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Saturday 28th January 2012, 04:04 GMT | Cambridge,UK

The Varsity May Ball Guide 2012

May balls are for many the epitome of the Cambridge experience: black tie, champagne, dancing until dawn, punting under the influence and the probable promise of regrets in the morning. Our workloads, deadlines and week five blues may mean we might not be having the best three years of our lives, but May Week means we certainly get the best three weeks of them. So, to the crucial Read more...

NEWS

Led Zeppelin's Jones at Kettle's Yard

Diverse Kettle's Yard line-up sees John Paul Jones alongside Youtuba, Ensemble Bash and others

Robinson to vote on disaffiliation from CUSU

Robinson is holding a referendum to decide the fate of their relationship with CUSU

Plan for private universities postponed indefinitely

A Higher Education Bill has been delayed until 2015

CULTURE

Boring postcards get interesting

Making fiction from reality: iconic British photographer Martin Parr talks to Louise Benson

For folk's sake: the rise of pop-folk

Why is current music so saturated with references to folk traditions? Alice Rudge explores its rise in modern music culture, and probes the authenticity of modern ideas of folk

Elektra shock: next week’s Corpus mainshow has the power

Meeting the cast at their country retreat, Katy Browse talks to director, Ellie Kendrick, on what to do with a Greek Play

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Interview with the cast of Rookie

Sophie Lewisohn talks to the cast of Rookie, the all-female sketch show

The Decline and Fall of British TV

India Ross on Downton, EastEnders and falling standards on the small screen

COMMENT

The voice of the megacity and the architecture of words

UN statistics show that almost 180,000 people move into cities every day- an estimated 2 people a second. As urbanisation thrives in this age of the megacity, it is not only the way we live that is changing, but the way we define ourselves, says Comment Editor Emily Fitzell

Education for life? Education for exams more like

Our system is impersonal and in need of reform. Francis Dearnley wonders whether Philosophy holds the answer?

Austerity doesn’t work

With regards to Greece, the Eurozone-come-dangerzone needs to rethink its tactics, says Charles Read

Whatever you say - the only limit to female success is female ambition

Footlights Ali Lewis and Ahir Shah debate this week's Union motion

The Iron Lady: Politics by the Backdoor?

Faithful biography or political propaganda? Tom Belger questions the accuracy of Phyllida Lloyd's lastest film

SPORT

Varsity hangover begins

Rugby correspondent Joseph Burgis reports on Cambridge vs. Durham

Downing snatch last-gasp victory

In a dramatic finish, Downing take one step closer to PWC Division 1 title after 3-2 win over Homerton

Blue draw continues undefeated streak

Hocky Correspondent Gus Kennedy reports on Cambridge vs. Chelmsford

King's in the ascendancy

King’s College Netball team soar from the fifth league to the blood bath of the fourth

Column: Kickabout

Tim Kennett discusses issues of TV rights and piarcy

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