To celebrate its centenary in 2009, the University of Bristol is publishing "100: A Collection of Words and Images to Mark the Centenary of the University of Bristol". The 300-page book contains entries from nearly 60 notable contributors, nearly all of whom have a past or present connection with the University, and is further enlivened by numerous high-quality photographs and a smattering of cartoons and other illustrations. Contributors include Alice Roberts, doctor and presenter of Coast and Don't Die Young; Harry Patch, the last-surviving Tommy; actor Tim Pigott-Smith; architect George Ferguson; author Julia Donaldson; journalist and writer Misha Glenny; physicist Kathy Sykes; rugby player Josh Lewsey; Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England; Will Hutton, Chief Executive of The Work Foundation and former editor of "The Observer"; novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls; historian and landscape architect Roy Strong; and Brenda Hale, the University's current Chancellor and the first female Law Lord. The contributions range from essays, poems and stories to a centenary recipe (by Heston Blumenthal) and a specially commissioned puzzle by a distinguished crossword setter. The many subjects covered in this eclectic miscellany include the value of scholarship, the challenges facing higher education, the reality of student life in Bristol in former decades, the architecture of the University, the future of computing, the international fashion world of the 1960s, and research into cot death that has saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 babies worldwide. The book will appeal to all past, present and future staff, students and friends of the University, as well as readers wishing to gain an insight into the world of higher education in general and the unique and enduring appeal of the University of Bristol on the eve of its second century.
| ISBN | 0956100104 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780956100108
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1943 | | Publisher | University of Bristol | | Published in | Bristol | | Imprint | University of Bristol | | Height (mm) | 295 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 226 | | Publication date | 12 Dec 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 32 | | DEWEY | 820.8 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Table of contents
`Great past ? greater future? (facts about the University)
The 100 team
Foreword
Reflections on a vice-chancellorship by Eric Thomas
Computing: the next 25 to 100 years by Nigel Smart and Dave Cliff
Reflections on anatomy, learning and health by Alice Roberts
Bristol, city of genius by Mark Horton
The glory of useless learning by Simon Barnes
Tower of memories by Harry Patch
The Five Acts of Harry Patch by Andrew Motion
Winston?s installation (Churchill photo story)
The theatre of degrees by Chris Harries
Higher education by Philip Lyons
Women at Westminster: feminizing politics by Sarah Childs
How I helped invent the mobile phone by Joe McGeehan
Reminiscences from the late '40s by Pip Willoughby
Culture and the University of Bristol by Andrew Kelly
Animal welfare: science and values by John Webster
Salad days: the University of Bristol in the 1950s by Helen Reid
`Time present and time past?? by David Hunt
Curatorial reflections on the Special Collections by Michael Richardson and Hannah Lowery
Through the looking glass by Jane Venner-Pack
Future challenges in engineering by Nick Lieven
Timely meditations by Robert Fowler
A campaigner at heart by Anne Weyman
From Wiltshire to `Willsville? by George Ferguson
The four cornerstones: Centenary crossword by ESROM
From RAG Treasurer to Chairman of Convocation by Stuart Goldsmith
`On the internet, no one knows you?re a dog? by Alexandra Frean
My (nearly) half-century in Bristol by Michael Berry
From Greensleeves to Gruffalo and A day in my life by Julia Donaldson
The scientists and the policymakers by Simon Burgess
City of ghosts by Tim Pigott-Smith
A life for science and peace by Georgina Ferry
From Bristol to Mr Big by Misha Glenny
Pointing true north by Liam Donaldson
A seed sown in Australia by Stella Clarke
`If you?re studying at Bristol, you should be aiming to be Prime Minister? by Sarah Castell with Joe Lancaster and Ella Fryer Smith
The accidental epidemiologist by Peter Fleming
Sustainability at Bristol by John Grimshaw
Three generations at Bristol by Alan Shield, Susan Stead and Hannah Shield
A place of light, liberty and learning ? the view from the Chancellor?s throne by Brenda Hale
The sound of the sea by Heston Blumenthal, with an introduction by Peter Barham
In praise of scholarship by Jeremy Morse
Scientists and the public: a new dialogue by Kathy Sykes
The Bristol dinosaur by Mike Benton
Bristol: Ideopolis? by Will Hutton, with Alexandra Jones and Katy Morris
Excerpt from a novel in progress (to be published by Faber & Faber) by Christopher Wakling
The prospects for philanthropy by Roger Holmes
`Something of value? by Bob Reeves
Life in the field by Charlotte Uhlenbroek
Universities and public benefit by Tariq Modood
The new Botanic Garden: a labour of love by Simon Hiscock, Alan Stealey and Nicholas Wray
The Big Unknowns by Anna Fazackerley
High excitement and glorious angst by David Nicholls
Resurrecting a concern for the innocent by Michael Naughton
Professor Shallcross?s guide to teaching by Dudley Shallcross and Simon Gurr
Enigma revealed by Roy Strong
I am a Bristol man by Josh Lewsey
Bristol at 3am and beyond by Zoe Griffin
My first website by Mike Bennett
Handing on by Gareth Williams
Acknowledgements
Index
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