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Graham Ross says he must now ‘learn how to walk again’
A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including cows in the Cam and a geneology of lawnmower poetry
The proposed changes would only allow finalists to be re-assesed
One protester staged a ‘lock-on’ and attached himself to the gates outside Senate House
Vienna Kwan and Duncan Paterson speak to Carwyn Jones about Westminster, Welsh Labour, and Obama
Darina Leonenko explores how media buzzwords and headline-chasing breakthroughs can generate hype which moves faster than the research
The team secured their narrow victory over the University of Warwick on the very last question of the programme, for a final score of 175–170
Guide
Jessica Spearman reveals the tips and tricks for people watching
Opinion
Millie Jeffery proposes opting for Adrianne Lenker over Linkedin
Not all state schools are made equal 
Impostor syndrome isn’t a rite of passage
The lies we tell prospective students
Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?
Maddie Harding
Maddie Harding argues that if the government wants to achieve growth, they need a broader economic vision
Ffion Edwards
Outreach will fall short until comprehensive schools are set apart from grammars in admissions, argues Ffion Edwards
Katie Nicholson
Katie Nicholson argues that the well-meaning assumption that all Cambridge students suffer from impostor syndrome does more harm than good
April O'Neill
April O’Neill argues that if colleges are going to limit social activites, they must do more to encourage a healthy work-life balance
Martha Rayner
Martha Rayner reflects on the half-truths of college outreach
Katie Nicholson
Katie Nicholson argues that faculties must make some changes if they expect students to attend lectures regularly
Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos
Pressing pause: what Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest
Is the condom becoming counterculture?
Think you know Cambridge? Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr
Academic Life
Emma Tenzler investigates whether the new History Tripos is living up to its promise of inclusion
Student Life
Eve Nicholls asks what a pre-ordained day of rest can teach Cambridge about burnout, balance, and switching off
Nature
Jonathan Liu reveals some of the hidden weird and wonderful wildlife we share the city with.
Sex and Relationships
Is the condom going out of style? Mimi Ronson explores how silence, pressure, and trust are shaping unprotected sex at university
Faron Smith talks with the creators and players of Guessbridge, the new daily game taking Cambridge by storm.
Feminism
How female students are learning to silence their internal misogynist
Academic Life
Julia Ongking tests the limits of Cambridge’s academic flexibility
Vintage Varsity
Resident Archivist Lily O’Sullivan dives into the archives for some career guidance and inspiration from those who made it
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Baron Layard: an argument for happiness
Tech, the politics of Taiwan, and the future of democracy: meet Taiwan’s cyber ambassador, Audrey Tang
‘Journalism has been in crisis since I joined’: Jane Mulkerrins on her career as an interviewer
In conversation with the former President of Clare Cellars
Claire Ding and Vienna Kwan sit down with Baron Layard to discuss co-founding the World Happiness Report
A conversation with tech activist turned pioneering politician, Audrey Tang
Mariam Al-Badry meets Bell Ribeiro-Addy, former Shadow Minister for Immigration, to discuss reparations and possible divisions within the Labour party
Quickfire
Claire Ding meets with the former bar president to discuss managing one of Cambridge’s most iconic student bars
Vienna Kwan and Duncan Paterson speak to Carwyn Jones about Westminster, Welsh Labour, and Obama
Tara Buxton reflects on Cambridge’s feminist scene with CURR co-founders
Research Roundup: rock on?
Peeling back food waste
What can magic mushrooms do for Parkinson’s disease?
Is Ozempic really a breakthrough drug?
Max Lian fills you in on some of the latest news from the scientific world
Stella Pozzi discusses the new banana that doesn’t go brown and its role in reducing food waste and tackling climate change
As Ozempic accumulates recognition and accolades, Lucy George delves into its nature and potential
Georgina Holmes explains how bipedalism developing in early humans has given us both speech and rhythm
Lucy George explains how ‘shrooms’ have clinical potenital against the neurodegenerative disorder
Elysia Aves explores why drug outcomes vary so widely between patients and what this means for the future of pharmacology
The ultimate guide to Cambridge brunch 
The not-so-perfect guide to getting through your exams
A complete Cambridge student’s guide to people watching
What social media platform are you?
