Talking Heads

The image above shows Bishop Nicasius of Rhiems. It is from an illuminated initial in a Book of Hours (B.11.22). The bishop is depicted holding his mitred head in his hands. Nicasius is one of a group of saints known as 'cephalophores' from the Greek word for 'head carrier'. The term was first used in …

Bertrand Russell and Trinity

On the fiftieth anniversary of Bertrand Russell's death on 2nd February 1970, we take a look at his life through some of the documents in the Trinity College archive. The philosopher, mathematician and political activist Bertrand Russell began his studies at Trinity College in 1890, as a scholarship student studying for the Mathematical Tripos.  Later …