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A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including efforts to preserve floppy disks’ data at the UL and a don authenticating Einstein’s violin
New FA guidance has resulted in CU Women’s Association Football changing their constitution
News-in-depth
An average 60% of students progress on to a Cambridge BA, Varsity has found, as students praise the ‘invaluable experience’ but suggest more work is yet to be done
The referendum marks the first time Cambridge students will vote on the issue since 2016
Podcast
The perfect companion for your morning walks to lectures is here
Malak Hani and Ahmed Abutabaq were evacuated from Gaza by senior Cambridge figures in cooperation with Irish authorities
The veteran left-winger sat down with Mariam Al-Badry discuss his socialist worldview
Feature
Jess Gotterson shares the love story of two newlywed students, who are married both in college and in the real world
The University’s internal investigation launched last year has dismissed all complaints against Nathan Cofnas, and found his ideas ‘represented lawful free speech’
Opinion
Flossie Bullion suggests that we all have a lot to learn about fashion from the history of drag and ballroom culture
Beyond reality checkpoint: local businesses risking being forced out by Cambridge’s tourism industry
How to spend a Cambridge summer
At the crossroads: finding your own faith
Cambridge caught on camera – should we leave our phones behind?
Saoirse Exton explores the relationship of local people and industries to tourism
Natalia Pilu speaks to students about the best way to spend your summer break
Francesca Evans asks what it really means to preserve a moment
Beth Lee examines how students maintain their faith away from home and how Cambridge could offer an opportunity to reconnect with religion.
Olivia Goodman and Emma Tenzler speak to the society leaders pushing for positive change
Vintage Varsity
Resident archivist Giulia Reche-Danese explores Varsity’s past advice in search of guidance for today’s freshers
Resident Varsity Archivist Giulia Reche-Danese dives into thearchives to see how past Cantabshave been counselled
Humans of Cambridge
Ben Curtis reveals the uncharted world of college catering
Commercial Feature
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Full Blue Racing: where Cambridge meets F1
Joyce Mau’s time as Law Society president
Influencer Erin McGurk on impostor syndrome and avoiding Instagram
In conversation with James Tweed: providing prisoners with digital learning
Jing Hao Liang meets the Full Blue Racing team, a group of Cambridge students who build a racecar every year
Sophie Ennis sits down with James Tweed, Homerton alum and CEO/founder of the digital learning company Coracle
The veteran left-winger sat down with Mariam Al-Badry discuss his socialist worldview
Quickfire
Niara Morenas asks the content creator what lessons she’d impart to freshers
Quickfire
Claire Ding sits down with Joyce Mau to reminisce on her time at CULS
Seyan Dattani sits down with the conservationist and widow of Gerald Durrell to discuss his legacy
A new Cambridge exhibition materialises, and an underappreciated department reveals its fascinating history
Revolutionise your pres: here’s how to turn water into wine
Is the gender binary really ‘basic biology’?
Dhruv Shenai discusses his involvement in curating an exhibition on the university’s materials science department’s history
How the White House’s flawed interpretation of the evidence can only serve to halt progress
Milena Aarts looks into how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to migrate south
Pooja Gada catches you up on some of the summer’s scientific research
Beatrix Biagini uncovers the formula that will help you do freshers’ week on a budget
How human ideas about gender influence the way we describe the natural world
My big fat (real) college wedding
The art of adult friendships 
How to best transform your student room 
Which Cambridge tradition are you?
