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The new Chaplain writes
A
novel by Madeleine L’Engle is entitled, A Severed
all pilgrims on their journey, regardless of their personal
Wasp. The title comes from one of George
faith. This being the case, keeping always deeply in mind
Orwell’s essays, and it offers a graphic image
the Christian heritage of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit,
of human loss.
In his essay, Orwell describes a wasp that “was sucking
The V&A
and spacious ground and first floor foyers. The provision
boys and girls can meet. An excellent range of hot and
of these new classrooms has allowed other departments
cold drinks are available in the mornings and afternoons
located in the Queen’s Court Building to be more logically
alongside bacon rolls, pastries and home made cakes.
co-located and this building was re-furbished during the
At lunch times the area provides an alternative to the
summer. Queen’s Court is very much a building of its
main dining hall and in the evenings after prep, pizzas are
time with some serious deficiencies, but for the meantime
available (eat-in or carry-out ).
ows are welcome to visit
our Works Bursar, Gerald Burbidge, has
for coffee, too; we are a serious rival to
project managed some transformations
Starbucks (and much cheaper).
and improvements.
For the time being this social area
In September 2007, Houses specifically
is known as the ‘V & A’. The statue of
for the Day pupils were opened: White
Price Albert is protected in a glass capsule
Cairn for boys and the Wellesley for
with his back to the social area, gazing
girls.
over the Princes’ Quad. Governors have
For this first year, the Wellesley
it is my hope that some services in the future will offer
had a temporary billet in the first floor of the Hardinge
yet to approve this as, too, names for the new Modern
jcr was closed in the Shaw building and,
Languages Building and the Sports Pavilion on Bigside,
together with classrooms on the ground floor of the West
work on which should start in the late autumn. Your
Block, was transformed to make a new and permanent
suggestions for naming these b