Hatfield Record - 2013

HATFIELD RECORD 2013

Freshers’ Sunday

Hatfield Record 2013

Table of Contents The Master’s Letter

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Notes from the Acting Senior Tutor

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Notes from the Chaplain

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Notes from the Bursar

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Notes from the Librarian

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The Common Rooms

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Articles: •

David Melville Evensong—Celebrating Hatfield College

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How the Quest was Won

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A Wheel3chair Users’ Guide to Choosing a University

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50 years On

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Ordeal by Quinquereme

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Academic Distinctions

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College Sport

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Sporting Distinctions

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College Societies

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The Hatfield Trust

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Hatfield Awards and Bursaries

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The Hatfield Association

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Forthcoming Events

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Members’ News

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Death Notices

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Obituaries

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College Notes

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Three Senior Men (L3R) Pippa Grey, Lorna Noble, Esther Swaffield Uniquely, all three bowed out together on the occasion of the Hatfield Association Formal, 22 February 2013

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The Master’s Letter

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s I start this letter, the snow is falling steadily and I’ve just had the news that the Hatfield3Castle Challenge is postponed – a great pity for students past and present who were hoping for a good day’s sport. But it has already been an excellent weekend with the Hatfield Association formal last night, before which we celebrated a major donation to College from the David Boardman Trust for maintenance of the chapel organ. The most extraordinary part of the evening for me came at the end of formal dinner when no less than three Senior Men, all female, bowed out together! The current Senior Man, Esther Swaffield, was joined by Lorna Walker (née Noble) and Pippa Fell (née Grey). It was a lovely moment and applauded by all. Pippa was here with most of her Exec from 2003, celebrating their ten3year anniversary. They sat on the Exec table, opposite the current team, in their usual order; it must have brought back some memories! Lorna was back with other members of the Hatfield Association including her husband Stuart to publicise the Association and to encourage current students to get involved after they graduate. As Tony Gray said in his short and very witty speech, if the Association does not evolve, it will wither; it constantly needs fresh ideas and younger faces.

Just about everyone reading this edition of the Record is a member of the Association so it is up to all of you to make it work!

It has been a mixed year, with the usual high points but some lower ones too. Penny Widdison was off from Easter 2012 on long3term sick leave and eventually terminated her University employment at the end of the year. We thank Penny for her commitment to the College, in particular the establishment of the SHAPES project, which she devised. We wish her and Robin all the best for the future. Of course, whilst she no longer works here, Penny remains an alumna and will always be welcome back in her old College. We have been indebted to Anthony Bash for serving as Acting Senior Tutor, for almost a year now. He has thrived and has had many successes, not least persuading a higher percentage of Hatfielders to complete the Student Experience Survey than in any other college; his limericks were infamous but had the desired effect! Low points include

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the postponement of the Jevons refurbishment and the allocation of Church Street buildings to University College. We hope and expect work on Jevons and Pace to be carried out in 2014 and to that end we are continuing the fund3raising for an enlarged Lion’s Den (so named to emphasise the wide range of uses to which we put the space which you will think of simply as the “bar”). Still, despite lack of progress in that respect, we will get a £1.6 million investment in the hall and kitchen area, transforming the annex into a dedicated servery, completely refurbishing the kitchen area and extending the dining hall a little (since the hot3food servery will not be needed in its current location). The architects have been keen to change the look of hall; I have let them know that they can have any colour they like as long as it’s Hatfield blue (Pantone 20C40)!

Tim Burt and Roger Searle at the AGU Awards Ceremony, San Francisco, 5th December 2012 I have been on research leave this academic year. I had to cancel a term’s leave in Australia but still have been able to make some shorter trips abroad, both to the USA. In December I was in San Francisco to receive my Fellowship from the American Geophysical Union. In a group of 61 new Fellows (0.1% of the membership, or “one in a thousand” if you

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prefer), only two were from the UK, both from Durham; indeed it could be said both from Hatfield College. Professor Roger Searle (Earth Sciences) was a tutor at Hatfield in the early 1990s and is duly listed in Arthur Moyes’ History. I got back from my second trip, to North Carolina this time, a week ago – I attended two workshops and spent time working on a new book (Fundamentals of Hillslope Hydrology) with two North American colleagues. I was again able to visit the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in the Appalachians, where I first went in 1980, and to stay with former visiting fellow Wayne Swank and his wife Roberta who were here in Hatfield for a term in the late 1990s. They were delighted to learn that Moira Dunn was still here!

Under Anthony Bash’s guidance, the SHAPES (Supporting Hatfielders’ Academic Progress, Employability and Skills) programme has evolved significantly, most notably through the good work of our SHAPES champions: Jonny Mills, Catherine Able3Thomas, Imara Csoti and Caroline McGrath. SHAPES is driven by Hatfield’s vision of a thriving community of scholars sharing a sense of citizenship, loyalty and belonging. We aim to ensure that our students are in high demand by developing their communication skills; their ability to manage their own intellectual, personal and professional development; and their qualities of leadership, creativity and entrepreneurialism. SHAPES is complemented by the Business Lions scheme, which aims to put current students in touch with Hatfield alumni, giving advice on the world of employment and sharing their knowledge and experience. A number of alumni have contributed to the SHAPES programme this year including: Sir Tim Smit (talking about the way his career led to the Eden Project), Kathryn Findlay (Ernst & Young3sponsored formal and presentation session), Howard Veary (talking about working for the “big four”), Geoff Ellis (working in the world of telecommunications) and Terry Sayce, a current PhD student and mentor who has had a long and continuing career working in the Middle East (applications and CVs). I encourage alumni, young and old, to get involved. Sign up as a Business Lion or come and hold a SHAPES event in College. Please contact me if you would like more information or see the College website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/hatfield.college/ business_lions/

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A few congratulations are in order. First to Louisa Reeve, who rowed in an Olympic final for the second time, and to Emily Taylor who was part of the squad but didn’t get to row, alas. Andrew Strauss’ place in the England team has been taken by Nick Compton, who spent a year at Hatfield before withdrawing to sort out a long3term back injury – I am sure we can still count him as one of us! Special congratulations to honorary fellow Professor Robert Allison, former resident warden, tutor and President of the SCR. Bob is now Vice3Chancellor of Loughborough University, a most prestigious appointment. We put aside our usual rivalry to welcome Bob back to College and celebrated his appointment at a special guest night in October. Congratulations to Jeremy Vine who was awarded an honorary degree in June; I was privileged to give the oration.

Sir Tim Smit received a knighthood this year and we were pleased to welcome him back to College, as noted above; he had dinner with students after his SHAPES talk. Finally, congratulations to Professor Ray Hudson, a member of College for over 40 years, who is now the Deputy Vice3Chancellor. Ray’s place as Chairman of College Council has been taken by Richard Burge, a Hatfield alumnus and a lay member of University Council.

Next year we will see changes to the University’s admissions system.

Thankfully, applicants will still be able to specify their first3choice college so it is even more imperative that we are able to articulate what makes Hatfield so special. Of course, colleges share a lot of similarities, with each offering excellent facilities, lots of opportunities for personal development and a comprehensive support system. However, every college has its own distinctive character, defined by its buildings, traditions and people.

Geography and history really do matter, in my view, setting the context within which the current cohort of students can re3create the College in their own image. Stephen Jay Gould wrote a history of geology called “Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle”; it would make a good title for any college history, the combination of an individual cycle of experience of 3 or 4 years set within the time trend of the college’s development and evolution; that indefinable mixture of constancy and change. I take it as read that we (i.e. all staff and supporters of the College including its alumni) must seek to enhance the scholarly nature of the University and to support our students in achieving their academic potential. At the same time, we must provide the opportunity for all our students to engage in a

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wide range of sports, visual and performing arts and in voluntary work.

Hatfield has never been about posh, modern facilities – although they do help – we share a very active community in spite of, rather than because of, our buildings and infrastructure. What matters at heart are people: I am happy to confirm that Hatfield students remain as active, engaged and articulate as ever. It is a continuing joy to be Master of this College. Vel

Primus Vel Cum Primis!

Tim Burt

Notes from the Acting Senior Tutor At the time of writing this report, I have been in post as Acting Senior Tutor for about a year.

I am grateful to Penny Widdison for the way she set up the College Office to support the work of the Senior Tutor. This made it much easier to step in and take over at short notice. Brenda Mitchell in the College Office has been an invaluable source of wisdom and knowledge, and (apparently effortlessly!) continues to provide first3rate administrative support.

We now have about 1,000 full3time students who are members of the College. About one quarter are postgraduates. In addition, we have over 400 part3time distance learners who are postgraduates. Our students come from 42 different nations!

Several important developments have taken place this year. The first is that we have focused on developing the SHAPES project. (For readers who like acronyms, SHAPES stands for ‘Supporting Hatfielders’ Academic Progress, Employability and Skills’.)

SHAPES is one of the primary mechanisms we have in the College for offering non3academic support to our students, helping them to identify and develop the skills they are acquiring, both within and without College. Our College mentors work closely with the SHAPES project. We

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encourage our students to make sure they include in applications for jobs information about the life3skills they have acquired.

We appointed four student ‘SHAPES’ Champions’ who have helped promote the scheme to students. As a result of their efforts, we have seen SHAPES activities much better supported this year – and we hope of better help and value to our students.

Anthony Bash with former Senior Man, Simon Watkinson We have had an excellent programme of SHAPES activities throughout the year. They include career evenings from alumni representing many of the large professions (banking, the media, teaching, accountancy, and so on), with sessions aimed at developing study skills (avoiding plagiarism, speed reading, presentation skills, and so on) as well as regular seminars, with papers from undergraduates, postgraduates and SCR members.

One disappointing area of the SHAPES project continues to be the relatively low take3up by current students of offers of help from our

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Business Lions, alumni/ae of the College who offer career3development advice to our students. We will be promoting the scheme in the coming year and hope to see a significantly increased interest in the Business Lions.

The second area of development has been how we communicate with our students. It has become clear to us that the College website is not the appropriate place to do this, as this is really our ‘window’ onto the world that enables us to tell non3members about the College and its work.

We have therefore developed the use of the University’s online learning environment, DUO (another University acronym, meaning ‘Durham University Online’). We have three ‘courses’: one for mentors, one for students and one for access to information about the Business Lions. We are still developing these courses and making them fit for purpose. We have had helpful feedback about how to make them better known, and next year we will be giving all our new students help and training on how to use the College’s courses in DUO more effectively.

The last important development has been to develop better, stronger links between the MCR and JCR. The two common rooms are distinct – yet there are significant areas of overlapping interest. We are developing better ways of sharing what can be shared and keeping distinct what should be kept distinct.

In my current role, I have a window into some of the suffering that our students face. Many bear that suffering with remarkable courage and fortitude. We have every reason to be proud of our students. I also continue to admire the energy, vigour and zeal of our students.

Individually and together they make an enormous impact on the quality of life in the College, the University and the wider community.

Anthony Bash

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Notes from the Chaplain The College’s Chapel continues to thrive. We have moved our main service to Friday evening at 5.30pm, before formal dinner. We have a new Director of Music this year, Harry Castle, a first3year music student. He has made a fine contribution to the musical life of the College – and not just the Chapel. The music in the Chapel is supported by our excellent College choir and by two organ scholars, Laura Erel and Tom Coxhead (whose sister, Lizzie, is a former choir member). The Choir, with the College’s Music Society, held a concert towards the end of term, and sang Fauré’s Requiem and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Some members of the Choir also sang at a College Guest Night.

One of the high spots of the year has been a gift from the David Boardman Trust for the on3going maintenance of the College Organ. We are very grateful to Dr Boardman for this gift. It will help preserve an important College asset.

The theme of our services in Michaelmas Term was ‘A Green Gospel?’

We had a variety of speakers contributing to reflection about a faith perspective on environmental issues. Speakers included a postgraduate student (Nicola Lugosch), a theologian (Professor Douglas Davies), a businessman (Stephen Perry), a member of the Cathedral staff (Revd Canon Rosalind Brown), the Chief Executive of Traidcraft (Paul Chandler), a College Mentor (Peter MacLellan) and the Chaplain and Master.

In Epiphany, our theme was ‘Diversity’ – and we explored a variety of issues including the ordination of women to the episcopate in various Christian traditions and how to handle ancient religious texts wisely in a multi3faith society.

We have held some special services this year. In December we held two candlelit Christmas Carol services, one before each of the Christmas formal dinners. The change – from one service on the last Sunday of term – worked well. This year’s Remembrance Sunday Service was the best attended in recent memory. We have also held an Ash Wednesday service.

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Members of the chapel community celebrate Dr. David Boardman’s donation for maintenance of the organ

The Forum on Forgiveness and Reconciliation continues to thrive. The Revd Canon Dr Stephen Cherry, author of Healing Agony, gave a stimulating presentation in Michaelmas Term. Meetings in Epiphany Term were on restorative justice and (with the Revd Professor Chris Cook) the spirituality of forgiveness.

One of the meetings of the Forum for Religious Understanding had to be cancelled because the speaker, Dr Matthew Guest, was marooned by flood water! The Forum met in Epiphany (when it was dry but snowy!) during ‘One World Week’ and explored world faiths with Dr Joanildo Burity from the Department of Theology and Religion.

Anthony Bash

Notes from the Bursar Another great and exciting year! This is my fourth Hatfield Record and I’m looking forward to many more. The Lion in Winter Ball and Fashion Show raised money for Veterans at Ease; both events were hugely successful. The Hatfield Operations’ team worked tirelessly to prepare the College for Open Days for prospective students. The Hatfield Team have worked tremendously hard to support all of the College activities throughout this year.

The College will miss the extensive knowledge of key personnel who have transferred to other colleges.

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Pam Burdis has transferred full time to Josephine Butler. Pam was an asset to Hatfield and will be missed. The Bursar’s Secretary role will be filled in due course.

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Bev Evans has transferred to St Cuthbert’s; Bev was a long3standing and valued member of the Hatfield housekeeping team.

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A return to Hatfield blue!

The carpets in corridors and stairways within A&B Stairs and the computer room have been replaced. The bedroom carpets will return to Hatfield blue over summer 2013.

The following areas were painted over summer 2012: Internally 3 Sections of K & L blocks, James Barber House and the basement and corridors in A&B stairs. Externally 3 Palmers Garth, Rectory, Kingsgate House and James Barber House.

Central funding has become available to provide double glazing for Bailey House; this will improve the students’ security and also reduce College’s carbon emissions. The installation will commence in summer 2013.

How the new annex servery will look!

The refurbishment of the kitchen, dining hall and servery will commence July 2013, with works completed for the start of next academic year; this is excellent news for the Hatfield community.

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Extensive accessibility adaptions have been made to student communal areas over summer 2012, the adaptions will aid students and guests with mobility challenges.

The refurbishment plans for Jevons, Pace and the Bar have been postponed; we are still pushing for the refurbishments in 2014‌ watch this space!

The initial business plan has been agreed by the University for the developments of the Boiler House‌ watch this space!

Michelle Crawford

Notes from the Librarian My thanks go to the JCR who proved the funding for the student librarians. Emma Antonio, Charles Budenberg, Ivy Callaway, Imara Csoti, Joshua Dixon, Sophie Handler, Jennifer McAuley, Bryony Potter, Becky Wallbank, Emily Woodhouse and Ivan Yuen have provided an efficient and friendly library service for the benefit of the College students.

Thanks to Raisa Ng who volunteered to work in the library during the Easter vacation ensuring some limited access to the library services at this busy time.

A review of College resources and study facilities including library provision was carried out by the University. There is no impact on the College library service although an increase in computer access to electronic resources would be beneficial.

In total one hundred new books were purchased for the library which included seventeen history books financed by a private donation received via the Hatfield Trust.

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Jeremy Vine with Librarian, Judith Watson

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A DVD collection has been started primarily with items to complement the ‘Shakespeare on Film’ course. This collection will be added to in the coming year. The Hatfield Trust paid for the display stand for this collection and some additional notice boards.

During the Easter Term the library remained open and unstaffed from Monday until Thursday between 2.30pm and 6.30pm to allow more access to study spaces in the library and relieve the pressure on the Reading Room, which was at maximum capacity.

A new photocopier has been installed in the library and is proving to be very useful. The machine has automatic reduction and zoom facilities and back to back copying which should save paper.

Judith Watson

The Junior Common Room Senior Man Chair Livers’ Out Representative Secretary Senior DSU Representative Social Secretary Treasurer Vice3President (Discipline) Vice3President (Welfare) Welfare Officer

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Esther Swaffield Luke Satterthwaite Melisa Demir Michael Whittingham Toby North Matthew Henry Laura Murison Victoria Palmer Hannah Schofield3Newton Alice Pike

The JCR has, once again, had an extremely busy year and the Executive Committee has worked tirelessly to ensure that the undergraduate community at Hatfield continues to thrive. As ever, members of the JCR continue to excel in a vast array of areas, making an attempt to summarise all the contributions of so many people nearly impossible! That said, here is a brief(ish) overview of my year as Senior ‘Man’ at Hatfield.

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Projects As part of our aim to increase the representation and support for the Arts within Hatfield, we have helped to establish a new ‘Art Room’ in College.

The room, situated under B stairs, will be used as a studio space for students who are artistically inclined.

The long3awaited purchase of two new treadmills for the cardio gym in College has been met with great enthusiasm, and thanks must go to the Hatfield Trust for their contribution towards these.

Hatfield College JCR Exec 2012313 Much time has been taken up this year with gaining student opinions on, and raising support for, the refurbishment of the bar. Although, sadly, these plans are not to be implemented this summer as planned, I do hope that our contributions will be of some use in the future. I look forward to returning to ‘The Lion’s Den’ in a few years’ time!

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Governance After last year’s referendum to decide the best course of governance, the second year of running as a Durham Student Organisation has been successful. It has been interesting to be involved with the process of writing a framework for DSOs. After the initial hard3work from last year’s Exec involving significant adjustments to our official documents and financial practices, I am pleased to report that the support received from the University is very positive, particularly in regard to finance and strategy training. Although we are, as ever, open to the possibility of setting up an independent charity, this does not, at the moment, seem to present a more attractive option.

Finances The JCR remains in good financial health without any major concerns. Bar profits have been slightly lower this year compared to last, but this is not too worrying, and we will recommend that a special effort to promote the bar during Freshers’ week is made next year.

I am pleased to report that significant progress has been made with our finances in regard to online banking. All being well, at the time of publication, we should have made the switch to ‘online’ banking! This will allow for a much easier transfer of funds and all of our financial records will be easily accessible online. Furthermore, we will have a purchase card which will prove very useful in preventing students from having to spend large amounts of their own money in order to be reimbursed. All in all, I hope that this will ease the work3load of the Treasurer, and go some way towards updating our financial workings.

Sport Sport remains a major strength of the JCR and the College continues to build on the successes of last year. Notable clubs include: HCHC who look to be on track to top the league once more, and HCBC who aim to compete at Henley this year.

The link between the Hatfield Trust and sports clubs continues to be strengthened by having the Trust Director sit as a member of the JCR Finance Committee, and the Trust generously contributing to a proportion of what is awarded.

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Unfortunately the Hatfield3Castle Challenge had to be postponed due to an unexpected bout of snow at the end of February; however, we hope to rearrange the Challenge for post3exams and look forward to a success against Castle once more! Thanks must go to the captains of the individual clubs for their continued dedication, and to DUAU reps Arabella Garnett and Charlotte Furneaux for liaising with Team Durham on their behalf.

Arts and Societies Our societies remain a real asset of the JCR and the DUCK reps Ross Guthrie and Emily Sherr have worked tirelessly to place Hatfield in the running for the ‘DUCK Colleges’ Trophy’ this year. The Hatfielder magazine continues to publish popular termly additions, and Kinky Jeff (assisted by an influx of talented freshers) are enjoying regular gigs around the University and further afield.

The Arts in Hatfield continue to go from strength to strength and there seems to be a unity within Art groups that hasn’t been seen for some time: the Christmas and Easter Concerts had a huge audience, and saw the Chapel Choir perform alongside many other groups and soloists.

Furthermore, numerous Open3Mic nights throughout the year have proved to be immensely successful and we have reinstated the tradition of a Hatfield Pantomime which was entertaining to say the least!

Welfare Welfare within College continues to be a huge asset with a balanced team of male and female senior reps. It has been the first year to have the position of JCR Welfare Officer on the Exec, and this has proved a great success alleviating the load of the VP Welfare. Indeed, the JCR recently voted to move the position of JCR Welfare Officer up the Exec (to 6 place) in recognition of the importance of the role within College. th

The Welfare team have changed their awareness campaigns to coincide with the DSU’s scheme of having one large ‘awareness week’ each term and have adapted this to extend them to a fortnight. Welfare provision for Livers Out has seen improvements likewise and a recent survey for Livers Out has seen the Welfare team able to adapt their work accordingly.

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‘Tea and Toast’ has increased in popularity 3 it now runs twice a week, providing a quieter option for those staying in College or coming back from the town.

Social With an incredible Hatfield Day, regular Open3Mic Nights and the annual Michaelmas Ball proving more popular than ever, the social side of College remains strong. This year’s Lion In Winter Ball with the theme ‘Wonder3 lust’ was a triumph thanks to Charlotte Bull (Chair) and Jonny Mills (Treasurer), with the Charity Fashion Show ending the weekend in style!

Furthermore, the JCR united for the ‘All3College Social’ towards the end of Michaelmas Term, run by the Welfare Team and DUCK to end their ‘Think Twice’ campaign. It was great to see so many clubs and societies join together for a unified cause.

Getting ready for the Freshers’ photograph!

With the price of Guest Night formals unavoidably increasing, the JCR has made a concerted effort to increase attendance. With help from the Master, we have been able to put on several special Guest Nights, with

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musical entertainment provided by members of the College. This has proved to be extremely popular for JCR and MCR alike, and we very much hope that this trend can continue.

Communication The JCR’s use of social media continues to be an increasingly important tool for keeping people up3to3date with the latest information, moving away from having to send endless emails. The use of a fully3working website this year has also been an extremely exciting venture, with announcements, updates, photos and blogs keeping people engaged with College life. Thanks must go to Michael Whittingham (JCR Secretary) for his work with the website www.hatfieldjcr.co.uk is well worth a look!

External Relations Efforts have continued to be made in order to increase relations across the various common rooms. Increasing the communication between the MCR and JCR has gone some way to do this, as has organizing joint social events. Members of the JCR and MCR have formed a ‘working party’ to consider how this interaction can be maintained and increased. The JCR and MCR Execs continue to consider the best way forward with the constitutional matter of the DSU rep, who represents both common rooms at University Assembly level, to ensure the role is fully accessible to members of both common rooms.

The VP Welfare, Hannah, attended the Hatfield Association Reunion weekend and the annual Hatfield Association formal was met with great enthusiasm by undergraduates, who love to hear about Hatfield from the perspective of its alumni. Furthermore, we hosted yet another ‘All3Exec Formal’ for members of other colleges’ executive committees, once more leaving an overwhelming feeling that they all wish they had applied here…

University Involvement As ever, the JCR Exec has done its upmost to be involved at university level and with significant organisational and cultural changes occurring within the DSU, the Senior DSU Rep has taken on a greater role, sitting on Assembly in order to feed information from College to the Union.

Hatfield’s involvement with the restructuring of the DSU has been

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significant and thanks must go to Toby North for his work with this.

Discussions continue surrounding arrangements to ensure JCR3MCR relations relative to the role of Senior DSU rep, as the Senior DSU rep is elected to represent both common rooms.

We remain increasingly concerned about the rising costs of college accommodation in Durham and are confident that the future Exec will continue to strive to keep the features that make College and the JCR appealing, whatever policies are implemented beyond our control.

Conclusion It has been an absolute privilege to represent the JCR as Senior Man this year and I have thoroughly enjoyed such a challenging yet rewarding experience. On behalf of the JCR, I would like to thank the countless people who contribute to the College to make it such a fantastic place to study and live. I am thoroughly grateful for the continued support of College Officers and I know that the incoming JCR Exec will meet the challenges of next year head on, and continue to take the JCR from strength to strength.

Esther Swaffield (JCR President)

The Middle Common Room President Secretary Social Secretary Treasurer Vice3President Welfare Officer

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Christopher Wood Alexander Lee Natasha Hosford Timothy Goddard Jessica Leung Vanessa Pitt

The postgraduate community in Hatfield has grown in strength year3upon3 year and has grown to proportions never previously envisaged: with over 270 full3time students and more than 300 part3time/long distance students.

This shows that the MCR continues to be a vibrant community with a

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reputation for inclusion and support to its members whilst studying at Durham University.

Four MCR Presidents in one photograph!

(L3R) Andy Burn, Dan Horke, Dan Busbridge, Chris Wood This year we placed greater emphasis on three main areas: (i) greater integration in College life; (ii) greater involvement of the postgraduate livers3out community; and (iii) the utilisation of the wide research undertaken by the postgraduate community.

Due to the increase in numbers the MCR has naturally been more active and engaging within College. Participation of the MCR has been encouraged throughout College. For the first time the MCR has had representation on the Lion In Winter Ball Committee, a new position and role introduced and supported by the committee for which I am grateful.

There have been more postgraduates participating in sport this year compared to the last 4 years.

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With a large MCR (of which most live out), the Common Room in College has increasingly been used throughout this year and made use of other assets, such as James Barber House. By centralising MCR activity in College it has been possible to engage with the majority of the MCR. With the generous ÂŁ100 grant from the Association, the MCR looks to improve the Common Room in College to create a calming and scholarly environment. To further encourage involvement, the MCR has hosted a number of MCR brunches in College; they have not only been well attended but have demonstrated the strength of the postgraduate community in Hatfield.

The MCR continues to proudly support the research of Hatfielders and with the assistance of the Trust, the MCR has been able to assist postgraduates with attendance at conferences in the UK and across the world. With the new MCR website, postgraduate researchers will be given a profile to raise awareness of their research and the diverse research interests in Hatfield. Whilst the MCR continues to organise regular research symposia, this year the MCR will host its first conference, entitled ‘The World We Live In'.

Chris Wood (MCR President)

The Senior Common Room President Vice3Presidents Secretary Social Secretary Visual Arts Secretary

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Keith Orford Nick Brown, Derek Crozier Rik Coldwell Sophie Philipson Elizabeth Burt

We have changed gear this year in what we aim to achieve in the SCR. As a result there has been a change or two in the people supporting the SCR.

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Rik Coldwell has taken over as Secretary. I would like to thank Liz Burt for her work as the previous SCR Secretary in servicing the SCR’s meetings and in keeping its papers in order.

SCR Walk at Craster This change leaves Liz Burt free to take a lead on visual arts for the SCR. Some of her work has already adorned the Birley Room but she will look further at how the visual environment of the SCR and College can be improved.

Sophie Philipson has agreed to take a lead on organising events. She has started by circulating a questionnaire to the membership in order to establish two things. Firstly, to report to the SCR meeting what the members want, today, in the way of activities. Secondly, to find out how members feel they can contribute to SCR activities and more widely to

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College life. The latter is quite an important development of our focus given the increased scrutiny of all activities in a public body such as a university. With the technical expertise of Brendan Hodgson (to whom our grateful thanks), the meal booking system has been extended on the SCR website. One problem for anyone organising an activity is that of manually signing up participants. In future it will be possible for the organiser to allow members to sign up using the familiar online meal booking interface.

We have welcomed 47 new members in the SCR this year. We look forward to seeing them at our meals and our increasing number of events during the next year.

During this academic year we have been, extremely well, entertained by several accomplished musicians during Guest Nights. The musical interlude in the Birley Room has always been an enjoyable addition to the formal meal for SCR members. An innovation by the Master has seen this musical interlude move to the main hall where all those dining in College could benefit.

The SCR enhancement last year (curtains for those who have not followed the saga), which was paid for from SCR funds, was judged to be a success. SCR meeting has decided this year to use some of its funds to explore ways of enhancing the wider environment of the College. A start will be made later this year by the SCR sponsoring a photographic competition amongst the JCR members. If artistic and photographic skills are as widespread in the student body as musical skills, then we are in for a treat on College walls.

Keith Orford (SCR President)

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Articles David Melville Memorial Evensong Sermon Acts 8:26335 (Philip and the Ethiopian official). Verses 30331 ‘[Philip] asked him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”. The official replied, “How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?” And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.’

This is the classic New Testament text which provides in a nutshell the justification for why we study the Bible. It is neither obvious nor self3 As postmodern explanatory, and we need help to understand. hermeneutics has conclusively shown, ALL IS INTERPRETATION. In my experience this is the hardest thing for both lay members of the church and those training for ministry to grasp. It is often seen as threatening rather than liberating and often misunderstood. If something is capable of interpretation then surely it can’t be ‘true’ or it might have been ‘made up’?! I want to talk to you briefly about tradition and interpretation; about understanding the past and using it as a gift for the present. I hope to relate this to David Melville and Hatfield.

By saying that all is interpretation, one thing I mean is simply that no human being has ever been able to record exhaustively any person, place or event in history. Anything we try to record must be partial (because we are not God!), and must itself be an interpretation of reality. We simply can’t grasp it all – we live in time and are finite creatures. Whatever we do record, however exhaustively and comprehensively we try to do it, is not only itself an interpretation but can then only be understood subsequently (but of course always partially) by further interpretation! As readers, viewers, or listeners we are always involved in ‘making meaning’, it’s not ‘just there’. There is an art to understanding, the art of Hermeneutics.

Hermeneutics is based on the ‘time3bridging’ problem between past and present. We can never read ‘Hamlet’ exactly as Shakespeare intended it, or the ‘Acts of the Apostles’ exactly as Luke intended it, because we are

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not them, in their time, with their experiences and understanding. And of course we can never be neutral in the reading of a text. We bring ourselves to it, with our own particular experiences and prejudices. One only has to attend a book club to realise that no two people read the same book in exactly the same way! In reading it, we actually create a new text, our interpretation of the old text. This, of course, is also why we can never read a book (or watch a movie) twice in the same way (because we have already changed our ‘reading’ the first time!). BUT (as Gadamer shows) this is not just the only way, but the best way. It is only by recognising that we have our own particular situation, preferences, life3experience – our own ‘horizon’ – that we can really interact with the ‘other’ (text or person).

It is interesting that many Christian people worry about needing an art of interpretation, and yet the history of art illustrates the creative and liberating power of this approach. I was recently in Edinburgh and visited the Scottish National Gallery on Princes Street to see the Turner exhibition. These wonderful works were bequeathed to the Gallery by Henry Vaughan, who stipulated that the delicate watercolours should be ‘exhibited to the public all at one time, free of charge, during the month of January’. His wishes have been faithfully adhered to for over 100 years and the paintings exhibited and preserved.

There is a remarkable picture, or should I say interpretation of Durham, in this exhibition. The detail accompanying this 1836 painting states that Turner had now ‘moved beyond topographical accuracy’ and in portraying the classic view from Prebends bridge simply chooses to turn the Cathedral round by some 45 degrees! It is still recognisably Durham ... but not quite as we know it. It is Turner’s Durham, and wonderful it is too. [You can see it on the Durham World Heritage Site website] I live not far from Ashington, where some amazing painting was done by a group of working coalminers – now made popular by the Lee Hall (Billy Elliot author) play, the ‘Pitmen Painters’. This is a glorious, funny play about hermeneutics in art, 3 the art of interpretation. At first the miners just want to know from their tutor ‘what it means’ when they look at a painting. The most common question I am asked when teaching theology

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from the Bible is, ‘just tell us what it means?’ But the miners, and my students or congregation, are told that there is no one right interpretation of any great work of art or a text.

One of their own early artistic attempts is a giant Bedlington terrier. The painter is not concerned with the apparent lack of perspective, or the fact that his terrier looks more like a whippet. The point is that the dog is important to him, and hence big. And there is another point made here which is important for theology and all interpretation. A discussion takes place regarding the symbolism of the green dog kennel in this picture.

Many theories are advanced concerning what must be a deep symbolic meaning. The exasperated artist finally declares that they are all wrong, 3 ‘I just ran oot of broon paint!’ he shouts. We must be careful not to make hermeneutics too complicated. Maybe sometimes Paul or Luke weren’t saying something incredibly profound, but had just ‘run out of brown paint’!

History itself is little different. One of my Xmas presents was Churchill’s biography of Marlborough. The author’s intention is clearly set out in the preface: to correct the prejudices and mistakes of earlier histories and to show that his ancestor was ‘not only the foremost of English soldiers, but in the first rank among the statesmen of our history.’ The four volume work is Churchill’s correcting interpretation of previous mistaken interpretations. Simon Schama (‘Dead Certainties’) points out that ‘historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness, however thorough or revealing their documentation.’ He is clear that, ‘even in the most austere scholarly report from the archives, the inventive faculty – selecting, pruning, editing, commenting, interpreting, delivering judgements – is in full play.’ However, this is not to say that ‘the lived past is nothing more than an artificially designed text’, that it is all just made up or invented! Rather it is to say that even great history and historians recognize that the only way, and the best way, is to interpret.

Of course, Christians believe there is another crucial factor in interpretation: the continuing and unbroken presence and guidance of God. So we can have inspired interpretation, which echoes the truth,

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nature and purposes of God, which is God3inspired. The remarkable set of writings (of inspired interpretations) we call the Bible is still ‘alive’, still capable of unveiling truths to our own generation and the generations that will follow. The wonder of the New Testament canon is that it does not contain just one inspired interpretation, but many, from which further true, relevant and inspired interpretations can flow in the changing experience of human life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We must not try to freeze God in history: God did not retire after Jesus was resurrected. God is the continuing creator of the world, and the actions and purposes of God may be seen in our ongoing experience of that creation.

This is why great interpretation, inspired interpretation, is not only of the Bible but can take many different forms. The lives and actions of those who have gone before us can leave an inspired legacy of writing and teaching; works of art; hospitals, cathedrals and churches; ... and even Colleges of Durham University. The key point about such great interpretations is that they are a gift to us in the present because they are ‘rich’ in meaning and potential, and capable of further true (revelatory) interpretation. They are inspired.

Bishop Hatfield’s Hall was founded in 1846 by David Melville as a model college, a revolutionary development in residential higher education. For the first time, student rooms were let furnished, all meals were taken in Hall, expenses were fixed, reasonable and known in advance. Students were cared for and guided by College Officers. The key idea was to bring the cost of higher education within the means of the financially disadvantaged by providing a package deal 3 an agreed living style more economical than anything which had existed before. This model, this interpretation, has been hugely influential. Melville was a clergyman and most of the staff and students of the early decades of Hatfield were studying the queen of sciences, theology (downhill since then). He lasted only five years as Principal, at least partially a victim of his own success.

Demand for places at Hatfield increased rapidly and the College expanded from the original Coaching Inn, to A&B Stairs, and then many other acquisitions.

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I would argue from my own experience that the inspired interpretation of Durham by Melville was and is greater, ‘richer’, than that of Turner. I was the first person in my mining village ever to attend university, and I came to Hatfield. This opportunity was not available to the generations who preceded me, but the fact that I could do it stems directly from the original interpretation of Melville, reinterpreted in the 1970s by people like Sam Stoker and Sir Derman Christopherson. I am now a doctor of this University and two of my sons have recently graduated from this College.

Melville’s interpretation continues to be reinterpreted, continues to be capable of development and bearing fruit, and of course in ways that he would not have envisaged. One of the best changes of recent times has been the admission of women into this College (1988), and I’m sure Melville would be stunned at the current numbers of students here and the large postgraduate and international element. How else will it develop? Well, we don’t know yet. But we know that it will continue to be reinterpreted and that this is possible only because of the original quality and richness of the first interpretation by David Melville 167 years ago. Our wonderful legacy of tradition – ALL IS INTERPRETATION. Rev. Dr. Michael Armstrong (1975379; Senior Man 1978)

How the Quest was Won (or Did Hatfield win the 1972 inter3collegiate soccer final? The Denouement) Enter <The Quest> into your favourite search engine and you’ll be presented with two top hits. One will be the British Library Online reference to The Quest for the Holy Grail: a cup with magical properties purported to have been used at the Last Supper, prized and sought by its apostles but never found. The top hit by far, though, will be The Quest for THE Cup: a cup with mythical Durham University footballing properties purported to have been won in the 1972 soccer final by Hatfield College and not just prized and sought by its Hatfield apostles, but found. Read on to see how the quest was won.

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Self3styled ‘The Questers’ are alumni Tom Croston (Classics, Hatfield 1969372, midfield3striker3cum3laude) and Clive Maggs (Psychology, Hatfield, 1969372, midfield generalissimo), ably supported by Howard Wagner3Veary (Classics, Hatfield 1969372, waddling hockey player).

The Quest 3 to establish conclusive documentary proof that Hatfield won the cup – actually began in 1998 at a Hatfield Reunion when, amazingly, the previously3taken3for3granted victory proved unbeknown to all but The Questers. Astonished and determined to rectify this massive ignorance, The Questers kicked off a series of exhaustive investigations by visit, phone, email and web search, looking to trace contemporary records, files, minutes, publications and back editions. Appeals were made via the Press, articles written for College and University magazines and extensive photographic evidence microscopically scrutinised. One critical picture was of the Hatfield soccer team at the start of the following season (1973), showing them with a trophy (the trophy it was concluded); but despite painstaking forensic digital enhancement it would not reveal its secrets. At the end of all this, the only thing discovered was disappointment. Even a rarely3approved examination of Gray and Son’s hallowed archive of awarded sport colours turned out to be fruitless, as no records for 1972 were extant!

Undaunted, new key individuals were recruited to the cause viz. Cynthia Connolly – Hatfield College Co3ordinator and Ted Wood 3 former Durham rugby supremo. Potential evidence providers were remorselessly pursued: Arthur Moyes – Hatfield Archivist, sports chiefs of Team Durham, university and council bureaucrats and, not least, a little old lady in Durham market who, having seen our article in the Northern Echo, stepped forward one Saturday morning with vital but, sad to say, inconclusive information. The scope, depth and intensity of the search is probably best illustrated by the story of Ted Wood who, striding purposefully into Palace Green Library to examine past issues of The Palatinate, was stopped in the doorway by the Library’s Chief Archivist who exclaimed:“Ted, don’t tell me you’re coming in about that bl**dy Quest, are you?”

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In the meantime, the majority of the original 1972 Hatfield soccer XI was being tracked down. Unfortunately, many had been so befuddled by the Federation Ace bitter that few could remember that there’d even been a final, let alone that they’d played in it and that we’d won it. So, unhappily, after a year of endeavour, all had come to nought and for several months The Quest remained dormant and seemingly unachievable.

THEN. There’s always a then and was this a then! The breakthrough.

The denouement.

Out of the blue, triggered by a chance encounter, a previously unknown member of the team was identified and traced 3 Colin Kearney. Emerging from the dark shadows of the past, he revealed that not only did he know who had won but, with a mildly pedantic embarrassment, that he had kept and still retained to this day a diary of all the matches, results and scorers. Even now I relive the howls of joy and jigs of delight as a bunch of 603year3old men whooped round the kitchen when the email, with the elusive documentary proof attached, was revealed and deemed to be…

CONCLUSIVE!! See below and judge for yourself.

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And the answer is… on 9 MAY 1972 HATFIELD BEAT NEVILLES CROSS 332 IN THE DURHAM COLLEGES’ SOCCER FINAL. Goals were recorded coming from Keith “Wor littel Geordie” Short (2) and the great Nigel Bunter (1). Sadly, Nigel is one of those who has zero recollection of attending Hatfield, let alone soccer, the final or scoring the winner; so is Michael Drake, esteemed captain and kingpin of the defence, whose amnesia of the event is similarly total.

So there you have it. The Quest is won, done and now complete. The Questers and the rest of the apostles have returned to normality, if there can ever be such a thing anymore. The truth is now history (though still waiting to be officially ratified for inclusion in The Hatfield History of Sport). All that remains is the inevitable Reunion which HW Veary has arranged for Friday 7 June 2013, when the team and its supporters will attend a black3tie dinner in the College, kindly hosted by the Master and the Senior Common Room.

If reading this, you realise that you may have witnessed the victory or were in Hatfield on or about that illustrious day or just fancy a good booze up, contact Howard Veary for details.

It seems fitting to end with that famous quote from the legendary Welshman Max Boyce: “I know coz I was there!”

Tom Croston, Clive Maggs, Howard Veary PS If you have any photos of the time send them to tunnylane723 hatfield@yahoo.co.uk. To see the full gallery of photos go to http:// imgur.com/a/OiShf or check us out on Facebook http://facebook.com/ tom.hatfield.710

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A Wheelchair3user’s Guide to Picking a University (The Guardian, Blogging Students, 1 March 2013) Don't rule anything out without at least investigating it first – though you might want to give 'custard wrestling' a miss.

There are plenty of points students consider when picking a university, from the cost of living to the quality of the courses on offer. But it's fair to say that steps outside lecture buildings, the effectiveness of the disability office or the presence of cobbled streets won't be at the top of most students' priority lists.

If you're a wheelchair3using student however, these factors could make or break your experience. When I tell people that I, a wheelchair user, chose to study in Durham, many think that I'm completely mad.

Actually, you'd be surprised to see the many ways in which universities will accommodate your needs – even in the most historic towns – provided you do your research before enrolling.

Here are some of the questions I asked when looking at universities: • Is the town/campus suitable for wheelchair users? users It may sound obvious but accessibility is hugely important. As one student commented: "The huge hill in the middle of Exeter's campus ruled it out for me as a manual wheelchair user". Accessibility doesn't just depend on your new town's landscape, but also on the type of chair you use. The thought of pushing myself up Durham's many hills fills me with horror but fortunately I have a power chair, which means I can manage them comfortably while watching everyone else struggle to and from the local shops.

• How helpful is the disability office? office Before favouriting (or discounting) a university, contact the disability office. As a Warwick University student told me: "Just because a university

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isn't accessible now this doesn't mean it can't be made more accessible in the future". Sadly, when I visited Edinburgh University a couple of years ago, I wasn't able to speak to the disability office because there was a huge step up to the entrance. It was at this point that I decided Edinburgh wasn't the place for me…

• Is there wheelchair accessible accommodation? accommodation It's pointless having accessible lecture theatres if you can't use the university's student accommodation. Wheelchair3users need bigger rooms to accommodate their mobility equipment (I have two wheelchairs plus a sports wheelchair at home). Entrances need to be wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair and heavy doors should be avoided – they make it harder for wheelchair users to enter their rooms in the first place.

Fortunately, my College at Durham has installed automatic push pads everywhere and given me a key so that I can electronically open most of the doors.

Having an en3suite, adapted bathroom is equally important; an easily accessible shower with a seat is essential. My College promptly installed a new shower so that I was able to live in halls. Some wheelchair users will also need carers to be accommodated in a nearby room. If this is the case, tell your prospective university as soon as possible.

• Would you be able to have an active social life? life Socialising is arguably the most challenging part of university for wheelchair users. When visiting universities, see how accessible the students' union (SU) and bars are. This can vary hugely: wheelchair users in Durham will need to use a worryingly rickety stairlift if they hope to enter the SU, while Birmingham's is a modern haven of accessibility.

There's a real mix of societies on offer at university from a society for gentlemanly pursuits at Keele (sounds relatively wheelchair3friendly) to a custard wrestling society at Cardiff (perhaps less so).

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• Try everything once The most important advice of all is not to rule anything out without at least investigating it first. If you'd told me after my first visit to the cobble3 filled streets of Durham that I would end up studying there, I'd have said there was more chance of my beloved Aston Villa winning the Premiership. Now, I can't imagine being anywhere else.

Jamie Green (1st year undergraduate)

50 Years On As I sat at my computer as Honorary Secretary composing my 43 invitation letter to this year’s annual Reunion of the Hatfield Association, I was reminded that it was exactly 50 years, almost to the day, that I alighted at Durham railway station for my interviews at Hatfield and the Department of Geography, and caught my first breath3taking glimpse of the Cathedral and Castle. I decided to commit some memories to paper for the edification of my ‘chums’ who will be meeting up this June to mark the anniversary of our matriculation. A brief extract of these preliminary ramblings appear below, relating primarily to academic and commissariat arrangements at that time. rd

That February day back in 1963, the city was adorned with a dusting of snow following a particularly cold snap when the Wear was so deeply frozen that students were able to walk across the river. I remember a message written on the snow3covered ice adjacent to St. John’s boathouse – “The Lord upholds those who put their trust in him.” A few yards further on, the footprints came to an abrupt end in front of a gaping hole in the ice! Little did I realise then how Durham, and Hatfield College in particular, would consume so much of my life during the intervening years.

I attended my departmental interview (Geography) with Professor Fisher in the Bennett Building on the Science Site and correctly remembered that Durham was located on an incised meander of the River Wear (Plate 18 in

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W.D. Sparks: Geomorphology) and the feature visible from his office window was a ‘drumlin’. So far so good! Then off to the Senior Tutor, Adrian Sandys3Wood, for my College interview. We talked about his climbing experiences in the Himalayas, then back to my UCCA (the forerunner of UCAS) form. It was taken for granted that I was a senior prefect; was a warrant officer in the CCF, and played many sports to a reasonable standard – but could I tell him about my ‘passion for opera’, which I had somewhat unwisely included to indicate that I was a ‘cultured’ rugby player – Oh b****r – I had been found out at the first hurdle! My reply was immediate and stunning for a prop3forward endowed with only a single brain3cell. “I know virtually nothing about

opera sir, but I do so enjoy listening to it on the ‘wireless’, and I am hoping that Durham, being such an esteemed place of learning, will be able to develop this interest to the full.” I was in! – and received, shortly thereafter, a CCC offer in my three A3level subjects, to be accepted.

During the last week of September of that year I struggled to the local railway station with a large brown cabin trunk, purchased specifically for this purpose, full of clothes, books, sheets and a large tartan rug which was to be used as a bedspread. This was to be conveyed by train and delivered to the College to await my arrival at freshers’ week. I myself, followed three to four days later by rail, together with some hand luggage containing a basic survival kit – toothbrush and a change of underwear.

It was also sobering experience to discover that even after attending the freshers’ trials I was not even able to gain a slot in the fourth XV rugby team. However, undaunted, I turned up anyway at the changing rooms and was lucky enough to fill in for a lad who failed to arrive in time. I found myself on the field being the only player not to have represented his county or country at schoolboy level. On that performance, I managed to secure a regular place to play rugby for the University at various levels over the next six years. At that time, Hatfield, under the influence of the Master, Tom Whitworth, was THE Sports’ College and we were expected to excel in most sports and particularly rugby. During my second year (196435) when I played on and off for the first University team, I remember one Saturday, out of the 15 players 14 were from Hatfield – the remaining fellow was Peter Dixon a second3row from Grey College, who

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subsequently went on to play for England and the British Lions! I also treasure the photograph of the Hatfield College Rugby XV for 1964365, containing players, who had had already, or subsequently went on to play as internationals (5) or for their county (9). More remarkably, nine went on to gain PhDs, including two of the internationals 3 Tim Cowell and Charlie Hannaford.

At that time you did not attain adulthood until you reached the age of twenty3one, so the College acted in loco parentis and as a result your behaviour and progress was more closely monitored than it is today. You were required to see your College Tutor personally, both at the beginning and end of each term. The latter visit involved presenting yourself in gown at a prescribed time to obtain a flimsy slip of paper known as an exeat, which had to be shown at the porters’ lodge before leaving College, thereby ensuring that you were keeping term. These visits invariably involved the prescribed ten minute exchange of pleasantries accompanied by a glass of cooking sherry! If you were required to be away from Durham overnight for academic or exceptional personal reasons you had to follow a similar procedure to obtain an absit.

As a student you ‘resided’ in College for each of your three years, although most second years were allocated to approved landladies who accommodated their ‘gentlemen’ in their houses on a bed3only basis. You were expected to walk or bus in from your lodgings for breakfast each day. In some cases this could be two or three miles from the peninsula.

One of my life3long chums Barry Northrop was allocated lodgings in Gilesgate, commuting by bus to College for breakfast. He recalls his landlady being required to provide a hot drink and a quarter of a banana sandwich to ‘put him on’ for the journey. A prime location was the legendary, Mrs. Potts, who had a house in Elvet Crescent between The Prison and the newly3opened Kingsgate Bridge. It was also less than 100 metres from ‘Sweaty Betty’s’ fish and chip shop which commanded the junction between Church Street and Hallgarth Street. The proprietress, a formidable lady with huge biceps, for ever adorned in what Kipling would have described as a ‘grey3green greasy limp3polo’ (sic.) singlet, would shovel portions of half3cooked chips directly into sheets of old newspapers, which inevitably supplied a significant dose of printer’s ink to the cocktail of salt and vinegar already added.

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Academic life was a little different for students in the two faculties – Arts and Science. Firstly, arts students were required to attend all their academic commitments in gowns, whereas their colleagues reading science subjects – which by good fortune included geography – only needed to wear gowns for tutorials. This distinction was justified on the basis that science subjects involved practical classes, where gowns were deemed to represent an unacceptable health and safety risk. There were four 50 minute lecture slots available each morning – including Saturdays. There was then a one hour and a quarter break when you were expected to return to College for lunch, before time3tabled lectures would resume for a further four. Wednesday was ring3fenced as a sports and activities afternoon.

With the exception of language students who spent their third year abroad, most undergraduates completed their studies in three years. There were no unitary M.A., M.Eng., M.Chem., etc. as there are today. M.A., M.Sc., and M.Litt. degrees were strictly postgraduate degrees. Your first year was considered to be a preliminary or qualifying course, during which you generally studied two subsidiary courses – in my case Pure Mathematical Sciences and Psychology. You sat ‘collections’ in all of your subjects in January to monitor how you were coping with studying at university level. You then were required to pass the end of year exams to enable you to continue on to your final two years. There was no semester or module system in operation then, although you were usually permitted to resit any failed subjects in September. Your second and third years consisted of a number of common or ‘core’ courses in your main Honours course, accompanied by a range of year3long special options in that subject. These courses were examined by a single 33hour written examination for each course, largely at the end of your final year. In my case, only two of my special options were examined at the end of my second year. In addition, marks for all practical work and tutorials for the two final years and any dissertation were collated to arrive at your final degree classification. In addition, every student was afforded the courtesy of a viva voce, notwithstanding the huge input of time and effort for the external examiners.

