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The College plans to convert the former Romsey Labour Club into 60 student flats
Anthony Gormley’s Daze IV was found at Oxford’s new humanities centre
The society’s co-president resigned following the incident of misconduct
Jesus College’s resident deer has been relocated after displaying aggressive behaviour
Match Report
Ben Madden reports on the men’s 2026 Varsity football fixture from a jubilant Grange Road
Keane Handley reports as Oxford overcome Cambridge in a hard-fought 2-1 win
Lord Chris Smith said the government needed to ‘work an awful lot better’ for students with plan 2 loans
Review
Ella Hardy argues that this production reimagines and redefines the limits of Shakespeare’s classic play 4.5 stars
Not all is beautiful in the death of the ‘golden ticket’
The anti-AI performance at Cambridge 
‘Don’t worry, I barely revised’: the effort behind performative effortlessness
The Cambridge Union must adapt its style to modern politics
Abril Duarte González
Abril Duarte González argues that what we call ‘common knowledge’ is often just cultural proximity
Abril Duarte González
Abril Duarte González dissects what truly lies behind Cambridge’s resistance to AI
Unmilan Kalita
Unmilan Kalita argues that the instability of a university degree should be cause for concern
Lily Owens
Lily Owens argues that debating cuture bears responsibilities in the digital age of politics
Bix Ponte
Bix Ponte argues that the Union should be fielding provocative speakers from across the political spectrum, not simply those who will sell the most tickets
Abril Duarte González
Abril Duarte González examines the often unspoken difficulties behind studying humanities as a non-white international student
Heavy is the head: the pressures of leading a student society
The hidden harms of college stereotypes 
How rising food costs are changing student life 
Beyond the porters’ lodge: is life better outside college?
Beth Lee talks to the presidents of student societies about how they juggle their role and their degree
Mimi Ronson explores the general fog that surrounds student knowledge of the kidneys
Francesca Evans delves into the diverse ways students save money amid inflation and college limitations
Poppy McBeath speaks to students about the negative impacts of college clichés on Cambridge life and beyond
Daisy Stewart Henderson and Frida Bradbrook speak to Cambridge students about their relationship to patriotism
Lydia Bearne talks to students about whether calories on college menus are harmful or handy
Eve Nicholls talks to Voi users about the benefits and drawbacks of the vehicle
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino talks to students living off-site about its benefits and disadvantages
Commercial Feature
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‘It’s always originality they’re looking for’: Katie Burge on all things film
Hot Numbers: ‘It’s an art and a science’
Roy Stride: ‘Scouting for Girls were a naughty band back then’
Antony Stokes on the Foreign Office, Mars and LinkedIn 
Quickfire
Hannah Burfield sits down with Katie Burge to explore her rising film career
Isadora Vargas Mafort talks to Simon Fraser about his leap from engineer to coffee shop visionary
Quickfire
Vienna Kwan sits down with Antony Stokes to discuss all things diplomacy
Tara Buxton talks to Cambridge’s smell expert about the importance of challenging our olfactory aversions
Mary Anna Im speaks to Harriet Tyce about career risks and her time on the hit show
Rosalind Howell discusses self-talk, responsibility and perfectionism with Ro Mitchell
Is the sex of an embryo entirely up to chance?
Ellie Davies explores the science of sex determination, and whether it’s as random as we think
Asha Torczon explores how the eradication of parasites may have made us more vulnerable to immune disease
The science writers share the journeys of the women in science who have inspired them for Women’s History Month
Yu Tong Lim and Ruby Jackson cover some of the latest scientific research
Yu Tong Lim lifts the curtain on this thriving niche
Which bad habit are you bringing back?
‘Oh-oh, we’re halfway there!’
