,1111 In prot:r " .I, \\ ..... rn\ ...d
al rhe dlllrLll, \\ e rdleJr eJ, JlI1nl etnJ
Jn~ a pJflI...ubrl~ !!oml L'onL... rr
nOI'lbh Ih ... ·1 'e I-.II:!-I /1'1111. The
JUlh ...nce rounded off a mo,1 ... nJo, •• ble
... \ ... nint.: h~ t.:i\ in!! u a r'lI1din~ (l\ .Irion
J 11 ... Idl.
On Ih ... b'l proper UJ' of rhe ((J1If
11 e headed. ,Ifr... r lunch. lO rhe
,peLl.lcubr (;on~e, du ·1.lfIl. Jnd rhc
equalh peLl.ILld.lr (:h.ire.lu de la ( :,l/e
- a nlOL I-.-golhIL ca,r1 ... lllfll\:d lilltr- tar
hfJlell"okint.: (l\ er rhe fI\ er, before the
final riwal of praLlin:. dll1l1l:r IIld
donnin/!; of bhKI-. lie ti,r the cOllcerl. \\'e
"Ing oIH"llt:. 11 11Il h 11 ,I'> " ,Oll1ell hat
unu,u,d e\peri ... ne.... panlllll.irl~ .1'> the
audience became le" \i,ihle 'I' the ,un
'Cl. and \\ ere le" .llJddlle a, there" a,
no budding for their .lpphlll'>e to
re\ erberate arounu, \\ e 11 ere. he)\\ e\ er.
a"i'led b) microphone, to add in a
linle .ICOU'lIl [() our 'Olllld. ,0 it
hopefull) ,ounded none the 11 or,e for
our heing ollt,iue,
\, ,oon 'I' the trip h'ld ,ram:d. it
,cemed, it \"1'> mer. \Ye 'aid our la t
fi,nd far"," c11, to Jean, 11 ho had
organi,...d e\ ... f\ thin,!!; '(J magnifice:nth
,tnd been e:almne', epitomi,e:d, d ... ,pite
the ine\ irabk: problcm, 11 hich cropped
up from time lO time:; [() 1h\ id, 11 ho
hau condul'led and rdl"'Jf,e:d u,
be'llItifull~ 'Ind good hUl11oure:dl). ((J
produce a remarkabl~ good ,ound for
our conce:rr,: [() Jo,eph, our clKlth
dri\ e:r. "ho hau dri\ e:n u, ,.lId) 'll1d
,,\ ifrl) , li'rened ((J ,Ill our ...onLen, and
joked along" ith II'>, all 11 irh hi,
indol11itable \ lar,eille, pami,; and
finilll) ((J France ,I' IIC lOok ofT for
(;atll ick, though the mell10rie Of'l
1110,t cnjoyable trip 11 ill rcnlilin 11 ith u,
for l11an) .I da),
\Iallhell \Yalker
(Choir I're,idelll I9<J4-199.'i ) La\"
C0111n10n CfI 1
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(I/f11I11',1I Rill/ill, 1,1,11, Ih,/)"",'
/II""'",,dl,IIIII/llIlh, 1",1,",(,1 ,", 1/1
tll/Ill/IIIIIl/l IIllh, (,,11/,1.
~lh.lrd Hurnd!!;e:' Inau~ur,11
l,eLwre ,h Ikan. TlI' A/II~ ~
-"Ill' ? ('11/ 11111' I' 1/11111" "lidhl::htl /flll/"Iillll, 11 'I' et pel1l:rratlnt:
ulliqu... of the l'llalo~ueof ... \ il nll\\
en~ultin!!; hi~her edul.ltilln and Ihe id ...a
of'l uni\ er,il' UII1'...quelll upon th ...
in... \orahle .ILh ance of the ('(111 ulllcr
cullllre, \\ hcre ... \ Cf\ thlll!!; ha' c<I,h
\ .tlu.... aiu Rll h.ml BurriJ!!;e, '\ al ue tor
l11one\ ,mu 'I proper rcwfIl on
in\ e,tl11 ... nr arc thL: ollh eriten.1 of
,1"..."l11enr.... hut th ... 10" ha' heen rhL:
,ub'lwt... of compellllon for hum'ln
relatioll,hlp, ,Il ,Ill le\ e""
In .1 ,[ril-.in~ pa"'lg... [()\\ aru, Ihe
cnd of hI'> knure, lhc I k<ln ...onffOllled
the localm'1I1ife'l,lliolh of thi, 10". thi,
n:pl<lc... melll of '1 'coml11on Lldlllr... · In
th ... Robhill' [... rl1linolog), b) lhe
"L:let,tl\ C Indi\ Idu,t1"m' of the
,up... rl1larl-. ... t:
. II' ,wuenr, arc cu,tomer, \\ ho
come: illlo the: in'tillllion anu wke \\ lut
the' need 11 hl:1l th ... ) c,ln fit il in. 'Ind
'lafT afe h... re [() .,en e: IhL:m, tht:n \\ h... rL:
i, the 'L:n L: of ulmmunit) :- .... greater
number, make: rclation,hlp, bL:l\\een
llItor, and 'llIL!L:Ill' difficult: the
c,pamioll of rhc timetable ha'
de'tfO) cd thL: .,hareu lunch hOIlf: the
,Iwn e.:'aminarion ,el11e,tcr wrtled the
Strand into ~I gho,t w\\ n; all c\prt:"iom
of ...ommunit~, 11 herher ill the Sraff
(:Iub (sir). the l nion ,oci ... tit:, or ,port,
[e.ml'. ha\ t: been rcdu ...ed, rcflcctin!!;
the indh iduali,m of the CU'lOmer
culwre"
The I kall u,e, the e\pre"ion
'col11mon' in it, adjcni"tI ,en,e on
,e\ eral occa,icl!1' in hi., Iccwre. eg
.com mon cu IlU re '..co111 111 on
denol11 ina[(Jr·. 'com mon poi Ill'.
'common life', and ,o-on, I k c\en
alluded lO the Senior (:OIll1110n Roolll
(~" being a placc in 11 hidl '\\ e all enjo\ a
good moan"), I uon't think he ,poke of
~I 't:ommon cri.,i,·: hur hl: mi/.(ht \\ ell
ha\ e dOlle, for that 11 a, the: .,ub-tL:\t of
hi, Ict:lUrt:,
During the e<lrl) part of the
.,ummer \'acation, the (:ommittee of thl:
enlllr (,c'l11mlln RC~Hll Lh rnhured
que'lIOnnJIfe.: {ll Ill... mber III order rl}
L:lrf\ out J ,un c.:' of melllber hip
I}pmlon, rhe lir r tlm.... I thlllk. thal .111\
11th rclali\ cl, " l ... mJril enquif\ IIllCl
11 hat the mc.:mhcr,hlp .llluall~ r"'qlllr...,
01. or ... peLt from. the.: enio{ (.ClI111110n
Room hJU b...en ('(Inuuued, \ wral ot
10 re'pc m,e, "ere re.:...el\ cd: .m Hmd ~O',
of th ... mcmher,hlp - 'I re.:a'on.tllle Jnu
repre'L:IllJri\ ... r...'pon,e.
\\ ... a ked mcmbL:r "har th ...,
thou ~hr abom th... en ior COl11mon
Room'" pre.:,elll prO\ "ion of carenng
and other fatilitie,; the.: roonh lurr...ml)
O"'lllPI"'U: the: ()ci,t1 pro!!;ramme:'
organi cd: and hL)\\ the'e I11lght
\ 'trlOI I'> I) he Impw\ cd, m'lde 1110re
'lltrani\ ... or l110re u'eful. not ju,t tilr
... ,i'lIng member,. but for rho,t: \\ ho for
11 hate\ er re<l.,cll1 dOIl't feci the necd of
l11emher,hip,
\\'e ,tI,o ao,ked our member, 11 hat
th ... , thoughl abom the in'lillltional
(:01lt:~L:'" ,0el.tI prO\ i,ion 0\ ... r<l 11:11 h... ther ·[h... College ,hould do mor... [()
,timub te ,ocial!comm un it~
opportunitie,' and. if '0, hc)\\,
Thi, b,r que'tion. put in <I' <In afte.:r
thought ,tlmo,t. dre\\ t(lrth the mmt
poilHcd (and depre",ing) re'pon,e frolll
a lllel11ber: 'the lack of <In) ,en,e of
coll1l11unit\ i, a big problcm in "ing',
College, ThL: ColI ...g... i, probabl) wo
br!!;e: ro be more th;m a collection of
clique,..
