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Cambridge claims first place in Good University Guide
Regeni lawyer ‘tortured’ by Egyptian security forces
Sir Bernard Ingham: ‘In a mature democracy the press is going to be adversarial’
EXCLUSIVE: Trinity tops Tompkins Table for seventh straight year
Ibrahim Metwaly has told colleagues that he was electrocuted and kept in solitary confinement after being arrested last week
The rankings, compiled by The Times and The Sunday Times, have put the University in the top spot for five years in a row
Freshers
What’s a pidge? What’s a plodge? Who is Cindy? Violet‘s in-depth guide to quirky Cambridge slang has you covered
Whether you are drinking or otherwise, it won’t be your most memorable week here, says Danny Wittenberg
The star is just slightly larger in size than Saturn, and could be used to detect other Earth-sized planets
Aditya Guha uses his guesstimate skills to find out
The five best deals for Cambridge students
How to survive Cambridge Freshers’ Week
Formal education: how to save the Queen and tell your truffles from terrine
Do I really need to read my reading list?
Interview
Josh Kimblin speaks to the former head of the British Army about Iraq and the future of the force
Whether you are drinking or otherwise, it won’t be your most memorable week here, says Danny Wittenberg
Different subjects: a fresh perspective
Contemporary art and Hong Kong
Stewart Lee: ‘I think that Oxford and Cambridge are to blame for a lot of this’
In the first part of a series on how our academic studies inform a love of art, Joseph Krol discusses the evolution of mathematical perspective in art, from Masaccio to Dalí
Alice Garner leads us through Hong Kong’s burgeoning contemporary art scene in an effort to shed light on the city’s paradoxical identity
Review: Barns and lovers in God’s Own Country
Review: It moves beyond fear
Finding film: A fresher’s guide to Cambridge cinema
Bake Off Week Three: Dawn of the Bread
FILM
Orla Horan finds in this remarkable British film a unique romance compelling in its impressive central performances and creative cinematography
FILM
Far from terrified, Danielle Cameron finds something deeper in the latest Stephen King adaptation than the surface of killer clowns and smattered jump scares
Review: Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
…& Me: Neil Young
Review: Nothing But Thieves – Broken Machine
Interview: Wolf Alice’s Joel Amey
Interview
Upon the release of their dynamic new album, Alice French speaks to drummer Joel Amey about Wolf Alice and the nature of music politics today
Thought Piece
In a personal take on the power of music, this week, Eli Hayes discusses the role of music in the process of grief, told through the music of Neil Young
New York Fashion Week: the highlights
Fashion for all: the return of collaborations
Typography: innovation or appropriation?
The Creative Genius of Vogue Italia
Looking back at New York Fashion Week, Kate Hammond lists her top moments courtesy of some of the world’s best designers
Kate Hammond gives us her favourite style moments from the annual Venice Film Festival
Don’t say the ‘G’ word! Why gimmicks don’t mean good drama
From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive: All female directorial team at the RSC means big change
Laughs and a leaky tent: My week at the Edinburgh Fringe
Poetry in motion: from page to stage
FEATURE
For the first time in its history, the Royal Shakespeare Company will feature an all-female directing line up, and it’s about time others take note, writes Eve Hodgson
FEATURE
“Absurd adaptations and secret venues alike, all are money-making ploys that serve little purpose other than to get bums on seats.”
English rugby’s rude state of health
St Edmund’s College rowers break world record
Varsity’s guide to Cambridge sport
Time to kick rugby’s cross-continental experiment into touch?
Ahead of England’s squad announcement for the Autumn Tests, Ben Cisneros looks at the abundance of talent available to Eddie Jones
A team of four rowers from St Edmund’s has broken the world record in the ‘Longest Continual Row’ category by over an hour
COMMENT
Reuben Andrews
In depth: why centrists need to stand against fascism, and stop blaming ‘both sides’
Those who profess to be supporting ‘liberal democratic values’ are really aiding the persecution of victims
Jefferi Hamzah Sendut
ASEAN must not stand silent before a campaign of ethnic cleansing
Jefferi Hamzah Sendut argues that the latest atrocities in Myanmar demand concrete action
Eoghan McKenna
Drinking societies still have a place in university life
Eve Hodgson
Union membership is justified, despite the considerable cost
Holly Firmin
Changes to Arts Council funding will give the marginalised a voice
Isabelle Burroughes
Are we justified in criticising China’s dog meat festival?
Daisy Eyre
We need to stop the marketisation of our universities
Alice Millington
Coyne’s apology is ill-considered and inadequate
Jay Vinayak Ojha
Cambridge University Press should never bow down to China’s censorship again
Eve Hodgson
An embarrassing class problem is at the centre of the Coyne affair