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A new report suggests AI systems overvalued weaker essays, while failing to recognise exceptional ones
News in Brief
A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including a Queens’ student’s Guinness World Record, and discoveries about dinosaurs
Demonstrators accused the Multigenerational Leadership for Sustainability programme of sustaining ‘intergenerational wealth’
Sources said there had been concerns about Herbert Huppert’s behaviour for years
Stand Up To Racism Cambridge claimed the event was cancelled due to ‘pressure from our community’
Feature
How to time-travel through musical memories with Sophia Jaffer
college football
Harry Mclusky reports on the Plate, Vase and Shield finals
Blind Date
In unideal weather conditions, fourth year Carly and PhD student Felix meet at the Maypole
Amanda Gardiner explores the science behind exam stress and why it could harm both our academic performance and long-term health
Review
Sophie Winch argues for lovers of Good Omens to approach its finale with nuance
The language of optimisation and the architecture of merit
The rise of the June Event 
Mimi Ronson questions the pressures around Cambridge’s culture of academic performance
Dara Osinowo speaks to finalists torn between chasing ambition and choosing financial security
Yulianna Nunno investigates our evolving relationship with digital technology and interrogates its role in shaping modern life
Emy Bengtsson speaks to the volunteers who make up the charity Convoy4Ukraine
Dhruv Shenai talks to Tamil students about how the legacy of the Sri Lankan Civil War impacts them
Amelie Rothwell talks to students who used to be locals about what the town-gown divide really means
Frida Bradbrook talks to students about how periods impact their time at the University
Beth Lee investigates how perceptions of land economy contrast the reality
Commercial Feature
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Commercial Feature
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Commercial Feature
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner on political realism and the ‘politics of grievance’
How sustainable is your college? CLOC on their college ranking system
‘I don’t think you can put a date on doomsday’: Luke Kemp on existential risk
‘You have to take it as it comes’: discussing content creation with Auden Barnes
Labour MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner, on what he believes matters in Cambridge today
Quickfire
Rosalind Howell discusses how CLOC holds colleges accountable from the inside
Sister Dr Sr Gemma Simmonds on challenging injustice through kindness in Cambridge and beyond
Quickfire
Kamilla Khusnutdinova talks to comedy Tik-Toker Auden Barnes about the ins-and-outs of content creation
Luke Kemp on the past, present and future of existential risk
quickfire
Rosalind Howell speaks to Abigail Foster about her career and top tips for student budgeting
Can exam stress sabotage your memory?
Interview
Yu Tong Lim sits down with Kavya Neeba from the Centre for Science and Policy to discuss connecting researchers with decision-makers
Amanda Gardiner explores the science behind exam stress and why it could harm both our academic performance and long-term health
Interview
Benjamin Pine speaks to Professor Andrea Ferrari about how CamGraPhIC’s graphene transceivers could help solve AI’s growing energy crisis
Pooja Gada investigates if your college dinners are putting your health at risk
Seyan Dattani explores the wild and wonderful history of London Zoo
Ida Jobe explores how trust and culture are shaping the future of medicine in West Africa
Blind Date: ‘I should’ve changed my socks’
What kind of studier are you?
Double Blind Date: ‘They chased us across Parker’s Piece’
Quiz
Emma Gower predicts which revision methods serve you best
Blind Date
In unideal weather conditions, fourth year Carly and PhD student Felix meet at the Maypole
Feature
Scarlett Prunty wonders why our goals change
Quiz
Charlotte Thomann predicts your Easter term: the good, the bad, and the beastly
Guide
Ellana Cowan shares the small rituals that make exam term bearable
Ola Kiezun recommends the best green spaces to escape the city centre
Does Cambridge lack spaces for creative freedom? 
