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Monday 9 March 2026 | Cambridge, UK
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ARTS

  • Popular articles
  • From pupil to poet
    6 March 2026
  • My own adolescence in Munch’s Puberty
    24 February 2026
  • How misfired pottery hits the mark
    6 March 2026
  • When a gallery and exhibition harmonise
    6 March 2026
  • How misfired pottery hits the mark

    Opinion

    How misfired pottery hits the mark

    Ollie Liversedge takes comfort in the imperfection of ancient art

    6 March 2026
    How misfired pottery hits the mark
  • When a gallery and exhibition harmonise 

    Review

    When a gallery and exhibition harmonise 

    Sophie Smout explores why the layout of poíēsis works so effectively

    6 March 2026
    When a gallery and exhibition harmonise 
  • From pupil to poet

    Interview

    From pupil to poet

    6 March 2026
    From pupil to poet
  • ‘Nigerian Modernism’ at the Modern

    Review

    ‘Nigerian Modernism’ at the Modern

    27 February 2026
    ‘Nigerian Modernism’ at the Modern
  • My own adolescence in Munch's Puberty

    Opinion

    My own adolescence in Munch’s Puberty

    24 February 2026
    My own adolescence in Munch’s Puberty
  • What does the fox say?

    Feature

    What does the fox say?

    20 February 2026
    What does the fox say?
  • Where there's a Will, there's a way

    Where there’s a Will, there’s a way

    20 February 2026
    Where there’s a Will, there’s a way
  • The art of rowing

    Feature

    The art of rowing

    20 February 2026
    The art of rowing
  • From cloisters to concrete

    From cloisters to concrete

    17 February 2026
    From cloisters to concrete
  • Entering the digital future of art at MODO Gallery

    Interview

    Entering the digital future of art at MODO Gallery

    13 February 2026
    Entering the digital future of art at MODO Gallery
  • Fall into a Rapture this Valentine's Day

    Feature

    Fall into a Rapture this Valentine’s Day

    Emily Cushion suggests swapping classics for Carol Ann Duffy 

    6 February 2026
    Fall into a Rapture this Valentine’s Day
  • Off the wall: Renoir's Dance at Bougival

    Column

    Off the wall: Renoir’s Dance at Bougival

    In this column, the Arts editors muse on Renoir’s romantic masterpiece

    6 February 2026
    Off the wall: Renoir’s Dance at Bougival
  • From novel to notes

    Interview

    From novel to notes

    6 February 2026
    From novel to notes
  • Capturing the unflattering

    Feature

    Capturing the unflattering

    4 February 2026
    Capturing the unflattering
  • Home is where the art is

    Opinion

    Home is where the art is

    30 January 2026
    Home is where the art is
  • Visiting A Gap in the Clouds

    Review

    Visiting A Gap in the Clouds

    27 January 2026
    Visiting A Gap in the Clouds
  • What counts as art?

    Review

    What counts as art?

    23 January 2026
    What counts as art?
  • Off the bookshelf: 'Invitation' by Mary Oliver

    Column

    Off the bookshelf: ‘Invitation’ by Mary Oliver

    23 January 2026
    Off the bookshelf: ‘Invitation’ by Mary Oliver
  • Xu Zhimo in Cambridge: in conversation with Stuart Lyons

    Interview

    Xu Zhimo in Cambridge: in conversation with Stuart Lyons

    23 January 2026
    Xu Zhimo in Cambridge: in conversation with Stuart Lyons
  • Exploring Cambridge’s modernist architecture

    Opinion

    Exploring Cambridge’s modernist architecture

    20 January 2026
    Exploring Cambridge’s modernist architecture
  • An ode to artworks as album covers

    Feature

    An ode to artworks as album covers

    Ludovica De Lorenzo explores the appropriation of art in the music industry

    16 January 2026
    An ode to artworks as album covers
  • Fact-checking Katabasis

    Review

    Fact-checking Katabasis

    Shan Tan-Ya wonders how hellish the Cambridge PhD experience really is

    13 January 2026
    Fact-checking Katabasis
  • The irony of going analogue online

    Opinion

    The irony of going analogue online

    9 January 2026
    The irony of going analogue online
  • The most cited man in history

    Feature

    The most cited man in history

    6 January 2026
    The most cited man in history
  • Have a novel New Year!

    Reading list

    Have a novel New Year!

