A few months ago I received an unexpected and tentative request from a two alumni who were about to be married, asking permission for a pre-wedding photoshoot in the University Library because they had so many happy memories of courting while they were students here. Naturally, my colleagues and I were delighted to welcome our alumni back and were excited to see the now married couple’s happiness celebrated by the University.

The fifth of November is remembered every year in England as Fireworks Night, the anniversary of the foiled Gunpowder plot to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament.