A service took place in Chapel on Friday 17 May to commemorate the Seventieth Anniversary of the Dambusters’ raid. Trinity alumnus Melvin ‘Dinghy’ Young (1934) was the only Oxford man to take part in the raid. The service was preceded by an exhibition of Melvin Young memorabilia from the college archives.

Members of the chapel choir sung madrigals this morning from the chapel tower to welcome in the month of May.

At 9.00 am on Saturday in the Chapel, senior organ scholar Benjamin Morrell, and William Heywood, Organ Scholar of Harris Manchester College, began a physically and mentally challenging test: a twenty-four hour Organ Marathon.

Of the many students each year who are inspired by staff at their schools and colleges to make applications to the University of Oxford, Cathy Mason (2012, Philosophy and Theology) has been able to show her gratitude to one of her former teachers, Karen Kelly, who was honoured as an inspirational teacher by the University this week. Cathy nominated Ms Kelly, who taught her Philosophy at Wootton Upper School, a state academy in Bedford.

Trinity has featured in the latest episode of Endeavour, the new detective series 'prequel' to Inspector Morse, broadcast last night. The College featured extensively, including many shots taken from the chapel roof, and the fifteenth-century Old Library was used as a 'stand in' for  Duke Humfrey's Library in the Bodleian. The programme can be seen on ITV Player (until 19 May, in the UK only).

As Iraq prepares for its first elections since the withdrawal of US troops, the President reflects on the decision to go to war against Saddam and explains why he was falsely persuaded. The article can be read here (with kind permission of the Tablet).

It is with great sadness that the college learned of the death, on 12 April, of Sir John Burgh, President from 1987-1996 and Honorary Fellow. Details of a memorial service will be announced in due course.

The latest edition of the Newsletter is now online.

An important occasion has been marked in Trinity with the admission of Professor Jonathan Mallinson, Fellow and Tutor in French, as Senior Proctor of the University. 

Trinity has welcomed groups from two schools, Central Sussex College in Haywards Heath, and St Thomas More Catholic School in Stoke, during their February half term breaks. These visits were run by the Access and Admissions Officer, Robert Hyland, with the aim of introducing Trinity and the University to groups of Year 12 students who will be making applications to university in the next academic year.