The rise and fall of the Lit-girl 
Interview
Ben Bailey interviews the organisers behind the event and reflects on the college’s arts scene
Opinion
Cambridge’s artistic communities are too scattered, says Jessica Leer
Feature
Ludovica De Lorenzo explores Renaissance debates through Kettle’s Yard artworks
Opinion
Katrina Brigmane argues against the ridiculing of women’s self-fashioning
Feature
Isabel Adair explores the wonderful world of the commercial art gallery
Feature
Max Lygo on the ‘unflinching audacity’ of Cambridge’s LGBTQ+ writers
Looking back on Met Gala 2026
How to manipulate your Vinted algorithm 
Fashion
Sadie Nicholls asks whether the Met Gala can survive its politics
Ellie Duff reflects on the fashionable potential of the iconic music festival
Fashion
Lily Forster explores how style experimentation can restore joy
Arushi Dattani details some of the most useful hair accessories to save a bad hair day
Opinion
Catherine Min illuminates some of the misconceptions about this notorious compliment
Fashion
Both practical and stylish, Angel Totterdell-Woods makes the case for wedges
The Saab’s long road to Hollywood
Feature
Freya Compton dives deep into the history of the car brand’s movie stardom
Review
Sophie Winch argues for lovers of Good Omens to approach its finale with nuance
Review
Sofia Jaffer explores how the folk horror film overcomes shortcomings of the genre
Review
Peter Adams reviews Brian De Palma’s neo-noir through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock
review
Georgia Gooding reviews the long-awaited sequel to The Devil Wears Prada
opinion
Dan Porritt argues that while revival screenings offer a portal to the past, modern screenings should not be forgotten
Soundtrack your life
Feature
How to time-travel through musical memories with Sophia Jaffer
Interview
Jasmine Heddle-Bacon meets the lead singers of nouveau student band, Out of Orbit
Interview
Jemima Peterson sits down with Rick McMurray to talk solo-projects, songwriting and hope in the twenty-first century
Review
Caitlin Newman reviews Nostalgia, the live band that synchronise noughties sound like no other
Francis McCabe takes you through the sounds of the Together Alliance march against the far right
A letter to the student writers of Cambridge 
Punting into the past with The Wind in the Willows
Crossing Points devastates the Corpus Playroom
A trip back to Hundred Acre Wood: The House at Pooh Corner
Feature
Millie Wooler reveals her top tips for writing the next great student play
Preview
Lauren Quinn sits down with director Thomas Gladstone to uncover what will make this production a walk down memory lane
Review
Nikita Vajrala praises this compelling exploration of identity and the search for belonging 4.5 stars
Review
Barney Sayburn reflects on his evening watching CUMTS’ offering for the Camden Fringe
Review
Millie Wooler praises this bleak, darkly funny production that still finds moments of humanity amid the climate chaos
Feature
Barney Sayburn considers the unpredictable nature of audience reception
St John’s clinch Cuppers Plate, while Homerton fall to Vase defeat despite clinching Shield
Fitzwilliam narrowly regain Cuppers trophy in tight affair with Selwyn
Nicholas Hall questions whether more Cambridge sports teams should compete on a national level
college football
Harry Mclusky reports on the Plate, Vase and Shield finals
Match Report
Harry Mclusky reports on the college football fixture of the season from Grange Road
Match report
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports from Lord’s on a dramatic 2026 Men’s T20 cricket Varsity
Match report
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports from the home of cricket as Cambridge overcome Oxford
Tristan Sykes
Tristan Sykes explores the increasing popularity of horse racing among younger generations
COMMENT
Troy Francis-Brown
We must support our strikers
Troy Francis-Brown argues that students have a responsibility to support the rights of those who keep Cambridge University running
Jake Altmann
The no man’s land between triposes
Jake Altmann argues that interdisciplinary study must be made easier for students
Olive Watt
The personal cost of reporting sexual violence at Cambridge
Olive Watt exposes the systematic inadequacies of reporting sexual assault at Cambridge
Holly Farrell
An ode to the school exchange
Holly Farrell explores the benefits of school exchange programmes within Europe
Wuru Salawu
Cambridge outside the table
Wura Salawu argues that the best places to eat in Cambridge can be the ones we least expect
Abril Duarte González
Why we undergrads should be talking to postgrads
Abril Duarte González highlights why we shouldn’t shy away from embracing conversation with postgraduates