'.,011. if the Senior Common Room
e\i,t, ti)r an) "ider ",ol11lllunirarian
purpo,e at all. other than [0 o,uppl~ the
1110rtling paper. 'coffec and "afka' [() a
,c1f-,c1ellcd band of 'lIb,eriber., it i,
,urd) lO help 0\ crCOl11e that 'big
problem'. th<lt fr,Kwring of collegial
communil) ilHo a loo,e alllalgam of the
L:n-bunkereJ ,peeial and ,eparate
ilHerc't, - \\ hat Burridgc cI,cII hert:
characteri,eo, a, the 'indi\ iduali,m of lhe
ht:r... an I no" profit',
Bul. frankl\. the ~eniorCommon
Room i, it'elf in a ,rate of o,omc cri,i,. a
cri,i, ari'in/.( from pret:i,ch thmc
pre",ur... , [(J \\ hilh the 1)ean drall \ \ i\ id
~Illelllion, The da~ -ro-da~ prm io,ion of
,en ice, - routint: bllt \ ital rcfre,hl11elH
filr bod) and .,piri!. Jnd t:learl, \'alued b)
man~ l11emh... r, - i, under threat
ht:eau,e the College (the in'tiwtion
P.lg... I I
\ common cri'>\ ((fJlllill/l(t!jmlll /}(I"l 11)
n,elf ju,t ,I' muth ,I I Iltim of the
pre"ure J IOdil iduJlmember, or
group,) n 1\ thi . 'e"ion be obliged to
remo\e the 'cnior Common Room from
tll 0 out of thc three room, 11 e hJI e for
long \ CJr lil cd in, prc-tbtlng thc
e'\pJn,ion, of more reccnt timc, b\
dccJde,.
Our programme of 'c'\trJ-turriculdr'
C\ cning ,ocial acri\ itic, arc not, 11 ith
,omc c,'\ccption" anr'lcring ,uppon
,ufficient [() ju,tif~ thc cffort m:edcd to
amlllgc them. I bclicl c thdt thi, i, not '0
much bccau,c people do not 11 anr J
,ocial dimcn,ion [() thcir emplol mcnr
hcrc, ,omcthing 11 hich rcinforcc, hc
collt:giJlit~ of King\ dnd 11 hich 'build,
up our common lift:', [() pinch a linc
from thc Collcgc Euchdri,t. but bCGlu,c
colledgue, ,imph ha\ cn't got thc time
[() rcla'\ in that way. Re,pon,c, to our
,un c~ 11 erc ,hot through and through
11 ith morc or le'>\ dirccr refcrcncc, to thc
ob,racle, and di,inccmil c, to
community. By the end of the da~,
peoplc ha\ e had enough and ,imph
lI'am to gct our. Ilcrc \ onc commcm
which reflect~ man\': 'home lifc and
re,pOlbibilities. added to an increa,ingl~
'bureaucratic' Collcgc life. militate
again't extra long hour, in College.'
I\t greatcr length and with
incrcasing a,pcriry. anothcr rc,pondent
laid bare the issues facing College and
Common Room alikc: the eommon
criSIS:
'The Senior Common Room i,
faced with the intrdctable tightening of
Collcge timetable, and pre,sun;, of
teaching ~ehedules/adminetc. Inone
,en,e that increase, the need for an
informal re ort prOl ided by a good
Senior Common Room.... but it al,o
deerea,e~ indi\"iduals' ability to al'ail
them,el\'e, of it.'
The respondem eominued:
'~h' primary need i., foran informal
meeting place. and onc where I can take
I'i,itor to the Colle/?;e .... Ilolle\ er, the
CO//eRe's prol is ion of common room
facilitie~ i quite appalling. as can be
.,een by comparing it (,pace, staffing.
hour,) 11 ith other unin;r,itie, and
college.,. Departmem arc I ery rarel~
able to offer anv 'social space' and the
College appears to prefer thc
eOIl\'enient e,cape route of rcgarding
the Senior Common Room a., .,till a club
I' :-,t 12
for ub'criher, r.nher th.ln the co, cnridl
arcn.1 of College bu,ine "lIclLIre ,lIld
rclJ'\dtion it ,hould be.'
That there .Ire ,ome ob\ IOU 11 ay'
to imprOle both the ,en Ice prOl ided [()
the Collcgc communit\ b\ the enior
Common Room dnd, at the .Ime time, J
,cn e of collegialit~, there i, no doubt..\
11 idcl\ -held I iell i, that a proper bar
11 Olild greatl~ impn)\ c thc 01 erall
Jttracril ene" and utilit~ of thc '-ienior
Common Room. The opportunit~ to
.,upph thi., deticienc\ ma\. ironicall~.
emerge a, a by-product of the e\pcCted
10'>\ of ,pacc refcrred to carlier. Hut.
,plcndid though ,uch a pro,pecr lIould
be. it lIould merel~ bc tinkcring.
nibbling :lll'a~ :It thc cdgc, of the
common cri,e,. norgening to the eorc of
the problt:m.
~Jorc than onc rc,pondem to the
SUrle\, .,uggc,tcd that. h'lI ing tried to
di,coI'Cr 11 har Senior Common Room
member, wam. the communit~-,piritcd
thing for u, to do nOli lIould he to ask
11 hat tho,e 11 ho arc not member., - that
i,. the great majori[\ of the 'taff of the
College - 11 ould like to ,ee made
al'ailable in and through a Common
Room organi'ation.
That ,ecm, to mc. and to the
Senior Common Roo\ll CO\llmittec. to
be the right lI'ay forward and the
appropriatc communitanan action to
begin to coumer the CO\llmon crisis lI'e
face in the Collt:ge. Thi, article is a
mean, to carry fom ard the debate
begun b) the Dean \ Lecturc and rclatc
it to the cil ili,ing prOl i.,ion the College
community ought to make in ordcr to
add to the 'King\ \aluc,' through
,ha red relaxation and .,ocial rc-creation.
Stephen llarroll"
Chairman, Senior Common Room
Committee
Obituary
Or loryaFordhanl
Mona FonJham died ar rhe
age of:' 7 on ~ 'eprember
19<;- <Ifrer along illll(: \ from
a rare form of cancer of rhe blood
\\ hich had led [() her raking earl~
reriremenr in 1991 from hcr
lelTure hip in rhe Deparrmenr of
~ ur\ing Swdie\, In rcriremenr \he
remained a produeril e \cl1olar, in a
I olumar~ capacirl, For e'\amplt:, from
rime ro rime \he gal e ergonomic\
adl ice ro Dr Parricia Shiplcl' ar rhe
Srrc" Rc\carch e Comrol Centrc
ba,ed ar Birkbeck Collcge, .\1\0, \l1c
I\a, for rhree \ear, unril ju'>r be.:fore her
de.:arh, a rru\rce.: of rhe S()(:ier\ for rhe
Furrherance of Crirical PhilO'iophl'
(SFCP), raking an acrilc parr in
del'eloping and moniroring re,careh
fellu\\ ,hip" \\ hieh \\'a, a ne\\ iniriaril'C
for rhe Soeier\', She al,o bccal11c rhe
Socier\ ',rrea,urer. She led a rich
lei,ure life roo, during rcrirel11enr. ,hc
\\'a, an accompli\hed piani'r. and she
I i\ired China and Egypr as pan of her
life long inrcre,r in ancicnr
cil ili":'Hiol1'>,
In hcr \\ork ar King', ,he was
quierl~ effecril e and una">uming, ,he
\\as nel er overrly ambirious, Among
her publicarions were books on
pariem,' problem" rhe problem of
plain in parricular. Papers on rhe
erhie, of healrh care pracriee follo\\'ed,
She qualified a, a nur\e ar rhe
\Yesrl11il1'>rer Ilo,piral and wa\ in rurn
a \\"Hd j rer:H rhc Ro .-al , Iar den
Ilospiral. rhe Blackburn Royal
InfirmarY and rhe Bcarrice Ilospiral m
London before \hc became a nur\e
ruwr ar rhe School of ~ ur,ing;.