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I vividly remember, Professor Bill Fisher, the Vice3Master, striding into the dining hall, bedecked in his exotic and garishly coloured doctoral robes from the University of Paris, on our first official morning to deliver an introductory homily about the University before he marched us up to the Castle for matriculation and the signing of the book. I was particularly, impressed by the historical roots of the College and in particular the fact that Hatfield was established by David Melville as a residence for “sons of gentlemen of limited means” whereby in an effort to cut costs meals were taken in common and students shared the services of servants. I noted that it was the Junior Common Room who recognised that the Senior members were dining separately, and who issued an invitation for the academic staff to join them in the main dining room, so that the whole community could share the experience of dining together. As esteemed guests the SCR was put on a pedestal – a High Table – as a matter of courtesy, rather than an expression of power or control. This explained why the JCR stood upon the entry of the SCR and the Senior Man bowed to the Master at the end of the meal as a mark of respect to their guests, and to indicate that they were leaving. It may also explain why, in my own time as Senior Man, I was responsible for the behaviour and protocol at formal meals, which took place every weekday without exception. I delegated this task to my ‘Senior Senior’ – my Vice3President, an undergraduate – who would fine or ‘sconce’ students who misbehaved, arrived late, or who were improperly dressed. I recall that during my term in office, over £88 were raised from this source, a tidy sum when a typical sconce was a shilling (5p). On Thursdays there was a formal formal when the Senior Common Room attended in black tie and gowns, and there was an added course of biscuits and cheese after the ‘pudding’ which typically was fruit salad and evaporated cream!

During my undergraduate days the oak tables were still accompanied with the long wooden benches each accommodating eight students. The layout of the dining room was a little different then, with the ‘High Table’ being an actual fixed plinth some six inches or so high located against the windows overlooking the main drive. Freshers were assigned tables in the alcove; second years occupied half of the main dining room nearest to the kitchens; with final year students at the end overlooking the River. The Senior Man, who was required to be a graduate of the College, together

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with other members of the Middle Common Room, located at the head of the table immediately below the large central Georgian window, Breakfast was waitress served between 8.00 and 8.45am. One or two of my more eccentric/sophisticated chums, including dear Rennie Barnes who sadly passed away in 2012, would sometimes appear dressed in pyjamas, silk dressing3gown and slippers. When you arrived in the dining hall, you would take a seat and raise the appropriate piece of cutlery in the air and wait for the waitress – ‘gyp’ – to supply the required course. A single spoon would indicate cereal; a knife and fork a cooked breakfast; and a single knife a couple of pieces of toast. You could continue to chat to your chums until the food arrived. If milk jugs or butter dishes needed replenishing, the relevant utensil was raise aloft. At that time milk and water jugs were made of soft bright blue aluminium. No wonder many of our cohort are showing signs of early dementia! These jugs along with soup spoons were the weapons of choice when banging on the tables to show acclamation or disproval. As a result, the vast majority of the soup spoons had significantly flattened bottoms which inevitably extended the time taken to imbibe ‘La Soupe de Jour’ which was invariably either brown or occasionally pale red. Likewise most of the blue jugs were badly misshapen from prolonged periods of physical abuse and were hardly able to retain an upright stance when filled with liquid! Lunch was served from 1.00 to 1.45pm at the kitchen counter which then was positioned along the dining3room wall itself rather than within the kitchen itself. Often people would start arriving from midday in an effort to secure a portion of fully cooked, as opposed to par3boiled, chips to complement the pie or fish3fingers. By 1.00pm, the queue often extended past the SCR almost to the end of C Stairs. However, we approached this diurnal inconvenience with stoic resignation, regarding this down3time as an opportunity to converse with fellow students, building up a camaraderie, which has proved to be the foundation of so many enduring friendships over the years. We had no mobile phones then and had to ‘make do’ with real and meaningful face to face communication!

You were expected to arrive on time for weekday evening meals which were formal. You were expected to be properly dressed in shirt, jacket, tie and gown.

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Tom Whitworth, attempted to impose a ban on the wearing of jeans at formal meals. He even tried to remove Peter Woodhouse, as Senior Man, over the issue. However, on the instructions of Governing Body, the Master was required to rescind this directive, but not before a great deal of bad feeling had been generated on both sides, leading ultimately to the resignation of the Vice3Master, Professor Bill Fisher. Interestingly, some 45 years later, Peter turned up for his 50 anniversary reunion wearing an identical pair of jeans for the dinner – I know not whether this statement was made on the grounds of comfort, fashion, or principle! th

Johnathan Young (Hatfield Association Secretary)

Ordeal by Quinquereme I was a student at Hatfield 1957360 when the College was best known for its all3round machismo and heartiness. One of its rituals for sorting out the wimps amongst the Freshers was the Hatfield Day Quinqereme. We were put into two teams, Arts and Sciences, and allocated an old boat each from Brown’s. The simple idea was to inflict the maximum unpleasantness on your opponents and to sink their craft. This was, of course, decades before anyone had thought to link the two words ‘Health’ and ‘Safety’.

I was ‘leader’ of the Arts boat and once we were in midstream opposite the College boathouse I gave a war3cry and dived in. A bad move. Nobody followed, I was twenty yards away from the enemy and the shock of the cold water knocked all the breath out of my body. By the time I floundered across to clutch the gunnels of the Science boat I was gasping for air. One of their dastardly crew then calmly leaned over and stuffed the severed head of a cockerel into my face and gave it a good scrub round. As I retched he tipped a bucket of slimy offal over my head and shoulders. The fiendish Scientists had gone round the butchers’ and grocers’ dustbins the night before and loaded up with all the garbage they could carry. In the Arts boat we had a feeble armoury of flour bombs and ripe tomatoes.

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I forgot who was sunk first, but by then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d kind of lost interest and was concentrating more on resurrecting my breakfast.

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Dr Malcolm Yorke (1957360)

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College Sport Badminton Club Hatfield Badminton Club has had yet another great year! With the loss of key members of the Club from last year and the imminent loss of players at the end of this year, I was very pleased to see so many enthusiastic recruits join the ranks of both the A and B teams this year. Not only did they join the squad this year, but they also became an integral part of their respective teams, I foresee a successful future for Hatfield Badminton Club in the coming years. I am also thoroughly impressed by the efforts and achievements shown by all of the captains below.

Stephen Wong (Club President) I am pleased to contribute to this year's Hatfield College Badminton Club report as Men's A Team captain. We have come 3rd in the Men's Division I League table 3 in the 7 games we played we won 4 and lost 3.

Although there were tough wins (e.g. by 1 game with John Snow), there were also winning occasions when our players really were able to demonstrate better skills (e.g. games with Van Mildert (6:3) and St John's (7:2)). I would like to thank the team for their effort and contribution (in no particular order): Stephen Wong, Laurence Stanley, Mike Clowes, Richard Yu, as well as Freshers, James Smith, Harry Bessey3Saldanha and Tim Honey. The players, above showing smashing skills, were also able to work with their partners effectively. It has been my pleasure leading the team for the past year, and I wish good luck to next year's Men's A Team and their captain.

Sherlock Lam (Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Team Captain) This past year was challenging for the Women's Badminton team. Such as us missing the Stockton stop on the bus at night 3 which is not too bad as it just shows a lack of Stockton experience by nearly all of the players 3 only Amy Henfrey could have, should have known (oh well, we enjoyed Middlesbrough); or just our constant attempts to find a match date which

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the whole women's A team could do, our first (and last) match with the whole team including the amazing Natasha Kriznik was in February. Also PhD timetables and Biology lab sessions didn't make life easier, at least Rebecca Duit is staying in the team for another 2 years to come! A highlight was probably our last match, when Katherine Halfpenny showed amazing multi3tasking skills, since we played a women's match as well as a mixed match at the same time. The most valuable addition to the A team this year was definitely Laura Dreyer 3 a brilliant match partner, who introduced amazing conversation topics 3 e.g. about marinated pork on Christmas markets. Finally I want to thank the girls who stepped in when we were desperately looking for additional players, thank you Emily Chan and Michelle Ma! Also, to all these Badminton players (from other colleges) with really horrible, grumpy, angry faces while playing 3 you made matches so much more fun! We definitely enjoyed a year of Badminton and that's what it's all about!

Sophia Arbeiter (Women’s A Team Captain) Hatfield men’s Bs had a challenging yet enjoyable season of league fixtures during 2012313. On the whole, the disappointing results did not reflect either the commitment or the actual skill levels of the players involved for our team. Lots of closely fought games resulted in some obvious stand3out performances during the season, in which an inclusive selection policy meant a total of sixteen players made at least one appearance for the team. Frequent players Jeremy Raymond, Justin Lau, Harley Birchley, James Callingham and Toby Bates produced some determined performances and many examples of exciting badminton. A one3off outstanding performance from Reuben Ong was another positive highlight of the season, while Joe Kennedy performed very impressively whenever he was available to play, alongside ever3present captain David McLennan.

Credit should go to all club members who played during the season and it has no doubt improved their skill level and will help their development for the future.

David McLennan (Men’s B Team Captain) It has been a good year for Hatfield College Mixed Badminton Team. We have had some great matches and have secured our position in Division 1 of the mixed league. I have to thank the likes of Rebecca Duit, Mike

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Clowes, Natasha Kriznik, Stephen Wong and especially the finalists Amy Henfry, Richard Yu and Laurence Stanley for their valuable contribution towards this amazing achievement. A particularly pleasing result this season was an 831 away win against Van Mildert which fortified the mixed team’s league standing. I hope the mixed team will achieve great things in years to come too!

Katherine Halfpenny (Mixed A Team Captain)

Basketball Club We have had a successful season with an unbeaten track record, albeit some key games are still to be played. Our skills have improved vastly over the year and we have become a stronger team. Special mentions must go to Sophia Arbeiter and Nusayba Anjarwalla for all of their hard work and dedication at training and continued enthusiasm. I hope the talent within the team leads to future success and that the club develops further in the forthcoming years. Well done again to all of the girls!

Yasemin Dogan (Women’s Captain)

Boat Club Over the past year, the boat club has had excellent success with numerous wins from both the Men’s and Women’s squad throughout the year.

Easter of 2012 saw a record result from the Men’s first VIII at the international Head of the River Race on the Thames in London, placing 148th, thought to be the best result that a Durham College has attained.

Moving on from the head season, HCBC managed to dominate both North3East regattas they entered. At Durham City regatta, the Women’s squad won the gruelling long3course race in their top IV, whilst almost every novice boat entered won its category including the fresh men’s and fresh girl’s VIIIs and a fresh men’s IV. The most dramatic win came from the fresh men’s IV who won by some distance, despite the loss of a rower due to an epic crab.

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This year at Women's Head of the River, the Hatfield Women's first VIII exceeded expectations and managed to not only triumph over collegiate competition but to finish faster than the University's third VIII.

The crew, who have been training under the captaincy of Katie Woodward, beat the University team by nearly 30 seconds and came 82nd in the 302 strong boat race. As far as records go, this is the best placing a College has achieved at the international event and is a monumental achievement for college rowing. Despite the captaincy having since been handed over to Flora Emeney, the squad hope to achieve even greater success in the summer at Henley Women's Regatta, and we have every faith in them.

At Hexham regatta, the Men’s first VIII entered and won their first regatta with relative ease. Unfortunately, due to equipment failure in the final, the Women’s first VIII missed out on a win despite being favourites for the podium. However, the Women’s and Men’s first IVs won both their categories, IM1 and IM3 respectively. Due to unexpected flooding in the summer term, the greatly anticipated Durham regatta was cancelled.

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After the successful season, the Men’s squad attempted qualification at Henley Royal Regatta. Despite not meeting the extremely high standard, set by many overseas universities, they beat many university crews and put Hatfield on the map.

The start of the 2012 academic year saw continuing success for the boat club. The first race of the season, Tyne United Small Boats Head, saw the Women’s IV come a close second to none other than DUBC. At Tees Small Boat Head, the Men’s IV overcame their reduced performance at Tyne and won the event. In a similar fashion, the Women’s squad were the fastest college, but missed out on for first place to Aberdeen University.

Later that term, York Small Boats Head saw the Women’s IV hold their position as fastest college but missed out on first to Leeds’ Rowing Club.

The next win for HCBC came at Rutherford where the Women’s first VIII were victorious whilst the Men’s IV placed second and a scratch Men’s VIII were the 2nd fastest college.

After the novice cup had been cancelled, two fresher boats were sent down to the White Rose Head and to compete against university3level novices. Both crews performed favourably in their first ever race, with the fresh men beating 5 of 8 crews.

After a disastrous start to 2013 due to excessive flooding, the novice squads suffered and unfortunately did not make the finals of the novice cup, despite great individual improvements. However, the club then went on to great success at Hayward cup.

At Hayward cup, the Women’s VIII completely smashed any collegiate competition, beating second place by a mere 45 seconds. Meanwhile the Men’s second VIII beat every other college second VIII, winning their category. The next day, at Durham Small Boats Head, there were great results across the board. The Men’s first and second IVs took first and second place whilst the Women’s IV came first, a Men’s Novice IV also placed as second fastest college.

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To round off the season, the Women’s squad saw another epic victory at Tyne Head with comfortable wins in both their IV and the VIII. We are now looking forward to great results from both squads at Head of the River Race in London and possible entries from both squads to Henley Royal Regatta. The year has been an extremely successful one for the club with crews consistently placing first, second or third at almost every race entered, long may this continue.

Art Society Exhibition 3 painting by Rachael Merrison The success of this year has largely been due to the commitment of the long3serving members of the boat club who have not only contributed hugely to their own boats, but coached the up and coming members of the club. Once again we will be saying goodbye to some esteemed members of the club. Graduating from the Men’s squad we have Andrew Cater, Tim Coulson (President), Amy Henfrey (Men’s Captain), Tom Reynolds and Rufus Russell. Leaving from the Women’s squad are

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Rebecca Andrews, Sophie Hutchins, Juliet Price (Sponsorship Secretary), Surini Ranawake (Secretary), Harriett Twohig3Howell (Social Secretary) and Katie Woodward (Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Squad).

We wish these individuals great luck in their future endeavours and thank them for their lasting contributions to this club.

Tim Coulson (President)

Football Club 3 Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fortunately, pre3season indicators have long been shunned by all afficionados of the game, and rightly so. The Bs, led by Richard Padmore having just been promoted, produced a particularly impressive display. In a new league they battled to have a real chance of promotion to the premiership, although this was eventually taken away by two A teams.

The same was true of the Cs, only just retaining Division 2 football last season, Sam Dethridge led them to a comfortable mid3table finish. The Ds were locked in a relegation dogfight when this went to press, with much of their season interrupted by snow, although local pizza3man Gallucci is hopeful of retention of fourth3flight football for 2013/14. With so many players looking for game time, the controversial Hatfield Galacticos were convened in the friendly league to give more players a runout in the blue and yellow.

Matt Black led an A team that at one stage in the season were favourites to win league and cup. A new brand of HCAFC tika3taka football, fostered on the astro of Soccarena came into vogue throughout the club, and the As epitomised this, until the weekend of the double3header against Collingwood, our great rivals. With Matt away on family duty, the team suffered, and could never recover from this disappointment. A sad way to end a very promising season, although hopes are high with some exceptional freshers, particularly Drakeford3Lewis and the new Nigel.

Thanks must go to perennial stalwarts Goss, Clarke, Jones, Jackson and Knapman. Nartey's penalty miss in Floodlit must go down as one of the lowest moments experienced by many HCAFC members...blazed over the bar.

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A final thanks to the Crystal Palace FC academy, for showing us a good time after their 331 victory over Sunderland…

Charlie Budenberg (Team Captain)

Football Club 3 Women’s After a difficult season in 2011/12, this year has only seen HCWAFC go from strength to strength. We are currently third in Division One, having won four matches out of six, awaiting our seventh, and have only missed out on moving up into the Premiership next year by one point. Though we sadly got knocked out of both the Floodlit Cup and Knockout Trophy early on, we fought hard in the latter against St. Cuthbert’s Society, taking the match to penalties and then only missing out on a well3deserved win by just one goal with a final score of 536. Despite adverse weather conditions all season (leading to one particular match being rescheduled no less than six times) every match has seen great improvement among the team, and the fantastic results reflect the team’s continued dedication and teamwork.

Our best score this year was against St. Chad’s College, in which match we won 930, which is also our best result in years.

The club has not only grown in terms of the league tables, but also in its membership and its involvement in College. The JCR has kindly given funding for the club to purchase more footballs and equipment this year, and we have also organised some long3overdue new kit. The team has been getting more involved in College as a whole; attending events such as the All3College Sports’ Social and the Sports and Societies’ Formal, along with raising extra funds for the club through college schemes such as Pee3 in3a3Pot. Though still a relatively small club, HCWAFC has tripled its membership this season, and the new First3Years have put life back into the club with their enthusiasm and determination. Our ‘star player’ this year would have to be our new striker Beth Granger, who has not only scored multiple goals for the team but has also attended, with dedication, almost every training session, gym session, match and social that the club has arranged.

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Our finalists Lizzie Stanton and Linda Millyard will be greatly missed next year, having been loyal members of the club throughout their time at Hatfield. Lizzie has been a highly3valued member of the club and indeed the College as a whole for as long as I have known her, and has always given the club her all as our goalie, co3treasurer and former captain. Lizzie has sadly been held back by injuries this year; however this has not stopped her from taking charge of ordering our new kit or coming along to support at matches. Our third finalist and hard3working treasurer Olivia Lucas has sadly had to leave College this term due to illness, but will be heartily welcomed back to HCWAFC when she returns to finish her course next year. Lizzie and Olivia have been vital members of the Exec this year, and Vice3Captain Yan Teh and I have really appreciated their commitment. Our dedicated Social Secretary Katie Emms has also gone above and beyond her role in organising events, and helping with the overall running of the club. We are all very grateful to Adam Dowdeswell, Seb Butcher, Neal Patel and Theo Bunce from the men’s College football team for helping coach us; we have massively improved as a team as a result. It would take much more space than I have here to give everyone the credit they deserve. However I would like to offer a massive thanks to all of the team for making my time as captain so enjoyable, and making HCWAFC a team of which I am so proud to be a part.

Cat Collins (Team Captain)

Hockey Club This year has seen HCHC reinforce its reputation as one of the strongest hockey clubs in the University. For the second year in a row we have fielded four teams (two men’s and two women’s sides), and with over sixty paying members both B teams are, in fact, oversubscribed! An impressive statistic, especially when considering we were allocated the ‘graveyard’ training slot of 8.00310.00pm on a Wednesday.

The weather has played a big part in extending the season past its usual finishing time, so unfortunately we’re still waiting on a few results in order to confirm the final league tables. However at the time of writing the men’s As are top of the Premier League with 29 points and one match

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remaining to be played. Winning the league would cap off an excellent season that has seen the side go from strength to strength. After losing much of last year’s team to DUHC or graduation the women’s As had a fantastic season and finished comfortably mid3table in a very strong Premier League.

Both B teams are enjoying their most successful seasons ever. So far the women’s B team has managed 3 wins and a draw this season, and are comfortably mid3table. Whilst the men’s B’s finished off their campaign with a string of very strong performances, winning four matches. They are currently 3 from bottom and will hopefully remain there. rd

All in all a great year, with a lot of hockey still to come!

Pete Richer (Captain)

Netball Club Hatfield College Netball Club has had a stormer of a year.

The A team, captained by the mighty Katharine Robson, has racked up wins against various arch nemeses (most importantly, Hild/Bede), snatching victory from the jaws of defeat in one particularly memorable match (Cuth’s really were not happy). Despite the standard setbacks – a knee injury for the captain, goalkeepers determined to send Topham and Tweed home in more than one piece, and one consistently drunk and thrillingly glitter3covered player – this season has definitely been a good one. On Saturday, the A team sailed through their semi3final Trophy match against Cuth’s, aided by guest performances from star DUNC players Nancy, Becca, and Anna. Cuth’s just didn’t stand a chance.

However, despite the impressive on court antics, Man of the Match must definitely go to Rosie Smith, the most hungover woman in the world, who spent the duration huddled on the side lines against the Siberian wind, face an extremely delicate shade of green. The tournament final is on Wednesday afternoon – we expect huge crowds and great things from the players involved! You’ve been waiting for this moment all your lives, girls. This is your time.

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The B team, meanwhile, has enjoyed increasing success over the course of the season. Isabel Shaw (on court title – “El Capitane”) believes that all credit must be given solely to her stirringly motivational centre court speeches. They may, admittedly, be somewhat repetitive, due to her limited knowledge of actual netballing rules and technique, but they seem to have done the job. Of course, some mention must (grudgingly) be made of the players. Liv Martin and Grogan, or THE DREAM TEAM, as they shall forever be known, formed a formidable goal3scoring partnership.

Further down the court, Pauline Barker tore it up (sometimes literally, and at the cost of great physical and mental scarring to the opposition).

Chanty Hudson and Amy Walter, our HCNC Elders, were also valuable members of the team, using their age and wisdom to great effect – Amy remains the only B team player ever to fully comprehend the elusive ‘Bangers and Mash’ drill. There were many comedic moments. Most of them involve Bianca Morris, whose lean is legendary, and her ability to unexpectedly take out members of her own team even more so. However, there have been cameos from Amy (falling, losing her shoe mid3match), Jojo (who intercepts, then can’t stop running), and Maddie (“Pom3pom!

Pom3pom! Pass to me!”). But who cares. We may be something of a laughing stock in Division One. We may have warmed up for approximately five minutes over the entire season. And our triumphs may be overshadowed by the opponents’ shock at being beaten by a team who lies brokenly on the court between each quarter. BUT WE BEAT HILD BEDE. Hungover. After Lion in Winter. So there is literally no stopping us now.

Last but not least, there’s the C team. The Cs, ably captained by Hattie Jones, have had a cracking season, the pinnacle of which was a convincing victory over John Snow C. By all accounts, John Snow are now too traumatised ever to leave Stockton again. There was also a walkover against a team far too terrified even to turn up; Hatfield C’s mighty reputation precedes them always. In terms of team members, Caitlin stole the show as most improved player, whilst Kat Alty, last year’s captain, has proved herself consistently valuable, excelling (according to glowing reports from Hattie) in pretty much any on court position. In addition, her encouragement of the rest of the team has helped to keep spirits high throughout, despite arctic conditions and lengthy treks to hill college courts. However, on court successes aside, the real heroine of the C team

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this season must be the legendary Georgina McCooke. McCooke isn’t, shall we say, a big drinker. So when she destroyed the infamous Bleep Test, powering through the early rounds with consummate ease, we could only watch in awe and wonderment. Dressed in striking triple denim attire, McCooke outlasted her team mates and made it down to the final three, giving a performance that will go down in HCNC history. Georgina McCooke – 1, cider – 0.

So, on to the socials. Nancy Moore, our resident dictator and hell3raiser in chief, has really transformed the HCNC social scene. What with Nancy’s love of fancy dress and Maddie’s snazzy new stash, the whole club really do look good both on and off court. Well, pretty good. Apart from the times when Nancy makes the freshers dress as the twenty3seven dwarves, or wear Stinking Bishop around their necks. Or clinging to walls and lamp posts in the dark because someone shouts “Shark Attack!” (Becca Hazell really does deserve a mention here – that dive was the stuff of legend). Or the night that Maddie donned the gimp mask and kept it on ‘for warmth’.

That was quite a performance. Topped only, some might say, by what has come to be known as the HCNC Christmas Dinner Pizza Incident. Our esteemed Club Captain really surpassed herself there. Not that she’s alone.

Who could forget Arabella’s dramatic fall from the desk? Or Tweed’s rousing performance in John’s? Or the various dance3offs? Or the infamous Bucket List? Or that delightful local bar crawl? And so it goes on.

In short, HCNC really has had an incredible year. Alice and Katharine have trained us ruthlessly, springing surprise fitness sessions on a standardly hungover squad to ensure that we remain in peak physical condition AT ALL TIMES. Their enthusiasm (and, more importantly, love of Killer) have inspired us all. Especially the Killer. Everyone loves a game which involves standing still. But, in all seriousness, numerous frustrating snow days aside, this season has been ace. And I think I speak for everyone when I say that we now have only one thing on our minds.

Bring. On. Tour.

Isabel Shaw (B Team Captain)

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Pool Club Hatfield Pool Club's reputation within the DUPL continues to grow with another productive season. The As cemented their place as a solid Premiership side, finishing 10 (of 18), improving on last year's finish of 12 in their inaugural season in the top flight. Although they suffered eight 534 losses, the As were 9 points below 9 and so were dubbed 'the best of the rest'. Special mention must go to Captain Rob Philips. As well as securing the most amount of wins in the league of any Hatfield player, he earned a call3up to the University Squad for the annual BUCS tournament. th

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The Bs found their first season in the top flight frustrating and had to get used to losing after securing back3to3back promotions. After losing their first 9 games in all competitions and finding themselves at the foot of the table, Captain Michael Whittingham produced some tactical tinkering that saw the Bs win 4 league games on the bounce, including a 534 win in the Hatfield derby and the club's first ever 930 win against Trevs A. This saw the Bs rise to 11 , however three losses in final frame deciders in three days (to record a total of six 534 losses over the season), saw the Bs slip back down the table, ending in a 16 place finish and occupying the relegation play3off spot. th

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The play3offs will be held over Easter Term just before the excitement of the cup finals days. After both the As and Bs were knocked out in the first round of the cup, they have both stormed through the first four rounds of the plate and find themselves in the semi3finals; hoping to avoid each other in the draw and attempt to set up an all3Hatfield final. Victory here would bring home the club's first piece of silverware and qualification to the Champions Cup. The Cs found out early on they were safe from relegation to the new Friendly ladder when Chads had both their sides removed from the league. This left only one relegation spot which the Cs stayed cleared of all season, finishing 13 in Division 2. The Csâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spirit is still alive, with flair being encouraged, whilst they managed to use a squad of 17 players over the season. th

James Gallucci (President)

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Rugby Club 3 Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The men of Hatfield College Rugby Football Club have encountered a strange season this year. With many Hatfield greats having graduated or being promoted into the Durham University Rugby set up, we hoped from the start that the fresher intake would be strong to keep the high standard of rugby we had shown the previous season. And in this regard, we were blessed, with freshers including Olly Altendorf, Luca Vincenzini, Fawwaz Janjua, Will Dunne, Alex Pike, Conor Stephens, Jack Baron, Ben Veitch, Jack Murphy and Robin Hardman all stepping up and filling in the shoes that had been left for them. After such a brilliant intake of Freshers and a resounding win over Castle in our pre3season warm up, we had high hopes going into the year.

However, even after a demolition of Cuths B in our first league game of the season, the team struggled to convert their talent into wins, with losses following on from our bright start against Grey and Stephenson.

These were our only league games of the season, however, with the snow disrupting many of matches to be played. However, we unfortunately ended the term on a low ebb, losing to Castle in the final minute in the first round of the cup after an under3par performance from the team.

The team managed to recover against such a negative loss coming into the second term. Fourth year Ben Sudell re3emerged into the team and gave us the boost we needed to put in a solid performance against John Snow, where we were unlucky to come away without anything. After a solid defensive, but ill3disciplined display against Van Mildert, we finally managed to come out with a win against Trevelyan, putting us in a strong position to finish our season off next term with hopefully a couple more wins under the belt.

Special mention must be made of certain players of the team this season.

Timmy Fisher has been in the best form of his Hatfield career, and has rightly earned a call up to the Hill Bailey side alongside fellow front row Archie Shirley3Beavan. Sam Lowden has been a solid member of the pack, also earning a call up to the Bailey squad, and Alex Sharpe has recovered from dropping the ball over the line in the first game of the season by

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becoming an absolute terrier on the pitch. These two combined with the talent of Ben Walker and Will Dunne have made it an absolute nightmare to pick a starting back row this year, illustrating the strength we have at the back of the scrum.

Within the backs, Conor Stephens has shown his talent in both the 9 and 10 positions, with Neil Irwin complementing him by also showing his all3 round skills in both positions. Jack Baron and Ben Veitch have shown their DURFC skills on the pitch for us, and Peter Bates has kept the crowd entertained by honing his superb fending technique. Matt Barker, Charlie Crichton and Patrick Ware have continued to put in solid performances for us, and Jack Murphy has fitted in well on the wing with a couple of tries to his name this season. Special mention to the player of the season so far, Robin Hardman, who has constantly shifted positions and created special moments in matches which have given the team a real boost, resulting in him gaining the recognition he deserves as he has recently risen through the ranks of DURFC and is now playing 2 XV rugby for them. nd

On a final note, the social side of the club is still going strong, with a large number of us going on tour to Budapest this year, and all the favourite socials still being well attended. Whilst our performance on the pitch may not have reached the high standards we hoped to attain, it is suffice to say that our performances on socials have been of the highest calibre, with a special mention to James Fayad, who has put a whole new meaning to the word “funnel”.

Danny Greene (A Team Captain)

Rugby Club 3 Women’s This has been an excellent year for HCWRFC, starting with a great intake of freshers in Michaelmas Term. An early game in the season against Chads/Johns was very much dominated by the forwards. Three tries were scored and although this wasn’t a win, was certainly indicative of the skills of the new front line. Hild Bede was the next game with HCWRFC showing their enthusiasm with the whole squad turning out to face the

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three players fielded by the opposition. A Hatfield3Hatfield game followed and the freshers gave the rest of the club a run for their money, where Phil Rawbone displayed her usual speed and try3scoring ability! The last game of the season was a sevens match versus Collingwood and finally a legitimate win for HCWRFC! Once again Hatfield girls demonstrated their commitment to the club, with more players than the other team doubled!

A final score of 19310 to Hatfield with tries from Harriet Forsyth and Mollie Jebb and conversions from Lady Victoria Palmer. In short, a wonderful season has been had by the club, with many positive results on the pitch, some fantastic club socials, the infamous HCWRFC spirit and strong friendships along the way. Let’s hope this continues into next year!

Stefania Boughey (Club Captain)

Squash Club The Women’s squad started the season strongly with the outstanding Jemma Ockwell playing as number 1 and victories over Aidan’s and Trevelyan and a narrow loss to Hild Bede. However Jemma’s commit3 ments to University squash left the team substantially weakened later in the season. Arabella Garnett managed to win all her games when playing at Number 2 and Madeleine Langmead, Iona Watson, Dami Onabowale, Caroline Bertrand and Izzy Shaw provided great strength and depth in the team. The squad was also strengthened by the addition of Charlotte Bishop and Emily Pomeroy who both made their debuts for the club as recent squash converts. Sadly the Women’s season ended promptly due to the withdrawal of two colleges from the league; however, there is no doubt that there will be an able, committed and competitive squad prepared to challenge for the 201334 league.

Arabella Garnett (Captain)

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College Societies The Art Society The Hatfield College Art Society exists to promote Art within the College and beyond. Throughout the year we arrange trips, talks, and seek to maintain an exciting store cupboard of materials for our membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; use 3 recent investments being: a lovely new sewing machine and lino printing equipment.

The opening ceremony of the Elizabeth Burt Art Room An exciting addition to Hatfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many facilities is the Hatfield Art Room, which was installed in the basement of the main College building this year. The Art Room is much used by the Hatfield Art Society as well as other creative student groups such as the Lion in Winter Ball decorations committee, the Hatfield Fashion Show and Hatfield Pantomime. In

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Michaelmas Term, the Hatfield Art Society organised a number of communal craft sessions open to all members of the College. The space is used to host talks from visiting artists who are able to use it to show examples of their work. In the Easter Term of 2013 the room will be filled with the smell of ink as Hatfield’s artists set to work designing a series of internationally themed lino prints to sell for charity.

The highlight of the Art Society calendar, the annual Hatfield Summer Exhibition, takes place after the students have finished their exams. The exhibition is a testament to the eclecticism of our students’ and lecturers' work. Previous exhibits have included sculpture, photography, and... carved watermelons! Whether you're a schooled life3drawer, desk/dress designer, sneaky sketcher, cheeky cartoonist or interpretative mess3maker, the Hatfield College Art Society welcomes you into its midst.

Imara Amelia Csoti

Student Community Action

It’s been an incredibly successful year for Student Community Action (SCA), with a bulging mailing list of now over 3600 people and over 500 active volunteers across Durham and Queen’s campus. After an amazingly successful publicity drive, our 40 student3lead voluntary projects were overwhelmed – some with over four times as many volunteers as they had seen before. Some expansion needed to be done, particularly on the one3to3one tutoring project, and thus SCA saw its reach permeate even further into the schools, care homes, charities and voluntary organisations of Durham – with student volunteers working with everyone from vulnerable adults, children and the elderly to conservation and animals.

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SCA also decided to increase the number of ‘one3offs’ offered for those who’d like to dip in and out of volunteering and try something new each time. Good tidings were shared with a Christmas shopping day out for the elderly, complete with mince pies and carols, a successful shoebox collection for the Children of the Northeast charity, and a Christmas meal for the homeless at Sanctuary 21, organised by Hatfield’s SCA Ambassador, Emily Woodhouse. Michaelmas Term was rounded off with the sell3out Jazz and Cocktails event (featuring a stellar performance from Kinky Jeff) and a highly amusing wine3fuelled swing dancing lesson from Lindy Jazz.

Epiphany Term was no less hectic with the arrival of national Student Volunteering week mid3February and a different one3off each day. Several braved the snow to give the woodland around the Cathedral a much3 needed facelift and many joined us for an afternoon of ‘tea and tales’ with the elderly. The week was rounded off with Comedy and Cocktails in the new DSU bar as a little thank3you to all our volunteers for their tireless work. Another exciting development was the co3opting of SCA into the Durham City Area Action Partnership – a board composed of service providers, voluntary organisations and county councillors that set the agenda for the area based on public consensus – meaning SCA now has greater voice and visibility among the local community. Developments are also underway for SCA to expand its work further out of Durham and into Chester3le3Street, Spennymoor and East Durham, as are several new projects, including collaboration with Teach First and a unique political outreach project.

The college ambassadors are continuing to do a fabulous job of organising a range of varied one3offs, and developments are underfoot for work with the Rainbow Trust, a charity providing respite and care to terminally ill children and their families – including a vintage clothes sale fundraiser!

Also approaching are the oSCArs, SCA’s social highlight in Castle great hall – a chance to reflect on a striking year and say a final thank3you to our volunteers, ambassadors, project leaders and community partners – and start getting ready for next year!

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Chapel Choir Hatfield College Chapel Choir is made up of twenty two singers, of whom eight are choral scholars. The Choir is directed by first3year music student, Harry Castle. The Choir is well supported by the College’s two Organ Scholars (also first3year students), Tom Coxhead (younger brother to Lizzie, a former Choir member) and Laura Erel.

The Choir sings Choral Evensong on Fridays in term, and the service includes music dating from 1500 all the way up to the present day.

Each term the Choir sings a concert either in the Dining Hall at the College or at another venue in Durham or the North East. At the end of Michaelmas Term, the Choir sang Fauré’s Requiem, with an orchestra, in a packed Dining Hall in College. In Easter Term, the Choir will be singing at three services in Durham Cathedral. The Choir is also preparing for a concert of Vivaldi and Mozart in Hild Bede Chapel and planning a summer tour to Budapest.

Next year will be an exciting one for the Chapel Choir, as Harry Castle is also Musical Director of Durham University Symphony Orchestra. The Choir and the Symphony Orchestra will join forces to perform together in Durham Cathedral.

The Choir is one of the most social of the music ensembles in the University. It has regular socials organised by the Choir’s two social secretaries, and is generally a fun group to be in.

Harry Castle (Director of Music)

Hatfield DUCK This year Hatfield DUCK has continued with its previous success. We have run numerous events, built up a reputation and understanding of our

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work amongst Freshers, and continued being an important presence within College.

One of the most notable events this year has been Jazz and Cocktails.

Once again we collaborated with the much loved Kinky Jeff for a great night with brilliant music. All who attended thoroughly enjoyed the event.

It was also a great opportunity for the team to work together with everyone chipping in to do their bit to make the event run smoothly.

Mid3way through Epiphany Term we had DUCK Week. This consisted of pieing, a Dare Night and an Auction of Promises. All elements of this week were highly successful and were greatly enjoyed. DUCK Week is a great opportunity for the Freshers to get involved and those that took up the opportunity did a fantastic job. Pieing, despite causing havoc and fear in the dining hall, is also a really fun and different way for College to see DUCK. The Auction of Promises was also a very enjoyable night with promises including having the Hatfield Lion accompany you to lectures, a cake hamper and dates with the exec. The money raised in the auction went to Headway who are very grateful for all our hard work. The week was a great success in which we raised over ÂŁ600.

Along with running events we have also maintained a positive reputation for being the cocktail providers. This means that we have been asked to sell at various events, including the Hatfield Beer Festival, Blind Date and various formals. We are really grateful that we keep being asked to sell at these events as it has allowed us to maintain a consistent presence in College.

The Toastie Bar has continued to thrive this year with it now becoming a key part of the bar area. We have expanded our menu and created special toasties based on suggestions for Christmas, Comic Relief and other occasions. It is now open nearly everyday and this is something we hope to maintain in the future.

Hatfielders have also had a significant presence in events organised by Central DUCK including Tough Guy, Rag Raids, Skydives, Blind Date, the Cathedral Sleepout, Marathons, the Comic Relief Tricycle Race, DUCK

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Expeditions and many many more. It has been great to see so many Hatfielders getting involved in DUCK and really making a difference.

A key aim this year was also to improve the transparency of DUCK and where the money goes in College. This process has definitely started and we hope this will continue and improve with time.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in any way with DUCK this year. It really does make a difference and the support it so greatly appreciated. A special thank you to everyone on the DUCK Exec too.

Emily Sherr

The Hatfielder Magazine This year we have continued to expand The Hatfielder, Hatfield's very own College magazine, an exciting opportunity for all Hatfielders to see their name and their work in print. We see our project as a great chance to get valuable experience in editing, marketing or publicity, and were delighted to welcome two new editors to our team: Will Dunne and Beth Granger. Patty McCabe, editor of our creative writing section The Mad Hatter, has worked hard to prepare (and create!) some more fantastic pieces, and been invaluable in promoting the magazine to Freshers and potential sponsors alike. We released this year's first edition at the end of Michaelmas term, a team of five making this process quicker than last year and very enjoyable.

The continued support from the Hatfield Trust and the JCR was subsidised by our first outside sponsor in the Michaelmas edition, which we feel marked the progress we have made in our publicity campaigns. In the next few terms we will be looking to start digitalising more of our content so that it can be accessed from the JCR webpage so, as always, we'll be looking to recruit more writers, editors and now digital designers!

Whatever you'd like to get involved in; we'd love to hear from you.

Lottie Poynton & Jake Waller (Senior Editors)

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Music Society The Music Society has had an extremely encouraging and incredibly successful year. The Christmas concert, in particular, was a huge hit, drawing in a large crowd of music Hatfielders. We sang carols, ate mince pies and watched some very impressive performances. Aside from that, the usual Freshers’ concert, and last year’s summer concert all went down without a hitch. We’ve also had a fantastic collaboration concert with the Chapel Choir, which brought in an audience of about thirty, many of whom were members of the public. The society continues to provide equipment and music for its members and this year was lucky enough to receive a large sum from the Hatfield Trust for the purchase of new music stands and scores. Our greatest development has been the affiliation of both ‘Kinky Jeff and the Swingers’, and the Hatfield Chapel Choir, drawing together all Hatfield music and musicians under one roof.

The Society is, of course, nothing without its members, and I’d like to thank firstly last year’s exec committee for making our lives this year so easy. I also owe a great deal of gratitude to Ivan Yuen, who has proved an extremely capable Concert Manager; Iona Watson, our artistic public relations officer; and Charlotte Bull, whose number crunching has allowed the society to really expand this year. Mostly, I’d like to thank all the musicians who continue to astound with their talent, confidence and skill.

I hope Hatfield’s Music Society continues to grow in the years to come.

James Watkins (President)

Kinky Jeff and the Swingers What a year! The band felt a little depleted after the departure of so many key Kinkies but we gained some great freshers at the beginning of the year, and as a result enjoyed some truly memorable socials. The Kinky Jeff spirit is still going strong!

We’ve had quite a few gigs this year, both in Hatfield and around the University, including the Hatfield Beer Festival, a drinks reception for

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Durham’s former Chancellor, Bill Bryson, an SCA evening of ‘Jazz and Wine’ (with possibly more wine than jazz!) and our traditional collaboration with Hatfield DUCK for ‘Jazz and Cocktails’. Our most memorable outing was probably Castle Ladies’ night 3 it was our first big band gig together and it was really nice to see the warm reception our set received. Special thanks has got to go to our MD this year, James Watkins 3 we’re producing an awesome sound this year, and have added some of his own arrangements to our repertoire, including Jamie Cullum’s ‘Don’t Stop the Music’, Amy Winehouse’s cover of ‘Valerie’ and the Reel Big Fish version of ‘Take on Me’.

It’s been a great year, with a tour to Amsterdam after exams to look forward to (!), but the end of Kinky Jeff’s 2012/13 run will see the departure of some great members: Charles Adair, Will Christiansen, India Furse, Simon Lynch, Annabel Marcuse, Ed Millar, Esther Swaffield, James Watkins, Tom Williams. You will be missed! Remember to stay in touch and keep playing and singing in whatever you go on to do!

Celia McSwaine (President)

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Lion Theatre Company The Lion Theatre Company has had an exciting and busy few months, with over 40 freshers signing up at the beginning of the year, and two productions during Epiphany Term. As well as re3affirming its roots within College, it has made steps to broaden its horizons by opening up productions to a number of non3Hatfielders and performing outside of College. As such, it can now provide Hatfielders with a much3needed stepping stone into university theatre.

Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Taming of the Shrew began the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theatre in College. A cast consisting mostly of Hatfielders was led by first3year director Steph Lam in a play that saw great attendance and overwhelmingly positive reviews. Held in the College dining hall, it brought theatre back into the heart of Hatfield for the first time in over a year, and was met with enthusiasm from all who attended.

Following on the back of this success, student3written Haya and Jamil was selected as the closing performance for the Durham Drama Festival in the Assembly Rooms. Writer and producer Nathalie Smuha, an Erasmus exchange student based in the College, wrote her play as a resetting of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem, with the Montagues and Capulets exchanged for prominent Israeli and Palestinian families. Making use of an ambitious set, a large cast and a series of technical challenges, all of which were managed brilliantly, the production formed the perfect close to the four3day festival.

With another production planned for the summer, the society hopes to build on its rising reputation and membership, and continue to provide College members with opportunities to watch and perform in enjoyable student theatre.

Ben Weaver3Hincks (President)

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Hatfield Welfare Team Welfare has grown from strength to strength this year and Alice and I have been very lucky with the people that we managed to get on board on our team. It has included a mixture of first, second and third years and it has been wonderful to see such a friendly group of people getting on so well. They have worked so hard in helping us organise our awareness weeks and have done a fantastic job at spreading the welfare message around College to both livers3in and livers3out.

The first important point to mention with welfare this year is that this has been the first year that the JCR Welfare Officer has been an exec position as well as the VP Welfare. Alice and I have consequently worked hard together to raise the profile of the JCR Welfare Officer as the two roles are now equal in terms of welfare. I think that this has been very successful and a lot of credit should go to Alice Pike who has done a commendable job at developing the role in its first year on the exec. From the point of view of the VP Welfare, it has been extremely useful having the JCR Welfare Officer on the exec because it has meant that welfare has been

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very well represented in the JCR and has helped alleviate the VP Welfare’s role, especially at busy times of the year.

This year, another big change that has occurred is the way that welfare campaigns have been put on in College. The term ‘campaigns’ was replaced with ‘awareness weeks’ and all of the former campaigns were restructured into three big awareness weeks: ‘Think Twice’ in first term, ‘One World’ in second term and ‘Stress Less’ in exam term. This was a change made by the DSU and Alice and I have felt that it has overall been a positive change. The idea behind the restructure was to amalgamate all previous campaigns into a few key awareness weeks. Before, we had two or three campaigns in each term which meant that people felt a bit overloaded by welfare. Alice and I just changed the structure slightly so that the awareness weeks lasted for a whole fortnight in order that no topics were neglected. We felt this worked well. In ‘Think Twice’, we collaborated with DUCK so that we raised money for a local project which supported people with mental health difficulties by selling cakes from our cake baking session and holding a Jazz and Mocktails evening with Kinky Jeff as well as holding the traditional welfare quiz. We tried to think of innovative ways to involve as many people in College as possible which is why we organised an ‘All3College Social’ with a ‘Think Twice’ theme. The response we received was incredible which meant that many different clubs got involved. A special thanks should go to Katherine Maclennan for organising this. In ‘One World’, we collaborated with Nightline so we put on a Masquerade Formal and as Valentine’s Day fell in the middle of the fortnight, we also organised a special event of Blind Date, which was enjoyed by many. As this awareness fortnight was all about celebrating diversity in the world, we were also lucky to put on events such as sign language and salsa dancing. Stress Less at the end of last year was quieter but we still had great fun with a yoga and an aerobic session amongst other things. Overall, I think our awareness weeks have been successful. It has been great focusing topics into two weeks so that students get talking about everything but at the same time have not felt overloaded by welfare. Some additional events that we held revolved around a ‘refresher’ idea, which occurred a few weeks into term where we had a film night and some all3important yoga to refresh the freshers after their busy first few weeks of term.

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On top of our awareness fortnights, Welfare has continued to run its drop3 in hours which have been used well. They were held by myself and Alice as well as the three senior reps, Laura Baldwin, Ed Blancke and Luke Olpin. Luke, as livers3out rep has done an incredible job at looking at ways to involve livers3out more in welfare. He conducted a survey to find out what livers3out really wanted from welfare and from this, he organised a livers3out supply delivery service as well as ‘Come Dine With Me’, which was very popular. Laura has also continued on the ‘Cookie Fairy Service’ which I started at the end of last year. This has allowed students to send cookies to their friends with a message for free every week and has been very successful.

Tea and Toast has also continued to grow from strength to strength in its second year running. A huge thank you should go to Laura Baldwin and Helena Nathan3King who were the first Presidents of Tea and Toast and have done a commendable job at setting it up in its first year and passing it over in its second year running. It now happens twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays and is completely run by student volunteers. It is very popular with students who either use it for a break from work, a relaxing night in or a place to return to after a night out. The new Presidents, Rachael Boyce and Charlotte Mander have done a fantastic job at running the service so far this year and I hope it continues to be successful in the future.

That is Welfare in a nutshell from this year (2012/2013). It has been a pleasure representing Hatfield and Alice and I will thoroughly miss being Welfare Officers. A special thanks should also go to Anthony Bash who has done an incredible job as Acting Senior Tutor this year. It has been great working with him. Brenda Mitchell has also worked tirelessly and we don’t know what we would have done without her. Alice and I are extremely grateful for all of her hard work. As our time in office has now come to an end, we would like to say good luck to the new VP Welfare, Katherine Maclennan and new JCR Welfare Officer, Jamie Green who we are sure will both do a brilliant job! We hope welfare continues to grow in College because it really is so fundamental to student support in university life.

Hannah Schofield3Newton (JCR Vice3President and Welfare Officer)

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The Hatfield Trust The Trust continues to be active in all aspects of College life, financially supporting clubs and societies as well as awarding bursaries for individuals pursuing academic research.

Listed below are some of the initiatives the Trust has been involved in so far this academic year: •

Brileen Music Awards (November 2012). There were two applicants.

Following a very interesting set of interviews, it was decided to award the “Brileen Music Award“ of £250 to Laura Erel.

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MCR Research Awards. The President of the MCR (Chris Wood) and the Director of the Trust have met on 3 occasions (December 2012, January 2013 and April 2013) and awarded a total of £3495 to 26 MCR students. There will be a fourth meeting in June 2013.

The Trust is committed to providing funding for academic study. There are several other specific awards available (to both MCR and JCR) to assist students with their research.

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Bursary for UK Independent Research (9 x £250 awards for research in the UK).

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Floreat Award (7 x £1000 awards to Hatfield undergraduates progressing to postgraduate study in Hatfield).

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History Award (4 x £200 awards for the purchase of specialist History books).

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Music Award (Brileen scholarship 3 £250 to a first year female music student).

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Baxter Prizes (75 x £100 to outstanding academic students who have been recommended by their departments).

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Barry Northrop Award (£500 award to outstanding student involved in Middle Eastern Study).

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MCR Research Bursary for affiliated members of Hatfield College. Up to 8 new awards for candidates involved in part3time or distant learning postgraduate study within Durham University. Each bursary valued at £250 will be awarded by a committee comprising College Officers and the Director of the Trust.

Director of the Hatfield Trust awarding Dan Busbridge the Senior Tutor’s Prize at the MCR Dinner The Director attended the JCR Finance Committee meeting in October 2012 where awards are made to sports clubs and societies seeking financial support. It is hoped that through this venture, the Trust will be seen to be supporting a wider range of student activities. On this occasion the Trust contributed £1247 to six College clubs and societies.

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At the Trustees meeting in November, Charlotte Furneaux (since appointed Senior Man of the JCR 2013314) gave a presentation outlining the need for new gym equipment. Trustees agreed in principle and asked that further enquiries be made to ascertain the best quality product for the job. The research is now complete and 2 Life Active treadmill machines have been ordered at a price of £8400. The JCR will contribute £1200 from their own funds as a contribution to the purchase.

