Weeknotes 2025-W27 › Moving to Old Court [01C3]

Since I became a Fellow of Clare College, I have had a lovely little attic office in Memorial Court (across the street from the University Library). That’s where I spend most of my time aside from meeting with my group, since the Computer Laboratory is far too noisy to get any work done. The arrangement was, however, always temporary as I was meant to have a room in the Old Court—if it were not for the generational restoration project has made many rooms unavailable for a long time. With the restoration only several months from completion, some rooms (including mine!) have been returned to the College and I was asked to kindly vacate Memorial Court by Friday the 5th so that my old room can be used for a student. This week, I moved all my effects to my new room and it is starting to feel like home.

Inspired by Anil’s idyllic room in Pembroke, I am hoping to get some plants and greenery in here but I have not yet decided specifically what I would like. Ideally something that can survive a couple weeks of neglect once or twice a year. I am also hoping that Estates will allow me to mount an enamel blackboard in here for teaching my undergraduates.