\Ye,rmil1'>rer Ho\piral. \\'hil\r a wrar
,he swdied parr-rime ar Birkbeck
College \\ here \he obrained a good
degree in p,~ eholog), Thi, qualified
her [() do rhe frdl-rime \ISc in
Ergonomics ar L'nil'ersiry College and
larer, \\'hil r parr-rime lecwrer in rhe
Deparrmenr of ~ur,ingSrudie, ar
King\, a PhD (on ph"ieal recol'ery
from ,urgery) which she complered
under rhe supen'i,ion of Rainer
(jold,mirh, Profe\\or of Physiology ar
Chebea College, \\ irh \\ hom \he was
collaboraring ar rhe rime on a \wd~ of
rhc firnc\\ of fin:-fie.IHer\,
\ Ion a', rhoughrful. a11,,\\ ,-
que rioning emd inci,i\l:: mind rhen
rook her in rhe din:crion of philo\oph\,
If ,hc ha\ bcen more forrunare m
healrh \\ e do nor doubr rhar ,he \lould
hill c de\ c10pcd rhi\ gnl\\ ing imcre r
and 1[\ appliL.lrion ro rhe wcll of
healrh care pracrice, In recognirion of
,uch qualirie 'lnd her conrriburion ro
rhe , ocier~, rhe SFCP i, in di\cu'>'>ion
\\ irh King'\ Deparrmenr of ~ur\ing
Swdie\ \\ irh a I ie\\ ro e\rabli\hing a
'\Iona Fordham pmrgraduare
\chohH\hip in rhe erhics of healrh care
practice', 1\\ a comperenr and
commirred nurse and reacher,
cspeciall~ in clinical pracrice, she \\a\ a
\\ cll-IOI cd and re\pecred role model [()
her King'\ \wdenr\, who felr forrunare
ro hal e Ix:nefircd from her inregrirl
'lI1d her ,harp, criricalmind: her
approacb ro nur\ing \la, allla\'\
\cholarll' and \cienrifie,
In coping \\,irh her long, life
rhrearening illne'>'> and in prepararion
for her dearh, \he maimained rhe
dignirl', serenir\', sreadfasrness and
courage rhar had characrerised her life,
Thi\ a1'>o, i\ an c,al11ple ro orhers, nor
ju\r ro her swdenr\, Wc alll11i\s her.
Sally J Rcdfern, :'\'ursing Rcsearch
l rn ir
Jennifcr \\'il\on-Barnerr, Deparrmcm
of 1'\ ur\i ng Srud ies,
1'.I~e I;
ar-old card for ~ Torah
Xwan 1.'t'(fJ"d/mlllli.:.n/) Ii"di,,~1n, ill 1'tI1I -/"" ((lid ~ Iln /orlll/llo//ltl!!,!II' I/II/;
,I/,,/;hl/ji Il,//) /..t!" 11 1/1.r"//r 111"111 ) (lJId "-'lln R0.'1 ("/"/;"",,,, \"II/JlJlltIIllt,,1 ,,/
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BIIJ/IJ'.!.IIl//,\II'i./(1 (',,;I (l1~n/).
1'.1 'e 1-1
Staffnews N orah Bud.Ltnd left the
Biol()!!;lca' <"en ice, I nit ,It
Ken illgwn ,') \l:;lr, .Iftn
j1lining Queen Eli;aheth (:ollegc. \t
a fa re \\ dl part~ on 19 <"eptemher in
the Ok! Rekcwr\, Ken,ingwn,
eollcague, pa,t and IHe,ent \Iere on
hand w \1 i,h her \lelL \Iong \1 ith
IlI)\\ er from \ ari(HI'> friend" ,he \1 a,
pre,ented \1 ith m'ltching ceramic
di,lll: h~ Ra~ ,\ndre\\'<, Chief
Technician in the I nit. The\ .Ire of a
unique clc,ign origmating in
Ken,ingron,
Ch er the ~ car,. ,he ha,
maintained cont,ln \\ Ith man\ of the
re,earch ,talT u,ing rill: I'nit. and
benditing from her kill-. \1 ere
gennation, of \1 c ,tudem, m
"utrition man~ of \1 hom (including
the l urrenr I kad of' utrltlon L
()Ietetin) malic a point of .1ppearing
.H the pre,entallon,
\ ,ignlficlnt feature of the e\ ent
\1 a, the l.irtl \1 hlLh origina'" had been
bought I" I,:ilcen \1t:"III~ \1 hll,t
<"uperinrendent in the' urrition
Ikpartl11elH in anticipation of'orah\
dep'lrtllre from that Ikp:Jrtlllent
during a period of eh,tnge, In the
e\ ent, Eileen ,md l11an~ other
collcague, ha\ e precellcd 'or.th in
retiring, 11011 e\ er. the urd ,un I\ed
mwn In I~ilcen', care and .lthle\ ed it
intended u e, near" ZO ~ eM on,
There \1<" no Incliution of the price,
()r Peter ILllllie
()Irector, BI()I11edILal uence' Office
e,\ s fron1 TheKing's TableTht: Kill!!;' TJbk il1\ ite: \ ou .lnd \ our
lkpJf£I11t:nt to It:kbrJtt: (Jlfl'tl11.1' In
t\ kin tht: Ri\ t:r Rt: tJurJnt. "tr,lIld
(.JI1lPU . \\'t: l,ln ,1ll0l11m(Jlbtt: pClrtlt:'
of up to 100 for lundl Jnd olkr thc
1'0110\\ in!!; thre:t: lour,>c mcnu en onh
'i IO..'iO pCI' ht:ad \\ hich Includt:,>
cf;lckt:r . J frt:t: gl.l'> of hou'>c \\ inc and
'>t:n Ilt::
\Icnu
Chilkd 111t:lon
0/
"oup oflhc lb~
fir
I{OJ,t turkt:~. chipoLna. '>tufting cUcln bnr~ '>C1lI ct:
~ut \\'cllington
Roa,>t potcnoc'>
:'\t:\\ potatoc,>
Hru,>,>t:1 '>I)fout,>
Huttt:rt:d carrot,>
Patricia Rigby retire
Or..'{'r lilt) ('{j/ItI~!!III'S,/or/ll{r{()//l'fIgllr.l'IlIId/rimr!.i rm;,:'d/,d illl,) Ih/' COllllri/ Roo/ll ollll}
Slplnll/Nr 10 ~'ish /Iumer f)irt'{IO/'f1( Ij/Jlmy Sn,·iln. 1'IIIririll Rig/~)'. ~'d/for hrr
Idirt'IIII'III. !J/llriri" ;,:'hl) hll,i 11I'I'I11/llhl' (.'ol!(!!e/or l.f )'I'IIIJ ~'IIS prl'SI'lIlrd 'fi"ilh IIIJI)/Ilflll'l,
11 hmolh l/IId I1 ,helfll/, /~)' f)l'Id: I./lrc'. f)il¥'fMr of!/lj;)l'IItrllil)/l .\'1'I611's.
Chri,>tma'> pudding
:\Iinct: pit:,>
Collct: e mint,>
To book \ our Chri,>tma'> lunch. pleJ'>c
contact Simon Fuller on C\t 23,';9
\\'L arc al'>o plca\Ld to cll1nOUnCL thL
publicJtion of J brand nc\\ funLtion
broLhurL containing man~ t:\citing
nc\\' mcnu~ for your confLrcncc.
funLtion. banquLt anu hmpitalit\
rcquircmcnt,>. Thi, brochurc. \\ ith
LurrLnt pricc li,t,. i\ a\'ailablc from
Ccntral Catering. e't nsCJ a, \\ell ,1\
all '>itc anu campu, catcring offiLc,>.
:\Icnu'> from al1\' prc\ iou\l\ circul:.1tLu
publicin \\'ill continuc to bc a\ailabk,
but plca'>c chcck \\ ith YOIJr local
catcring office for up-ro-uarc pricL'.
Come anddonate yourblood - 6, 10,14 ovember,Great Hall
Bloou uonor 'L:'>'>ion, ha\ e: bccn
arr:.tngL:u for ,raff :.tnu '>rudcnt,
of thL: Collcge. The~ \\ ill rakc
place in rhe Great I Iall. Srranu. on
:\Ionua~ 6. Friua\' 10 and Tuc\day I-t
:'\m cmbcr bcr\\ L:L:n II.O(J anu 13.00
anu I~ ..10-16.1.'i on caeh of rhc\e da~ s.
:'\e\\ and prL:\ iou, uonor, arL:
\\ elcome but thcy mu,r bc 0\ er I(
years of agL:.
