The Churchill Newsletter 2015

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Published by Churchill College Editors: Noelle Caulfield and Tim Cribb Storey’s Way Cambridge CB3 0DS. Tel. 01223 336197; Fax 01223 336177; Newsletter.Editor@chu.cam.ac.uk Design & layout: www.cantellday.co.uk All texts, photographs and illustrative material, except where acknowledged otherwise, are © Churchill College 2015. We are grateful to contributors for permission to reproduce illustrations and photographs.

POINTS OF CONTACT Accommodation Alumni and Past Fellows may book accommodation in College via the website: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/conferences/services/ bandb Alternatively please telephone the Conference Office on +44 (0)1223 336164 or email: accommodation@chu.cam.ac.uk Alumni Association churchill.association@chu.cam.ac.uk Alumni Relations Office alumni@chu.cam.ac.uk Sarah Fahle, Alumni Officer: +44 (0)1223 336083

Development Director John Pennant development@chu.cam.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 336197 Hilary Stimpson, Development Officer: +44 (0)1223 336240 Livia Argentesi, Development Coordinator: +44 (0)1223 331546 Churchill Review Editor review.editor@chu.cam.ac.uk Newsletter Editor newsletter.editor@chu.cam.ac.uk

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High Table Bookings If you would like to attend High Table please email us at alumni@chu.cam.ac.uk Porters’ Lodge +44 (0)1223 336000 Møller Centre +44 (0)1223 465500 reception.moller@chu.cam.ac.uk

Churchill Welcome!

Meeting Churchill alumni has been one of the highlights of my first year as Development Director. I have spent this year learning from you more about our community, what it means to be a Churchillian and our ambitions for the future. Thanks for making my transition from the wild west of Canada to the dreaming spires of Cambridge less traumatic than it otherwise might have been.

With this year being the 50th anniversary

will enable us to house all the 4th year

of the state funeral of our Founder Sir

undergraduates and free up some rooms

Winston Churchill it is a particular privilege

for graduates. The project has received

to have joined Churchill College. From a

great support from alumni, Fellows and

fundraising perspective this year presents

friends over the past seven years with

opportunities to meet with major donors

684 gifts generating over £4 million.

and alumni with a whole series of events

We are continuing to raise funds for this

that recognise his contribution to the

£10.6 million project.

country. Development and Alumni office

to announce a gift of US$750,000 from

Fahle and Livia Harriman contributed with

a former Gulbenkian graduate Scholar

their support on the very successful phone

who is making a major philanthropic

campaign, student enterprise competition

gift to thank the Calouste Gulbenkian

and many alumni events with a strong

Foundation (one of the original donors to

international flavour. The international reach

the College in 1958) and Churchill College.

of our excellence is supported by our new

Funds were added to the Gulbenkian

Master, Professor Dame Athene Donald,

studentship in memory of Dr. Adam Yuval,

during the recent high profile trip to New

Berlin 1912 – Jerusalem 2003. Dr Yuval

York where she was featured as part of the

served in the Royal Army Medical Corps

University’s “Women of Success” based on a

in the western desert during WW II; served

book which she co-authored celebrating the

in the Israel war of independence and

achievements of women at the University.

served in the Yom Kippur war. His son

Raising money for the College is my

“Raising money for the College is my main priority and I have been struck by the strength of the appeal of the College to alumni and friends.”

As we go to press I am also pleased

staff members Hilary Stimpson, Sarah

Gideon Yuval was in Churchill 1967-1969

main priority and I have been struck by

as a graduate student. He told me

the strength of the appeal of the College

that his experience at Churchill changed

to alumni and friends. We set up a new

his life and he would like to make sure

Development Board. It is led by the Chair

others have the same opportunity. The

Michael Cowan (U70 Engineering) and

enhanced endowed award will be called

raising funds for the College is its priority.

the Gulbenkian Yuval Studentship to

We are already on course to surpass our

support graduate overseas students

average achievement of £1.9m per annum

at the College and help to ensure that

in the past five years and achieve a target

Churchill continues to attract the very best

of £3.69 million this year.

Ph. D students.

Construction has just begun for the new court development of rooms for

John Pennant

Churchill undergraduates and which

Development Director

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Chase Lindberg

CHURCHILL’S MICROSCOPISTS A through-focal series – and an introduction of the Master Chaucer’s remark about all the new corn coming from the old fields has some relevance for scientific research but we also need the exploratory element of transplantation.

of her later career crept in. Intrigued by

once again with the help of a powerful

the activities of another research group

mentor – in his case Alan Cottrell.

there, she began to apply her microscopy

Although some other Churchillian

expertise to the study of crazing in

electron microscopists (including Colin

polymers. On her return to Cambridge

Humphreys, Murray Gibson, Chris Sworn,

her reputation in this field grew rapidly –

Peter Rez, Lech Stanciewicz) got their

first working with Alan Windle in Materials

training in the Cavendish this was not

Science and then with Sam Edwards

the only way into the subject. Two Senior

when he became Cavendish Professor

Research Fellows – Rafal Dunin-Borkowski

and wanted to build an experimental

and Caterina Ducati – came through Mike

The career of our new Master, Athene

team in polymer physics. Polymers

Stobbs’s group in Materials Science, and

Donald, can be traced back like that

proved to be a great jumping-off point

an earlier Master – Alec Broers – started

of several other Fellows (Francis

for Athene to develop and apply new

with Charles Oatley in Engineering before

Crick, Hugh Huxley, Tony Kelly, Mike

ideas of optical as well as electron

going to IBM. Electron microscopy has

Stobbs and myself) to Bragg’s famous

microscopy and diffraction more generally.

