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Animal rights protest held in Cambridge City Centre
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Speciesism WTF organised an art installation to protest the exploitation of animals
Campaigners fear that the development on Fenner’s cricket ground will disrupt both sport and the environment
News in brief
A demure and mindful round-up of this week’s Cambridge news
Five people received medical treatment following a mechanical failure
Survey
Ever wondered how much the average Cambridge student spends in a term? Fill in Varsity’s survey to find out
Freshers' week
Lowenna Biscoe investigates Freshers’ week experiences across different Cambridge colleges
The downsizing of the Mercury Prize highlights a broader devaluation of the British music scene
Vintage Varsity
How to dress like a Cambridge student from two decades ago
Genetics
Isaac Howell tackles the widely-held notion that our genes perfectly predict who we are, and puts forward a new way to think about our DNA
Paris Olympics
Anouk Waller-Sargent discusses the importance of the Paris 2024 Olympics in showing and boosting the popularity of women’s sport
Cambridge Freshers’ week: college by college
Inside the corporate summer internship – humanities edition
Vintage Varsity: dress like it’s 2004!
Vintage Varsity: sadistic swans of Mr Asbo & Co.
Internships
Every summer, cohorts of penultimate year students look forward to suits and Excel in their corporate internships
Vintage Varsity
Resident Varsity archivist Vialli McComb explores how a mob of swans reigned terror over the river Cam in the early 2010s
Facebook confessions pages
Lucy Thomas speaks to the elusive admins of the Facebook confessions pages that we know and love
Vintage Varsity
How to dress like a Cambridge student from two decades ago
Summer Work
Scotia Smith takes a peek behind the scenes at Edinburgh Fringe festival
Freshers' week
Lowenna Biscoe investigates Freshers’ week experiences across different Cambridge colleges
Vintage Varsity
How Varsity columns have changed over the last 20 years, with a ranking from ‘V good’ to ‘V bad’
Year Abroad
Isabella Steinmeyer speaks to students about settling in on their year abroad
Commercial Feature
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Meet the students dedicated to reviewing Cambridge college brunches
Ella Howard discusses writing, identity and metaphysics with award-winning writer Min Jin Lee
Fresh from Paris, Kyle Kothari talks representation in sport and plans for LA 2028 with Milly Kotecha
Quickfire
Esther Knowles chats to the group behind @cambridgecollegebrunches
Long Read
Anuk Weerawardana discusses content creation with YouTuber Max Fosh
Interviews
The trio speak to Sophie Denny about quitting their jobs to achieve their dream of becoming a full-time band
Quickfire
Anuk Weerawardana speaks @ratingcambridgecollegebars about what is the most integral aspect of a Cambridge college: its bar
The battle against antimicrobial resistance
The magic of mRNA
Global Health
Putting our weapons against superbugs under the microscope
Medicine
Ruby Jackson discusses how this versatile molecule is revolutionising medicine
Genetics
Isaac Howell tackles the widely-held notion that our genes perfectly predict who we are, and puts forward a new way to think about our DNA
Not Built for This
Matthew Taylor explores our relationship with alcohol in the first instalment of his column, Not Built for This
Ecology
Lucie Debaig pours cold water on red squirrel conservation efforts and suggests making peace with greedy greys
Global Health
Following the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Ruby Jackson explores just how worried we need to be about mpox
Hot or Not: Inter-Cambridge Summer 
Trial and Error: A day in the life of a ‘trad wife’
Hot or Not
Alex Myall and Jessica Spearman dish out a biased, subjective and nonsensical guide to an inter-Cambridge summer
Trial and Error
Inspired by Nara Smith, Ellie Buckley sees what the trad wife lifestyle has to offer
Notebook
Maddy Gordon-Finlayson reflects on what she’s learned during her first year at Cambridge
Guide
Imaan Bilgrami guides you through her criteria for the perfect study space
Heather Irvine sits down with a future-focused figure from her past life
Lucia Trivass-Berlanga reflects on what returning to her summer job has taught her about life at Cambridge
Befriending the bygone, one church at a time
The Agonies: sure, it’s rude to stare, but I can’t help my piercing eyes
Feature
Drawn to these spaces while in Cambridge, Niall Quinn takes to church tourism during the summer break
The Agonies
Eve Connor writes back to Joe, wishing his toe well and manifesting a gaze as commanding as Kierkegaard’s
Opinion
Emily Cushion questions whether the literary town truly has a place in modern life
Review
The Canadian artist’s Kettle’s Yard exhibition has its eyes open to the world’s unexpected beauty
The Agonies
Joe Short pens a letter to his friend Eve, musing on his unemployed stupor and reconnection with ginger snap biscuits
Opinion
India Hansra reflects on her childhood favourites, the most important books she’ll ever read
Our all-inclusive guide to men’s formalwear
How fashion becomes a means of projecting and protesting power
feature
Rachel Elliman explores fashion’s historical role in politics
Hugh Jones provides a comprehensive guide to understanding men’s formal dress codes
Feature
Annia Krzoska goes ‘back to basics’ as she explores monochrome
Guide
Esther Magedera provides an all-inclusive guide on how to avoid those pesky baggage charges
Opinion
Vintage aesthetics may be the nail in the coffin for high street clothing chains
What we wore
Aoife McGrath on the notorious Northern student pub crawl
Is real(ity) love dead? 
