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City University of Hong Kong faced controversy after evicting its students’ union from campus and allegedly reporting several of its members to the police
It is understood that around 500 jobs will be affected
The clock hands were taken from the chapel clock and replaced with cardboard replicas
A lighthearted round-up of this week’s Cambridge news, featuring potholes and ‘pointless’ marches
One student said they witnessed the group ‘yelling and throwing stuff about’
Are cell-cultivated products a realistic alternative to meat?
Feature
Bethinn Feely talks with BATS Technical Director Finlay Wyer about his aim to change the working relationship between ‘techies’, actors, and production teams
Opinion
Imaan Kashim takes a look at Cambridge’s provision for non-classical music and asks if we can still do more
Blues Football
Ben Lubitsh reports from the Cledara Abbey Stadium as Cambridge edge a nail-biter against Oxford
More Cambridge students should study abroad 
‘We’ have always been here
Cambridge’s spaces still bear the past’s misogyny
Times up for exploitative porn
Ffion Edwards
Ffion Edwards argues that Cambridge students deprived of the chance to study abroad
Johana Trejtnar
Cambridge’s sexism can’t be resigned to the past, argues Johana Trejtnar
Varsity Comment
Queer communities have been present at Cambridge for much of its history
Jess Standring
Jess Standring draws attention to the prevalence of exploitation on platforms like Pornhub
Chiraag Shah
Cambridge’s lacklustre public transport system is representative of the city’s deeper issues with inequality
Maddie Harding
Maddie Harding argues that Labour’s decision to cut aid funding will have disasterous consequences
Cloudbusting: happy 10th birthday to the building you’ve never heard of
While You Were Sleeping: lessons on coping with insomnia 
The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market
Periodic change: the stress of graduation
Wellbeing
Isabella Steinmeyer speaks to insomnia sufferers and specialists to uncover strategies to help
Graduation
Cambridge’s finalists on how they are coping with change and uncertainty
Social Media
Duncan Paterson surveys students on social media and how it fuels the flame of far-right extremism
Housing
The not-so-secret Cambridge housing crisis
Wellbeing
Ivo Morrey investigates the pets of Cambridge colleges
Vintage Varsity
Resident archivist Anna Herbert investigates the experiences of women at Cambridge through the years
Diversity
Ria Patel traces the racial makeup of Cambridge’s academic staff, and why faculty diversity is so important.
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Dr. Rose Stevens on the ‘contraceptive crisis’
Alex O’Connor on the importance of saying ‘I don’t know’
In conversation with the Cambridge University Dance Society
In conversation with Helen Molyneux, one of BBC’s 100 Women 2024
Hannah Burfield speaks to Dr. Rose Stevens about the declining use of the pill and public attitudes towards contraception
Quickfire
Olivia Goodman talks with C.U.D.S. about the rewards and demands of dance
Haris Khan talks to the podcaster and debater about having intellectual humilty in philosophy and politics
Quickfire
Scotia Smith talks to Valeriya Damola about how students can take care of their mental health
Kaitlyn Butterly speaks to Helen Molyneux on founding Monumental Welsh Women
Long Read
Charlie Rowan talks to Nathan Law about human rights activism, Chinese influence in UK universities, and having a 1M HKD bounty on his head
Do you really have ‘cortisol face’?
Lab-grown meat: what are the steaks?
Yashraj Garg explores the science behind hormone ‘balancing’
Are cell-cultivated products a realistic alternative to meat?
Opinion
Ellie Buckley explains how your lucky socks actually could be making you perform better
Elisabeta Darie discusses how commercial spaceflight could change the atmosphere around accessibility
Ruby Jackson spotlights some of the latest scientific developments
Ezra Izer discusses the genetic analysis that has supposedly identified Jack the Ripper
Notebook: discovering you’re an extrovert 
Blind Date: bonding over cats and Kate Bush
Notebook: term time trips
Who do you become in Week Eight?