by its very success now moved beyond

crystallography group. By the time she

She progressed through soft matter

these Chaucerian growing fields. In

joined the Cavendish most of the genuine

physics, the physics of food (structure

recent years, however, even this progress

crystallographers studying perfect crystal

of starch) and even to biology (structure

has been surpassed by the astonishing

structures had moved off to the Molecular

of the amyloid plaques associated with

developments in optical microscopy,

Biology Lab leaving behind a smaller

degenerative brain disorders).

particularly in biology, recognised in the

team concentrating on the application

I see intriguing parallels between the

most recent crop of Nobel prizes and

of electron microscopy to more irregular

research careers of Athene Donald and the

significantly underpinned through the

structures. This Microstructural Physics

late Tony Kelly, who got his grounding in

discovery of the green fluorescent protein

Group was led by me and Mick Brown,

Cavendish crystallography twenty years

dye by our former postgraduate, Honorary

who became Athene’s supervisor for her

earlier and to some extent paved the

Fellow and Nobel laureate – Roger Tsien. In

PhD research into the embrittlement

way for electron microscopy to develop

this distinguished company it is reassuring

processes in metals caused by segregation

there. Like Athene, Tony broadened his

to find quite a few who, like Athene, can

of impurities to grain boundaries. The

outlook by moving for a few years to the

demonstrate that microscopists can

significant progress she made with this

USA. The concepts of Materials Science

develop a broader vision!

then got her an invitation to carry on

and particularly composites which seized

the work at Cornell, but at this point the

his imagination there were brilliantly

Archie Howie (F60)

unexpected element so characteristic

developed on his return to Cambridge and

Former Director of the Cavendish

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AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE MASTER As I write this I have been in College

Churchill has just accepted our offer of an

running its own leadership events under

for around eight months. And what an

Honorary Fellowship.

Churchill2015, together with celebrating the

exhilarating and daunting period it has

The Science Museum is running its own

new wing of the building. It will be opened

been. Getting to know a very welcoming

celebration of Churchill’s life with a new

by Ane Uggla, Director of the Maersk

– but extensive – set of new faces and the

exhibition on Churchill’s Scientists. Closely

Foundation, and the second of our four

people behind them has been challenging

linked with the book by College By-Fellow

new Honorary Fellows I want to mention.

but a pleasure. I was told before I joined

Graham Farmelo, Churchill’s Bomb, it is a

The other two new Fellows are alumnus

Churchill that it was a very friendly and

fascinating exploration of how Churchill

and High Court Judge, Sir Philip Sales, and

‘unstuffy’ college, but I have realised just

interacted with scientists throughout his

past teaching Fellow, Sir Tony Atkinson

how true these adjectives are. Matthew and

life. I am particularly interested in this as I

(former Principal of Nuffield College).

I have been made to feel immediately at

am also a Trustee of the Science Museum.

home; the Lodge was done up in advance

It was delightful to meet many alumni – and

had the opportunity to meet some of you

of our arrival to make our living quarters

also family members – at the official launch

at events ranging from the Reunion Dinner

first class too. We owe our thanks to many

of the exhibition in January. Of course

in September to smaller events which I’ve

different people who worked so hard to

our fantastic archives have contributed

hosted in Brussels, New York, Boston and

assist us in getting settled.

very significantly to the exhibition, as with

Manchester. I look forward to meeting many

During these first few months I have

It has certainly been a busy few

another exhibition, this time in Paris at the

more of you in the months and years ahead.

months, not just because we are novices

Musée de l’Armée. Opening in April, a few

Finally, academically we continue to

and there is so much to learn. 2015

of us went over to attend the official event

thrive. This year we were 6th in the Tompkins

marks the 50th anniversary of the death

presided over by the British Ambassador

Table, consolidating our position in the top

of our Founder and there have been a

and the Minister of Defence for France.

half dozen colleges year on year, a tribute

variety of events to commemorate this

Our Archives have contributed over 60

to our students’ (and their supervisors’)

fact, some packaged under the broad

artefacts to this exhibition, called simply

hard work. I cannot report on any more

umbrella of Churchill2015. I attended the

‘Churchill – De Gaulle’.

Nobel Prizes this year, but Professor David

Commemoration of the State Funeral in

Again under the umbrella of

Spiegelhalter was made a Knight in the 2014

Westminster Abbey on January 30. It was

Churchill2015, together with the Centre for

Birthday Honours and many of our Fellows

the second time in a couple of months I’d

Science and Policy, the College hosted an

and students receive prizes of significant

been to the Abbey as, in November, there

event on ‘Joined up scientific advice for 21st

distinction – indeed far too many to mention

was a Memorial Service in honour of Lady

century leaders’, where we were splendidly

here individually.Sometimes I cannot believe

Mary Soames, who died in the summer. I

entertained with witty and thoughtful

what a wonderful College I have become

very much regret I never got to meet Mary,

anecdotes by Lord (Peter) Hennessey,

associated with!

who was such a good friend to the College,

Lord (Richard) Wilson, Sir Richard Mottram

but the links with the family continue

and the Right Hon Charles Clarke. Later

Professor Dame Athene Donald

strong. We are delighted that Randolph

this summer the Møller Centre will be

Master

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Introducing a Cambridge alumnus as new Director of the Winston Churchill Foundation of the USA Even before the official founding of Churchill College, American friends of Sir Winston formed the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, in order to ensure that there would always be a group of top American students at the College. The first three Churchill Scholars were selected in 1963. Over the years, the Churchill Scholarship has evolved into one of the most prestigious academic awards for American graduates and is considered the most academically challenging of the UK scholarships. Now there are fourteen Churchill Scholarships awarded each year for students in science, mathematics, and engineering. The Scholarship is for a 1-year MPhil or MASt. The Cambridge Master’s degrees involve a great deal more independent research than the typical American graduate student would experience at this stage, making the Scholarship of great interest to applicants.

