Abstract
This chapter describes Hermann Bondi's experiences at King's College in London. In 1955, Bondi was invited to a small conference in Bern to celebrate 50 years of relativity. The great physicist, Pauli, was in the chair, and it was a most excellent meeting. It was particularly memorable for Bondi because of discussions they had at that meeting on gravitational waves. The mathematical and physical complexity of Einstein's theory of gravitation is so great that there was still confusion and a variety of opinions about whether the theory predicted the existence of gravitational waves or not. In 1962, the various colleges of the London University took what was essentially the same examination. Many matters of common concern in each subject were dealt with by a Board of Studies, meeting twice a term. Felix Pirani joined Bondi at Kings College. Clive Kilmister was already there, and so they all had the beginnings of a group in the subject of the theory of gravitation.
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