Notebook
Elsie Hayward discusses lonliness, friendship and discovering her extroversion at university
Blind Date
Josh and Jane divulge all the details of their blind date
Notebook
Ellie Buckley reflects on why it’s important to leave Cambridge during term, even just for a day
guide
Professional napper Jess Dodwell offers her expertise to get those midday sweet dreams
quiz
As term draws to a close, Salome Gakwaya helps you figure out (in quiz format) what type of person you become in Week Eight
Made in Madrid
In a rainy Madrid, Patrick Dolan discusses the importance of valuing the little things, travelling, nightlife and neighbours
What’s in a name? The importance of namesakes
A deep dive into diaries
‘Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem’: beauty, transience, and colonial displacement
Opinion
Beatrice Tharme explores how the meanings of our names shape who we are
Feature
Sadia Batool asks how we should read the diaries of great artists
Review
Cameron Thomas reflects on the abundance and exploitation layered upon the canvases of Jan Davidz de Heem
Preview
Ezra Izer sits down with the organisers of a groundbreaking exhibition at Caius, challenging tradition while raising funds for Clarissa’s Campaign and Cambridge Pink Week
Ellie Buckley sees past Robinson College’s concrete exterior and inspects the art held within
Feature
Sanaer Madden explores the similarity between Edward Hopper’s paintings and Cambridge’s scenery
The Cambridge puffer: a debate 
Mini-shorts, mom shorts and jorts: a guide to current short trends
Pretty Little Thing and the rise of conservatism
Shoes of spring 
GUIDE
Gina Stock branches out to explore styles of shorts ahead of summer 2025
Opinion
Jaspar Finlay Burnside discusses the societal impact of the classic Cambridge puffer
Kristina Barani reveals the potential fashion gems that are hidden away at the back of our parent’s wardrobes
List
Mary Anna Im shares the most interesting current fashion audio experiences
Review
Rose Beedle examines some of the choices at this year’s Oscars
Is Mickey 17 cursed by the follow-up film slump? 
I’m Still Here: the power of motherhood
The climate crisis in spring: how I stopped watching disaster films and learned to love the planet
Review
Ellie Smith asks whether Bong Joon Ho’s latest feature lives up to Parasite‘s expectations
Opinion
Ruby Randall explains the importance of positive climate impact in film
Feature
Ruby Randall pays homage to Gene Hackman
Review
Angello Alcazar writes about the film’s portrayal of a family undergoring the horrors of totalitarian Brazil
opinion
Daisy Simpson fears that Amazon’s Bond takeover might be a sign of something darker
Quasar and friends: great music that keeps you guessing 
Cambridge’s music landscape: small venues and small support?
Local hero: Sam Fender in Newcastle and beyond
Wilf Vall recounts an extravagant musical night in Clare Cellars that promised greatness and duly delivered
Opinion
Imaan Kashim takes a look at Cambridge’s provision for non-classical music and asks if we can still do more
Opinion
Giuilia Reche-Danese explores the hidden joys of music whose language you don’t speak
Opinion
Imaan Kashim explores how we can fairly treat and engage with complicated musicians
Opinion
In the age of TikTok songs and attention deficits, Tia Ribbo declares it more important than ever to listen to albums in full
Opinion
Max Woodward explores why the BRIT Awards are still important for the British music industry
Beyond the backdrop: the art of set design
Behind the scenes: the work that really goes into lighting a show 
You Got Older: a tender see-saw between life and death
Feature
Abril Duarte González explores the creative process behind set design, the limitations it faces, and its place in the future in conversation with Isabella Bottle
Review
This play doesn’t lack ambition – which is somewhat to its detriment
Feature
Bethinn Feely talks with BATS Technical Director Finlay Wyer about his aim to change the working relationship between ‘techies’, actors, and production teams
Review
Despite (or perhaps because of) its lingering ambiguity, Friends of the God delivers a visceral, unsettling experience
Review
Leon Rake thinks Sola is what it means to touch emptiness – to realise that absence is never truly empty, but full of echoes that refuse to fade
Review
Student theatre thrives on ambition, but Dunhuang tests whether this alone can carry a story across centuries, cultures, and a sparse stage
To bump, or to be bumped, that is the question
Light Blues prevail in thrilling Varsity encounter
Classy Cambridge obliterate Oxford to claim first men’s Varsity win in six years
Bumps
Rocio Leyva Thomas reflects on an action-packed week
Blues Football
Ben Lubitsh reports from the Cledara Abbey Stadium as Cambridge edge a nail-biter against Oxford
Blues Football
Barney Blackburn reports from the Abbey as Cambridge smash Oxford
Basketball
Barney Blackburn reports as the Blues do battle against Birmingham City
Comment
Oscar O’Neill examines some of the most iconic duos in the sporting universe
Rugby
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports on an electric 142nd Men’s Varsity Match
‘We’ have always been here
Queer communities have been present at Cambridge for much of its history