Over the past 50 years, there have been Michael has written three popular

Churchill, Emma Soames, and a number

Foundation which runs the Scholarship.

books: How the Celts Came to Britain (2005)

of American and British philanthropists.

Peter Patrikis retired in the spring after

and All-New Baseball Brainteasers (2007),

Michael will visit the College every

almost ten years in the job, during which

and he co-authored with his wife, Dimitra

November, May, and perhaps other times

time he increased the number of Scholars

Papagianni (whom he met in Cambridge),

during the year and looks forward to being

from 11 to 14 and oversaw healthy growth

The Neanderthals Rediscovered (2013),

part of the extended Churchill community.

in the endowment.

which won the Society for American

only a handful of Executive Directors of the

On June 1st, Michael Morse became the new Executive Director of the

Archaeology 2015 Book Award.

He has a PhD in the history of science

Michael Morse Executive Director, the Winston

Foundation, and he is the first of the

from the University of Chicago, an MPhil

Churchill Foundation of the United States

post-holders to have an MPhil from

in archaeology from Cambridge (Jesus

of America

Cambridge. Before his appointment to the

College), and a Bachelor’s degree in

Foundation, he spent ten years working

anthropology from Princeton.

in development for science and higher

Michael grew up in New York City,

education, first at the Royal Society (where

spent fifteen years in the UK, living in

he helped launch a £100 million campaign

Cambridge, Winchester and Oxford, and

for the Society’s 350th anniversary) and

now resides with his wife and their three

then at the University of Oxford (where

children in Westchester, New York. The

he was the Development Director at

Foundation is based in New York City.

St. Peter’s College and then Director of Foundation Relations for North America).

The Foundation’s Board of Trustees includes Dame Athene Donald, Randolph

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MARKING A DEATH

Celebrating a life It is now fifty years since the death and state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in January 1965.

By a sad and strange co-incidence the anniversary was preceded by the death of his youngest daughter Lady Soames on 31 May 2014, and by her Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey on 20 November. It has therefore been a rather strange year and one that has been dominated by these high profile Churchill commemorations.

Lady Soames was a great supporter and

happiness or joy again I shall always have

user of the Churchill Archives Centre

the memory of my first 17 years – a golden,

during her lifetime, and she did not fail us

glowing memory of pleasures, loves,

in death. Her personal papers, as well as

friendships and heavenly rapture of living at

those inherited from her sister Sarah, she

peace in the beautiful place that is my home.”

bequeathed to the College. We now begin

A few weeks later, on 30 January

the task of cataloguing them. Some of her

2015, I was back in the Abbey for the

personal belongings were subsequently

laying of a wreath at Churchill’s Memorial.

auctioned at Sotheby’s, generating

But that was at the end of a full day of

enormous media interest and rather

commemoration. The two Speakers, the

high prices. Those paintings by her father

Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister

that she had loaned to Chartwell were

and the Leader of the Opposition had

secured for the Nation with the help of the

already placed wreaths at his statue in the

Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

Palace of Westminster before breakfast,

Her Memorial Service was an echo

Authority launch that had carried his

Abbey not St Paul’s, and, like his, finished

coffin, re-created its historic journey down

on an upbeat note with trumpets and the

the Thames just after lunch. The public

singing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

and media interest was high, in spite of the

The Archives Centre played a small role in

cold, and the College and Archives Centre

supplying Sir William Shawcross with the

made a fleeting appearance on Jeremy

following entry from the diary of the soon-to-

Paxman’s lavish BBC1 production about

be seventeen year old Mary for the reading:

Churchill’s funeral. Fortunately, he was in a

14 September 1939 – “The last day

good mood and the Director got off with a

seventeen, I can scarcely believe it! The

Winston Churchill 30 November 1949

while the Havengore, the Port of London

of Churchill’s funeral, though held in the

of my 17th year. Tomorrow I shall be

“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”

very light grilling.

The commemorations were set piece,

One of the earliest photos of Mary, showing her c1924. It survives in her mother’s papers

years have flown – 7 and then 17 - the years

ceremonial occasions. They were moving

between seem like fleeting shadows that

and exciting in equal measure, though

passed quickly, happily.

they were not primarily educational.

to the Churchill’s Scientists exhibition at

I may never live to see another year – I

For the Churchill Archives Centre the real

the National Science Museum and the

shall never see the world again as I knew it

legacy of Churchill 2015 lies in the gift of

Churchill and De Gaulle exhibition at the

before this – bloody war. But if I were never

Lady Soames’s archive, in the new Churchill

Musée de l’Armée. Father and daughter

to know another happy day (and I know

online resources that are being created

have both now passed into history, and it

that I shall probably do that, because in the

(such as www.churchillcentral.com and

is for us to help others write that history.

human soul there is that spirit of gallantry

www.churchillarchive.com) and in our

and courage, that makes strange heaven

continued contribution to debate and

Allen Packwood

out of unbelievable hell) but if I never know

scholarship through our loan of materials

Keeper of the Archives Centre

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CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS In 2015 the College will admit its first

Here knowledge grew from the original

and photography replacing the demand

Junior Research Fellow in ‘Art as a Source

perspectives presented by the work

for illustration, art has been liberated to

of Knowledge’. The JRF is a new four-

itself. Most importantly, it did not apply

address the internal, intuitive reality of

year research fellowship for early career

to the evolution of the work, it occurred

the collective human memory. . . .

