Trinity offers a bit of peace and quiet in busy schedule

THERE’S nothing like a library for a bit of peace and quiet so after the heavy schedule and diplomatic sensitivities of earlier engagements, busy Lizzie must have been relieved to see the Old Library at Trinity College last on her itinerary.

Founded with the blessing of her namesake, Elizabeth I; nurturer of some of the finest brains in the land; Trinity was a rich repository of good news stories untainted by the complications of history.

It was those villainous Vikings who forced the monks who created the Book of Kells to flee for their lives after all, so no reason to be miffed at the Brits there.