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Feature Articles The Trinity Events Calendar 22/23
Harry informs you of all the Events you should look forward to/dread
10 October:
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Do you think you’re funnier than all your friends? Do you want the whole of Trinity to know how hilarious you are? Well, you’re in luck: the first Travisty Writers’ Meeting of term will be held at 7pm tomorrow in the JCR (or possibly the BA rooms)! Come along for free pizza, free doughnuts, free port and the best banter that Cambridge has to offer. Apart from the Footlights. And the Impronauts. And maybe even Magpie and Stump. But those don’t serve free port. [Editor’s note: something tells me Harry really wants to ensure there is free Port tomorrow.]
15 October:
The Great Court Run. Starting at the stroke of midnight, students must run around Great Court four times, downing a pint of beer before each lap, before they can be caught by the porters. Famously depicted in the film Cool Runnings (1993).
26 October:
Mathmos go into hibernation and will not be seen again until late in Easter term.
12 November:
The 46th Annual Trinity Freshers’ Pillow Fight. Traditionally held in the Wolfson Building and contested between Wolfson residents and the combined forces of Blue Boar and Angel Court. After last year’s fight spread out onto Sidney Street and two homeless people were hit in the face, the Dean banned the event from taking place again.
But there’s a new Dean this year so everyone’s hoping he doesn’t know about it. [Note to readers: he won’t read this, because no-one reads Travisty. Which means no-one will read this note either. If you’re reading this, you don’t exist.]
25 November:
Bridgemas, the day when Cambridge celebrates Christmas. The origins of this festival have long been shrouded in the mists of time, but recent discoveries have shown that in the 15th century there was a competition between Oxford and Cambridge over who could celebrate Christmas first. After decades of the date shifting earlier and earlier in the year, both universities started holding festivities more and more often until eventually they were both celebrating Christmas on the 25th of every month. This remained the case until Oliver Cromwell introduced a ban on people having fun on 25 December, at which point Cambridge moved Christmas to 25 November, where it stuck.