postdoctoral researchers working in the field

a posteriori — that is, from the work.

of Art as a Source of Knowledge, with a focus

This was a most surprising and gratifying

Analogies are tools, and as such they are

on the visual arts. It has been established

by-product of sculptures evolving with,

accepted conventions; they are by their

thanks to a donation by the Canadian

and from, Art History.

nature, repeatable, measurable and

sculptor, Jeffrey Rubinoff. He is also the

predictable. Metaphors exist beyond

founder of the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture

The knowledge gained was transcribed

logic in the realm of intuition; they are

Park on Hornby Island, British Columbia,

into “Insights” that were introduced for the

the basis for truly original thought and

where he has lived and worked since 1973

basis of discussion in the first Company

are by their nature unique. Metaphors

and produced over 100 sculptures.

of Ideas Forums with the hope that they

are self-contained truth, and they

could be hammered into full-fledged ideas

cannot be used as analogies.

The Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park* was founded in 2004 to address

by open argument. The ideas were then

the perpetuity issues of the collected

expanded into three papers written by

Rubinoff poses the question, “Can art

sculptures of the artist. In 2008 the

the artist for the forums that followed:‘Art

become the fulcrum for the reconciliation

Park began a yearly forum entitled the

Beyond War: Discussion About Prehistoric

of science with history to lever the value

‘Company of Ideas’. This grew into the

War and the History of Art by Artists’

of conscience beyond the plasticity of

Yale University Forum of 2011, chaired

(2010), ‘Through the Lens of the Endgame’

morality?” This question “has the potential

by the historian Jay Winter (Charles J.

(2011), and ‘Existential Realities of Post-

to imbed the Junior Research Fellowship

Stille Professor of History) and Jeffrey

Agriculture’ (appropriately subtitled ‘Art as

deeply within the wider university”. And

Rubinoff. A long-term relationship with

a Source of Knowledge’) in 2012.

indeed College Council has approved

the historians Peter Clarke (Professor of

In ‘Existential Realities of Post-

a Sculpture Park Forum followed by a

Modern British History, Cambridge, from

Agriculture’ Rubinoff discusses the sources

Churchill College Conference addressing

1991 to 2004) and Maria Tippett (former

of modern History and Art History in

the question of the “Defence of the

Senior Research Fellow at Churchill) and

the German Enlightenment and of art

Genome” for the year 2017.

Art Historian James Fox began at that

as a source of knowledge through the

Forum. Fox is currently editing a book,

perception of such thinkers as Baumgarten,

Rubinoff Fellow in Art as a Source of

which includes articles by a number

Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.

Knowledge. Vid’s DPhil thesis at the Ruskin

of Cambridge academics, on Jeffrey

Vid Simoniti will be the first Jeffrey

School of Art, Oxford, is entitled ‘The

Rubinoff’s work. Sir David Wallace (former

In Rubinoff’s own writing on Evolution

Epistemic Value of Contemporary Art,’ and

Master of Churchill College) attended the

of Mind:

seeks to answer the traditional philosophical

2014 Forum, where the possibility of a

question of how works of art can be a source

permanent link between Cambridge and

Evolution of mind results from the

of knowledge, with an emphasis on cases

the Sculpture Park was discussed, and

engagement of truth with both analogy

from recent Art History: conceptual art, the

the Junior Research Fellowship in Art as a

and metaphor.

educational turn and sci-art.

Source of Knowledge was the result.

Before the opening of the Park,

Science has created conventions for

Rubinoff had abandoned the world of art

truth using analogies to model material

dealers and galleries where, he argues,

reality. For much of their history, artists

“novelty was essential to commodification”,

have been bound by their innate

Barry Phipps will be contributing an

and returned to, “the refuge of my Art

analogical ability to portray external

essay entitled, ‘Making, Placing, Setting’

History lineage to seek and evolve genuine

reality. By science externalizing models of

to the forthcoming book about Jeffrey

originality”. He continues:

underlying structures of material reality

Rubinoff’s work.

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*See rubinoffsculpturepark.org

No 1. from Series 9

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MASTER CHEF Did you watch Master Chef on BBC1, broadcast on 23 April as part of Churchill2015? Twostarred Michelin Chef, Michael Curtis, took over the College kitchens to make the programme, aided by our Head Chef, Mark Slater.

The guests were members of the Churchill family, led by our new Honorary Fellow, Randolph Churchill, who, as you see, stepped in as Head Waiter, supported by Allen Packwood and Prof. David Reynolds, representing the Archives. The five-course tasting menu was designed to test the contestants to the maximum. Here’s the starter course so you can test yourself.

There followed Tartlette of Quail with Onion Confit, Slow Braised Beef Cheeks with Celeriac Puree, Spinach and Shallot Puree, Apple Served Four Ways, and Raspberry Mousse with Pistachio Puree, Macaroons, Popping Candy and a Raspberry Sourbet.

As part of a prize we’ve offered to the Arthur Rank Hospice for their current fund-raising, our Chefs will reproduce the whole menu for the lucky winners.

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Crab tortellini with lemongrass and ginger sauce This pasta recipe may be a little fiddly, but the delicate flavours make it well worth the effort.

Ingredients

Preparation method

FOR THE CRAB RAVIOLI MOUSSE

1. For the crab ravioli mousse, place the scallops, egg yolk, cream and brown crab meat

• 40g/1½oz scallops • 1 free-range egg yolk • 25ml/1fl oz double cream • 40g/1½oz brown crab meat • 1 tsp finely chopped ginger, blanched three times • 125g/4½oz white crab meat • cayenne pepper • lemon juice, to taste • salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1 pink grapefruit, peeled, cut into segments • 2 tbsp basil cress FOR THE BASIL OIL • 10g/¼oz fresh basil • 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil

into a food processor and mix until smooth.

2. Remove the mixture from the food processor and spoon into a bowl suspended over ice.

3. Stir in the ginger and white crabmeat. Season with salt, freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Add a few drops of lemon juice.

4. For the basil oil, heat the oil to 80C/175F (use a thermometer to check this) and add the basil. Infuse for a few minutes and then blend in a food processor until smooth.

Pass the mixture through a fine sieve and set aside.

5. For the basil purée, bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil, add the basil leaves and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until soft and tender. Drain and refresh in iced water.

6. Pat the basil dry on kitchen paper, blend in a food processor until smooth and pass the mixture through a fine sieve.

7. For the ravioli pasta, place the basil purée, basil oil, egg, egg yolk, flour and salt

FOR THE BASIL PURÉE

into a food processor. Switch on the processor and slowly add the water until well

• 500g/1lb 2oz basil leaves

combined. Remove the dough from the food processor, knead briefly until smooth,

• salt and freshly ground black pepper

then wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

FOR THE PASTA • 20g/¾oz basil purée (see above) • 20g/¾oz basil oil (see above) • 3 free-range egg yolks • 1 free-range egg • 250g/9oz plain flour • 1 tsp salt • 2 tsp water FOR THE LEMONGRASS AND GINGER SAUCE • 75g/3oz unsalted butter • 75g/3oz shallots • 25g/1oz fresh ginger • 50g/2oz fresh lemongrass • 5g/⅛oz white peppercorns • 5g/⅛oz coriander seeds

8. For the sauce, heat a heavy-based saucepan until medium hot, add the butter, shallots, ginger and lemongrass and fry for five minutes.

9. Stir in the peppercorns and coriander seeds and fry for another two minutes.

10. Add the brown crabmeat and crab carcasses and fry for five minutes.

11. Pour in the fish stock and bring to the boil then simmer for 20 minutes. Pass the mixture through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan.

12. To finish the sauce, add the butter, salt, freshly ground black pepper and lemon juice.

Whisk until well combined.

13. Split the crab mousse into four equal portions.

14. Roll the pasta out thinly using a pasta machine or rolling pin. Using a pastry cutter, cut the dough into 10cm/4in circles.

15. Place a spoonful of crab mixture onto a pasta circle, fold the top over to form a semi-

• 75g/3oz brown crab meat

circle, press down lightly to seal then wrap the edges of the semi-cirlce around your

• 250g/9oz crab carcasses

index finger and join together.

• 250ml/9fl oz fish stock • 300g/11oz unsalted butter • ½ tsp salt • pinch ground white pepper • 1 tsp lemon juice

16. Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil, add the pasta and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Drain.

17. To serve, place the tortellini into serving bowls, pour over the sauce and scatter with pink grapefruit and cress. Drizzle with a little basil oil

CHURCHILL COLLEGE NEWSLETTER 2015 11

Jerome Bon

Altitude attitude Echoing around the huge rock pillar of the Dent du Géant or the steep ice of the Tour Ronde north face: “I’m safe”; “Off belay”; “Taking in”; “Climbing” – the phrases we shout to each other in turn, the guide and me, to control each other’s safety on every pitch.

An Alpine route may have a dozen pitches

touring between mountain huts, and

to keep fit enough to enjoy ski-touring. I

and, including the approach walk or

ascending some of the peaks in between.

extended this regular exercise.

scramble from ski lift or mountain hut, a

We would look at nearby summits and

single route (often at a high altitude over

routes over rock or ice, but they were

around Chamonix and Zermatt, with a

4000m) usually takes all day or more.

not for us – they were the province of

mountain guide who finds the route, takes

What do I get for all this effort? Some

the summer mountaineer. I knew that

the lead, and advises on points of technique.

amazing views: upwards, out across the

the mountain guides who led the ski

I need to climb in a safe and controlled

surrounding peaks of the Alps, and often

trips also worked in the summer with

manner, yet keep up a steady pace to

down through a lot of space beneath

smaller groups, usually just one or two

achieve the route times in the guidebooks.

my feet; the dawn colours across the

clients, finding their way up mountains

This has enabled me to climb some of the

mountain landscape as the sun rises and

and on routes much more difficult than

classic rock, ice and mixed routes which I

we set out across a glacier very early in the

those I climbed on skis. My rock climbing

otherwise would not feel confident about

morning. These are experiences like no

experience until then was limited to a two-

even attempting. So I now look forward

others and (for a convert to the magic of

day course over ten years earlier, which

each summer to a couple of weeks of

the mountains) well worth the effort.

I had not followed up. My experience

challenge and excitement in the beauty of

on ice was minimal. So I took some

the mountains.

When I retired from heading an NHS Department of Medical Physics four years

mountaineering courses over the next few

ago, I decided I needed to start some new

summers in Switzerland and Chamonix.

activities, get a complete contrast from

Alpine routes tend to be long and may

the indoor working life I was leaving, and

have a long approach walking across a

make good use of the time freed up. I was

glacier, so fitness is important. Fortunately,

already a keen ski-tourer, going to the

I‘d already settled into regular long-

Alps every spring with half a dozen others,

distance (up to half marathon) running

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So far, I’ve climbed mainly in the areas

David Williams (U63)

Passage from India In 2005 I was invited to India with an

theatre, in its wholeness. For me all in

actors had a greater language to draw on.

open brief to create a show with Indian

the cast are equally important, and such

Shakespeare himself has one foot in the

actors. Such opportunities are once in a

things as setting, costume, location,

ancient and one in the modern.

lifetime. It was while traveling that I saw in

definition are best found through

In Europe we are trapped in the latter.