Advent carols
On/\lh'cnt Sunuay (.)
))ccL:mbt:r) \\'or,hip from rhe
Collcgt: Chapel \\ ill bc
broauca'>t li\'t: on BBC] ar 09..10. If you
\\ (Hdu likL: to arrcnu thi, ,cn'icc plea\L:
contaLt the Chaplaincy Office on nt
237.1 to obrain ~our free riekL:t.
'\lh ent carol sen ice'> \\'ill al'>o be
hclu on 6. 7 & ( December. Tickcr,
(free) for rhL:\c are al<,o a\ailablc from
thc Chaplainc\' Office ( cc abm cl.
Students'
Union
news
Fn: her . ['.1 n:rre.,hcr . Fa~ re \1 a" a good ucce horh
for rhe t nHm and ... wJem ar "lOg' .
port ;Jnd ouerie \I en: ahle w anran
huge intere r a a re ulr of rhe IJrgc
turn-Ol/{ ar [he 1.1\ re. \ lore "wdem
igncd up for memher hip of port"
c1uh and '>lK:lene rhan in prn IOU
~ ear anu [he re\ cnuc sencrarcd b~
commerLlal ... [all ... doubleu rhc rowl from
199~. Ir i hoped dur fuwre fa~ rc ... \1 ill
cominuc w do \\ell anu InLfea e III
accl: ... ibili[\ {() ",{lIdem .
[nu llc(ion (,11 kThe l'nion Execmilc \lerc more rhan
bu ...~ in auendin/!; inuulwm ralk" held
h\ rhe differcm dCp;1rtmem ar KlI1g· ....
Ir \1;1 ... felr h~ rhe rcam rh:H rhe r;1lk ...
\lere t:ffcni\ c in prom(){Ing rhe I' nion.
Jnu rha[ rhc~ \I crc \1 cll rcccil cd. Ir i...
hoped rhar rhe dcparrmclHal ... raff \\Cre
...ari ... ficu \I irh rhc l'IlHlIl prc...cncc. Jf
~ou h:l\ e an~ cOll1mcm.... rhcn rhe
E xccuri\ c arc h:lpp~ [() reCl:1\ c all~
feedb'lck frolll deparrlllem 1'1e:l e
COIl[:JC[ Rob Ilall on cxrl:n ioll I?,Y).
Rc!!;gil: rcdu.\norhl:r ... uccc...... for rhl: 1 num e:lllle in
rhc form of rhl: rewrn of Reggie rhc
I,ion. rhe agcd :lnd Illuch-IO\ l:U m:l ...C(){
of Kin!!;"". Ilalin!!; bccn ·... rolcn· from rhe
,",cn ... ingron ... ire in Januaf) rhi ... ~ear b\
rhe RCS unuer rhe gui ...c of ma"'C()[f).
rhe t' nion pem ...e\cr:ll Illonrh ... rr: ing
[() ...ecure hi rewrn .. \frer an
Ull'>lICCC ... ful raid 011 Impcrial College. ir
looked a if "ing.... Ilould ne\ cr ...ce rhe
rcwrn of ir... Illa...c(){. Ilcl\\ C\ er. 11 irh rhe
amI al 01 rhe nell \J.hbarilal ream 10
-\u!!:u r. nc~o(larion hC(l1 cen Imperi.t1
and Ixlng' r()(,k a ne\1 rurn. Borh
(.olle~c 11 ere eager ro Impro\ e relarlon
\1 hich had oured 01 er rhe \ ear. and
e\ emu:lI" Ir \I:l agreed rhar I{cg!...le
\loulll be rewflled.
In a JOll1r effort \I hlLh puhlid~
ui plJ~ed dur Ixll1g'" .IJ1U Imperial coulJ
\Iork wgcrhcr. rhe abb:lrlt:ll ream from
rhe n: peul\ e unum .,er our in a
mlOibu ro rerrie\ e rhe 7? \ l:ar-oIJ lion
from a baLk garden in (;amherl~. urrc~.
I It: \la ... IIJlIOU in onc piece. bur hl\
!!;ener,t1 ...[Jre \I:l., nor rhar remembered
10 formcr d'l\ of glor~. I It: I' In necd of
rcpair. :lnd [hl: l nion are Lurrend~
ral ... ing lll11ne~ for rhar purpme. I'ormer
...wdenr. John IlouJ..,ron. rhe per",oll
rc"pon ... iblc for rhe hu r of Ik mond
Tuw. ha, agrl:cd ro undert.lke rhc u ... k
ofn,:",wrlng I{eggle. If~ou II0uld like {()
help ill our .lppe.11. rhl:n ple.l,e conran
Rob Ilall. I're... idcnr. Oil exrelhion 12?,(,.
'!iml \ i"i[The ~rudenr · I' nion \I ellollled rhe
rcrurn of Ik mond 'Iu{ll a... hc Ulll eilcd
a bu ... r ofhlm e1fill Tuw·.,. rhc
nighrclub 11 aIIIcd ill hl\ honour. I Lil ing
rceeiled \rehhi ... hop 'Iuw on.1 prel iou ...
oecl'ion. rhc 1 nion \I ere dellghrcu {()
...cc him ag:lin. bur ...ad rhar he 11 a,
unable ro ... r'l\ longcr rhan planncd.
1'/111 1·lr"'II(1![l' o/Ih,. .lnhhi.,hojJ:- .. /XII ,nil
tlNll'fII ill Iltl' IInl i.'.l1I1 IJ/( :ollllllcnr.
Po (cr patrolIr ha bccn norcd rhar rhere h.1I c bccn .1
nUlllber of plNer... di,rriburl:d rceenrh
rhroughoU{ C:ollegc in reeCfl[ 11 cck.... of
an ofTcmile nunncr. II' ,rail' and
acauemic, ...ec an~ of rhc,e and kcl
parrilularl~ offcnded ,)\ rhc 1ll'lrcri,lI.
rhl:1l plea,c eonraer rhe .'~rudcnr... · 1 num
on :ln~ of rhc numher, li red beloll.
'Ihe problclll 1\ ill bc uealr IIlrh ar Ollee.
Rob 1hili. Prc",denr: 1!.2()
Leigh Tcrr:. \ 'P \dmini,rra[lon elirudcnr \f'fair,: 12(16
"ick Lain/!;, \ P I· inanec. 'lport'> eSocictie...: 1245
\I ichellc Robert'>on. \ I'COIllIllUniea[lOIl, e Puhlila[lon ... : I?4K
I ,efr: I/o f)/lllo /mll/ IUS tI/ld Roll 111111.PI1.1idn/1 of A'(.f .Sl '. .lhlli.,/, h(II/(/1' IIlId /11l1b·
Iff! Il\xr tI .lolI/ruth"l h"lt!t-s((//nd RI'!!.![il'.
Re earch grants for the quarter ended 31 July 1995
T hC granr li\tcd belm\ \I cre
recei\ cd in the pcriod cndcd
.,1 Jul~ ]Y9.'i. Dt.:tail art.: not
gJ\ t.:n of gram under £.....000. nor of
tho\e \I hlch arc confidenrial. but tht.:
'llllounr an: includcd in the tm,I1 for
thc depanmem or uniL
.\ge Concern In"titute ofGeronrolog~
• 1)1' F \\"right, £-+5.726 (Jo\eph
RCl\\ mree Foundation) [() \uppon J
re\earch projecr emirlcd 'Fhr mSls o/Iollg
low 0111'.' Ihr(illtll/rial alld {'lIIoliol/(t/ t:{f('(1
OII.l!If)/lSrS e lIIiddlr-aKal thi/rlinl 'fi:'h{/I (I
/mil o/dtrP/'IXOII is adlllil/N!lo IOllg,-I/1'1II
n'sidmlial or 1IIII:I'illK mn'.
Total grants: £45,726
,\natom\ e Human Bi()log~
Group .• Dr KT O·Byrne. £5.000(I'hy~iological Socicty) nc\\' Iccrurer\
\uppon ~chcllle: conrribution [()\\'ard\
tht.: purcha~e of equipmenL
Total grants: £5,000
CardiacTotal grants: £1,040
Centre for Defence Studie<.,• t-.lr t-.I Clarke, 116,700 Ecu
(Europt.:an Community (TACIS
I)elllouacv Progralllllle)) [() \uppon a
re\eareh projccr enritled Semrity alld
dOllormry ill the 1I("fi:'I\' illdependml slal/'s.