At the College Meeting, 15 January 2013, Victoria Palmer (JCR Vice3 President Discipline) reported that the machines were due in College week commencing 21 January 2013. The machines are now installed and are proving to be very popular indeed.

In February 2013, the Trust invited applications for Travel Awards for summer 2013. In all there were 38 applications and the JCR Executive (who fund 50% of the awards) and the Director of the Trust will meet at the beginning of the Easter Term to review applications and decide on the level of awards.

In October, following a meeting with Charlotte Poynton, the Trust purchased advertising space in the next two editions of The Hatfielder magazine for £180. The Michaelmas edition is now out and was available without charge to all students.

Parent Membership of the Hatfield Trust (offered to all parents of Freshers in August) resulted in donations totaling £3500. A fresh trawl of parents who didn’t respond will be made in April 2013. Total donations from alumni and parents from September 2012 is currently over £22600.

The construction and modification of the new “multifunction space” known for advertising purposes as the “Lion’sDen@Hatfield” has been deferred by the University authorities. The Trust has been instrumental in providing funding for advertising in a major fund raising initiative among alumni of the College. So far we have received over £20,000 from over 100 alumni in donations and pledges. Over 90 brass plaques have been purchased and are in the process of being fixed to the bar ceiling.

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All donations so far received will of course be ring fenced for this purpose and will be utilized as and when building work commences.

The Trust continues to promote alumni relations : a date for your diary, Friday 20 September 2013.

Next September will see our sixth annual gathering at the Alexandra pub in Clapham Common, London, at 7.30pm.

The Alexandra pub is next to Clapham Common Tube Station so getting there couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be easier. We book the first floor of the pub which can hold over 300.

A complementary Thai buffet is served for all guests at 9.45pm. Tim Burt, Cynthia Connolly and the Director of the Trust will be there and look forward to seeing you!

Just an ideaâ&#x20AC;Ś why not organise a decade reunion with your contemporaries? Why not meet up with those who matriculated in Hatfield in 2003 or why not meet up with those who graduated in Hatfield in 2003?

Ian Curry (Director)

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Hatfield Awards and Bursaries Andrew Burn (Hatfield History Award) This year, I have been writing up my PhD thesis on work in seventeenth3 century Newcastle upon Tyne. In what was a time of relative stagnation in most English and European towns, Newcastle probably saw the biggest population growth outside London. The river bustled with trade of all types being moved by men in single3sailed keel boats, and the stone3built Tyne Bridge groaned under the shops and traffic that spanned it.

Newcastle tended to cause breathless hyperbole in even the most experienced gentleman and gentlewoman travellers, who were the major social commentators of the day. Visiting in 1635, Sir William Brereton put Newcastle ‘beyond all compare the fairest and richest towne in England’, on a par with London and Bristol ‘for wealth and building[s]’; and when Celia Fiennes trotted in through the Westgate on her grand tour in 1698, she saw ‘a noble town… [which] most resembles London of any place in England, its buildings lofty and large… [and] the streets are very broad and handsome’.

That Newcastle managed to avoid the decline and depression of other major towns was thanks to the coal boom from the 1560s onwards, which saw at least a tenfold growth in shipments from the port. Shifting coal was a purely manual occupation, offering few economies of scale, and so more coal required more men to move it. The town, which continued to sprawl outside the walls in all directions, sucked in a large number of migrants, many from as close as the farming areas of Durham and Northumberland, but also a great many from Scotland. As well as coal workers, Newcastle also attracted food and drink manufacturers, glass makers and shipbuilders, among others. For the first time, I have been able to quantify these workers, and chart the changing occupational structure of the town.

My thesis examines the impact of this sudden industrialisation on what had been a successful medieval port. Thanks to the history award, I have

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been able to buy a number of useful books which were unavailable in the Durham libraries. These include books of local records that are related to work, and also a couple of textbooks and monographs dealing with methodological or regional topics. I hope that this small collection, which will go to the College library when I’m finished, might help other Hatfield students who want to study the history of the region in the future.

Christopher Byrne (Floreat Scholarship) No Laughing Matter? Race, Racism and Racists in Post3war Situation Comedy “And the strange thing was... throughout the morning she kept referring to the Indians as n*****s. "No no no," I said, "the n*****s are the West Indians. These people are w**s." "No, no," she said. "All cricketers are n*****s."

‘Listen, don't mention the war! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right. [returns to the Germans] So! It's all forgotten now, and let's hear no more about it. So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering, and four Colditz salads.’

What a society laughs at reveals much about that society’s cultural foundations. The quotations above, from the same episode of the sitcom Fawlty Towers, elicit different reactions today than when first broadcast.

Originally, both were well received by audiences and while today the latter is recognised as comedic gold the former has stained the reputation of a great series. So much so that it has been retrospectively edited, an action that itself caused a great deal of controversy. Why this is so forms the basis of my thesis which examines the relationship between situation comedy and racism in post3war Britain.

Situation comedies were one of the breakthrough forms of cultural expression in the age of television post31945, yet despite its preponderance in everyday life the genre has received next to no attention from historical scholars. Research on situation comedy has focused on why a particular joke is funny in a linguistic or psychological sense while the potential for

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using comedies as cultural artefacts, indicators of political, economic, social and cultural change has only recently been recognised. An important work in this respect is Andy Medhurstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A National Joke, an exploration of what post3war comedy can demonstrate about British national identity which takes a more historical view of sitcoms. Through an examination of televised performances, production notes, newspaper reviews and interviews with the people involved I hope to tackle the issue of racism in post3war Britain.

There can be no doubt that race and racism have been two of the pre3 eminent social issues of modern times. Racist thought has been the foundation of many of the most reprehensible actions and events of our most recent history and remains a problem for contemporary Britons. I would like to broach the issue of whether comedy writers wished to reflect the attitudes they saw around them truthfully or whether they intended to caricature racism in order to promote more progressive social attitudes. This dissertation also broaches the wider question of the link between comedy and real life. Why, for instance, were there so many comedies dealing with race in the 1970s, 1980s and 2000s yet almost none in the 1990s? Was race just not that big a deal in society or did comedy writers feel that there was nothing more they could say? I wish to demonstrate that the influence of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;alternative comedianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the 1980s can be seen as part of this shift.

Will Christiansen (Floreat Scholarship) I am investigating the coastal sediments exposed along the Black Combe coast in southwest Cumbria. These sediments have a notoriously complicated depositional history but they are thought to have been deposited by Late Devensian ice and have possibly been modified by complex readvance episodes during overall retreat of the last British Ice Sheet. More importantly I am trying to unravel the processes by which these sediments were deposited and therefore the type of environment in which they were accreted; the latter for this particular area is of immense importance given a debate surrounding the genesis of sediments at the margins of the Irish Sea Basin. The Black Combe coast is a critical location at the north3eastern margin of the Irish Sea and it is

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proposed that the landform3sediment assemblage has been produced either by a grounded ice sheet or through subaqueous deposition in a lake or marine environment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or even a mixture of both.

Detailed analysis of these sediments will seek to address the perennial problem in glacial sedimentology of elucidating the origin of poorly3sorted sediments (diamicts) which have been traditionally interpreted as glacial â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tills.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Contemporary work analysing the micromorphology of these complicated deposits has revealed that poorly3sorted deposits can be formed by a wide range of processes in glacial environments.

Interpretation of a diamict as the result of deformation at the base of a glacier has entirely different implications for former ice3sheet reconstruction compared with interpreting them as ice3proximal (or even more contrasting, distal) delta, lake or sea bed deposits. I have a total of 19 thin sections taken from exposures along the Black Combe coast that I have started analysing for their microscale structures and inter3 relationships. A short trip to the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh last December saw me gain expert tuition in a structural geological approach to the analysis of thin sections of glacial deposits and this is something that I hope to employ in my thesis.

In addition to the micromorphology, in the coming months I will be undertaking fieldwork along the coastline where I will characterise the sediment package, comprehensively describe the large3scale sedimentary structures and their inter3relationships (sedimentary architecture). I will also be mapping the suite of landforms that are nestled in the narrow corridor between the coastline and the western flanks of Black Combe at the south3western margin of the Lake District. A key challenge with this work will be linking the geomorphology to the macro3 and micro3scale sedimentology and successful execution of this will, I hope, allow for a fuller understanding of how glaciers deform/deposit material in coastal embayments and of how Lake District ice interacted with the Irish Sea Ice Stream during the last deglaciation.

My work took a 23month hiatus during late3January through to mid3March 2013 as I undertook fieldwork in southernmost Patagonia, acting as a research assistant to 2 year PhD student, Chris Darvill. Having already nd

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spent one field season on Tierra del Fuego, Chris was aiming to re3evaluate the mid3late Quaternary glacial history of this remote but stunning region.

To do this, Chris is making the first detailed geomorphological map of the area as well as supporting this with a range of field data including a state3 of3the3art dating technique.

The magnificent Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina If you wish, you can read more about what we did by visiting durhampatagonia.wordpress.com! The 7½ weeks I spent there were truly exceptional in so many ways (mostly good!): I have gained valuable experience of prolonged fieldwork and using a wide range of field techniques and I have seen some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beautiful (and desolate) places. Whilst not directly related to my MSc, the trip has made me a more3rounded Physical Geographer and should be directly beneficial to the way in which I approach my fieldwork in the coming months.

Joshua Dixon (Floreat Scholarship) I am doing a Taught MA in Christian Theology (Catholic Studies). This consists of a dissertation (including a separately3assessed research proposal) and three modules. One module I chose to look at was on the history of Anglo3Saxon Christian Northumbria. I could hardly miss out on the opportunity to study this when my department is literally next door

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to the great cathedral housing Northumbria’s two most treasured saints, Bede and Cuthbert, about both of whom I have learnt a great deal.

Another module I am taking is on Christian Gender, which is all about how changing ideas of sexuality and gender have affected society, the Church and theology, and how all these things in turn have affected and fed into each other. It is an interesting blend of socio3psychological theory and Christian theology from all eras, exploring a subject that is discussed far less frequently than it is studied in3depth. My third module is all about the Catholic theology that emerged in Europe in the mid3twentieth century and led to the changes of Vatican II. As well as some of the technical ins3and3outs of the theological writings themselves, the module keeps an eye on the historical context, examining how the impact of two World Wars on the intellectual climate of Europe forced Catholic theologians to re3examine the fundamental questions of the Church For my dissertation I am looking at the potential of comedy and comic techniques for Christian apologetic. At a time of turmoil and confusion in the Catholic Church, in my opinion there has never been a better time to examine afresh the central doctrines of the Christian faith and to assess their relevance for society today. Linguistic philosophy plays an important part in these issues; much meaningful debate is hindered by the two sides using language in a different way. This is a particular problem when one is discussing terms such as “mystery”, “reason” and “faith”, words which often carry a different connotation to a theologian than, say, a scientist.

Paradox and contradiction play a large part in both theology and comedy.

For some people this necessarily makes theology meaningless, and although I can understand their point of view I cannot fully accept it. I prefer to explore the question of whether or not paradox, if embraced and used in a responsible way, can yield important truths that will help in the communication of fresh theological ideas. My goal therefore is to reconstruct a view of Christian theology that has as its touchstone the universal appeal of comedy, in order to construct a meaningful language for communicating with people outside my own field and discipline.

Quite simply, without the extra help of the Floreat Scholarship I would not have sufficient finances to undertake any sort of academic work, so I am very grateful to the Hatfield Trust for allowing me to pursue the philosophical ideas that have recently grabbed my interest.

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India Furse (Floreat Scholarship) My decision to study for an MA in English Literary Studies stemmed from a desire to focus in more depth on the early modern period. Within the English Department I have been able to study a range of early modern literature within the modules Renaissance Tragedy, Renaissance Humanism and Literature of the Supernatural. As drama is one of my main interests both inside and outside of academia, I have been fortunate to study some more unusual and lesser known early modern plays from gory tragedies to obscure witchcraft plays. The scope of humanist writers on the Renaissance Humanism course has provided a solid background to these texts and to the research interests for my dissertation.

Having written on the King James Bible as a Renaissance literary text for my undergraduate dissertation, I chose to research Renaissance psalm translations for my MA dissertation. Considering those that were translated directly as part of full Bible translations, and those that were written as part of the literary canon I will consider psalm translation as exceeding literalism to become its own Renaissance literary genre. By analysing the literary style and language of the Tyndale Bible, Geneva Bible, Douay Reims Bible and King James Bible psalms, the dissertation will consider how Renaissance rhetorical techniques and language trends influence these translations, and the ways in which Hebrew parallelism is recreated in the English language. It will draw conclusions on how the translators retain the psalms’ theological purpose while exhibiting their literary prowess. The dissertation will then move onto metrical translations, looking in detail at those by Mary Sidney and John Milton. It will analyse their relationship to early modern poetical trends with their mutual influence on other major poets of the period aiding the discussion.

Finally I will examine how psalms translated for services – particularly for the Sternhold and Hopkins psalter – employ literary technique and musical setting to aid their practical function. I hope to collect the differing types of psalm translation into a cohesive group and a unique genre of the Renaissance literary canon.

The Floreat Scholarship has enabled me to continue pursuing my extracurricular interests both inside and outside of Hatfield. The scholarship has helped to fund a tour to Prague with the Durham

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University Orchestral Society and a tour to Amsterdam with Kinky Jeff and the Hatfield Swingers. Building on experience gained as President of Hatfield’s Lion Theatre Company in 2010/11, I was elected as President of Durham Opera Ensemble for the duration of this academic year and have directed two successful sell3out productions for the company. The plethora of opportunities provided by Hatfield and by Durham University has made for an exciting final year academically and beyond and I would like to thank the Hatfield Trust for their generous support.

Katie Hall (Floreat Scholarship) I am a postgraduate at Hatfield studying for an MA in Culture and Difference, having also studied for my undergraduate degree in English Literature here. My Masters looks at ideas of otherness and difference in a variety of contexts, from gender and sexuality to ethnicity and religion.

My main research interest is the use of otherness as justification for discrimination and violence, with specific application to gender issues and Western ideologies.

Through the MA I am exploring the role of otherness in international development and foreign aid, the Taliban shooting of educational activist Malala Yousafzai and the use of sexual violence as a weapon in the Rwandan Genocide.

My dissertation examines the roles of the O/other and otherness in approaches to and understandings of international development, while also exploring their impact upon charitable giving to aid organisations.

Within this there are three main areas: 1) Incorporating the ideas of Said, Bhabha and other postcolonialists to investigate the impact of colonialism and its ideological aftermath on the ascendancy of international development following the Second World War, 2) Examining the interaction between the West and Africa in the ideological construction of international development, 3) Using the work of Žižek on reactions to the O/other preventing a logical response to investigate how emotional responses to images of children and other ‘victims’ might prevent potential benefactors from thinking fully rationally and how this process might be used by charitable organisations in eliciting donations.

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This work shares thematic and theoretical material with my other studies on gender3targeted crimes committed against Tutsi women in the Rwandan Genocide and the complex issue of mis/representation in the case of Malala, who in her multiple suppression as a non3Western, underprivileged female fits the philosophical category of the incommunicative and inaudible subaltern.

Outside of my course my main reason for staying in Durham was to remain part of the Hatfield community, and I’ve enjoyed continuing to play an active role. Having been last year’s Hatfield Senior DUCK Rep, a cox for Hatfield Men’s Squad and on the Lion Theatre Company executive committee between 2010 and 2012, in addition to producing a variety of plays and musicals inside and outside of College, this year I am part of the MCR non3executive committee as the DSU Officer and remain part of DUCK as the Charity Liaison Officer on the University committee.

The Floreat Scholarship has really helped me to commit to both my studies and extra3curricular activities without having to worry as much about the financial burden of the course, allowing me to get even further involved with the Union as a Course and Faculty Representative, sitting on Assembly, Senate and various other committees, and to write for an online magazine for students and recent graduates.

I’ve really enjoyed my extra year in Durham so far and a lot of this has been due to the spirit and community of Hatfield, both the College as a whole and its JCR and MCR, and I am very grateful to the Hatfield Trust for supporting my studies and activities.

Hannah Howie (Trust Bursary) Following a grant from the Hatfield Trust, Hannah Howie (BSc Natural Sciences) has been able to fully immerse herself in singing and acting performance whilst at Durham University. Particular collegiate highlights in her student career have involved training with Clive Constance (former SCR President), entertaining at SCR dinners and singing at Burns Formal in 2012. Hannah also provided entertainment for Hatfield’s Lion in Winter Ball in both her first and second year. At university level, Hannah has continued to fly the Hatfield flag as President of the Durham University

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Light Opera Group. In her final year she oversaw the staging of their annual Gala show, Fame: The Musical, and in this capacity had the pleasure of working alongside several talented Hatfielders: her College daughter Izzy Osborne (DULOG Social Secretary), Simon Lynch (DULOG PR secretary, ‘Goody’ in Fame) and Alex Wingfield (DULOG Social Secretary, ‘Tyrone’ in Fame). Alex has since received a competitive offer

from the Royal Academy of Music for a postgraduate diploma in musical theatre, and deserves every congratulations! Onstage Hannah has similarly excelled taking on roles such as Kate (Kiss Me, Kate!), Carmen (Fame 3 pictured) and Ralph Rackstraw, the lead male (!), in H.M.S Pinafore. A particular highlight was directing and producing entertainment for the leaving dinner of former University Chancellor, Bill Bryson OBE, in the Castle Great Hall. As a result of these experiences, Hannah was able to

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apply successfully for places at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the latter of which she accepted and will begin in September 2013 (MA Musical Theatre Performance).

Hannah fully recognises that her achievements would not have been remotely possible without the support of Hatfield College. She would like to thank the Master and his wife, Ian Curry and Seif El3Rashidi, her tutor, for their steadfast support, patience and guidance throughout her time at Hatfield.

Alexander Lee (Floreat Scholarship) Before coming to Hatfield nearly four years ago, I had never studied medieval history. In fact I'd never even considered studying medieval history. However within the first week of my time at Hatfield I had attended a lecture for the 'Birth of Western Society' module and from the moment David Rollason had delivered his introduction, I was hooked, finding in the period's complex concepts, in the issues of limited evidence and in the deceptive nature of the little that survives a challenge too interesting and compelling to turn down. This has led me to an MA in Medieval History this year.

In particular my interest lies with the early3medieval papacy and how popes in this period behaved (so given recent developments in the Vatican, it's been like Christmas has come early for me this term!). My work centres upon papal expressions of power in the eighth3 and ninth3 centuries, examining correspondence between popes and secular rulers, interpreting art and architecture commissioned by popes, and using papal biographical records to reconstruct how the papacy articulated its authority and to question why popes became 3 and still are 3 such powerful figures on an international stage.

The modules offered by my course have all complemented such interests: I've been able to analyse the impact of saints' cults and myths on Anglo3 Saxon politics; a module on archival techniques presented the opportunity to really understand how to untangle authors' intentions behind literary sources; and in 'Issues in Medieval History', I've learnt to defend my own theories on the Church's centrality to society and politics in the context of current historiographical debates surrounding religion and spirituality.

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These topics 3 and the year's many heated seminar discussions (and post3 seminar pub discussions!) 3 have all made relevant, invaluable contributions to my approach to my final thesis. This will develop my undergraduate dissertation to examine papal use of saints, cults and myths as tools for obtaining legitimacy, a topic which illuminates papal propagandist efforts to condition contemporaries' perceptions of the papacy's power and to secure influence and authority in political 3 as well as spiritual 3 spheres.

Hatfield has presented the perfect place for undertaking such research.

With the Trust's aid, I am travelling to Rome over the Easter holidays to experience early3medieval remnants in the city first3hand and access otherwise unavailable visual sources. Outside of academic life is where being at Hatfield is of greatest benefit though, reminding me of the vibrant community around me and keeping my mind in the right century. This year I've been on the MCR Exec as Secretary; a Captain in the Pool Club; and have been known to play Basketball on occasion as well as performing on guitar at Open Mic nights. It has been a fantastic, thoroughly interesting year and I would strongly recommend further study at Hatfield to any current undergrads.

Thomas Lawrence (UK Independent Bursary Award) Project outline, aims and methods The current period in Earth history is known by geologists as the ‘Holocene’ epoch and began approximately 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. Between 12,000 – 8,000 yrs before present (BP) during the early Holocene, the large ice3sheet that existed over North America (the ‘Laurentide’) was melting rapidly, and by the time of its final retreat, had contributed 40350 m to global sea3levels. Research has suggested that the Laurentide ice3sheet disintegrated in phases, contributing meltwater to the ocean in a series of abrupt pulses or events. In addition, modelling of the thermohaline circulation (the ocean current responsible for heat transport around the globe) has identified that if large and/or rapid enough, episodes of increased freshwater input might generate a slowdown or temporary shutdown of heat transfer between hemispheres, culminating in abrupt, high3amplitude climate change of global significance.

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Greenland ice core records of the early Holocene contain a notable event around 8,200 years ago where atmospheric temperatures fell abruptly by on average 5°C for about 200 years. This so3called ‘8,200 year event’ is the most abrupt climate change observed in the last 12,000 years. Land3 and ocean3based studies around the North Atlantic now point increasingly towards a meltwater pulse from the Laurentide ice3sheet into the North Atlantic as the likely cause of the event, yet the precise timing and amount of meltwater released is uncertain. Obtaining this information is critical for numerical modelling experiments of the thermohaline circulation and therefore our understanding of the ocean3climate response to abrupt meltwater forcing. The 8,200 year event presents an important analogue for future abrupt climate change because the climate conditions of the early Holocene were broadly comparable to those of the present. The scenario of abrupt climate change associated with freshwater forcing is therefore especially relevant within the context of global warming and the likely increased melting of ice3sheets in the future.

The geologic record offers great potential for reconstructing the amount of sea3level change across the 8,200 year time interval with cm3scale precision, which can thence be translated into the amount of meltwater that triggered the onset of the 8,200 year climate downturn. In the Cree lowlands in southwest Scotland, a series of estuarine and salt3marsh deposits outcrop a few metres below the present surface (+9 m above sea level) and were radiocarbon dated to the critical interval (8,700 – 8,200 years ago). Sea level in this area has fallen ~9m to present since the early Holocene, leaving the +8,000 year old deposits (a series of clay3peat transitions, or couplets) accessible from farmland within a few km of the present day shoreline.

Two different coastal processes could have formed the peat3clay couplets in the Cree estuary, resulting in two separate hypotheses regarding their formation. In the modern environment, salt3marsh peats accumulate in the upper intertidal zone around the height of mean high water of spring tides, while estuarine clays are deposited lower in the intertidal zone on mudflat/sub3tidal surfaces. A peat band that is overlain by estuarine clay might therefore indicate that a rise in sea level has occurred. Alternatively, peat3clay transitions can form as a result of more localised processes not related to sea level, such as the migration of tidal channels. This makes the

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peat3clay couplets in the Cree manifestations of either, a) globally significant sea level changes, or, b) local coastal processes.

A diagnostic feature of tidal channel deposits is that they are not spatially widespread (i.e. over tens of metres), which is in contrast to sea3level oscillations that have a regional to global geological imprint (over 100s3 1000s of metres). Here I test the hypothesis that the geologic record in the Cree estuary records evidence of sea3level oscillations by examining in detail the lateral continuity of the peat3clay couplets. The overriding aim is to rule out the possibility that the observed deposits are a result of local processes (i.e. tidal channel migration) thus strengthening the argument for Laurentide meltwater release. To achieve this aim, I visited the Cree lowlands, in a trip funded by a Hatfield College Independent Research Bursary, to examine and record the underlying geology of the study area using hand3held coring and field levelling equipment.

Results The Cree lowlands were revisited in September 2012 where 80 boreholes were recorded every 5 m across two east3west and south3north transects.

A section of the underlying geology of the east3west transect is illustrated in Figure 1, where an additional 15 boreholes map the lateral continuity of the peat3clay couplets. Three out of the four observed couplets can be traced laterally over at least 100m, dated to 897438499, 839038064 and 791937608 years ago, while the couplet dated to 832138018 is not laterally extensive across the study site and is only registered in two boreholes.

Discussion Together, the radiocarbon ages of the lower (897438449) and middle (8390 38064) couplets along with their lateral continuity suggest that it is highly likely they record abrupt sea3level change in the centuries preceding 8,200 years ago. The lower couplet in particular carries a mean age of ~8650 years ago which correlates well with evidence from around the North Atlantic. The middle couplet has a mean age of ~8200 which coincides precisely with the timing of the cooling event in various ice3 cores, land3 and ocean3based climate reconstructions. The upper event (dated to 791937608), although laterally extensive, is too young to be associated with the 8,200 year cooling. However, its mean age of ~7800 means that it could be associated with an additional abrupt climate change thought to have occurred at around 7600 years ago.

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Conclusions The September 2012 field trip to the Cree lowlands, funded by the Hatfield Independent Research Bursary award, has discovered that: Three out of the four original peat3clay couplets are laterally extensive across the study site. This lends significant weight to the hypothesis that our observations are real sea3level phenomena and not a result of local coastal/sedimentological processes.