India and Indian actors the potential for a

rehearsal, not determined before. I start

production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

with the play, cast a company and then

months in a residential theatre retreat in

I had held back from producing it in the

evolve the production approach and

Southern India in humble but exquisite

UK for reasons I could not quite articulate.

design. In India I assumed I would work

conditions. In Europe we may be fortunate

After months and miles of travel, research

with actors in English. I then saw how

with institutions and professional

and casting workshops in ten cities,

remarkable and ancient the non-English

structures, state subsidies, engaged paying

two months of rehearsal with actors

theatre is, and I felt I had to embrace this.

audiences. But artists in India work in

from a wide variety of backgrounds and

Thus we ended up with a multi-lingual

more focused conditions in which the

performance traditions working in seven

production, natural to India. I could never

daily creative process is valued in itself.

languages, and a tour of India in outdoor

have pre-imagined that.

There are no tight rules about when a

Third, approach. We rehearsed for two

spaces that we created, I knew that there

Second, cast. It had become a

rehearsal has to take a break, yet no one

was no way back to the way of directing

frustration to me that the actors I was

wears outdoor shoes or brings food and

Shakespeare and making theatre that I

meeting in the UK were largely trained

drink into the rehearsal space, and there

had known in the UK.

in a similar way: Stanislavski basis, good

is no rehearsal without physical, vocal and

on text, fairly musical, a little bit physical

mental preparation. It is cleaner.

What made the difference?

etc. I yearned to make theatre based on

First, process – and process shapes result.

a wider range of skills and approaches.

open approach described, we were able

In the UK a new Shakespeare production

The Indian actors brought to Shakespeare

to evolve a production that suited us and

is talked about primarily in terms of who

their connections with ancient traditions

in which we could thrive. I was overjoyed,

is acting the major roles and how it is set

– physical, musical, ritualistic. UK actors

although not totally surprised, when it

(Merchant of Venice in Vegas, Julius Caesar

might find it easier to access realism and

proved to be a success with audiences all

in an African Republic etc). I respect that

speak text but when it comes to physicality,

over the world.

but find it restricting and superficial for

the supernatural, the formal, the sexual

myself. I try to see Shakespeare, and all

and the violent I found that the Indian

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In these conditions, with the cast and

Tim Supple (U81)

Slow Boating in Britain

The Voyage of the ‘Alexandra’ I am an Australian social psychologist.

But you can’t just take off into

When I was a By-Fellow in 1995, a

uncharted territory without knowing

productive and enjoyable time, my wife

where you are going. We deployed the

Sandra and I stayed in one of the Sheppard

passage-planning skills acquired during

Flats. We have been back on a number

our ocean-going sailing. The rental rules

of occasions. In fact, whenever we go to

explicitly stated that the boat had to be

Britain, whether for business or pleasure,

tied up alongside at dusk, a consideration

we make a point of staying in College to

we took into account. Pre-ordered basic

catch up with old friends. The last time

supplies had been installed in the galley,

was three years ago and most definitely for

but had to be replenished every couple

pleasure – the subject of this piece.

of days. A quick consensus was reached

We are Sydney yachties and in our

among the crew about the desirability of

spare time cruise up and down the

having lunch and dinner ashore at one of

Australian East Coast. Our life-long love

the many canal-side pubs. A list of such

affair with all things nautical tends to

establishments and their locations was

influence what we find of interest on our

set out on a spread sheet, with estimates

travels. In Britain we certainly visited and

of place and time of arrival each day.

treasured the libraries, art galleries and

Computer literacy can be quite useful

Though the regions we passed through

chapels during our various sabbaticals.

for solving real life problems, something

were full of history they were largely

But what also intrigued us was Britain’s

one does not often get a chance to do

untouched by recent development.

extensive network of man-made inland

in academia. Having established our

waterways. In Cambridge we marvelled

stomach maintenance schedule, we next

two knots gives you plenty of time to take

at the boats plying the canals – peculiar-

devised a scheme to nourish the mind. We

in the scenes on and off the water, and

looking to our ocean-going eyes because

listed all the historic villages, Great Houses,

if you hit anything you can do very little

these vessels are very long – between

churches, heritage sites (like the World War

damage. We did between 8 and 10 miles a

60 and 70 feet – yet extremely narrow –

II Hack Green secret nuclear bunker and

day, depending on the number of locks we

usually not more than 7 or 8 feet in the

the Cadbury Creamery at Knighton), and

had to negotiate. We conquered 93 locks

beam. These improbable dimensions are

included them in the spread sheet. Finally,

and travelled 106 miles in fourteen days.

of course directly related to the width of

Alexandra’s fuel tank had to be refilled

And last but not least, we wrote a book

the canals, many only just wide enough to

every couple of days; similarly the water-

about our adventure. It should appeal to

carry two-way traffic.

tank; and the holding tank for the toilet

anyone with a general interest in canals

Weekends at Cambridge were often

Our progress was stately. “Speeding” at

had to be discharged – so we entered

and waterways; those attracted to ‘safe’

spent at the Meadows at one of the pubs

these too on the spread sheet and the

adventure holidays; thosecontemplating

overlooking the river, drooling over these

various places along the way that provided

a boating excursion on the British canals;

vessels. But we never had enough time

fuel, water, and discharge services.

and arm-chair travellers intrigued by

or money to rent one. Invariably, after

To avoid repetition on the return

journeying through a region of England

the third beer, we resolved that one day

leg, the route we chose was the Four

replete with historical significance. Here

we would make the time and borrow the

Counties Ring. It involves many locks, a

are the details:

money to do a cruise on a Narrow Boat.

new experience for us. The Ring passes

And so it came to pass that in late 2010

through the Trent and Mersey Canal, the

we boarded a plane in Sydney, took a

Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal,

bus to Stoke-on-Trent, met up with our

the Shropshire Union Canal, and the

the contents, please contact me by email

fellow-travellers Andy and Jenny, and were

Middlewich Branch of the ‘Shroppie’. The

at (s.bochner@unsw.edu.au)

ushered aboard the Alexandra, our floating

fourteen days we allowed were about

home for the next fortnight.

right to cover these distances comfortably.