Side-hustling through a Cambridge degree
Merrily we roll into spring
Notebook
Ell Heeps reflects on having half of her degree behind her
Quiz
Georgia Gooding theorises on how you’ll regress while back at home
Feature
Scarlett Prunty considers what lessons we can learn from the changing of the seasons
feature
Sulaari Stuart details the joys and pitfalls of working as a studen
Quiz
Freya Compton picks out your new emotional support plant
Notebook
Lucia Requejo Tabares reflects on the solace Latin spaces provide in Cambridge
A potty display? 
The rhi-novelty of reading
From cloisters to concrete
Review
Mara Zaharia reviews Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist work
Review
Ollie Liversedge discusses the latest edition of Cambridge Review of Books
Interview
Rachel Jones gets involved with zine-making in Newnham
Opinion
James Bickley wonders if over-analysing art is detrimental
Opinion
Yulianna Nunno discusses how AI is disrupting the creation of art
Wake up and make up with Minnie
A guide to Cambridge’s second-hand scene
Goodbye drizzle, hello dopamine!
Guide
Minnie Peters unpacks her makeup bag and builds you the ideal everyday beauty routine
Feature
Jess Gotterson and Flossie Bullion sit down with the president and vice-president of Cambridge University Charity Fashion Show
Matilda Billinge rejects single-metal monotony and argues that gold and silver are friends not foes
Lily Sandell educates us all on the benefits of dopamine dressing, for the mind and for the soul
Caitlin Newman argues her case for the rinsing and repeating of our wardrobes
Feature
Molly Weston delves into the outlandish and intriguing history of New Romantic style
Reminiscing for research in classic Hollywood 
Feature
Forget the Oscars – Peter Adams shows us a different breed of awards ceremony
Feature
Ruby Redwood and Dan Porritt return to classic Hollywood to ask how memory works
Review
Annabelle Werner attends the Cambridge Ukrainian Society’s documentary screening
Review
Mats Inauen considers memory and loss in Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut film
Review
Sonya Vseliubska investigates how Hasan Hadi’s new film reframes cinematic representations of Iraq
Ditch that guidebook and follow the beat 
Trans musicians aren’t denying their biology, they’re owning it
Playlist
Caitlin Newman examines the artistic prowess of trans+ artists and the personal freedom music can bring
Guide
Charlotte Thomann says guidebooks are a thing of the past, we should be listening instead
Lauren Quinn defends opera and ballet from Chalamet’s internet-dividing comments
Interview
Efe Imoyin-Omene talks music, independence and 2026 with the R&B wunderkind
Interview
Francis McCabe sits down with British soul star Omar Lye-Fook to discuss the importance of feelgood music post-pandemic and pre-AI
Interview
Becca Walker sits down with the bands battling it out
Amadeus in the Chapel balances grandeur and intimacy 
Hamlet in the Chapel: Shakespeare, sanctified 
Feature
Barney Sayburn explores the difficult realtities of juggling drama and degree
Review
James Critchley argues this production comes alive with its arresting performances
Review
Ella Hardy argues that this production reimagines and redefines the limits of Shakespeare’s classic play 4.5 stars
Interview
Francesca Evans sits down with comedians Flora Maxwell and Grace Wakeman to talk about their solo comedy shows
Preview
Set in King’s Chapel, this production promises to be a haunting exploration of religion
Preview
The ADC Theatre is set to transform into a fairytale land – but one with a darker edge
Harry Mclusky and Nicholas Hall report from the Cam on the term’s pinnacle inter-collegiate sporting contest
Match Report
Ben Madden reports on the men’s 2026 Varsity football fixture from a jubilant Grange Road
Keane Handley reports as Oxford overcome Cambridge in a hard-fought 2-1 win
Ben Madden reports as Cambridge put an end to Oxford’s undefeated basketball season
Ben Madden reports as Cambridge’s resilience could not stem Oxford’s irrepressible flow
The Varsity Matches
Sam Ho and Ben Madden report on the dark blues’ double delight in the Varsity Matches
Unmilan Kalita
Not all is beautiful in the death of the ‘golden ticket’
Unmilan Kalita argues that the instability of a university degree should be cause for concern