• ~I\ '\\'illcn, 66.7 1 (John D and
CJtherinc T J\lacAnhur Foundation) [()
\uppon a re,carch projccr cmitlcd
SOlllh . \/riar dr/l'IIre illdllslrial adjllsllIIl'IIl
ill fl pOSI a!J{lIlheid syslelll.
Total grants: $66,781 116,700 Ecu
Centre for \1enral I kalthSen ice" De\'e]opmcnr/Jn<.,titute of J Iealth• \I I' S On~ en. £37.792. (Sourh Thamc\
Regional Ilcalth Authorit~) ro \uppon
a re\earch project emitlccl Prilllal)' mre
e IIIl'IIlal heallh..
Total grants: £37,792
Chemi<.,try• IJr, Handa. £9,000 (EPSRC) [()
\uppon a research project enrirled
Biomimelrir wla!ysls/or m:l'mlllf'lrir
(j\ldnlio!l
• Dr I1 I1 I- it.:lding. £ \0.000 (Ro~ al
(Jlit.:t~) contribution w\\.lrd rc,carch
c'\pcn e .• Dr J \\" . tecd. £71.500 (Rc\t.:arch
Equipmenr Fund) comribution
to\\ ard\ thc co t of cquipmem [() be
u\cd for rc\earch purpo\t.:\.
Total grants: £90,500 $1,269,678
Child I Icalth• ProkS\CH A Grt.:t.:nough. £70,IH6(South Th,lllle\ Rq!;ional Ilcalth
Authorit~) to \uppon ,I rt.:\carch proje:ct
enrirled Flllid illplIl. rtlltt//aillln' (llId
ll'spirtIIOI)' Sltlllls ill n /1' prtlllfl!lm
ill(fll/IS.
Total grants: £70,186
Cla""ic'>• Or 0 \\' Rathbonc. £H.HOO (\'ariou\)
contribution toward\ re\earch tr<1\ cl
cUStS in re'>pect of the Ancient Egypt
Group.
• Dr H \1 \\'alda, £10.000 (Socicty for
Libyan Swdie\) contribution w\\',lrd\
thc cOSt of the: Lepti\ \Iagna
Exc;J\'ations 1995.
Total grants: £24,425
Clinical Biochell1i~try
• Dr \' R Preedy, £ 12,070 (t-. 1RC
(ROPA)) W ~upport a re\carch project
e:nti tied I~.\pel'illll'lll{/IIi/mholir heart
IIIlIsrle disetlse.
• Profe"or T J Pcter\, £7,830
(Co\\'burn StlIdentship) to \UPport a
re~earch ~tlIdentship de\ mcd to dlC
furtherance of rc,earch in pathology,
bacteriolo/;\. morbid anatOlllY C'allied
ubject\.
Total grants: £20,940
COll1ll1unir\ \1edicine/PublicJIcalrh '=" J:<~pidell1iology• Professor:-': 0 1'oah. £141.331
(:-':orrh Thame~ Regional Health
Authority) to suppon a research project
entitled 7fle so(ial e erollolllir illlj>NI 0/day SIIIJlP), Oil prilllfll)' ral'e ill allurball
mlll/llllllil)'.
Total grants: £141,331
Compurcr Science• Or \1 Rcynold\. £102., 07 (EPSRC)
to suppOrt a rcse:areh project entided
Rrlalioll ill!£dmlS ofilrlioll C'
illdfl/I7lIfIIlIt')'.
Total grants: £108,407
Denral Public J Iealrh eC:oll1lTHlnitY DentalEducarion .• Profc\\or .' Gel bier. £429.32.0
(:-':ational Ilcalth Sen ice) to \UPport
thc academic de:partmem of Dcntal
Public Ilcalth e C:ollll1lunit\· Dental
Education
Total grants: £429,320
I )ental Scicnce~
Total grants: £5,700
Dc\ c!opll1enral Biolog~
Re"earch C:enrre/RandallIn ritutc·Profe\\or:-': 11 K Ilolder. Dr R K
Patient, Dr S \\'ihon, £172.,1% (\IRC)
to \UPport a re'>e:arch project entitled
.\ fl' G.\ 'I: \ le J lIegali"'e rerFlllalors of
1/{'Ilra/fale illlht' 'cfllebrtlle elllbl)'o!
• Profe\\or:-': H K Holder, Or \1
\Iaden. 1)1' S \\'i1~on. £40.000 <BBSRC
(Former!\ SERC)) supplelllent to a
rt.:\earch projcct entitled Spl'tifimlioll (~f
IIfIIl'f)lIti/ phellolype r/llrillK rll"i:eIOpllleIll 0/Ihe 'i.'fllebmle c.\'S• Dr S \\'ilwlIl, £S7,R58 (\\'ellc:omc
Tru\t) w support a research
\tud<:nt\hip entitled .lllalysis 0/lIIerflrll/islllS IIlIdel~l'illgpallerllillK o/Ihe
Ilfllrtll plale.
• Dr I, C \lahadc\an. £234.7 8
(\\'ellcome Tru\t) to \upport a re earch
project entitled VS.\ alldllllrleosollle
l)i)/flld proleill hllase cOlllplexes (IS a
1t'f!.lIla/f)l)' .w!lSIntrlllres ""'ilhill rhrolllatill.
• Or \1 \laden. Or J A Pizzey, £7,959
(\IRC) to ,upporr a research project
entitled Preparalioll 0/a DX \ librm)' to
ill'i:esli/Wle Ihe hOllleolir Irfll/s/orlllfllioll 0/lails illlO lilllbs.
Total grants: £554,891
Education.• Professor S J Ball, Or \1 !\Iaguire, Dr
S \Iacrac, £ 10 1,850 (E RC) to ~uPPOrt
a re\earch project entitled F:dllmlioll
IIIflr!.'els illlhe /Josl-16 seaoro/olle 1111)(/11
lomle.
• Profe\\or 0 C John\on. £32.065(:-':uffield Foundation) to \UPport a
re car~h po...r ar the ...... uffielJ
( urnnllum I'roJeu" Lentn::.o Prole or () ( John on.. -O.l)()()
("."mec I alrhairn (,hanwbk 'I fiN) [11
upporr a re"eardl proJClt cnmkd
('J';f./II/I~t (/l(dUll/llJII 11/ /lllIln,I//(/I/I'
,duml/O/l I( I 1//" 11)Total grants: £255,624
EkcuonlL .,.., Elcuric:t1Lngint:t:ring• ()r \ \ I lanuerek. .:·n.-l h (El' RC )ro upporr.1 rc...earch proJeu entitlcd
pnolo!!., lit nllid ';f.rtl/II/!!. tlJlllpIJlIlllf., i/l
IIII/IIII/wrlt IJp/mll film,
o Profe ()r.\ I1 \gh\al1li. JiI52.447
(I~P RC:) ro "'UppOf[ J re ...earch project
emi dcd .Id':{/I/(Td Inll/llld slmlllllr.i {tu'
/il/l/ll pfI, "IJ//(II l'fI/llIlIIl/lim/io/l ,i)'S/"IIIS
,illPPIJl1il~!!. IIIIII/iplt /IIollil!' Sf'I,,:ill.l'.
Total grants: £456,642
(; t:ogr,lph)Total grants: £7,400
ILiemarological \kJicincol)r(iJ \lufti.£2.)().IIH(K~I:KenuJII
I.cukat:mia Funu) [() ,UppOf{ J re...e:m:h
projcer t:nttrk:u '1'h{'(ffn/ollf7.1
1'\pll'l'sioIlO/l IIIloillllll/l/Il' I",(,SpOIl,i!'S 10
1II\'I'Ioir/ 11'II1:(/(lIIill et'i/s r/1"i:dlJp/llt'll/ liS il
/hnflpell/il.l'lm/I1!J'.
o f)r (; J \Iufri. £6,000 (King"
Ilcalthearcl contrihurion rO\\'ard ...
rt:"eareh ... wuit:, on immune gen<.:
tht:rap: .
Total grants: £242,118
f Icalch Care ofcht: Elderho Dr J Clo,e. £7.\73<) (South Th:lmt:...
Regional I kalrh Aurhorir: ) ro .,upport a
rt:,e:m:h projt:er t:mitkd Dill /ht- illlir!nm'
olfillls ill /ht'ddl'll)' Ill' rl'dllml 1~1' 11
sl'mllrlllry pr{'C;I'I//;oll pm/oml?