CHURCHILL COLLEGE NEWSLETTER 2015 14

Slow Boating in Britain: The Voyage of the Alexandra, paperback, 200 pages.

If you want detailed information about

Stephen Bochne (BF95)

Hospital New Deal It was a dream come true in the spring of 2005, when I entered the University of Cambridge.

I was eager to begin my Master of Studies in Community Enterprise at Cambridge Judge Business School and become a member of Churchill College.

I already had a career in my family’s automobile dealerships, including founder and owner of Childre Ford in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. Also, I was the chairman of my local hospital board, Washington County Regional Medical Center (WCRMC), a county-owned, not-for-profit hospital in rural Georgia.

My hope was that the Master of Studies in Community Enterprise would offer me the opportunity to conduct research on strategic planning and implementing organizational changes that would improve the operations of our

Next, we sought to understand the

hospital. The research focused on strategic

divergent needs of these diverse groups.

planning, organizational design and

This important stakeholder analysis led

change management.

the hospital to expand services by opening

At the conclusion of my studies at

clinics for surgery, pediatrics, family

Cambridge, the hospital board asked me to

care, and sleep studies. Additionally,

become the CEO of WCRMC to implement

we developed a managerial accounting

the strategic plan and operational changes

system to analyze the financial viability for

required to navigate the challenging

each new and existing service.

environment of the USA health care system.

Operational changes were also

My hope was that the Master of Studies in Community Enterprise would offer me the opportunity to conduct research on strategic planning and implementing organizational changes that would improve the operations of our hospital.

I began my role as CEO (which was my

required for the hospital to reduce

first job in a hospital) by leading WCRMC

cost and improve patient quality. A key

towards its organizational change. First,

initiative to achieve these improvements

we concluded ‘why’ change was necessary

was the implementation of the hospital’s

to survive in the evolving health care

first Electronic Medical Record System

landscape. Second, we identified ‘what’ we

(EMR). The EMR enabled better efficiencies

to Cambridge. I have been appointed a

needed to change in order to successfully

while providing data for better clinical and

Fellow of Social Innovation at Cambridge

complete the strategic plan. Finally, through

business decision making.

Judge Business School’s (CJBS) new

our organizational learning, we proceeded

The strategic plan for WCRMC not only

Centre for Social Innovation. As a Fellow

with ‘how’ to make the operational changes

included becoming a viable hospital but

of Practice, I will be returning to CJBS

in a fair and equitable manner – while

also encompassed attracting a strategic

to conduct research with faculty and to

continuing to serve all patients without

partner. We were successful, and on

lecture and mentor students. I am looking

regard to their ability to pay for services.

January 1 we became part of a larger

forward to my reconnection to Cambridge

hospital system.

and Churchill – now, ten years later, my

We began by identifying WCRMC’s key stakeholder groups that include the

After serving 13 years as chairman

hospital’s patients, physicians, employees,

and CEO of WCRMC, my journey is

board, volunteers, creditors and donors.

complete and my path has led me back

CHURCHILL COLLEGE NEWSLETTER 2015 15

second dream is coming true!

Jimmy Childre (PG05)

Building the new court Finally, we have started construction of the new court.

Thanks to the generosity of our alumni and Fellows we have been able to fund half the project and a private bond issue is enabling us to bridge the gap.

The contractors, SDC, started on site in

mechanical ventilation systems is very

March and have already done most of the

frustrating. And the gently curving outside

groundworks, drainage and foundations.

walls have created some interesting issues.

The basement under one side of the

On the positive side, the long lead up to

court is dug and the walls are in place.

the construction has also given us the

At the time of writing, work has paused for

chance to visit three furniture factories and

exams but we are on track to complete the

factories manufacturing bathroom pods.

building in July 2016, in time for the start

The recycled oak boards which will clad

of the next academic year.

the building have already been delivered

Interesting problems we have had to negotiate have included how to keep the

from Brittany.

The contractors will be forming

building height as close as possible to that

demonstration sections of walls and

of the other courts – acoustic separation

windows next to the site, as part of their

in a timber framed building has increased

training and quality control procedure and

the height of the three storeys, and the

that will give the College’s architects the

ground slopes upwards as you head across

chance to make small changes if needed.

the site. The Conservation Officer and the

By October, the timber frame, floors

College felt that it was important that the

and bathroom pods should be in place

building did not sit too much higher than

and the roof will go on in November.

the existing courts. Another problem was

During the next Easter Term, there will only

that the Environmental Health Officer

be interior fitting out to do, so work will be

of the City Council was not happy with just

able to continue through the exams.

triple glazing of the windows but required

We will continue to put pictures of the

us to install forced ventilation on the

emerging building on the College’s website

Madingley Road side of the building; in an

each month.

era when one part of government is taxing us on our energy consumption and we

Jennifer Brook

were trying to build an environmentally-

Bursar

friendly building, being forced to add

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GUEST ROOMS RENEWED In the summer of 2014 we refurbished the Fellows Guest Rooms. These four bedrooms, tucked away at the top of the staircase near the Cockcroft Room, were in dire need of some love and attention. It’s not clear when they last enjoyed that, but there was a bit of a 1980’s feel about them.

