20 Somerville Magazine
Many Happy Returns:
As we come to the end of our birthday year, one thing that has made us smile is thinking back to last October when we celebrated together at a wonderful birthday party. The festivities began with speeches from our special guests, Vice-Chancellor Louise Richardson, Baroness Shirley Williams and our former principals Dr Alice Prochaska and Dame Fiona Caldicott. Later, there was a chorus of happy birthday in a standing room-only dining hall, before the festivities ended with slices of a sumptuous birthday cake, generously commissioned for the occasion by Somervillian Basma Alireza (1991, PPE). We can’t wait to be together again soon!