Total grants: £73,904
11 i"co[\o Dr D \ kLt:Jn. Prof<.: ......or C Ru ....,ell.
US. 'S!') (\Ierron Collegt:) Sir I km:
Sa\ ilk Ft:IIO\\'>hip: a\lardt:u to Profe.,.,or
C Ru ...... t:11.
o f)r [) .\ lcL<.:an. f)r E Cl)\\ nit:. £71.2<)7
tHriti,h i\cadem:) 1')95 Briti.,h
i\cauem) I'o.,rdoeroral Ft:lIO\\'>hip:
a\l'arded ro I)r E Clm nit:.
Total grants: £107,156
In~ti(Ute of Liver Studies/Liver t"nito f)r K 'I' \:ouri-,\ria. £ 11.450 (Joinr
I~t:,earch Co III III irree (King""
I kalrheart:» to .,uppOf[ a re,<.:areh
,rudenr,hip enritleu lI'ill dO/lorlmllt'
ml/f7'l~;" illlll ;IJII III 11<", I /l1I1I pll/fl/
rn Iplt Jlh Pl'JIIIIJIl' I/Jlt rl/J/I' 11\ IlIf~lIIt111,111011
14 fJ 101111 1//fl/ll1nlllll/7 'lIllllft/hl'
"I/f>lHt '/Jutll"!'
Total grants: £13,090
1..1\\
o Pro e or f) J I la~ ron. 'i' .()()() f « ler'
of Tru [ (:' ...... tJrc I'racmioncr I
conrnhu{Jon w\\ ard, funulI1:..:.1 re cardl
po r inro 'I ru t I.a \\ .
o Profe ...or (. (; J \ lor"c. 'i~().()()()
(Re c.Hch Eqlllpmt:nr I, unu I
conrriburlOn rm\ ard ... rhe purcha c of J
computer a i,red ne\",-clippll1~In legal
trenth re...eJrch eqUlpmenr.
Total grants: £112,150
Life Scit:nce I)i\ i..,ion• f)r f) I1 f)J\ IC . n,'.f),,2 (\ I RC) to
,UppOf[ .1 re.,t:JrLh proJcct ennrleu 'lIrlllpn/JI')'I{ ",.,pOIl,'I.i II,I,")/;II/Id u,"//n
;lIIlIlIllIo/nl nlpr olllillddolll({/II III IIl11i/llllll.
o Profewlr I' J Quinn, £14.<)2~
(\\"ellcome Tn"r) Inreflhlrton,i1
inrerlaborawt: collaboration for rhe
wu, of .lI1rio,id'UH mechani,Ill'" of
ubiquinone in non-en<.:rg) rran ...ducing
Jl1t:mbrant: .
o I'rofc.,.,or ~t:1ine,. Ji7.000 (I.upu,
t'K) [() ,UppOf[ a r<.:,e:tn:h projeer
entitled Olflml/n;:::./I/ioll o/((II/i
ir/iopl'p/irk IlIIlillodi(',': IIlfi:d /I/(Id'I'n ol
dismSI' ;11 SI.!'..o Proft:.,.,or R K Pook. Jil <).9~0
(R<.: ...ean:h Equipmenr Fund)
contribution [()\\arth th<.: purch,!'>t: of a
,eannin,!!; ,pecrrophoroJl1ercr.
o J)r \\' P "'illiam, (\1 \RC). 37.000
(l '\:El' & ""110) to .,uppOf[ re ...earch
projecr, enritleu G/~.IISumll/ fllld
GF,I/.\. ({il:
Total grants: £153,583 $37,000
\lathcmacic"lo Proft:WH J C; 'I'a~ Ior, £ 19.H66
(EPSRC) to ,upport a re"'<.:Jrch projetT
t:ntitku .\'I'/lml IIl'rU:'IJli:lIIlJdr/,' 11/
10l1imlim/Jir ill/I'II'llli'JII,; (//Id 17I/ejOl7l1t1/ iOll,
o Profe, or P C \\"t: ... r. J)r PI lcme,
JiI44.6<)H (PI' \RC) to ,UppOf[ a re ... eareh
project enrirleu .\·IJII-/Jn111IV((li..'l· /nl'or;I','.
,fllp{'!',;)'mml'/ll', I/I/I'f!//I/J!(' IIlfIddi Il/{d /nl'
1I1flllli:::({lioll olwm:i/l',
Total grants: £169,714
\lechanical EngineeringTotal grants: £37,720
:'Jedical Engineering ePhy~ics
• J)r ,\ Turncr-Smirh, £7,1. 25 (Sourh
Thame, Regional Ilcalth .\uthonf" to
UPP/lrt J rc earch project cnritleu
\'/lr~/,.IIIIl/!J I, 1/1/11 "lrllll ~ pl'Jf!IJ'Ii/ /JI
InlllJllilll ,lilrel "'IIl/IJIII,"IIIJ ~n"l,nl/lr
11 ,I' ~ Ilhlli r.. /J nlli/ln n;.!IIJII .
Total grants: £75,825
\kJil..t1 l nit• f)r J P Bang.l. I'rofc .../lr \ \I\It(,regor. ';' .972 (\If{( Jro upport a
re earth prOJeLl entitleu R'IIJIlJ!Jil/f/fl/
IbrllJlmp/II ill ,,"pIIJI ll/{tlllld/lIIIlJIIO(
(Ii(h'{ . dJ,'Imt pillnolo!!.) ill/l/ilt.
• I)r P \I \\ Ibrh. '60.000 ( trok..:
\ .... l<.I.uion) to lIppOf[ a re earLh
prn)eL t cnrirleu .\-;nl!/IJ","ill:! (/SSIS,i/llt 11/
III/t/kld;lI!!, III s/mh.
Total grants: £149,011
\lokcuLlr Biolog) eBiophy..,ic.., (;roup/R.mdallIn..,[iwceo I)r B J ,·urton. ~34,.~(,() (\1 HC
(HOP \)) [() ,upporr a re...e~lrlh projecr
entitled inrer:lnion ... of rhe IgE rt:ct:ptor
C:1)2) - J target prott:i n tiJr conrrolling
:111t:rg) and a... thma.
o Prof<':'>"llr R \I Simrnon.,. 20.000 I~cll
(I':lIropcan C:ommi.,.,ion (IIC\IProgramme - ...... t:r\\orh. ... )) ro "'UppOf[ a
re... t:arch projen t:nritled 1'.lIo!;)'
/1(II/"t/IiI/IIIII;1I JllII.irk -/l/IJ!crllltlr
llJf1r-!IIIIIJII,l'ojS/17111JIIl',jiIJJI/iol/ flJlrl
IIIl'InflJl;I.I,
Total grants: £95,604 Eeu 20,000
\ IU"lic• Prole.,.,or R Srrohm. £l),263 (Briri ... h
.\caut:Jl1) to 'u ppOf[ a rt:.,eareh .,rlld~ at
the In.,titurt: of.\u\'anct:u \Iu.,ieal
StuUit:,.
Total grants: £9,263
ellrolo C1 \h,
o J)r I I S \Iarku ... , Profe.,.,or J F .\Iarrin.
£94,453 (Hriri h I kart Foundarion) to
"upport" rt: ... t:arch projt:C[ t:nritkd
1:/l/lIol;.IllliIJJJ, tlJJrIpltl/I'II'! flr/;r:tI/iol/. iJJ
mm/id 11111'11' II/nl'mJIIII tllIIl mm/irl
fll/lf,lIJplf/\ll'.
o I)r 11 S \Iarkll'. Proft:.,.,or J F \lartin.
£<).44.1 (Briti.,h Ikarr FOlllluarion)
,uppkJl1enr to a re,earch projt:C[
t:nrirkd 1-.lIIlIoli.l'll/iIJJJ, IIJIr/ pltlldl'!
fII/h.:fl//lIII,;JJ mm/itl111101' tI/h"IYJlJJtI IIJJtI
mm/itl f11l"ilJpllls/l'.
o I)r I1 S \Iarku .... Jil 1.>.211 (:\IRC) ro
,UppOf{ a re ... t:arch projt:cr enrirku 'l'ht'mli' olJJllri, 0\ irk 11/ /nl' I/IJ17JJIr! tlJJtI
tllIlIOf1/1fll 1l'l7'!Jrtll ril('lIltI/iol/,
o I)r 11 S \Iarkll"', £SH,761 (Strokt:
.\",ociarion) ro ... uppon a rt:,<.:arch
projecr <.:nrirlt:d . l.1'1'JIIP/oJJ/(I/ir I'IJJIIolJJS
rlflallOlI ill "lri,,1 filllillttlioll.