Guide
The Lifestyle team are here to advise you on what will really transform your student room the most – it’s not too late, I promise
Guide
Robin Zubek shares her best tips and tricks for navigating the tumultuous world of adult friendships
Notebook
Caitlin Newman prescribes a bold new hair colour for the confidence boost you didn’t know you needed
Quiz
From C-Sunday to college marriages, Cambridge is awash with odd traditions – fear not, Matilda Sheekey is here to advise you
Recipe
Finn is here with his first recipe column, explaining how to turn a can of tomatoes into a tasty base
‘Abstract Erotic’ at the Courtauld Gallery, London
Dante-ing through the Cambridge experience
The Fitzwilliam’s first-ever charged exhibition is worth every penny
Review
Aaron Tan explores how art can depict the body
Opinion
Molly Weston examines the ways in which Dante’s Divine Comedy mirror the Cambridge experience
Feature
Ben Birch explains why commercial galleries are all white cubes
Interview
Talking with the curator of ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’ Sophie Smout argues that the fee shouldn’t put you off
Off The Bookshelf
In this column, the arts editors discuss the sonnet ‘Michaelmas’ by Malcom Guite
Opinion
Sydney Heintz considers how Greek tragedies can inform our current political mindsets
Copenhagen Fashion Week was pure fantasy
Ripping the seams of an American emblem
Opinion
Matilda Billinge shares her highlights from Copenhagen Fashion Week and questions the banality of Scandi style
Opinion
Gabriella Sheward dissects the history and legacy of jeans and its current political force
Opinion
Irina Echim examines some autumnal trends to unveil what they might say about our perception of femininity
Feature
As the season draws to an end, Alara Clayton rounds up her fashion findings from a European summer
Opinion
Flossie Bullion suggests that we all have a lot to learn about fashion from the history of drag and ballroom culture
Interview
Mary Anna Im chats with Suzy Menkes about her 60-year career, iconic fashion shows, and the enduring thrill of the fashion world
What the West can learn from Studio Ghibli 
The curious incident of The Doctor in the TARDIS
Children of Men and the Britain we were warned about
Opinion
Hilary Lau explores the timelessness of Studio Ghibli films
Review
Ollie Godkin reviews Ncuti Gatwa’s uneven run as Doctor Who, and whether BBC’s longest-running sci-fi has run out of time
Commentary
Aaron Tan revisits Kurosawa’s classic in the wake of Spike Lee’s anticipated remake
Review
Frida Bradbrook highlights the perfect film for those anxious to re-enter society
Opinion
Max La Bouchardiere examines how and why Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men still feels disturbingly familiar, two decades later
Opinion
Oliver Kingston questions the role of satire in our current political landscape
Streaming killed the video star
Is Sabrina Carpenter a feminist? (and why it matters)
Spotify substitutes: can ethical streaming sound just as good?
Opinion
Tia Ribbo calls for the resurrection of the music video
Review
Seun Ige reflects on one of the brightest days of her summer
Opinion
Harmony Mitchell reflects upon the controversies of Sabrina Carpenter
Review
Auckland indie rockers The Beths as reviewed by Daisy Cooper
Guide
Jake Harper maps out gigs, venues, and opportunities across Cambridge’s student music culture
Playlist
The Music Team reflect on moody melodies from the ghost of Michaelmas past
In conversation with Bafta-winning screenwriter, Sarah Phelps
Booze and bands: a look ahead to Brassed Off
Macbeth makes a tragedy of the body itself
Daisy Simpson talks to the writer of The Sixth Commandment
Preview
Josh Pritchard sits down with director Henry Jaspars
Review
Macbeth is a visceral triumph, says Hana Preston
Feature
Daphne Stavride makes the case for keeping the conversation going offstage
Feature
Balancing theatre with you degree doesn’t need to be difficult, argues Daphne Stavride
Daisy Bates recalls a month spent taking Macbeth on the road
Varsity‘s guide to golfing in Cambridge 
Jack Merritt honoured in life-affirming memorial match
Blues bested in Town v Gown affair
Golf
Ed Marsh explores how you can and why you should take time to Golf in Cambridge
Town v Gown
Oscar O’Neill reports on this year’s Rugby Town v Gown event
Michaelmas preview
Ben Lubitsh breaks down the key sporting events of this term
Captain's Corner
Joss Heddle-Bacon speaks to Phoebe ‘Jacko’ Jackson in the midst of a boom in the women’s game
Beach Volleyball
Joss Heddle-Bacon speaks to Lauren Hattaway about navigating seven time zones and zero courts
Football
Oscar O’Neill weighs in on the challenges of following your team during term time
COMMENT
Bibi Boyce
Bonnie Blue is the enemy, not the face, of female liberation
Bibi Boyce discusses how the current poster-girl of the UK porn industry is shamelessly causing severe damage to women
Jamilla Wichmann
Open-mindedness is a British value
Jamilla Wichmann argues that Cambridge’s supervision system reflects the oft-forgotten British value of open-mindedness
Elena Buermann
Flying the flag, properly
Elena Buermann argues that we should reclaim our national flags to offer them symbols of unity, not divison
Duncan Paterson
When colleges raise rents, everybody loses
Duncan Paterson argues that Cambridge’s wealthiest colleges are worsening class divides and providing short-term answers to long-term issues
April O'Neill
Cambridge needs a proper Freshers’ Week
April O’Neill argues that the clash of Freshers’ Week and week one robs students of the chance to adjust to the weird and wonderful ways of Cambridge
Head to Head
Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?
Jasper Finlay Burnside and Josh Prince debate whether Cambridge should follow Oxford by integrating AI into its education system