Does KAOS reign over the frenzy of Ancient Greek pop culture retellings?
Reviewing Reagan
Opinion
Salome Gakwaya questions the value of reality TV’s often imperfect depiction of love
Opinion
Reagan exposes the unprecedentedly large gulf that has formed between the critic and the audience
OPINION
Why are we so critical of live action remakes?
The downfall of British music: the Mercury Prize in crisis
I think he’s with it: The Dare debuts with What’s Wrong With New York
A masterful remastering: Will Wood’s The New Normal!
Album Review
Fresh off the success of Charli XCX’s Guess, The Dare’s chaotic debut dissects modern nightlife — but is there a deeper truth lurking beneath the noise?
Sharleen Opia explores the past and present of Notting Hill Carnival’s sound systems
The downsizing of the Mercury Prize highlights a broader devaluation of the British music scene
Live Review
At 75, Billy Joel remains a rock and roll legend; Georgia Emanuel reports that his recent Cardiff performance had the crowd captivated
What does it take to remaster an album? Ezra Izer contends that Will Wood’s The New Normal! is the perfect answer
Playlist
Soundtracking an undergraduate degree is no small task, but Oliver Cooney urges us to try
Could Cambridge theatre do more for women’s safety?
Opinion
What do the rising costs at Edinburgh mean for equality in theatre?
Opinion
Elsie Hayward brings attention to a little-discussed access issue with Camdram: the walk home at night
From a place of strong personal experience, Gina Stock evaluates the successes and failures of incorporating dance into student theatre
Opinion
Milly Kotecha imagines the benefits a new system of theatre companies could bring
Review
Black is the Colour of My Soul has groundbreaking potential, but its missteps may drive you insane
Camdram Away from Cambridge
Zach Lonberg interviews the team behind this year’s Cambridge American Stage Tour, in its second annual outing since COVID
You shouldn’t let the weather stop you exercising outdoors
FPL forfeits for when you lose the Varsity league!
Exercise
Laura Malaussene discusses how exercising outdoors is important, despite the British weather
Fitness
Fitness fanatic Jasmine Eden Gray talks through the struggles of staying fit over the summer and how you can combat it
Football
Barney Blackburn hands out prizes to the winners, losers, and improvers from this summer’s Premier League transfer window
Paris Olympics
Anouk Waller-Sargent discusses the importance of the Paris 2024 Olympics in showing and boosting the popularity of women’s sport
Formula E
Romilly Norfolk discusses how putting Formula E behind a paywall has made the sport inaccessible to fans like her
NFL
Ahead of the upcoming 2024 NFL season, Barney Blackburn analyses the sports’ relevance to a burgeoning UK audience
COMMENT
Naomi Cray
Misinformation, violence, and Facebook
Government reforms need to go further if we want to curb online misinformation
Fatima's Fieldnotes
The riots shouldn’t have come as a surprise
Conservative anti-immigration rhetoric only intensified the riots
Joe Parsons
We need to talk about Mickey Mouse degrees
Not all degrees are made equal. The government shouldn’t pretend otherwise, argues Joe Parsons
Eliza Ousey
We need to rethink how we view school privilege
Grammar schools aren’t as meritocratic as we think, argues Eliza Ousey
Tom Ainscough
Why we should be reading newspapers
Tom Ainscough asks: Is it time to ditch social media for the newspaper?
Evie McMahon
College families counteract the pressure of Freshers’ week
Evie McMahon argues that college families help freshers socialise faster, during a week of essays and work