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Cyclists and pedestrians will soon have priority over cars on Adams Road
Lord Smith said Israel’s conduct ‘amounts to inhumanity and war crimes’ at a Q&A last week
The newly-released Cambridge Union termcard for Michaelmas 2025 features debates on immigration and Palestine, as well as speaker events with the NVIDIA CEO and Chancellor Chris Smith
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
Cambridge caught on camera – should we leave our phones behind?
Vintage Varsity: a Y2K welcome 
Why are there so few Scots at Cambridge?
Is AI really killing the graduate job market?
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
Daisy Stewart Henderson speaks to Scottish students
Elsie McDowell asks students how receiving their offer through the August Reconsideration Pool has shaped their time at Cambridge
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Influencer Erin McGurk on impostor syndrome and avoiding Instagram
Joyce Mau’s time as Law Society president
De-coding AI with Dr. Alexander Carter
The veteran left-winger sat down with Mariam Al-Badry discuss his socialist worldview
Quickfire
Claire Ding sits down with Joyce Mau to reminisce on her time at CULS
Quickfire
Niara Morenas asks the content creator what lessons she’d impart to freshers
Seyan Dattani sits down with the conservationist and widow of Gerald Durrell to discuss his legacy
Tara Buxton talks to the founder of The Gentleman to get a glimpse of the student zine scene
Quickfire
Vienna Kwan sits down with Leonie James to discuss her career as family law barrister
Trump’s comments on Tylenol: how science is being weaponised
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
Timothy Moy explains the namesake of the new café in Harvey court
Which Cambridge tradition are you?
My big fat (real) college wedding
Thank you, Aldi!
Introducing Auntie Alice
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
Varsity’s latest agony aunt, Alice Frecheville, is here to fight off your new year fears
Feature
Jess Gotterson shares the love story of two newlywed students, who are married both in college and in the real world
The Fitzwilliam’s first-ever charged exhibition is worth every penny
Minimalism makes a saleroom
The purpose of art in a rational age
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
Opinion
Morvern Scrivener implores us to value the arts
Opinion
Emma Gower considers why, and how, the literary canon can be broadened in the 21st century
Coats are trending, but so is the patriarchy
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
Feature
Sofia Iudintseva decodes the fashion of Sofia Coppola’s films, where characters are shaped through fabric and tone
Guide
After a summer of experimenting, Zainab Miah takes you through her findings of how to make personal fashion sustainable
The politics of Highest 2 Lowest
Children of Men and the Britain we were warned about
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
Opinion
Hilary Lau explores what war films conceal about the wars we see today
Opinion
Freya Compton considers the current state of British TV comedy
Is Sabrina Carpenter a feminist? (and why it matters)
The low-down on the Cambridge music scene
Spotify substitutes: can ethical streaming sound just as good?
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
Opinion
Caitlin Newman urges you to turn up the volume and listen to the once silenced voices of metal
Opinion
Daisy Bates confronts the pretences and perils of music taste and the men of Hinge
Macbeth makes a tragedy of the body itself
The importance of the post-theatre debrief
Why the message belongs to the audience
The ultimate guide to Cambridge theatre
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
Feature
Eleanor Baldwin reflects on the joys of outdoor Shakespearean theatre
Feature
This innovative genre prioritises more than just sight and sound
Michaelmas match-ups: the must-see fixtures of the upcoming term
Captain’s Corner: Rugby
‘Cambridge healed my relationship with beach volleyball’: from no sand to the European Championships
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
Feature
Barney Blackburn delves into Cambridge’s most poignant game with Dave Merritt, at son Jack’s memorial match
US Open
Ben Lubitsh reflects on what we can learn from this year’s US Open finalist
COMMENT
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
Ellana Cowan
Let’s bring back masks
Ellana Cowan argues that the benefits of masking mean that we shouldn’t drop the practice
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Find people in Cambridge you disagree with
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that one of the most important lessons we learn at Cambridge is how to disagree