Event Gallery
Annual General Meeting
Chaired by our very own Louis Anscombe (just re-elected Chair of the Student Council), we had a good gathering of speeches, tea, biscuits and ardent debate. Of the new committee, Archie Burton was re-elected as President whilst Malena Montoiro Kelly and Louis Anscombe made lateral moves to Social Media Sec and Wellbeing Officer respectively. Joining as Treasurer is the wonderful Julia Taropa, whilst Joseph Vyvyan-Jones took up the mantle of Secretary. Events Coordinator is Scarlett Kitchener; Social Secs, Thomas Pearce and Freya Wynne-Thomas; and Equality & Sustainability Officer is Shreya Viswanathan.
Approved ammendments to the Constitution are as follows: to include content for the Wellbeing role (as mandated by the SU); to add the possibility of ratification proceedings should the society fail to achieve quoracy in a meeting (subject to a vote by the Board); and to add an, as of yet undetermined, phrase in Ancient Greek (with scope for finding a motto).
Thanks to everyone who came and voted!
Afternoon Tea with Tea Soc
Inspired by the story of this society, a cluster of our members are setting up the Bristol Tea Society. We thought we would help them in the endeavour by collaborating on an afternoon of tea tasting, cake, cream teas, more cake and rather impromtu nature photography. All present appreciated the serendipitous inundation of sunshine which appeared amongst an otherwise grey system of clouds.
Cheese and Wine Tasting — Postgraduate Edition
The PGR Hub, spearheaded by Gurvin Chopra, invited us to run a rather snazzy evening of cheese and wine pairings in their highly coveted corner of Senate House. We were treated to a selection of 5 pairings across different walks of cheese life and appellations de France (...and Italy...and Spain...). A tremendous success, the society showcased the most expensive cheese of all their selections this past year! (The cost of which took up nearly half of the entire event budget!)
Fondue Evening
After much procrastination, we finally put on one of our much-loved fondue evenings in the beautiful gardens of Clifton Hill House. Prosecco, wine, charcuterie, pickled things and freshly baked bread accompanied our delicious array of fondues. After determining that we had not quite managed to crack Ibble Dibble en masse, we wound the evening down with a rousing rendition of Jerusalem in typical fashion!
Hike up Sugar Loaf Mountain
A change of term dates warranted a change of pace for the society's thilling new action plan! A party of 10 departed at a very respectable time on Saturday 22nd February, laden with baguettes, cheese (of course!), scones, clotted cream and a host of jams, for Abergavenny. All made it through the rather changeable (but mostly very pleasant) weather to the peak and enjoyed the peace and serenity of the old growth oak woods.
Which Fizz is the Biz? -- Prosecco
The first in our new series of sparkling wine tasting evenings. All bottles had had their labels removed in favour of letters and each of the 8 proseccos was evaluated in a number of categories by members present with additional comparisons made between pairings with Grana Padano and Brie de Mieux. The Champions of the evening were a 2023 Canti and a 2021 Mionetto.
Winter Formal
Our first ever Winter Formal was hosted (in conjunction with the Bristol Univeristy Swing Society) at the Square Club on Wednesday 3rd December 2024. 67 people turned out in dinner jackets and cocktail dresses. Unfortunately, the photographs seem to have disappeared...
Pub Night Collage
Each week this Michaelmas term we have hosted a pub night on a variety of days at differing locations.
Images to follow
September 2024 -- The Return
We returned for the start of our first proper year in Bristol with two "Give it a Go!" events. The first was held in Clifton Hill House; the second, the Queen's Building Roof Terrace.
The finale, the soirée, was hosted in the CHH gardens at 18:30 on Friday 7th June to great success. A splash out event, we had live jazz piano, too much quality wine, proper cheese, venison pâtés, the finest Scottish smoked salmon, quiche and freshly baked scones for delectable cream teas!
Event number three, a fondue luncheon, took place on Tuesday 4th June from 13:15 - 16:10 in one of the Clifton Hill House study rooms as the weather turned against us at the last possible second, causing us to abandon our garden plans! Twenty four people came and (although three ended up crystallising in the move indoors) enjoyed a vintage Gouda, vintage and new Gouda, emmental and Gruyère and emmental, Gruyère and Comte fondue with copious quantities of Prosecco.
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Our second event, a fondue evening, took place on Saturday 11th May from 19:00 - 22:30 in the sumptuous gardens of Clifton Hill House. Twenty five people made the trip to experience the difference between a Gouda fondue, a Gruyère fondue and a Comte fondue.
Our first event, a cheese tasting, took place on Thursday 18th April from 19:15-21:00 on the Roof Terrace of the Queen's Building. Forty people came for a somewhat chaotic indulgence in the world of cheese; a selection from all periods of cheese history, from Ossau-Iraty (thought to be one of the very first cheeses) with its mythic legend to Applewood Cheddar (from less that 60 years ago).
The weather did not follow the forecast, in true Bristol fashion, and instead of a still, beautiful sunset, we found an overcast, windy and -- all in all -- rather brisk plateau in which our cheese scarcely stayed attached to the Earth.
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