There is a peat3clay couplet that is not laterally extensive. Its formation is probably a result of local marsh processes, perhaps related to ponding on the former salt marsh surface.

Figure 1. Updated underlying geology at Blairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Croft in the Cree lowlands, southwest Scotland, drawn after the September 2012 field trip.

The new survey suggests there are three peat3clay couplets that are laterally extensive across the site.

These findings are significant as they represent a large and important step towards accurately and fairly interpreting the sea3level significance of the peat3clay couplets in the Cree lowlands. In particular, a preliminary

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interpretation is that there were two abrupt sea3level rise events in the centuries preceding 8,200 yrs ago, not three or four as was originally interpreted prior to this research. Hatfield College is kindly acknowledged for providing the financial backing necessary to conduct this research.

Alexander Wilson (Floreat Scholarship) I am a postgraduate student studying for an MSc Management from Durham University Business School and Hatfield College.

The MSc Management course is set up in a similar fashion to undergraduate study with core and elective modules available to students.

The core modules of Strategy, Organisational Behaviour and Business Economics and Accounting in term one provide both a sound base of knowledge for the elective course content in term 2, but also a real insight in to various industries.

Though the course is largely structured through its taught nature, the range of electives is extremely wide and represents vast areas of the business world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from buyer behaviour and marketing communications through to global business. There is a large chance that there will be something that will interest any individual. At this time I am currently applying to various management consultancies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something which has been greatly aided at every stage by my undertaking the Consultancy module offered on the course through insight from leading academics and both current and ex3professionals from the industry made available to me.

Further to the broad range of electives available to individuals there is a real opportunity to stamp your own mark on the course through your dissertation. My current research is investigating the effects on employee satisfaction and performance of different concurrent management structures â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in this instance the cases of International Rugby Players when they are with their Clubs and when on International duty. I am in little doubt that to undertake such an ambitious project would have been impossible without the high calibre of teaching from the Business School and advice available to me there.

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The course does have a strong leaning towards eventual employability and provides exclusive work shops on how to gain insight into various industries, conducting oneself at interviews and generally works successfully in tandem with the Durham University Careers Service.

Through the course I have been able to contact a broad range of professionals at various stages of their careers who have provided sound advice to me on the current job market. The alumni network the Business School has set up, though not strictly academic, absolutely adds to the overall experience of the course.

Without the support of the Hatfield Trust and Hatfield College itself in awarding me one of the 2012/2013 Floreat Scholarships it would have simply been impossible for me to undertake my course. The Scholarship has so far been put towards covering the costs of the masters in tuition, text books and general costs of living – but will be put to much greater use in helping contribute towards the travel required to conduct my dissertation research in third term which is the culmination of my course.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the College and Hatfield Trust for their support, and would thoroughly recommend both applying to the scholarship and the course for those considering it.

Hatfield Travel Bursaries Joel Butler: Türkiye’ye, Türkiye’de, Türkiye’den Guide to Turkish pronunciation: c C j as in jam ç Ç ch as in chuck ğ 3 generally ‘silent’ (lost glottal stop?); lengthens the proceeding vowel s S s as in this; not as in these ş Ş sh as in shaft a A short as in apple; rarely long as in father, in Arabic and Persian words e E e as in end and red

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I have been through a few different drafts of this report. None have satisfied me. I travelled to Turkey last summer, partially on Hatfield’s money, in order to lay the groundwork to become fluent in Turkish. I’m currently working towards becoming an historian of the Ottoman Empire, which requires a total command of modern Turkish (and, to a certain extent, Farsi) in order to begin to understand the complexities of old Ottoman texts. There’s also a great deal of scholarship coming out of Turkey, which is rarely translated. Any serious attempt to study a ‘foreign’ history requires the local language(s), and that’s as true for medieval English history, Scottish history, and French history as it is for anywhere further away, toward the ‘exotic’. There are plenty of scandalously poor studies of Iran written in America every year by people who can’t understand Farsi and see the Arabic alphabet as squiggles. It’s not something anyone should consider replicating.

So Hatfield quite handily decided to fund my endeavour. I actually received conformation of funding from Hatfield and of a fee waiver scholarship for my masters at St Andrews on the same day, which was a fantastic example of the adage that good things come in pairs. A few weeks later I was accepted on to an all3expenses paid [propaganda] trip run by the Turkish government. It seemed that where Turkey was concerned, I could do no wrong.

Real lives are rarely that straightforward, though. The reason I’ve had so much trouble trying to put together a report is because my journey was as much personal as physical and geographical. It’s been difficult to find the right tone for this piece, considering the various angles that I could approach from, and various avenues that I could lead the report down.

Suffice to say, the effect that places can have on people is incredible. We are defined as people by the places we live, the experiences they bring us into contact with, and the way they make us feel. Which is why you

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should be naturally suspicious when a man with a ‘places CV’ that includes Eton, Oxford University, rural southeast England and upmarket London encourages you to ‘hug a hoodie’. Joking aside, this is a subject I wrestled with in my deliberately introspective (and surprisingly therapeutic) Turkey travel blog, as a sort of prologue to the main adventure. Christine Woodhead, the Ottoman expert in Durham’s history department, said that it made her think of an Ottoman poem called something along the lines of ‘I Am Listening to İstanbul’, and that the effect that Turkey might have on me would be to turn me into a poet.

Thankfully that wasn’t the case. When I saw her on a visit to Durham just before Christmas, she mentioned that she had followed my blog, and that it came across that I was having a good time. I suppose that’s probably true, but it leads me to wonder whether the same can be said about the posts that talk about Durham; to wonder whether I had been having a good time in Durham, come the end of my time at Hatfield and at the University.

I suppose the answer is probably no. I had a wonderful two years at Durham and then a stop3start third one, beset by a secret soap opera that I kept quiet for people who probably didn’t deserve my protection. But such is life. University towns like Durham are easy to outgrow, as are certain University friendships and relationships. Though I suppose that’s just the same as all relationships in life, with places, people and institutions: ultimately some are stronger and closer than others. My friends and I had a Christmas reunion in Durham, and I had a chat with one of them about how I could be too negative about Hatfield. He was probably right. The thing that always annoyed me about Hatfield was how undergraduate life produced such a false them3and3us mentality, through the system of cliques formed around different sports clubs and societies. It’s easy to be too negative when people are constantly looking down their noses at you. I get the feeling that St Andrews is probably worse. It’s a very claustrophobic town, overrun by students, difficult to get in or out of, and nigh impossible to find a safe haven from the inane babble of clueless undergraduates, with shrill voices matching equine faces. To get to the point that I’ve been labouring for a few hundred words now, the effect that St Andrews has had on me is to make me more focused, more driven, and more determined to follow through on my convictions. My application to Sabancı Üniversitesi in İstanbul is in,

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my eventual aim, to do a PhD under either Karen Barkey at Columbia or Cemal Kafadar at Harvard, creeping ever closer. It’s a choice between making that happen and walking around St Andrews in a white hot rage, letting every little thing wind me up.

I suppose the meat of this report is in discussing what affect Turkey had on me. I suppose if anything it made me certain that I was doing the right thing. It felt right the whole time; I wanted to be there and I wanted to learn more, to get inside Turkey – to be Türkiye’nin içinde – in a mental sense as well as physically. It helped that the first portion of my time there was as part of the aforementioned government programme. They essentially invited anyone studying Turkey at a postgraduate level to apply to be shown some [select] sights, and to be given some [select] lectures. I met some great people as a result, and it was a sort of steady introduction to Turkey, which wasn’t overly touristy. Indeed, I don’t think tourists tend to visit cities like Ankara and Erzurum and go drinking in their hidden pub and club districts. Neither do they tend to get lectures on Turkish foreign policy from senior members of the Turkish foreign office, nor followed by a national news crew into an exhibit of charred skeletons standing as grizzly evidence of the interethnic violence that marred the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, in over 10 years of incessant war from 1912323. These were Turks that had been massacred by Armenians, of course. One cannot run an expensive propaganda jolly for foreign graduate students without finishing on a carefully poised anti3Armenian element.

However, the part I’m obliged to record for Hatfield was what happened next. The part where I flew solo in İstanbul and İzmir for a few weeks. İstanbul’da In İstanbul, there is a tree that wears colourful clothes. It’s on the campus of Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) Üniversitesi, which looks suspiciously American.

Because essentially, it is. The first thing to understand about the Turkish Republic (19233), and indeed many – if not most – nineteenth century Ottoman reformists (likewise Reza Shah in Iran, 1921341), is that their model for government and apparatus of state was that of Enlightenment Europe. The urban areas of European Turkey and western Anatolia look like Mediterranean European towns and cities because they are to all intents and purposes Mediterranean European towns and cities, and

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generally damn better looking ones than you might find in neighbouring Bulgaria, Macedonia or Serbia. James Bond recently wreaked havoc and defied geographical reality amongst the more recognisable (and cinematically rewarding) backdrop of historic İstanbul and Galata, around, along, and on the Golden Horn, before breaking on to a train carriage that bears no resemblance to any of the trains I travelled on in Turkey. I could talk about all of those places: the Aya Sofya, Sultanahmet, Topkapı Sarayı (Palace), Galata Kulesi (Tower), Taksim… but any decent guide book, or indeed Wikipedia, will have plenty of material on them. Besides which, I had already seen all of those places and more when I was in the city with the government tour, so they aren’t really covered by what I’m meant to be reporting on here. For the few days I spent in İstanbul before moving on to İzmir for my language course, I mainly hung around the back streets, blogging from an internet café run by a teenager with whom I communicated in back3and3forth English3Turkish pidgin, and drinking Türk çayı (inexplicably served boiling hot in tiny handle3less glasses) or coffee while reading.

The trip to İzmir was an adventure. I was travelling by bus, because Turkey has a modern, extensive internal coach network, and by and large a slow, incomplete inter3city train network. I first had to make my way to the İstanbul Otogar, which turned out to be much easier than actually finding the right stop once there. The coach journey itself was fairly nondescript for the most part, with a somewhat unexpected ferry trip across the Marmara Denizi from one of the interminable Asian İstanbul suburbs towards Bursa. There was a quick stop in Bursa, though I didn’t get to see much of the early capital of the Ottoman Beylik. It would have been nice to see whether it still matched the brief description provided by Moroccan traveller Ibn Khaldun in the fourteenth century, but I suppose that’s something I can save for the next two years of (all being well with Sabancı) living in Turkey. The most exciting part of the coach ride came about halfway through, though, on a lonely stretch of Anatolian highway in the 403degree afternoon sun. Roadworks had forced all of the traffic onto a single carriageway and overtaking was prohibited. For some reason, our driver thought it was a good idea to attempt to overtake what can only be described as a convoy of milk tankers on a particularly steep uphill stretch. The engine unsurprisingly overheated and conked out just as we drew level with the final tanker, and the coach blocked all traffic in

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both directions for a good 15 minutes until it cooled down and was able to start again. In the meantime, every Turkish male on board felt it was his masculine duty to get off and fiddle about with the bus until they’d worked out what was wrong. It turned out that too much testosterone had been the problem in the first place.

A tree of colourful clothes in Istanbul İzmir’de İzmir is the third largest city in Turkey. However, unlike its UK equivalent, Manchester, it is actually worth visiting. Known as Smyrne to the Greeks and Smyrna to the Latin world, İzmir is a sprawling metropolis built around a deep bay, with rapidly rising hills completely enclosing the city. This is a somewhat typical Eastern Mediterranean landscape, and in the past, it was much easier to build a Mediterranean empire through sea power to maintain trading colonies, like the Venetians and Genovese did, because of the landscape forcing cities to look outwards across the sea for trade, travel and communication. İzmir has a

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long history, much of which was destroyed in a great fire during the long Ottoman collapse (1912323). The city today is not without its charm, though many of the suburbs tend toward the typical blocky, nondescript Mediterranean architecture, and some of those blocky apartment buildings are conspicuously incomplete, with families living up to the last completed floor and using the incomplete one above as a roof terrace.

Luckily for İzmir, the natural beauty of its location overrides some of the ugliness of the buildings.

I’m afraid there isn’t much to say about my time at the language school. I shared an apartment with two German girls (one a half Turk who wanted to improve her language skills), a French woman who worked in Germany, and an Austrian man called Kari who had just quit a job as a lawyer in Vienna to try something new and more exciting. He certainly chose a good – if unsustainable – way to start! Also at the school was an Austrian girl who had recently graduated from university, and had previously spent a year living in Senegal, spoke fluent English and Sénégalais French, and played women’s football to a decent standard in Austria. She was accompanied by her nice but comparatively dull boyfriend, who didn’t go to the school but joined us occasionally in the evenings. There was an energetic American girl in her mid3twenties called Art, a middle3aged English teacher from France who likes The Cure and spends Sundays watching English football with her dad, and an American man who teaches Latin and Arabic at Shrewsbury School, too. It turned out the latter had taught someone I knew from Durham while he was at Shrewsbury.

We made the most of the integrated public transport in İzmir. Buses, ferries, and trains in the İzmir area were paid for on an Oyster3card style system, though I’m fairly sure the bus drivers didn’t care too much whether anyone actually swiped, so long as they got paid by the council.

We went to the beach and had dinner in the old Venetian port of Foça, an hour’s train and bus journey to the north. We saw an open air screening of Paris, Je T’aime! (with Turkish subtitles, of course) at a converted mill of some sort in Alsancak, in downtown İzmir. One night, we decided to spend a night looking around the tourist bars on the seafront. At the Bostanlı ferry station, we were joined by a young Turkish man called Uğur (Luck) who had overheard us speaking English and wanted to

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practice his, and perhaps act as our guide. He was a fat young man with long, curly, black hair. He said he was 22 and studying some sort of marine agriculture degree at a local university, having originally been from Cyprus and lived in Ankara. He said he was the grandson of a famous Turkish politician, and had visited the UK regularly until his family got into some unexpected financial difficulty. His story checked out. Alparslan Türkeş was a famous Turkish politician from Cyprus, founder of the far3 right Miliyetçi Hareket Partisi: the Nationalist Movement Party. After his death in 1997, it was discovered that he had embezzled trillions of lira, bankrupting his family. Uğur was nice, but ultimately quite annoying, and the others decided to just ignore him, while I did the stereotypically British thing and politely humoured him, secretly hoping he would get bored and go away. He did prove useful though, angrily chastising a waiter in one pub for giving out drinks menus that only told of price increases in Turkish small print, and getting them to waive the post32130 surcharge for us.

I suppose the only other aspect of my time in İzmir to report on is the school itself. It wasn’t quite the same service as various Turkish universities offer for summer language tuition, but for the price I paid it wasn’t bad, and certainly offered plenty of cultural context and opportunity to practice; practically nobody in the Bostanlı district of İzmir spoke anything but Turkish, and we visited a local lokanta every lunchtime for their incredible 6TL buffet, both in terms of taste and value.

It was quite easy to get immersed once I realised that any attempt to communicate with a Turk in Turkish would be met with the gleeful encouragement of people so used to having to learn Western European languages to access any sort of well3paid job. I got so into it that I was still insisting on communicating with Turks in Turkish on my flight home, which caused the air hostesses to tentatively place a pre3emptive boarding card on my lap while I was asleep.

The school was run by a fearsome Turkish woman who had spent some time living in Germany. When I first arrived, she seemed annoyed that I could speak neither Turkish nor German, despite the fact that her records should have told her as much, and then even more annoyed when it turned out that I wasn’t the person she assumed I was (I think she thought I was a Norwegian doing a masters in Middle Eastern Politics at

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Oxford who had a strong basic grasp of Turkish). In the end, her daughter was drafted in to communicate with me using her GCSE3level English, which was fine and I don’t know why she didn’t do that in the first place. Throughout my first week at the school, the teachers or German3 speaking students acted as my translators for any interactions with the school manager. In the second week I could communicate with her a little easier, and on the last day I let her know that I would be leaving the apartment late on Sunday for my flight home. She said that was fine, but just to be sure, I had it said to her in German, too. It turned out that it wasn’t fine, and she burst into my room at 8 o’clock on Sunday morning while I was asleep, naked on the bed (she was too cheap to invest in air conditioning for the school’s apartments) with the intention of giving my room to someone else – apparently without having washed or changed the sheets. She beat a hasty retreat but was back later that day, demanding to know why I hadn’t already left. She wouldn’t have it that I’d already told her, so I had one of the German girls explain that it was a misunderstanding and that I would be gone that evening. She said one word in English: ‘Good’, then tried to charge me for an extra night. I reminded her that she was yet to return my deposit, and she stormed off on her way, proof that vultures are exactly the same no matter what country you happen to be in.

I hope that was anywhere near as interesting for you as it all was for me.

Allahaısmarladık!

Sam Dethridge: Nepal The Hatfield Nepal Project of 2012 will be an experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life. There are so many positives that I can take from my two months in Nepal, from experiencing the rich culture and sightseeing of the Indian subcontinent, to the more personal self3 development of myself as a person. For all of this I have to thank both the Hatfield Trust and the Durham University Travel Fund for helping to fund this fantastic experience.

The main purpose of the project is for eight volunteers from Hatfield to teach in two Nepali schools: one located in the capital Kathmandu (where

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I was teaching) and the other in a small rural village called Dang. Before our six weeks teaching though, a few of us took the opportunity to do some travelling, starting in India and then continuing into Nepal before heading on to the schools.

Arriving at Delhi airport, like many other airports, it is fairly misleading, being clean, organised and very calm (though we had arrived very early on a Monday morning) 3 very different to how most of India is. The taxi ride from the airport quickly put this right, travelling on a road India is complete chaos with very few rules and the constant sound of horns, which is a staple of all road driving on the Subcontinent. Delhi is a city of contrasts, with vibrant markets and beautiful sites such as the Red Fort and the Akshardham Hindu Temple, but also extreme poverty with thousands of people sleeping rough each night and well established scammers targeting tourists.

After spending a few days in Delhi we continued on our travels around the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Golden Triangleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. To travel around India we used the Indian Railway system, providing me with some of the best experiences of the trip: sitting in the open doorways of the train watching the breath3taking countryside go by. Jaipur was perhaps my favourite place in India with a fascinating central bazaar. The best bit though was the Amber Fort and the Monkey Temple, which were not only amazing places themselves, but also provided stunning views over Jaipur and the surrounding countryside. The last stop in India was Agra, to see the Taj Mahal. Seeing it in the early morning sunrise was a truly special experience and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think words can describe the sight of the Taj against the backdrop of Agra. Travelling onwards, India was left behind and we entered Nepal, spending our first night in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. It is a real haven and the many temples provided a welcome atmosphere of calm, which was very rarely found in India.

Chitwan National Park was the last stop, before continuing to the school in Kathmandu and it provided another highlight of the journey: seeing a sloth bear only 3 metres away whilst on a walking safari.

Upon arrival at the HVP Central School, the first thing that hits you is the friendliness of everybody there, from the senior staff right down to the youngest children. The school, although a mid3range Nepali private school

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is still very basic, when compared with an English state school. As a volunteer teacher, I was teaching English three times a day to students ranging from age 8 to 13.

Teaching from a textbook and using just a whiteboard was a challenge, as you had to use your own innovation to bring the lessons to life. It was great fun and I really grew into my role as a teacher, during my time in the school.

As the school has around fifty boarders, after the school day has finished, we would still get involved with the hostellers: playing football and games, before helping them with their homework. This constant interaction between the kids, the staff and ourselves, really made us feel as part of their family. That will always give me a lifelong connection with the school and it is a place that I can truly call a home away from home.

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privileged to have experienced them. The most important aspect that I will take from this summer though is from the people; the students and staff at HVP central school, who welcomed me into their family and truly are some of the most incredible people I have met and I hope that the gifts we brought go some way to thanking the whole school and helping them to improve as they strive to do every day. Also the friendships with the other volunteers, from both Hatfield and Cambridge University.

This summer was a fantastic experience for me and has benefited me in numerous ways; providing me with an experience of a life time. This was made possible by funding from both the Hatfield Trust and Durham University Travel Fund. I cannot thank both of these groups enough for what they have enabled me to do.

Luke Olpin: Nepal We set off to India and Nepal on the 30 July having seen only the Opening Ceremony and one day of the London Olympics. The bright side of this was that Heathrow was a dream to get through, and the start of our trip went without a hitch. I would also like to point out how diverse the group from Hatfield was. We had people travelling from Manchester, London, Athens, Vienna and Hong Kong; little did we know the international family we were to become.

Arriving in Delhi was a complete assault on the senses and a real culture shock. The smells were rich, varied and not always nice(!) while bright colours were emblazoned everywhere. The sound of cars, touts and auto3 rickshaws were blasted at you from every direction. There was even an amusing moment where Ivan, a fellow volunteer, was reading out of the guide book the exact scam that a man was trying to sell us. It was an intense experience where everything seemed to be multiplied to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;India sizeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; but once you got used to it there was a certain charm about the city.

Akshardham was my favourite place we visited in Delhi. It was a working Hindu Temple that was very serene and relaxing. I learnt about some Hindu culture and historical figures while the monsoon rain only added to the atmosphere. Apparently, because I had taken my shoes off to walk round and was wearing a long poncho, I looked like a hobbit which gave

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the other travellers hours of amusement throughout the trip and caused the Indian’s who were visiting to giggle as I passed.

One of the most significant moments of the trip was leaving Delhi. We travelled by taxi through the city in the early hours of the morning, the 4am train being the only one we could book, and so we saw the sheer numbers of people living on the street. Every turn showed row after row of homeless people; even the station itself was packed with beggars. While I obviously knew that India still suffered from poverty, nothing can quite prepare you for seeing it in the flesh; movies like ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ can’t tell you about the smell. It was the most sobering section of the Indian phase.

We continued our route round the Golden Triangle, visiting Jaipur and Agra. Jaipur was beautiful and, although I thought it was more the Orange City than the Pink one, it had many exquisite buildings, rustic markets and breath3taking vantage points. The only reason anyone goes to Agra is to see the Taj Mahal, and what a reason to go for. It is a testament to the architecture that you still feel awed by the building despite its overly touristy nature. Like typical students we overslept to see the sun rise behind the Taj, but it was still a lovely and apt end to our tour around India.

We took the overnight Indian train from Agra to the border and after accidently getting on the wrong carriage, and one which looked exactly like the train in the Cobra larger advert, we found ourselves in a pleasant, reasonably price carriage. If you visit India you must travel by train.

Seeing the countryside flash by you as you hang out of the door and meeting locals on the train was a definite highlight of the entire trip. After a day of travelling, we crossed over the Sunauli crossing and were into Nepal.

The difference in pace from India to Nepal was like the difference between a science and a humanities subject. The change was instantaneous, large and, being a history student, I much preferred the ‘humanities’ Nepal! We decided to visit the common touristy places of Nepal: Lumbini, Chitwan National Park, Kathmandu and Pokhara. It seems almost criminal to go to the Himalayas and not trek but we had

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neither the time nor the energy. We still managed to see the mountains, namely the beautiful Annapurna range, after another really early morning to get to a vantage point called Sarangkot. The taxi driver tried to charge an extortionate fare for the return journey so we sent him away, only to regret our frugality two hours later when we finally reached the bottom of the ‘hill’. We were incredibly lucky in Chitwan to see four of the Big Five with only a tiger proving elusive while, despite returning twice to the relaxed atmosphere of Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace, we did not manage to find enlightenment.

After a bus journey which was stickier than Klute’s walls on a Tuesday, having spent two weeks travelling round India and Nepal, we finally arrived in Ghorahi to begin the volunteering phase of the trip. The town itself was nothing spectacular with dusty roads, ugly concrete and hundreds of small shops. However, a short drive from the centre and you quickly found the green paddy fields dotted with women working in colourful sarees. We stayed in a beautiful, pearl white house which towered above the local countryside and villages: it being the only multi3 story building in sight. The children lived across from us in newly built dormitories and there was a prayer room/library/rice store combi3building next to the wells, for when the water ran out, and a shed for the cows.

One thing that was immediately apparent was that the Children’s Home did not focus solely on academic progress. They gave the children practical skills such as house3keeping, candle making and farming. I would not want anyone to think this was like a sweat shop though: the younger children were taught by the older ones in an affectionate atmosphere. Nor was the produce sold, but used internally, either through feeding everyone or giving light when the power went out; forget computers, try candlelight homework groups! It was part of an admirable attempt of the Principle, Bhola Yogi, to try and make the home as self3sustainable as possible, something they have already achieved with rice and are nearly there with irrigation water.

The school was about a half an hour bus journey away from the home.

This trip was something akin to Tetris with children as we all squeezed in. Although health and safety is a concept unknown to the Nepali people, the bus was functioning well and never went very fast. It was also

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nice to know it had been bought out of proceeds from donations and therefore the money was making a difference to the children.

I taught Maths, Accounting, English and History to children aged 12315 for the month we were there. This was both very tough and rewarding.

Teaching something in someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second language is hard enough, let alone trying to explain ledgers and insurance, while the Nepali style of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;learningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is memorise the text without understanding. This lead to a style of teaching where the volunteers acted out everything and spoke with very basic words: we must have been very humorous to watch. We tried to encourage creativity and independent thought but with them being such alien concepts and with the pressures the students had at home, to help around the house, progress was very slow. However, by the third week, when children were presenting with more confidence, repeating back examples I had given verbally in the lesson and getting their maths homework all right, I had a sense of accomplishment. I would never say I had changed their lives, but I really hope I managed to give them some confidence in speaking English and helped make their education a bit more fun for the brief time we spent with them.

When I visited a Government school the quality of Hindu Vidya Peeth (HVP) was highlighted. Here I was shown round many different classes of students who were very excited to meet a real life English person. The teacher told me that many of the children here considered English to be a dead language, with no advantage in learning it. The teacher often had to translate for us and, after one of his speeches in Nepali, around fifty students of a class of sixty raised their hand; these were the students whose parents were illiterate. This region of Nepal was still rural, backward and formal education was not a priority3 it had really suffered during the Nepali Civil War. HVP always strove hard to break this limiting view on life, while simultaneously instilling a national pride to try and stop the flow of intelligent people leaving Nepal for westernised countries like Australia and the USA. They are a small charity but it is a small step in the right direction, and I was privileged to be a part of it.

The teaching section of the trip was incredible, and it is only since I have left I appreciate how much I am going to miss the children and lifestyle (although not always having to eat rice is a pleasant change!). While I do

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not think I want to teach, the experience is one Even though we joked that Nepal stood for ‘No light’ the hospitality of our hosts outweighed comforts. The children’s attitude towards life something we could all learn from.

I will always cherish. electricity, power and the lack of western was refreshing and

Throughout the trip it was always apparent to me why this part of the world was the birthplace of Buddhism. While I can’t profess enlightenment, the landscapes and people we met were incredibly humbling, and the trip was a welcome retreat away from the intensity of the Durham ‘bubble’. I would like to thank the Hatfield Trust and Durham University Travel Fund for being so generous in their grants; without which I could not have gone on the trip. I would also like to thank the other volunteers, both from Hatfield and Cambridge, who made my time there that little bit more special. I highly recommend visiting Nepal, as a tourist or as a volunteer, as the country is beautiful, the people hospitable and they are still in desperate need of teachers.

Emily Sherr (Nepal) Thanks to the generous donation from the Hatfield Trust I was able to travel to Nepal this summer to teach at Hindu Vidyapeeth School for 6 weeks. The school has nearly 400 day students and 40 boarders and is situated in Balkamari, just outside of the capital Kathmandu. There were six other volunteers and we all stayed in the school with the children.

Schools run from Monday to Saturday so Sunday was our only day off. I was teaching a mixture of English grammar and literature and had three lessons a day which were 40 minutes long. I taught students ranging between 10 and 15 years old. The classes contained around 40 students and were mixed in both gender and ability. We taught in pairs, splitting the class into A and B and taking one group each, so I was teaching 20 to 25 students at a time. A typical day started with our daily fix of western food 3 toast and jam. Then it was straight into lessons. Despite having some teaching experience, its use was limited in Nepal as everything is so different. I have never had to teach English as a foreign language before which I personally feel was one of the greatest challenges I faced. It was very difficult to teach something which is intrinsic to me. I had also never

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directly studied a lot of what I had to teach, for example the names of all the different forms of verb and various parts of sentence structure which consequently made teaching grammar challenging. This was made even more difficult by the fact that I really wanted to make the lessons engaging and fun. Lots of what is taught in Nepal is done by rote learning, chanting and copying. A key reason we were in Nepal was to provide new, creative and imaginative ways to teach the subject, for the benefit of both the students and the teachers, but this proved hard when teaching grammar.

In between classes I spent my time planning lessons, marking homework or playing with the children in the playground. After school we would help the children with their homework or encourage the younger children to read.

Prayer Time was often a highlight of my day and it took place for about an hour every evening before dinner. Despite its name Prayer Time was much more spiritual than religious and was about bringing everyone together and connecting on some level. It was a time when all the hostellers, volunteers and teachers who lived in the school, came together to sing, dance and meditate. One of my favourite things about Nepal was how religion brought everyone together. Religion is a key part of Nepali life with everyone belonging to a religion 3 mainly Hinduism, but there were Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and other religions. In Nepal it does not matter what faith you belong to, because it is a device for uniting people in the belief that there is something greater than yourself. In Prayer Time any god is prayed to whether that be Jesus, Allah, Harri Krishna or a variety of other deities. So often religion separates people but here it is a way of connecting everyone. The volunteers were encouraged to play a very active role in Prayer Time so we sang English songs for the children, showcased our talents, participated in their traditional Nepali dancing and told them about our lives and England.

Going to Nepal was undoubtedly an eye3opening experience and one which I have learnt so much from and will keep with me for many many years. I have started to appreciate the simple things which I previously had taken completely for granted like hot water and education being a right not a privilege. I would recommend the experience to anyone and

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everyone. Nepal is such a beautiful place and the people there are lovely.

Volunteer teachers were given a very high status in Nepal which is something else I enjoyed. I personally believe that teachers are often not valued in the UK. In contrast, teachers in Nepal are viewed as gods and it is seen as a highly respectable career. The children and the school greatly appreciated us being there and showed this through the welcome they gave us. This was demonstrated as soon as I arrived at the school with a group of children greeting me and offering to help with my bags. They made the school our home and were like our family which made settling in to the completely differently culture, surprisingly easy.

On a school trip. Some of the volunteers on the roof of the bus I was lucky enough to be able to explore the Kathmandu Valley through school trips and trips I took with the other volunteers on Sundays. Nepali school trips are an experience in themselves with a completely different approach to health and safety than in the UK. There were no extensive forms to fill out, no first aid kits, no risk assessments, no student to staff

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ratios; none of the normal procedures that we would expect to be done.

They were, however, great fun for both the students and the staff and were one of my highlights of the trip as it gave us a chance to bond with the children on more of a social level. With the other volunteers I visited Bhaktapur which housed some beautiful temples, 3 durbar squares and many shops. We also went to Thamel on a few occasions which is a key tourist spot in Kathmandu and provided some home comforts such as a pizzeria as well as many traditional shops. The Garden of Dreams is also situated in Thamel which was a very peaceful and quiet setting in contrast to the hustle and bustle of Thamel. I also went on an overnight visit to Nagarkot which, at over 2000m, provided a beautiful view of the Himalayas and the Kathmandu valley, especially at sunset and sunrise.

This trip would not have been possible without the generous support of the Hatfield Trust. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity which I will keep with me forever; the memories, the friends, the experience.

The Hatfield Association The sixty3sixth Hatfield Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reunion on 31 August and 1 September was very successful with the focus mainly on the AGM and the Reunion Dinner with Geoff Walker who gave an excellent and very amusing speech as the Guest Speaker. This year we are looking forward to Johnathan Young and many of his 1963 contemporaries and guests attending, among whom is this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guest Speaker, Professor Jack Lonergan, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics.

Last year, the 66 Hatfield Reunion was my first major venture and return to the AGM and the Annual Dinner. For me, it was a great weekend and, although I was excused from attending the Executive Meeting (thanks to Patrick Salaun who acted as chair), I was refreshed and able to cope with the AGM and had the most marvellous time at the Dinner with my wife, Geoff Walker and other guests. I would like to thank everyone who attended both for their very warm welcome and making me feel at home again. th

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Hatfield Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North East Winter Dinner held on 10 January in the College with good company and a very good meal was a most enjoyable start to 2013. There have been many other events such as the London meeting of alumni in Clapham in September 2012, the North West Regional Dinner arranged by John Woolley and a Midlands lunch arranged by Johnathan Young.

Tony Gray and Laura Baldwin at the Hatfield Association Formal Finally, I would like to thank and pay tribute to all those who work so hard on behalf of the Association and especially Johnathan Young, who this year will have reached 50 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association with Hatfield. He continues to be a dedicated Secretary but he is the real soul of Hatfield itself. Tony Gray, our new Treasurer, is also an excellent representative on the College Council and has been the real driving force for the Sponsored Formal Dinner on 22 February 2013. This year there was some younger blood who, along with a task force of twelve, collectively, helped to raise the profile of the Association and persuade the current students to recognise that they are life members. Again this was a great success: well done to Tony and his team! It is also a pleasure to acknowledge the work nd

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done by our archivist Arthur Moyes and by Tim Burt, the Master, for his support on everything we are trying to achieve for the Association and the College, especially the excellent service from the catering and housekeeping side.

I would like to finish this year by focusing on Cynthia Connolly our Assistant Secretary, without whom the Association could not function in its present form. She continues to do an incredible job that is well above and beyond the call of duty and we all owe her a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Brian Raine (President)

Hatfield Association AGM The 66th Annual General Meeting of the Association was held at 10.00am in the College Chapel, on Saturday, 1 September 2012.

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Barnes, Rennie (1963366), 20 April 2012 after a stoic battle against cancer Dobinson, John (1933337), 1 January 2011 Dobson, Brian (1949352), College Librarian and Treasurer of the Association, 19 July 2012 Featherstone, Will (1982385) University notified of his death on 13 October 2011 Morley, Robert (1944350), 17 July 2011 Newman, Len (1948351), 22 September 2011 following a tragic accident in France Parkin, Christopher (1956359), 3 May 2012 Phasey, Gordon (1950352), 16 August 2012 Porter, Russell (1974378), 27 April 2012 Robinson, Bill (1949352), 27 August 2012 Stoddart, Robin (1955358), early August 2012 Suddaby, Olaf (1949351), 2 October 2011 Welch, Peter (1950354), University informed of his death on 1 November 2011.

The meeting stood in silence in memory of the above3named members of the Association and in recognition of their various and valued contributions to the College and the University.

694. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING The minutes of the previous meeting held on Saturday, 2nd July 2011 were accepted as a correct record with one minor amendment and duly signed by the Acting President.

695. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES Minute 680 – Master’s Portrait The Secretary reported that despite strenuous efforts on his part to carry out the instructions of the Association in identifying a suitable portrait painter to carry out the commission, a number of unforeseen

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circumstances had conspired to frustrate these endeavours. Accordingly, we had effectively returned to stage one of the process, notwithstanding that a sum of £3,408 was held in a dedicated fund in the Association account pending the commission of the portrait. The Executive, after some considerable debate the previous evening, and in an effort to progress matters, adopted the following resolution for consideration and possible ratification by the AGM: “It is the Hatfield Association’s earnest desire to see the current Master’s portrait hang in the College dining hall. The sum raised by way of subscription from members stands at £3,408.63. The Association will act as custodian of this sum until College Council commissions the execution of the portrait”.

Bearing in mind the protracted time that this project has already spanned, the Association feels that this project should be concluded within the next twelve months.

The Association recognises that College Council is the appropriate commissioning body for this project.

The Master indicated that he was still on the trail of a possible portrait artist who might be able to accept the commission, within budget, and during the course of the forthcoming academic year. The meeting unanimously agreed to adopt the above resolution.

Minute 683(c) – History of the Hatfield Association The Secretary reported that the History of the Hatfield Association written

by Arthur Moyes had duly been published in November 2011, and had been well3received by all who had read the volume. Nine members of the Association had generously either given or loaned monies to fund the initial print3run. Significant progress has already been made in repaying those sponsors. It is hoped that sales arising from the publicity in the recent issue of The Hatfield Record will raise the remaining sum of £1,400 still to be returned. Arthur was congratulated on a job well done!

696. PRESIDENT'S BUSINESS The President reported that he had continued to undertake a range of tasks on behalf of the Association during the year, including attendance at meetings of College Council.

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He was particularly delighted by the resounding success of the new initiative, the Sponsored Formal Dinner held in February, and recorded his thanks to Tony Gray and his band of delegates who had done the Association proud.

The President paid tribute to other members of the Executive who had provided extra cover and assistance during his recent extended period of convalescence, following his recent illness. In particular he expressed his sincere appreciation to Patrick Salaun for chairing three recent meetings so efficiently.

697. MASTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BUSINESS The Master said that he was delighted to see the President back in harness following his enforced absence the previous year.

He recorded the work already done by Tony Gray in raising the profile of the Association on College Council as well as with the student body by inaugurating a sponsored formal dinner in February.

Unfortunately, the Senior Tutor, Dr. Penny Widdison, was currently on long3term sick3leave, with her duties being undertaken by the College Chaplain.

During the year, the MCR hub at Palatine House was renamed the James Barber House, at an informal ceremony at which the previous Master was in attendance.

The Master noted the continuing loyalty of College staff over the years, mentioning in particular, Cynthia Connolly (former Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Secretary and Assistant Director of the Hatfield Trust); Moira Dunn (head waitress); and Ray Hudson (College Tutor and Chairman of College Council) who had each completed more than 40 years of commitment and loyal service to Hatfield.

The redevelopment of the boiler house site had not progressed significantly since last year. It was envisaged that fund raising would begin in earnest in 2013; specific plans would be drawn up in 2014; with building taking place in years 2015316. The anticipated cost of the project

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would be in the region of £10 million, funded by one or two major sponsors with the balance being met by the University. The site would be redeveloped for mixed use including lecture rooms, offices and a research institute (hopefully devoted to Global Security), together with 40 student study bedrooms.

John Woolley expressed the concern of the Executive Committee over the recent letter sent to alumni by the Vice3Chancellor urging them to donate generously to University funds, with all monies to be channelled via the University account. A categorical assurance was given by the Master that any monies sent by donors for the use of specific College purposes – viz.

The Hatfield Trust – would be duly forwarded to that specified account.

The Hon. Sec. added that this was merely an accounting device used to assess the total revenue raised by the University from private/other sources.

The President thanked the Master for his report and looked forward to the full ‘State of the Nation’ address at the Reunion Dinner that evening.

698. SECRETARY'S BUSINESS The Hon. Secretary once again recorded his sincere thanks to the Assistant Secretary for her sterling efforts on behalf of the Association, and in particular her impeccable organisation of the Reunion Weekend.

During the preceding twelve months, he had continued to keep in contact with a considerable number of Association members, and in some cases their widows, both in the UK and overseas by informal lunches, phone calls and e3mails.

He had organised a sixth annual lunch in Leicester in June; helped in the organisation of select dinner in Leeds in September; and attended the Winter Dinner in January.

At the beginning of October, he had been privileged to attend the formal high mass at St. Chad’s Church, Leicester to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Canon Michael Stark’s ordination as an Anglican priest.

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The final revised version of the constitution of the Association, which had been duly adopted at the last AGM, was received by the meeting for information.

699. ASSISTANT SECRETARY'S BUSINESS The Assistant Secretary informed the meeting that a substantial programme of up3grading and refurbishment of Jevons House would be taking place during the summer vacation which would mean that the Reunion in 2013 would have to be held between Friday 28th and Sunday 30th June.

She advised the meeting that a request had been received from the St. Aidan’s College Alumni Association asking if it would be possible to co3 ordinate dates for our respective reunion weekends for the years 2013315.

The meeting agreed that it would be impossible to meet such a request for 2013, and that it was too early to give a firm commitment for subsequent years.

700. TREASURER'S BUSINESS In the absence of the Hon. Treasurer, the Hon. Secretary outlined the main features of the accounts of the Association for the previous 12 months (copy filed with the minutes).

(The accounts for 2011312 showed a large operating deficit of £5,186, due largely to a massive increase in postage costs in respect of sending out the Hatfield Record, albeit charges for two issues falling due in the current financial year.)

There was a significant increase of some £550 in revenue from the JCR levy following a small fall the previous year.

This year a modest surplus of £84 from the Winter Dinner was matched by a loss of £582 from the 2011 Reunion.

It was noted that the 3.5% War Stock had yielded a gain in value of £48.72 (approximately 25%) during the previous 12 months, the first for many years.

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The formal dinner organised by Tony Gray had been a huge success and had attracted a donation of £250 from an anonymous sponsor thereby defraying the modest costs to the Association.

During the past twelve months, there had been no change in the Master’s Portrait fund which currently stands at £3,408.63.

The meeting confirmed that a donation of £250 should be made to the JCR towards the major remodelling and refurbishment of the Junior Common Room, and a contribution of £100 to the MCR to assist with the purchase of suitable equipment for the Common Room. Additionally, a box of chocolates or bouquet of flowers would be presented to the Hon. Auditor, Mrs Sandra Ruskin, in recognition of her continuing efforts on behalf of the Association.

The meeting agreed to accept the accounts for 2011312, coupled with a sincere vote of thanks to the Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Auditor for their most excellent stewardship of the finances of the Association.

The meeting also accepted with regret the Treasurer’s decision not to seek re3election, expressing its sincere appreciation for his long and distinguish tenure of the post.

701. EDITORS OF THE HATFIELD RECORD BUSINESS The meeting expressed its sincere and unanimous appreciation to the Hon. Editors for producing yet another “magnificent issue of The Hatfield Record”. The content and quality of publication were both deemed to be excellent.

Cynthia informed the meeting that she had received many fewer returns this year which suggested that the address database was being managed effectively, and members were responding with timely notification of changes in their contact details.

However, she was very concerned about the massive escalation of postage costs over the past two years, which remains the sole responsibility of the Association. Greg Jones suggested that the JCR joining subscription fee

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might be raised from £21 to £25 to help cover these spiralling costs. It was agreed that this together with other suggestions should be considered at the next AGM. 703. REPRESENTATIVE ON COLLEGE COUNCIL’S BUSINESS Tony Gray reported that he had duly attended the three College Council meetings during the past academic year, and that a good working relationship had been established with the Master and other members.

The sponsored formal meal held in College on 24 February had been a great success. Eight representatives from the Association dined in the body of the Dining Hall with individual JCR ‘minders’. Following the meal, the members repaired to the Birley Room where port and cheese were served to fifty members of JCR/MCR. Individual reminiscence of the Association delegates accompanying a slide show of past College events, stimulated animated conversations which were concluded by the singing from the original score of the ‘Hatfield Song’.

704. PRESIDENT OF JCR’S BUSINESS In the absence of the Senior Man, Esther Swaffield, the Vice3President of JCR, Hannah Schofield3Newton presented a most full report on the activities of the JCR during the past twelve months.

The College continued to be in excellent heart with the traditional Lion in Winter Ball; the Charity Fashion Show; and Hatfield Day being highlights of a hectic social calendar.

The College continues to enjoy success in a number of sports, with the women’s hockey squad triumphing in the league with a match to spare.

At rowing, the women’s novice crew won a cup at the Durham Regatta, while the Men’s VIII – in their new boat ‘Tim Burt’ – enjoyed phenomenal success at the Head of the River races beating their nearest collegiate rival by 29 places.

This year darts and golf were added to the list of intramural sports.

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On the cultural side, the Arts and Music Societies continue to flourish, putting on exhibitions and concerts throughout the year. The Lion and Theatre Company presented an imaginative version of Alice in Wonderland, with singing, acting and dancing taking place in various locations in College.

Two new welfare initiatives this year included the ‘Tea and Toast’ and ‘Cookie Fairy’ service which proved popular.

The new JCR website at www.hatfielder.co.uk had been warmly welcomed by members of the College, being supported with new Facebook and twitter accounts.

The coming year will hopefully see a major refurbishment of the JCR, College Bar area, and its ancillary facilities. The Hatfield Trust has already promised a significant sum towards this project, which would be matched by funds raised by the JCR itself.

The Formal Dinner hosted by the Hatfield Association in February had proved to be a resounding success.

The Vice3President thanked the Association for its most generous donation of £250 which would be put towards the comprehensive programme of refurbishment of the Junior Common Room scheduled to take place during the next academic year.

705. THE PRESIDENT OF MCR’S BUSINESS Chris Wood, the President of MCR, provided a full and up3beat verbal report on the activities of the MCR during the previous academic year.

He reported that during the year, Palatine House had been renamed the James Barber House in honour of the past Master who had happily been present to officiate at the ceremony.

As a qualified barrister he had been able to arrange a series of mock trials in the Crown Court adjacent to Durham Prison, as part of a legal workshop for graduates.

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Regular evening seminars and workshops had been arranged to present and discuss postgraduate work in progress. This year, final year undergraduate students had been invited to many of these events, enabling them to establish contacts, should they decide to stay on in Durham for post3graduate courses.

MCR also continued to be a lively social community providing a wide range of events for its members.

He thanked the Association for its generous grant of £100.

It was suggested that it might be useful if further information concerning members and their research interests could be provided on the MCR web3 site.

706. DIRECTOR OF HATFIELD TRUST’S BUSINESS The Director, Ian Curry, indicated that a full report of The Trust’s activities during the past year had been published in the Hatfield Record earlier in the year. He therefore confined his verbal report to a limited number of key issues.

A dedicated web3page had been established to help raise the profile of The Trust amongst the current student members of the College.

During the year in excess of £6k had been disbursed to members of MCR in support of their research activities, with an average of £300 per award.

The Trust had provided a grant of £30k towards the purchase of a new eight.

More than 140 alumni in the London area had met in the Alexandra Pub in Clapham for an informal social evening on 24th September 2011. This year (the 5th meeting) would be held at the same location on Friday 14th September at 7.30pm.

The Director distributed leaflets outlining plans for the ‘new look’ bar for Hatfield College. The Trust had contributed £15k towards the project with

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the JCR agreeing to match this with a further £15k. The University would be contributing a sum of £50k. This would yield a total of £80k towards a desired target of £120k. Association members were encouraged to make individual contributions in support of this initiative.

Members were reminded that the donation of £50 would secure their own name plaque being placed on the Bar ceiling.

The Director and his office were thanked for their hard work on behalf of The Trust over the past year.

707. ELECTIONS 3 2012313 The following members were elected to serve as the principal officers of the Association for the year 2012313.

President: Secretary: Assistant Secretary: Treasurer: Auditor: Vice3Presidents:

Honorary Members:

Mr B Raine Dr JC Young Mrs CA Connolly

Vacant

Mrs S Ruskin Professor JP Barber, Canon PGC Brett, Professor TP Burt, Professor OW Heal, Mr RJ Metcalfe, Mr WA Moyes, Mr B Northrop, Mr P Salaun, Mr SGC Stoker, Mr BE Wetton Mr D Berry, Mrs CA Connolly, Mrs S Ruskin

Representative on College Council:

Mr A Gray

Editors of Hatfield Record:

Professor TP Burt & Mrs CA Connolly Ms J Raine (Technical Editor)

Regional Representatives: North East: North West: Greater Midlands:

Mr WA Moyes Mr JC Woolley Mr A Smith

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Regional Representatives (continued) SouthWest: South Coast: Yorkshire: London: Scotland: Northern Ireland: Spain: West Indies: USA:

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Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr Mr

E Fears, Dr J Smartt JCF Young JR Buckler, Mr T Cain, Mr C Cox B Raine S Galway B Readman I Blaikie J Smith

Decade Representatives: Decade

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Representative(s) Mr H Cullis Mr S East Mr G Cullington, Mr D Newton Mr D Davies, Mr P Salaun Mr G Jones, Mr J Markham Mr H de Salis, Mr G Ellis, Mr S Galway, Mr M O'Hara Mr A Stroud, Mr S Ward, Mr A Williams, Mrs Y Wright Dr P Widdison

708. REGIONAL REPORTS

North East: A select, but congenial, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Winter Dinnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; had been held in

College on Friday, 13 January 2012, at which some 20 plus members and guests had enjoyed a most excellent meal in the Senior Common Room. It was proposed that the event should be held on Friday 11 January in 2013.

North West: John Woolley informed the meeting that 13 members had enjoyed a most congenial evening at the Glamorous Chinese Restaurant in Manchester the previous November. It was planned to hold a similar

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dinner on 19th October this year at Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chophouse in central Manchester. There continued to be a strong nucleus of committed members in the North3West and it was hoped to build on this by attracting new members to future events.

Yorkshire: The Hon. Sec. reported that he had been part of a select band

of five members and their three guests who had met for a most relaxed and congenial evening at the Sou Le Nez Restaurant in central Leeds on 29th September 2011, organised by his son Jamie Young, the Yorkshire Representative.

Greater

Midlands:

Unfortunately because of increasing career commitments, Matthew Fantom had been unable to arrange a regional event this year, and had reluctantly tendered his resignation as one of the representatives for the region.

London: The Director of the Trust reported that the fourth informal get3 together at the Alexandra Pub in Clapham had been held on Friday 23rd September 2011, and had been well3supported. This year the event would be held on 21st September at the same venue.

Leicester: On Wednesday 20th June, Johnathan Young had organised the sixth informal summer luncheon at the University of Leicester which was attended by eight Hatfield alumni. It had been agreed that a similar event should be held in June 2013.

Northern Ireland: Stephen Galway regretted that it had not been possible to organise an event in the Province during 2012. However, he was investigating the possibility of organising a pre3match lunch for association members at Portadown Rugby Club during the forthcoming season when Brian Irwin, a Hatfield student in the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, would be President.

There were no formal regional reports from London, Scotland, the South Coast or the South3West.

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709. DATE OF NEXT MEETING It was confirmed that the next Reunion weekend would be held between Friday, 28th and Sunday 30th June 2013.

710. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Stephen Galway urged the Executive to keep up its momentum in revitalizing the Association, including the use of social networking facilities such as Facebook. We need to communicate better with the membership, and he called for appropriate material to be created for this purpose.

A senior member asked whether fencing was still an active participant sport in the College and was informed by the Master that unfortunately it was not.

There being no further business, the President declared the meeting closed at 12.20pm.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HATFIELD ASSOCIATION 1. The Association shall be called the Hatfield Association.

2. All members and officers of Hatfield College, Durham shall be eligible for membership.

3. The aims of the Hatfield Association shall be to further the educational interests and welfare of the College, and to support the Hatfield Trust.

4. The functions of the Hatfield Association shall be: to organise an annual reunion of Hatfield College alumni in Durham; (b) to publish the Hatfield Record; (c) to promote regional activities of its members; (d) to appoint an independent Honorary Auditor; (a)

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(e) (f)

to produce annually an independently audited set of accounts; to nominate a representative of the Association to serve on College Council.

5. The Officers of the Association shall be: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

The The The The The The The The

President President3elect Vice3Presidents Honorary Secretary Honorary Assistant Secretary Honorary Treasurer Honorary Editor of the Hatfield Record Representative of the Association on College Council

and they shall be members of the Executive Committee.

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The Executive Committee shall consist of:

(a)

The above named Officers together with the Senior Man and the President of MCR

(b) At least one Regional Secretary from each of the following areas: (i) Scotland (ii) Yorkshire (iii) North East England (iv) North West England (v) Greater Midlands (vi) London and South East England (vii) South West England (viii) Wales (ix) Northern Ireland (x) Such other foreign parts as shall be determined and agreed by the Association from time to time. (c)

At least one representative from those students who came into residence in each of the decades from 1940 onwards.

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The Officers of the Hatfield Association shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting to be held in Durham. The President will normally serve for up to a maximum of five years.

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At the end of the President’s penultimate year in office, a President3 elect shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.

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The Hatfield Association supports a magazine to be called the Hatfield Record and elects an Honorary Editor to assist with its publication.

10. All members of Hatfield College JCR and MCR shall achieve life membership of the Association by payment of a single subscription upon matriculation.

11. In the unlikely event of the affairs of the Hatfield Association having to be wound up, any residual monies and assets of the Association shall be transferred to the Hatfield Trust.

12. Changes to this constitution shall require the approval of a two3thirds majority of those present at the Annual General Meeting, with a minimum of 20 members present, and after due notice of the proposed changes has been given in the Hatfield Record.

Amended 3 July 2011

Forthcoming Events Calling all members from Class ‘63 If you had not already realised, in 2013, we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our ‘going up’ to Hatfield College. Previous cohorts have marked this milestone by making a special effort to attend the Hatfield Association reunion weekend in Durham, and in some cases to hold a private dinner somewhere in College on the Friday evening together with spouses and partners. It might also be able to gather contact details and

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potted life histories to be circulated as a newsletter to the rest of the cohort who respond.

If you are interested in being involved or at least kept informed of developments in respect of this initiative, perhaps you would like to get in contact via Barry Northrop (Modern Middle Eastern Studies) via his e3mail address which is barry@northrop.eclipse.co.uk. He has kindly agreed to act as facilitator.

Johnathan Young (1963)

The Big Hatfield Reunion 2014 3 calling all 2004/5 graduates If you remember the great Hatfield Day water fight of '03, Klute before it played mainstream music and the now3defunct Dirty Shop, then this is a weekend not to be missed.

Plans are afoot for the Big Hatfield Reunion 2014, which will reunite Hatfielders who matriculated in 2001 to mark 10 years since they graduated (nine if you did a four3year course, enjoy that extra year before you hit double figures while you can!)

The specifics of the reunion, including the date, are yet to be set; however, it will take place in Durham sometime next summer. There will be various activities to participate in over the course of the weekend, offering ample opportunity to catch up with fellow 2004/5 graduates and reminisce on all3night studying sessions, early morning rows and misspent nights in Rixies.

To help us gauge the level of interest in the weekend, please do join the Big Hatfield Reunion group on Facebook 3 simply search 'Big Hatfield Reunion 2014'. We'll be using the group as the main point of contact for everyone who would like to attend, and will be asking for your opinion on dates, activities and other organisational points over the coming months.

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Do also spread the word among your fellow 2004/5 graduates, and let's make it a weekend to remember!

Best wishes, Sam Dowling, Rob Henderson and Stephanie Wood

Big Hatfield Reunion 2014 Organisers

Reunion Weekend and AGM : 28330 June 2013 Please contact Cynthia Connolly (c.a.connolly@durham.ac.uk).

London Reunion : 20 September 2013 Ian Curry and Tim Burt plan to hold a reunion in the Alexandra pub, Clapham. Please contact Ian Curry (ian.curry@durham.ac.uk).

North West Regional Dinner : 18 October 2013 Please contact John Woolley (j.woolley19@btinternet.com).

Young Graduates’ Dinner : 9 November 2013 A reunion dinner for those graduating in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Please register your interest with the Master’s Secretary (janet.raine@durham.ac.uk). Bar open at 6.30pm; dinner at 7.30pm. Dress: black tie. Cost £24.00 including wine, cheques payable to Durham University by Friday, 1 November 2013.

Association Winter Dinner : 17 January 2014 Please contact Cynthia Connolly (c.a.connolly@durham.ac.uk)

Geography Reunion Dinner : 1 February 2014 Another chance for all our geography graduates to join current students at the annual Hatfield Geographers’ Dinner. Dress: black tie. Further details from Professor Tim Burt (t.p.burt@durham.ac.uk). Cost £24.00 including wine, cheques payable to Durham University by Friday, 24 January 2014.

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Chapel Choir Reunion : 1/2 June 2013 A date for your diary. If you are not on the choir reunion mailing list and would like to be (or if you are on the mailing list and have recently changed your email address) please do get in touch with Anthony Bash (anthony.bash@durham.ac.uk).

Alumni and guests having a reunion in College.

All men are of the 1957360 Hatfield cohort (L3R) Ed Stringer, Audrey Stringer, Malcolm Glenn, Mary Wilkinson, Davis Slee, Joan Bottrill, Tim Burt, Timba, Chris Gant, Malcolm Yorke, Mavis Yorke, Tom Elder, Pamela Elder, Judith Wingate, Tom Wingate

Banqueting, Conferences, Functions and Wedding Receptions For information on organizing a function in Hatfield College please contact EVENT DURHAM (T: 0800 289970).

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Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; News Burns, Andrew (1989392)

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Balch, Oliver (1995398) will be visiting College on Friday, 31 May 2013 to launch his latest book, India Rising, which was published by Faber & Faber in May 2012. For more details see: www.oliverbalch.com.

Boobbyer, Mark (1986389) email to Cynthia, July 2012, ‘Cynthia, I have now left Wellington College after 18 years to become Rector of Tiger Kloof School in the north of South Africa. Tiger Kloof was founded in 1904 but was closed by the Aparteid authorities in 1962. It reopened in 1995 and mainly serves the local township of Huhudi in Vryburg, but also has 200 boarders from further afield. It also has 3000 acres of land, which is used to farm cattle. The school supports three soup kitchens in town as well as a disabled centre and two primary schools, so the challenges are obvious and exciting.’

Byng, Tom (199732000) and Claire Martin (199732001) email to Cynthia, May 2012, ‘I hope everyone at Hatfield is well and that I am not too late for this year's Hatfield Record. [Message arrived after 2012 Record had gone to press.] I just wanted to let you about our wedding last year.

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Claire and I were married on 9 July 2011 after first meeting at Hatfield back in 1997 (if I remember rightly, just outside the dining room during an informal ball in the first week of our Durham lives).

We were married in a small French village near to where Claire’s parents live, but it was still a very Hatfield wedding – as well as many of the guests, both the bridesmaid (Claire’s sister 3 Hazel Martin, 200032002) and the father of the bride (Chris Martin, 1971–1975) are Hatfielders, and Jerusalem was one of the hymns!

The photo of the Durham guests includes 16 other Hatfielders – Neil Gray, Catherine O’Shaugnessy, Kate McCormick, Abi Barker, Ed Burbidge, Lot Burbidge (née Coppard), Stew Ward, Kev Alderson, Mike Carse, Dave Pugh, Nicola Gibbon, Katarina Stenke and Jo McCauley (née Wheway) who matriculated in 1997, plus Richard Stone (1994), Ed McCauley (1996) and Oliver Eaton3Williams (1999).

Capewell, Tom (2000304) Having graduated in Modern Foreign Languages, I completed my PGCE at Homerton, Cambridge and am now Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form at the Bishop's Stortford High School, a state comprehensive in Hertfordshire. A former Head Girl has been in contact with me to say what a fantastic time she is having getting fully involved in all things Hatfield and Durham, which brings back many happy memories!

Chambers, Hugh (1972376) in September 2012 received a lifetime achievement award for outstanding teaching practice in the Pearson regional teaching awards. Hugh is deputy head of Sir Thomas Boteler C of E High School.

Over the years Hugh has worked closely with the school’s NQTs. He has developed student voice and youth leadership among pupils, and he developed and coaches the school basketball team for which he gets ex3students to help out with training both during the week and at the summer school.

Hugh said “I could not believe I had won an award. It was a very pleasant surprise. I am delighted not just for myself but also because it is recognition to the profession and all the teachers out there who are doing a great job”.

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Enstone, Mike (2002307), Kinky Jeff founder married “Cyprus” Sophie Smithson (2003306).

(L3R) Gavin & Rebecca Moffat, Peter & Alice Deakin, Anthony & Caroline Macpherson Grayson, Ralph (1984387), has kindly provided a photo of “Hatfield” Housemasters and their ladies (also all ex3Hatfield) at Stowe School.

Amazingly, three current Housemasters at Stowe are ex3Hatfield: Gavin Moffat (Grafton), Peter Deakin (Chandos) and Anthony Macpherson (Temple). All three wives are also ex3Hatfielders! You know what they say about Hatfield & marriages... beautifully epitomised by these three couples!

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Another picture of the Women’s Head of the River held on the Thames on 9th March this year. Kate Lonergan, daughter of Bill Lonergan (19743 77), is at Number 5 rowing for the Durham University Novice eight which finished 134th. Kate has been a visiting student at Hatfield this academic year; she is an undergraduate at Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts.

Preston, Katherine (2002305) email to Tim, March 2013 ‘...these days I live in New York but keep in close contact with all my Hatfield friends (we have ended up all over the world so it gives me lots of great reasons to travel). For your alumni records, I wanted to let you know that I’m publishing a memoir called Out With It. The book is being published by Simon & Schuster and will be released simultaneously in England and the US on April 16th 2013. You can learn more about the book on amazon.co.uk…’

Readman, Barry (1959362) residing in Madrid. In the last couple of years Barry and his wife, Teresa, have met up with some of Barry’s contemporaries: in Valencia 3 Dave Plaice and Miles Roddis with their

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wives. Dave Stead from Banbury visited Barry in Spain. And on a recent visit to UK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike Hallas and his wife in Oxford.

Andy Smith (199932003) and Alex Glennon (2002306) on the occasion of their combined hen/stag party in College.

Smith, Steve (2001305 MSci Geological Sciences; 2005309 PhD) has been named as the Outstanding Young Scientist of 2013 by the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division of the European Geosciences Union.

Williams, Adam (1993396) has been appointed Deputy Headmaster of the Glasgow Academy and the family have moved to Scotland.

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Congratulations Professor Robert Allison, Honorary Fellow, became Vice3Chancellor and President of Loughborough University in September 2012.

Sir Tim Smit, co3founder of the Eden Project, was awarded a Knighthood in the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birthday Honours List. Tim, pictured below, was welcomed back to College for a dinner on 17 October 2012 to celebrate his election as Honorary Fellow of the College.

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Death Notices College has been notified of the deaths of the following Hatfield alumni since publication of the last Record. Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list.

Cain, Tom (1949352), 7 December 2012 Calvin, Dr George (1953359), 22 February 2013 Denning, Revd. Dr George FC (1959362), 28 October 2012 Dobson, Dr Brian (1955358), 19 July 2012 (former Association Treasurer) Dyson, David Jerold (known as ‘Jerry’), 2 May 2011.

Jerry used to appear on the BBC TV programme ‘Business Club’ on a Sunday morning.

The BBC got his name wrong and called him James and continued to call him James instead of Jerry Gibbons, Dave (1956359), 2 July 2012 Giles, Ken (1963366), 10 March 2012 Golden, John Dr (1944347), 31 January 2013 Hughes, John (1988389), 11 November 2012 Jakeman, Graham (1986389), 18 June 2012 Lebof, Basil (1943346), 18 June 2012 Mayes, Donald (1948351), University notified of death on 15 March 2013 Mee, Michael (1947348 RAF Short Course), 14 December 2011

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Moss, John (1942346), 3 July 2012 Parkinson, Eric (1960364), in June 2012 Robertson, Adrian AG (1947349), 30 May 2012 Robinson, Frederick William (Bill) (1949352), 27 August 2012 Stoddard Robin, (1955358), 3 August 2012. Robin was financial journalist for The Guardian for most of his career Willey, Alan J (1944347), died peacefully on 1 October 2012. Alan, late of Hexham and recently Sanderstead in Surrey, was a former JCR President and Life President of Tynedale, USA Winter, Graham (1967370), 21 February 2013.

Obituaries Thomas William Cain (1949352) Tom Cain died on 7 December 2012 aged 82. For a number of years he had served as one of the London Regional Representatives of the Association.

He made his career with the Shell Group and was a director of Shell Chemicals Ltd which he left in 1988 when he was appointed Services Director for Shell International with offices on the south bank of the Thames close to Waterloo.

It was under his auspices that a number of events run by the Durham University Society at these premises took place and as Treasurer of the Society at that time I had reasons to be very grateful to him. He became Chairman of the Society in 1990 when Howard Phelps stood down and

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he proved to be an effective chair with a dry sense of humour. He in turn stood down in 1992 on his retirement from Shell to take up a directorship with the newly formed Eurotunnel.

I met up with him again in 1997 when at his suggestion I became a volunteer fundraiser for the Charity Reach. He was a trustee for the Charity from 1991 to 1997 when he retired.

During his retirement Edith his wife and he divided their time between their house in Surrey and Florida Keys. Tom had been unwell for some time.

Patrick Salaun (1964367)

Soran Reader

[former College Tutor]

The University announced with great sadness the death of Dr Soran Reader on 1 September 2012 after a long illness.

Soran joined the Philosophy Department as a Lecturer in 1993 and was promoted to Reader in 2007 a position she held until taking ill health retirement in June 2012. She is best known for her work in ethics, on topics such as need and patiency, and published many articles and papers. Soran was the founder and Director of the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre for Ethical Philosophy, which aimed to do participatory research in ethical philosophy. She will be remembered as a passionate and courageous philosopher, unafraid to confront difficult issues. She will be greatly missed by her former colleagues and will continue to be an inspiration to many.

Soran was a Hatfield tutor for a number of years, including a period when she resided in the Rectory flat.

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Bill Robinson (1949352) My Dear Friend Bill The year 2011 was one in which at least one delightful surprise occurred, and I refer to the visit of the White Canons to my home, The Old Grammar School in Titchfield. Unfortunately 2012 has proved to be distinctly unpleasant, as far as surprises are concerned. In April of this year, my great Hatfield friend, Bill Robinson, rang to say that he wished to see me as soon as possible, as he had been told that he was dying.

Needless to say, I was over to Havant (14 miles), where he lives in his lovely house in the Wade Court estate, in great haste to discuss this insoluble dilemma; we had spent many hours since our days in Durham, discussing our escapades in life, and the ways of overcoming our, usually self3induced, problems.

His first announcement was that he wished me to give the eulogy at his funeral. Apparently, he thought that I was quite capable of telling lies, to his benefit, and we then agreed that this was highly feasible, as we both had always stated that we, each, only had one vice 3 we tell lies! I had never had such a request before (who has?) and I can only use my, previously quoted word, flabbergasted, to describe my reaction. Clearly, there was only one way to go on, as far as we were both concerned, and that was to make jokes about his condition, and indulge our shared peculiar sense of humour. One thing was beyond laughing about, and that was his physical condition; he had cancer of the bowel, liver, kidneys and, to cap it all, extreme breathing difficulties, due to severe emphysema.

There was no treatment possible, for either condition, and he was given months, if not weeks, to live.

Thus, a weekly series of visits commenced, and on every Saturday afternoon we talked, and laughed. Hatfield was one of the constant topics, as we are both so proud to have been in residence for those glorious years 1949/52, and the memories of the characters, the misfits and the antics which we, as undergraduates, indulged in were glorified. No one, from Eric Birley to the lowest minion, was safe from our joking, and Castle had more than its fair share â&#x20AC;&#x201C; stealing their cutlery and beating them at most

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sports predominated. The elephant, and the tug3of3war, featured many times. Bill’s future, also, was the subject of some merriment and, as ‘non3 believers’ we were able to indulge in numerous fancies. I even wrote a reference to take with him into the future, which is available to see, if one is not too upset by such irreverence.

Unbelievably, the situation then deteriorated. My Margaret had fallen, and broken her wrist, quite badly, and I was having to help her with her shop in Emsworth, near to Havant, where she offers ‘fashion to the discerning woman’ (for which read ‘old ladies’). I was carrying a large bundle of clothes into the shop, having driven Margaret there, and I fell down a steep kerb, cutting my knee, elbow and damaging my shoulder. My next appointment was to see Bill, so I loaded my injured self into my car and went to see him. Fortunately, the lovely Doreen, Bill’s wife, was able to repair the damage, and we established that I had broken nothing. All was then as well as could be expected, except that on my next visit to Bill, I was greeted with the fact that Doreen had fallen over and broken her upper right arm, and was unable to look after Bill. Fortunately they had ‘carers’ coming in, and we could laugh at the situation. Then, unbelievably, on my next visit, Doreen was in hospital, having fallen, yet again, and broken her upper thigh bone. She came out after 4 weeks, relatively well, but immobile, but still with her sense of humour intact.

Their two charming daughters were now in control, and all was, relatively fine, with my weekly visits continuing, and I am convinced that I have helped Bill to keep as cheerful as was possible. In view of the strong Hatfield association, I telephoned Cynthia to inform her of the situation, and in her true fashion, she immediately sent him a magnificent card of Durham, from all at Hatfield. This left Bill in a state of ecstasy and so helped him through the next few weeks.

Last week, his health deteriorated, and he was too unwell to see me on Saturday, and during last night he died, which Doreen has agreed was a blessing, as he was in considerable pain, and it was inevitable. No more Saturday afternoon jokes, but I have many happy memories of Bill over the years in which we so enjoyed each other’s company. All of us who knew Bill have lost a friend, and a character of some significance.

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Bill Robinson was a true Geordie having been born in Newcastle, and he came to Hatfield as a scholar in 1949, with the rest of the enthusiastic intake. It must be realised that the majority of College in that happy time had either been in the Services during the war or, had done National Service for 2 or 3 years afterwards. Their ages, therefore, were in the mid3 twenties, and their experience of life was, in many cases, extensive. Our Senior Man, for instance, had flown many sorties over Germany for Bomber Command. Bill immediately fitted in to this environment, and was gladly accepted as one of us, and he participated in any lark which was in the offing, and became closely associated with many of the wags.

Another feature which made Bill stand out, was his height; he scaled 6ft.

5ins., which was almost unknown in those days. Allied to his slim build, extremely long legs and arms and a small head, he never failed to be noticed and, although he was not built for ball games, he achieved a Palatinate for fencing. There was no effort to try and put him in a boat, as we could not accommodate his long legs, and he might have had trouble ducking under Elvet Bridge! This continual seeking after extracurricular activities and pleasure probably explained why he failed to obtain a degree in his chosen subject, Geology. However, this did not stop him from appearing to be an expert in Geology, when it suited a particular circumstance in his following commercial activities, and the lack of a degree did not hinder him in a very successful career.

Upon leaving Hatfield, he decided to join the RAF, which is a career most of us ex3RAF demobbees would never have contemplated, but he decided to fly, and he enjoyed a few years in Meteors and Vampires. Needless to say, he continued in his lifelong habit of taking the best out of life. There seemed no attractive future in the RAF, so Bill came out and joined the commercial world, working mainly as a salesman in the electronics industry. He quickly reached management level, but continued to go around meeting with his regular customers and, in the late 1960s, I now came in direct contact with him again, as we had both moved to the South Coast, and I had started my electronics company. From thenceforth we had regular meetings and, about 3 or 4 times a year, we enjoyed a lunch, usually at the best restaurant we could find, of which there are many in Southern Hampshire and Sussex; we had no difficulty in solving the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems, but seldom made any impact on our own.

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The prospect of remaining as an employee of a large firm proved to be unattractive, particularly as he had been involved, in at least one, where the management left much to be desired so, in the mid 1970s he found a niche in the North Sea off3shore oil segment, and I was able to help him set up his new company, Groove Associates Ltd. The name was used as it was one of my dormant companies and Bill quite liked the name. The products were rather mundane, as they comprised US3produced underwater electrical connectors and underwater lights, but the exploration companies involved in the North Sea required both of these items in large quantities, and the business expanded rapidly. We, jointly, formed a business in Great Yarmouth to expand the number of products, and we flirted with the idea of producing underwater vehicles and TV cameras. Fortunately, we abandoned these ideas before we had committed too much effort, and managed to sell the Company at a small profit. Bill, also, was involved in a magazine associated with underwater exploration, controlled by another Hatfield man, Ed Patterson, which had only a short life. By steadfastly concentrating on his boring, but high quality, products his Company prospered such that he was able to retire when he wished, and be able to continue his life of pleasure, so assiduously learnt at Hatfield, with no financial problems, until ill3health caught up with him. The expensive lunches at 33monthly intervals continued, however, to our mutual great satisfaction, without any complaint from our spouses, who have put up with us both for so many years.

He has not been able to attend the Hatfield Reunion for some time, due to his incapacitating illnesses, but we of his vintage have missed him, with his great sense of humour. I have lost a very dear friend, but I have some great memories, which will partially make up for the loss.

Ken Groves (1949352)

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Graham Winter (1967370) Graham died suddenly on 21 February 2013, in Hastings.

Graham came to Durham from Steyning Grammar School to study mathematics.

A consummate Hatfieldman, Graham’s extracurricular activities included manning the Quinquereme on Hatfield Day, set design/ construction for DULOG’s production of Iolanthe and being whistled off the embankment during a close photographic encounter with the Flying Scotsman (railways were a passion). Graham directed Carlo Ponci’s 1970 cinematic epic, Son of Sound of Music Rides Again – on Ice, in which he also had a cameo role as the Nude Cyclist of Prebens.

On graduating, with a first, (achieved apparently without undue effort) Graham undertook a PhD at Nottingham University. He also became active in leading PHAB Camps – holidays which disabled and able bodied children take part in together: he proved a natural. His first marriage gave him two loving daughters, Molly and Nancy. Graham embarked on teaching mathematics, a career he loved and followed with dedication and success for forty years – he had no plans for retirement.

After many years living alone, in May 2012 Graham married again, to Sara. They had known each other for two years and become supremely happy together.

Graham will be remembered by his family and friends for his generosity of spirit, his cheerful, gentle nature, his lively imagination and his dry, highly developed sense of humour.

Tony Gray (1967370)

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College Notes College Officers The Master

Professor T.P. Burt, MA (Cantab) MA PhD DSc FAGU FRGS

The Acting Senior Tutor & Chaplain

Rev. Dr. A. Bash, LLB LLM BD PhD

The Bursar

Ms M. Crawford, BSc

Hatfield Honorary Fellows Professor Robert Allison Dr. Sheila Armstrong Professor James Barber Mr. Ron Bishop Dr. Bill Bryson Professor Sir Kenneth Calman Mr. Will Carling Mrs. Cynthia Connolly Lord (Richard) Dannatt Dr. Will Greenwood The Reverend Theo Harman Professor Bill Heal Professor Sir Frederick Holliday

Professor Ray Hudson The Right Rev. Dr. David Jenkins Mr. Tony Laithwaite Mr. William Arthur Moyes Mr. Bruce Oldfield Ms Angel Scott Sir Tim Smit Mr. Samuel Stoker Mr. Andrew Strauss Mr. John Timpson Mr. Frank Tyson Mr. Barrie Wetton

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College Council The Vice3Chancellor and Warden The Deputy Warden The Master The Acting Senior Tutor The Bursar The President of JCR The President of MCR Mr. R. Burge (Chairman) Mr. D. Coppock Mr. D. Crozier

Mr. S. El Rashidi Professor L. Frostick Mr. A. Gray Professor R. Hudson Miss L. Morrison Mr. S. Mott The Very Rev. M. Sadgrove Mr. S.J.H. Still Professor A. Unsworth

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t.p.burt@durham.ac.uk hatfield.seniortutor@durham.ac.uk t.m.crawford@durham.ac.uk anthony.bash@durham.ac.uk w.a.moyes@durham.ac.uk

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Jeremy Vine back at Hatfield.

He was awarded an Honorary Degree at the June 2012 congregation.

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