Guide
How to study when you’d rather cry (and still pass)
Guide
Jess Gotterson shares her comprehensive guide to brunch, for the days college brunch doesn’t quite cut it
Quiz
Janella Scott encourages you to procrastinate revision and find out which social media you are
Guide
Zainab Miah gives us advice on living with difficult flatmates
Trial and Error
Haley Zimmerman discusses living in the moment at Mash
Blind date
Cara and Dan offer their views on their evening spent together
Varsity’s exam season reading list
Bridging the distance
The ethics of display in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Adrianne Lenker, LinkedIn, and the importance of stillness
Reading list
Varsity‘s Arts team provides some remedial texts for exam season
Opinion
Holly Higham asks how museums hierarchise history
Opinion
Otto Bajwa-Greenwood surveys the impact of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel on British multiculturalism
Opinion
Apeike Umolu reveals the hidden meanings behind portraits at Queens’
Opinion
Millie Jeffery proposes opting for Adrianne Lenker over Linkedin
Obituary
Angello Alcázar remembers the year that the novelist Mario Vargas Llosa spent in Cambridge
Degree-influenced dressing
The rise of Rococo: why we’re dressing like 18th century duchesses
Wearing animal print well
Red lipstick and high heels: do men have their own power formula?
Feature
Sofia Iudintseva examines why men do not have anything equivalent to heels and a red lip
Feature
Arshika Parann examines how our degree alters our fashion choices
Feature
Niamh Walters discusses the resurgence of Rococo fashion
Opinion
Georgina Holmes explores how minimalism can appear to be an investment, but it’s actually the same as any other trend
Guide
Flossie Bullion advises on how to best wear animal print, in order to convey the ways in which it was worn in the classical ages
Review
Zinzi Mlotshwa explores how Met Gala icons echo the legacy of Black elegance as resistance in a white-dominated industry
Nitpicking HBO’s The Last of Us 
Meet the minds behind Eating Oysters 
Interview
Olivia Goodman interviews the team behind upcoming student film Eating Oysters
Review
Jacob Smith asks whether the latest season of The Last of Us lives up to the game
Review
Daisy Simpson revisits Good Will Hunting almost thirty years after its release to find out what it can teach us now
Review
Amanda Ljungberg returns to The White Lotus after the finale to assess whether it lives up to its previous seasons
Feature
Lara Davis reflects on the current resonance of Black Mirror Season 7 as she balances seasonal escapism with exam stress
Opinion
Naviya Gupta questions the ethics of our obsession with biopics
Joni Mitchell’s manual for modern life
In praise of a preacher’s daughter
Antidemocracy: Trumpism and Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief over 20 years on 
One beer. One band. Bed.
Opinion
Ethel Cain is a voice of hope in charged times writes Seun Ige
What's On?
Hectic exam term? Daisy Cooper rounds up the Cambridge non-classical music scene (!) for the next month and a bit
Live Review
Daisy Cooper reviews punk band Panic Shack, and considers the existence of the ‘Radio 6 dad’
Feature
Ruby Wooller looks back on Yussef Dayes’ Royal Albert Hall show
Album Review
Francis McCabe examines Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief through the lens of Trumpism and modern dystopia
Interview
The art of starting a Cambridge band
Why is there not a theatre studies course at Oxbridge?
Emma: handsome, if not always clever 
Britain’s dying Oxbridge play: should we still be staging Bennett?
MESSIAH: a gaze at the irony of modern politics
Opinion
Kate Woodman interrogates the reasons behind the lack of a theatre degree at Oxford and Cambridge
Despite grappling with some engaging ideas, Josh Pritchard isn’t quite convinced by this surrealist adaptation of Austen’s life
Review
Millie Wooler finds both highs and lows in Me and My Year of Casual ‘Monasticism’
Review
Elena Brown Moreno is strongly compelled by this sophisticated exploration of contemporary politics
Preview
Shan Tan-Ya talks comedy, Catholicism, and creative catharsis with the team behind this fringe-bound show
Preview
Daphne Stavride sits down with Trinity College’s playwright-in-residence to discuss her upcoming play, MESSIAH
Tensions rise in table tennis Cuppers final
Table Tennis
Milly Kotecha reports from the University Sports Centre on the dramatic twists and topspins of the 2025 table tennis Cuppers final
Oscar O’Neill takes a look at the unorthodox career of footballer Jamie Vardy
College Football
Tarkan Ateş reports from Grange Road on an exciting tussle between Newbroke and D.E.W. in the 2025 football cuppers final
Interviews
Tara Buxton talks with Jess Poon about all things athletics ahead of this weekend’s Varsity match
College Football
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports from Grange Road as Trinity Hall Vs Jesus went right down to the wire
Cricket
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports from Lord’s on a brutal Oxford win in the women’s T20 cricket Varsity
Lectures are optional so give us the recordings
Katie Nicholson argues that faculties must make some changes if they expect students to attend lectures regularly