The bathrooms looked old and tired and

from their Chiltern range, based on mid

furnishings, we settled on plain, timeless

the later addition of showers over the

20th century archive designs. Ercol also

fabrics. GB1 is in slate grey, GB2 in moss

baths had left plumbing exposed. There

produce the award-winning Treviso desk,

green, GB3 in dark brown, and GB4 in teal

was an urgent need to rewire. A great

designed by Matthew Hilton, and we fitted

blue. Marimekko cushions and accessories

number of our guests need to work whilst

that in all four rooms to double as both

were then selected for each of the rooms in

they are here, so good Wi-Fi and functional

desk and dressing table.

contrasting and complementary colours.

desk space were at the top of our wish list,

Mindful that the former redecoration

We think the results are delightful! Each

swiftly followed by excellent showers and

had lasted about thirty years, and with

room is comfortable and functional and full

individually controlled heating. Hitherto,

a wary eye on the Bursar, we wanted to

of its own individual character. If you come

the controls for heating these rooms had

be certain that this refurbishment could

on a visit, choose your colour!

been located in the Master’s lodge, and

endure the test of time in both decoration

our Masters are so hardy that guests from

and furniture. After much discussion

Shelley Surtees

overseas might find the rooms inadequate

with the Estates committee about soft

Domestic Bursar

sanctuaries when seeking refuge from inclement British weather. Also, given that these rooms accommodate our most prestigious visitors, it was important to ensure that we ended up with something not only comfortable and functional but aesthetically pleasing.

We accordingly consulted several designers and suppliers, all of whom came back with suggestions that were excellent, but more suited to a hotel or conference centre, and hence more corporate that we wanted to achieve. So, armed with our wish list, we consulted a number of Fellows and undertook the project ourselves, hoping to achieve truly bespoke rooms of which we could be proud. With the help of our Art Curator, Barry Phipps, we identified the pieces of original furniture which were of significance. Some were beyond repair, but those which could be were restored.

To match the surviving originals, we went to Ercol, a British company who have been producing hand-made furniture since the 1920s. For the main pieces we selected

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TAKE A LOOK After twelve months of research, planning and development, the College launched a new website last year. Nearly 6,000 existing pages were reorganised, outdated contents removed and Alumni and Conference microsites absorbed; new content was created, and hundreds of new photographs were commissioned.

In addition to this thorough overhaul of

alumni events, graduations and College

content, the fundamental design of the

open days is now much easier – with

site has been changed. Reflecting growing

many of them now selling out for the first

trends in how people access the internet,

time. A new Student Hub section provides

the new site uses a ‘responsive’ design to

current students with online resources,

make it accessible and easy to use on both

information, news and events in one place,

desktop computers and mobile devices.

and a new alumni directory helps past

Together with consistency of layout

students stay in touch.

and navigation, this was an important

The content management system

part of our aim to provide a better user

has been changed too. Now users with

experience. As a result, the number of

little knowledge of web programming

visits from mobile devices has increased

languages can edit the website, so it can

by over 60%. The nature of the site now

be administered and edited by a variety

evidently corresponds to the current states

of staff members across departments,

of the information and social media, and

helping to ensure the site is constantly

to the minds of those using them.

kept up to date.

We’ve also added a number of new

But a website is never finished!

features. An online events calendar, news

We continue to develop new content

sections and aggregated social media

and features. Recent additions include

feeds allow the College to highlight and

sections on the history of the College and

promote its work and the activities and

on the College’s grounds and gardens.

achievements of its members more

If you have any suggestions or feedback

effectively. New online administrative

or ideas for content, please do contact me

functionalities, such as event and

via the website, or drop by my office in the

accommodation bookings, online

Admin corridor.

payments, donations and College account invoicing, have helped improve many of

Naomi Morris

the College’s office processes. Booking for

Webmaster

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Churchill College Association Weekend, AGM and Dinner 25-27 September 2015 As Chair of the Churchill College Association,

generously agreed to give the after-dinner

I am delighted to invite you to this year’s

speech. This gives a second chance to

Association Weekend between Friday 25 and

meet her and to hear her reflections on her

to see the beginnings of the new court as

Sunday 27 September 2015. All members of

first year with us.

well as meet friends, old and new. The

the College are welcome (JCR, MCR and SCR

Allen Packwood has kindly agreed to

Chapel service on Sunday morning.

This is an excellent opportunity

Weekend coincides with the University’s

past and present). Please feel free to bring

give the afternoon lecture on Saturday. As

Alumni Festival with its range of exciting

along friends and family.

Director of the Churchill Archives Centre,

activities too.

Our annual Dinner on Saturday

Allen is the man Churchill experts come to

I will be delighted to welcome you

evening is the main event. This year, in

for help and we are delighted to mark the

personally – please feel free to come and

response to requests, we have cut the

fiftieth anniversary of our Founder’s death

say hello.

price to £29.40 per head for the food with

in this way.

wine available separately at £6.50 or £15

A wine-tasting and light supper for

per bottle. Our Master, Professor Dame

£8.50 per head will be available on Friday

Athene Donald, will preside and has

evening and the Weekend closes with a

Rosie Johnston (U73) Chair

Diary of events Association Weekend

Stewardship Event

Association Weekend

25-27 September 2015

4 November 2015

23-25 September 2016

Stokes Bursary Event (for Law alumni)

WSC Legators Society Lunch

15 October 2015

17 March 2016

Edmonton Scholars Reunion

Reunion Dinner (1983-1987)

23 October 2015

2 July 2016

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