History and Tradition

The College clock is housed in one of the oldest buildings in Trinity: King Edward’s Gate, otherwise known simply as the clock-tower. This gate originally formed a grand entrance to King’s Hall, a foundation which was dissolved in 1546 and…

Trinity maintains a Punt Scheme, which is open both to members of College and to members of the general public. With the exception of members of the College who have requested to hire punts overnight by prior arrangement with the…

Trinity College hosts a number of Public Lectures, which take place on a regular basis (usually either annually or biannually). The lectures are open to all, with no ticket required. For more information about the talks, and for past lectures…

Trinity College has made a number of appearances in world literature, broadly conceived, and not only from the pens of its own members. Some passages are anthologised below.   Chaucer's lusty proto-Trinitarians And nameliche ther was a greet collegge Men…

The story that crème brûlée itself was invented at the College almost certainly has no basis in fact. But since the later nineteenth century there has been an association between the pudding known as ‘burnt cream’ and Trinity College. Instructions…

During the 1960s, the Government urged UK universities to forge closer links with new high-tech industries. As a result the Mott Committee recommended that 'science based industry' should be developed and encouraged to locate close to Cambridge and its centre…

There is, as yet, no full-length account of Trinity's history. The following works, presented below in chronological order of publication, are suggested by way of introduction. Trevelyan's brief sketch (*) – a copy of which is presented to Scholars upon…

'Your Paintings' (BBC/The Public Catalogue Foundation) Trinity College has a collection of some 240 pictures in oil, mainly portraits. The collection is the product of gifts from Masters, Fellows and Alumni of the College, and of commissions and purchases by…