• 1)1' 11 ~ \Iarkll\. £n.JO() IRl:\l:arch
Eqllipml:nt Fund) contrihurlOn [()\\arth
rhe cO\r of cquipmenr [() be u cd for
re ca rch p urpo e~.
Total grants: £300,179
'ur"inl!; e "I id\\ ifcr~Di\ i"ion• \ I, Richard\on, £2 , '60 (Canccr
Rc\carch Campaign) ro upporr a
re,careh projeer l:ntirled ,I .l"llIf~1' 10
l'i:allIttle a lIlIrsill~ ill/l'lf.:mlioll r/e.'~r:.1Il'r/10
flssisl rhell/olhempy palil'lll.l" mp{' ",'ilh
jrtlif(lIe.
Total grants: £46,860
'lItriton e Dietetic".1)1' \1 l"cbon, £47,274 (\lini\[J'"> of
.\griculrure, Fi\herit.:\ & Food) [()
,uppOrt a rl:s<:arch projccr l:nrirlcd
S'tlllrltlrrljoorlphoIOf(mphs(or lIse ill rlielmy
.I"III'CI')'.I". Phflse 3: ,Xtlirlfllioll .l"llIr~1' & fie/rl
IliflA.
• Prof<:,sor C Geissler. £..j..t()9,' (\\'orld
Cancer Re\eareh Fund) ro supporr a
research srudentship <:ntirlt.:d U\irlalh'e
DY\ rlfllI/age as fI lI/arJ.'er ojrm/{pr lisI.-:
efferl ojrlietary alllio,\ir/allls.
• 1)1' H \\'iseman, Profes,or T .\ B
Sander\, £143,570 (\Iinisr~ of
:\griculrure, Fish<:ries C' Food) 1'0
,upporr a research proje<:r <:nrirlt.:d
11I(llIl'IIlt' ojrlirlmyj/ffwlloid, Oil oxirlfll;'ce
rltllllfl~e ill hllll/flllS.
• Prof<:ssor T 13 Sanders, £7,000(I)eparrmenr of I Icalrh) [() SUpport a
research projl:l:r t:ntirlcd Rr'ci{'YJJ' oj
'c.:ilf/lllill D slOlllS Ollrl rid.'els ill thilrlrl'll ill
Ihis (OlIlIlry.
Total grants: £399,221
Ob'itetrics e Gynaecology• Profc\Sor L Cardozo, Or P Toozs
Ilob on, £63,93 (WellBeing) [() 'upporr
a rc,earch projcl:r entirled ThlPe
dill/eIIsiollal lIllmsolllld (lsse:wlleIIl oj
d(/lllt~f!e10 Ihe lIrelhml (/lId (/I/((I sphillrk/~'
jollw'ill~ rhi/rlbil1h.
Total grants: £63,933
Pharmacology Group• Proles orC P Pagt:,£147,MJ (\IRC
(ROPA» ro SUppOf[ a n.:search projcn
entitled ,\eollolalSeIISilisalioll 10 flidlome
allerf!pls.
• Profc\Sor 13 Halliwcll. £41.196
U\rThriri\ et Rhcumarism Council) ro'>upporr a rcsearch projccr cntitlcd ,\'illir
wirle II/rdiflled oxidali'i.:e dflll/(IKe ill
Ihellll/alOid flrlhlilis.
• ProfcWJr 13 Ilalli\\ell. £44,999 (\\'orld
Cancer Re,>t:arch Fund) [() \UPp0f[ a
rc\earl:h s[ut!t:nr\hip t:nritled O\ir/olic'{
D.\'. \ dtlll/(If!.1 flS fI 1I1tIr!:/'r o((fill/iT li 1::dflll ojrlit/tlly (1IIIio.\idtIllLL
• Profc\ or B HalliwclL Dr 0 I.\ruoma,
£319,0(Xl (\lini\r~ of.-\griculrurl:,
Fi,>heric\ C' Food) [() \UPP0f[ a rc\earch
projCct emirled /. OOd.i li(h ill didOIl
j/(fi.'olloidi If: pO~j'phntoli( 1I1I11i{'//IS ill Ihe
pmllclioll 0/o\idalic'I' r/tlll/((~e ill hlllllllllS,
• Or J Robbin'>. Dr.\ Lan~le\
(Pharmacy), £54,74H (Re~earch
Equipmenr Fund) comriburion w\\'ard,
rhe co,>r of equipmcm to be used for
rc,>eareh purpo'>c'>.
Total grants: £665,747
Pharmac\• \11' R Foul\ham, 1)1' L Good~cr.
'" ](),270 (l)t:parTl11cnr of Ile3lrh) [()
'>UppOf[ a re,>t:arch projecr: ,\ rolllport/li'i..-'l'
sl/lr/y ojIh/' !'Iielml., /liar/£' I~l' differe/ll
hmllhmre pn~fe.\·siolla/s10 (,{lI/lll1l1l1il)'
phllmlfllislsjol dOllliri/iall' 'i..-'isils.
• 1)1' L Goodyer, £22.29H (Rc~earch
Srrarcgv Fund) conrriburion W\\'arus
rc'>carch expen,>t:,>.
• Or \ 1J Lawrcnce, £7 '.24 (BBSRC
(ROPA)) [(J ~upporr a re'>earch projecr:
IJesiKII oj1I0000'el hiod£'KmrlalJ/e
ett'i."iIVlIlI/l'lIlfllll'/rielld~j' 1I01lIo.\ir
SIIIftlll{IllIs.
• Dr. Singh, Profcssor J D Pcar,>on
(\'a cular Biolo~ Re\eareh Centre),
£8:l,321 (ArThriri~ and Rhcul11ari'l1l
Council) to ~upport a rest.:arch projecr
enritled desiRII J)'11lltesi.\· alld l"I..'allI/llioll o(
Ihtmpmlir oRelllsjor il!fklllllllaIOI.l'joilll
diset/s£'.
Total grants: £235,943
Physics• Profes;or R E Burg<:, Dr PCharalambous, £ 12-1, 75 7 (Le\'erhull11e
Tru~r) ro '>UppOf[ a re\earch projecr
enrirled The rOllsolidalioll oj.\'-my
II/irrosropy alld X-rr~l'holography ill
hiophysirs.
• Dr.-\ \1 \ Iaim\()od, Dr t\ T Collim.
£69,63 (EP RC) W Upp0f[ a rc'>eareh
projecr cnrirled .llolemlar illlagillg illrlioll/olld (.1//DI.I).
Total grants: £702,598 $144,887
Physiolog~ (; roll pi \ 'asclIlarBiology Re'icarch Centre• Or N JAbbou, £150,-167 (\IRC
lROPA)) ro ~uppon a rescareh projeer
enrirlcd lOll th(/llllel." 117/I/jl)Orlet'S Ollr/
rerl'plOI'!i ill bmill ettdOlhelilllll: bf/sir srimo!
10 IlIIdetpill rlmg disrO'i.·ely.
• Dr 5 R ~Iilligan, Dr K T O'Byrne
(.\naroI11Y e Ilul11an Bi(jlo~ Group),
£63,,89 (\1 RC) [() \UPP0f[ a rc\t:,lrt:h
projt:ct t:nritled 'l'hl' rnliml set/silr.:ill' 10
111'- imll/llt'lll(tI O{J/mfflllS allrlphylo
flDim,!!.t 11.1' r/lllill![ rIt"i.dop/llIIII alld IIIlhl'
lIdlll!.
• Dr D \ I L \ lorgan, Dr.-\ R Baydoun,
£74,605 <Brirish Heart Foundarion) [(J
UppOrT a re'>earch projCct enrirkd
Rl'f(ltlolion o/Ihe illdllrible L-{I/J[iniIlNli/lir
o.\irlt palh",'aj' by po~l'tIlllilles.
• 1)1' K C Pedlc"> , Professor S L !-I 0\\ cll,
£ J J 1.523 (\\'clleome Trusr) to SUppOf[ a
re earch projccr enrirled Role ojglllrose
ImllSpOl1ers, hf.\okilltlses tllldglllrol:illase ill
~/lIrose-slill/lllaledillSlllill seowioll.
Total grants: £440, 547
PortugUC'iC e BrazilianStudic"• 1)1' I) r1 Treece, £5A77 (Researl:h
Equipmenr Fund) conrriburion r()\\ard.,
rhe l:O'>r of equipl11enr ro be u~ed for
re\t:arl:h purpo\e;.
Total grants: £5,477
Spani<.,h e Spanish ,\mericanStudie<.,• Profe\~or \\' RC)\\'e, Professor J Yapira,
£46,370 (Le\'crhull11e Trusr) ro support
a rescareh projecr enritled Alldef/ll
Sptlllish tIS (I serollrl Itlllglltl~e: fI lef/{hill~1(,:\1
jr)r .-IYII/fl/,(( spertl:elJ.
Total grants: £46,370
SlI r"cr\,M _
• Professor 1S Iknjal11in, £7,000 (Brirish
Council) conrriburion wwards ahonorary vi;iring rcsearch fellowship
awarded ro IJr \V Yang.
Total grants: £7,000
Thoracic ~Icdicine
• Profcssor J loxham, £11,450 (joinr
Rcsearch Commiuce [King'
Ilealrhcare]) ro lIppOf[ a re5earch
rudenr hip cnritled ('sillg rfspimMI)'
prfsslIlP SIlPPOI1 10 illlprOi.'e exercise raparily
ill CO,W.
• 1)1' 0 Spina,.£ 11,450 Cloinr Research
Commirree (King's Healrhearc)) reSUppOrt a research ~rudenr hip enrirled
The role ojphosphor/imemseisozYllles illlhe
rl'f!,lIlalioll ofair•.':tI)' lIet1mlltllfllllrlioll ill lhe
~IIilll'fl pig.
Total grants: £132,105
War Stu dic'iTotal grants: £111,086
Total amount awarded in thequarter: £7,723,574Total number of awards in thequarter (including extensions andsupplements): 153
P.Il!l: 1'1
School of -Jducation lecture
(.,)11/1 i AllHal/d OBf,. 'I nllll/ml 1)lIulor of1nl' r:nmwd I 1IIII/tlI'mjn I
'fhr ('//(11/ I/d 'lilll111/: 0/11'
Iflilc.'·IIl'illl{J I',/lro/II
. \ pI/Mu IU/III/ I)\, ,Il, (.011/1 A/r/;I,lIId
O/J I,.. r/I I",..en r/ III 1nl' S,nool IJ( I:r/I/mllol/
IW II'tdl/l'.I'r/II)' .::; .I11~\' /99.::;
On.\\:t:dl~~~da~ SJul~ 199.:;, \IrLolin Klrkland. rhe former
Tt:chnieal Direeror for
I':urclrunnd, came (() rhe School of
Educarion (Cl ralk anbour rht: building
of rhe Channel Tunnel. Colin
Kirkland i~ one of rhe \\orld\ nH)~r
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facilirared.
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... 110\\, ... hm\ ing each .,rage of hl)\\ rhe
runnel wa'> con~uucted. and h()\\ rhe
projccr had had (() implemenr
rech n ilj ue ... ab(l\ e and be~ ond am rhar
had bccn u...cd before, 'Ir Kirkla'nd
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building ,>uch a \·a ... r runncl under rhe
... ea, and pre~enred ~omc idea ... a ... to rhe
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on ...cicnrific rechniquc ... ,uch .1'" rhe
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\\'emble~ Sradium.... One a ... pecr of rhe
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wa., rhe organi ...arional procedure ...
required (() co-ordinare .1 LIrge number
of diffcrenr companie, and ... raff
working on rhe runnelling project.
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22 NovemberThe Unnatural Nature of ScienceProfessor Lewis WolpertUniversity CollegeLondon RoomStrandContact: Professor S L Howell0171-3334003
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23 OctoberThe Nine Numbers of the CosmosProfessor P 0 Prewett,Rutherford Appleton Laboratoryand King's College London
30 OctoberTechnologies of nuclearproliferation: Is there really afirebreak?Or John HassardBlackett Laboratory, ImperialCollege London
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TRANSLATING THE BIBLE: THE ETHIOPIC
VERSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
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Professor M A Knibb, FBA(King's College London)British Academy20/22 Cornwall Terrace, LondonNW14QP(entrance in Allsop Place)RSVP: Miss Rosemary LambethThe British Academy
l-:in,g\ College LondonI ,cgal Thcor~ Seminar..,
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25 OctoberDesire in the Court RoomAnthony BeckBuddhism, Law and PassionAndrew HuxleyMourning and JusticeChris Stanley
15 NovemberJudgements of LovePeter GoodrichLaw, Conservatism and theConstruction of DesirePaddy IrelandRegulation and Sex WorkersMary Childs
29 NovemberUnger's Passionlan WardLaw & RationalityRay OavernLaw and Passion in the Thought ofEmmanuel LevinasTamra Wright
13 DecemberPassion and Primal Scenes:Tracing Origins of LawPeter FitzpatrickAuthorship and Auto plasticityAlain PottagePassion and Warfare: Perspectiveson Passion, Rape and LawHelen Codd
All sessions take place between15.30 and 18.00 at King's CollegeLondon, Strand Campus
Admission is free without a icketContac he senes organisers aK ng's: Ray Davern Ken Oliphanand Adam Tom ins Tel: 0171-83654541.
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30 October,Edward Wickham and the ClerksGroup (London):Johannes Ockeghem's Mlssa Deplus en plus17.00, Room 6C, Main Building(Workshop: performance &discussion: Institute of AdvancedMusical Studies)
30 OctoberThe Khazar empire in the ninthcenturyJames Howard-Johnson (CorpusChristi College, Oxford):17.30, Room 35B(Seminar: Centre for HellenicStudies, Byzantine & Modern GreekStudies)
31 OctoberEquivalence & ConstrastiveLinguisticsRaphael Salkie (Brighton): ParallelCorpora, Translation18.00, Blackwell Room(Seminar: Research Unit inHumanities Computing)
1 NovemberWhat is Life?Professor Margaret Boden(University of Sussex):17.15, Committee Room(Public lecture: Centre forPhilosophical Studies)
2 NovemberRecent Research in AncientMesseneProfessor Petros Themelis(University of Crete):18.00, New Theatre(Lecture: Centre for HellenicStudies with the GreekArchaeological Committee UK)
5 NovemberChristopher Fry: The Dark is LightEnough; a staged reading to markthe Centre's publication of a new
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6 NovemberConstantinople through the eyesof the Crusaders.Ruth Macndes (University ofBirmingham-University of StAndrews)17.30, Room 1B22(Seminar with slides: Centre forHellenic Studies/Byzantine &Modern Greek Studies)
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15 NovemberHow the Axiomatic Method WorksOr John Mayberry, (University ofBristol):17.15, Committee Room(Public Lecture: Centre forPhilosophical Studies)
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20 NovemberPresent doom and future hope inthe work of George Seferis.Katerina Kirkos-Davis(Birmingham):
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22 NovemberMeyerbeer's 11 Crociato in Egitto:Melodrame, Opera, OrientalismMark Everist (King's CollegeLondon):17.00, Room 6C, Main Building,(Colloquium: Institute of AdvancedMusical Studies)
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27 NovemberA Hesychast manual on the JesusPrayer: the Century of Kallistos andIgnatious Xanthopoulos (14thCentury)The Rt Revd Kallistos Ware(Pembroke College, Oxford):17.30, Room 35B(Seminar: Centre for HellenicStudies/Byzantine and ModernGreek Studies)
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Dcparrmcnr of PharmaC\Rc ...carch Seminar .Programme
All meetings will take place inRoom 18, Chelsea Campus,Main Building, Manresa Roadwith refreshments served between16.00 - 16.15. The Seminars willtake place from 16.15 to 17.15
2 NovemberAmphetamines and the dance-ravesceneDr J A Henry, Medical ToxicologyUnit, Guy's and St Thomas'Hospital Trust.
9 NovemberBacterial interactions with therespiratory mucosaDr R WilsonHost Defence Unit, National Heartand Lung Institute, ImperialCollege of Science, Technologyand Medicine.
16 NovemberTreating diabetes nature's wayProf A J Bone,Department of Pharmacy,University of Brighton.
23 NovemberJoint Seminar with Department ofPharmacology.SDA T and a host of goldendaffodilsDr J MurrayShire Pharmaceutical DevelopmentLtd, Andover.
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