    2 January 2026
    Have a novel New Year!
  • The Substack revolution

    Opinion

    The Substack revolution

    30 December 2025
    The Substack revolution
  • A trad-ish-onal Christmas read

    Review

    A trad-ish-onal Christmas read

    26 December 2025
    A trad-ish-onal Christmas read
  • The Cambridge zine scene

    Feature

    The Cambridge zine scene

    23 December 2025
    The Cambridge zine scene
  • Benita Kevill-Davies at Clare Hall

    Review

    Benita Kevill-Davies at Clare Hall

    19 December 2025
    Benita Kevill-Davies at Clare Hall
  • A beginner's guide to Ancient Greek tragedy

    Beginner's Guide

    A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy

    16 December 2025
    A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy
  • Modern Modernist Centenary: T. S. Eliot

    Opinion

    Modern Modernist Centenary: T. S. Eliot

    Greg Quinn considers a century of Eliot 

    13 December 2025
    Modern Modernist Centenary: T. S. Eliot
  • Discovering Alan Caine at Clare Hall

    Review

    Discovering Alan Caine at Clare Hall

    Ryan Vowles reviews the recent exhibition, ‘Everyday Wonder to Revelation’

    9 December 2025
    Discovering Alan Caine at Clare Hall
  • Peter Macdonald: eye, art, algorithm

    Feature

    Peter Macdonald: eye, art, algorithm

    5 December 2025
    Peter Macdonald: eye, art, algorithm
  • Why you should read Georgia Douglas Johnson

    Opinion

    Why you should read Georgia Douglas Johnson

    2 December 2025
    Why you should read Georgia Douglas Johnson
  • Reclaiming the past: ‘Journeys with Mai’ at the Fitzwilliam

    Review

    Reclaiming the past: ‘Journeys with Mai’ at the Fitzwilliam

    28 November 2025
    Reclaiming the past: ‘Journeys with Mai’ at the Fitzwilliam
  • The first Frost of winter

    Feature

    The first Frost of winter

    28 November 2025
    The first Frost of winter
  • Your heart's in the right place

    Opinion

    Your heart’s in the right place

    28 November 2025
    Your heart’s in the right place
  • Kettle's Yard Review: ‘Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet‘

    Review

    Kettle’s Yard Review: ‘Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet‘

    25 November 2025
    Kettle’s Yard Review: ‘Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet‘
  • Leaving with a story

    Review

    Leaving with a story

    21 November 2025
    Leaving with a story
  • Ways of Seeing: In Conversation with the ARCSOC Life Drawing Community

    Interview

    Ways of Seeing: In Conversation with the ARCSOC Life Drawing Community

    18 November 2025
    Ways of Seeing: In Conversation with the ARCSOC Life Drawing Community
  • Varsity's autumnal reading list

    Reading list

    Varsity’s autumnal reading list

    The Arts team recommend their favourite books to read as the leaves fall

    14 November 2025
    Varsity’s autumnal reading list
  • St George's Cross read through Lucan

    Opinion

    St George’s Cross read through Lucan

    Sydney Heintz reflects on how flags symbolise and problematise identity

    14 November 2025
    St George’s Cross read through Lucan
  • Can you remember when you last did nothing?

    Review

    Can you remember when you last did nothing?

    14 November 2025
    Can you remember when you last did nothing?
  • Poppy day: Cambridge's armistice carnival

    Feature

    Poppy day: Cambridge’s armistice carnival

    11 November 2025
    Poppy day: Cambridge’s armistice carnival
  • Unfolding a creative alter ego

    Opinion

    Unfolding a creative alter ego

    7 November 2025
    Unfolding a creative alter ego
  • The 'magnificent erection' of the University Library

    Feature

    The ‘magnificent erection’ of the University Library

    4 November 2025
    The ‘magnificent erection’ of the University Library
  • It's a kind of magic

    Opinion

    It’s a kind of magic

    31 October 2025
    It’s a kind of magic
  • In pursuit of the perfect gallery placard

    Feature

    In pursuit of the perfect gallery placard

    31 October 2025
    In pursuit of the perfect gallery placard
  • A Cambridge childhood felt through Period Piece

    A Cambridge childhood felt through Period Piece

    31 October 2025
    A Cambridge childhood felt through Period Piece
  • Reflections on the Booker Prize 2025

    Review

    Reflections on the Booker Prize 2025

    28 October 2025
    Reflections on the Booker Prize 2025
  • Why is everybody naked?

    Opinion

    Why is everybody naked?

    Lara Glennie dives into a Cambridge tradition

    24 October 2025
    Why is everybody naked?
  • The Lolita complex

    Feature

    The Lolita complex

    Beatrice Tharme examines the influence of Nabokov’s novel, and the endurance of child sex abuse in the Arts

    21 October 2025
    The Lolita complex
  • Off the bookshelf: The Prelude Book III - 'Residence at Cambridge', William Wordsworth

    Off the bookshelf

    Off the bookshelf: The Prelude Book III – ‘Residence at Cambridge’, William Wordsworth

    17 October 2025
    Off the bookshelf: The Prelude Book III – ‘Residence at Cambridge’, William Wordsworth
  • Traces of Tennyson

    Feature

    Traces of Tennyson

    17 October 2025
    Traces of Tennyson
  • Cambridge's failing 'dark academia' dream

    Opinion

    Cambridge’s failing ‘dark academia’ dream

    17 October 2025
    Cambridge’s failing ‘dark academia’ dream
  • ‘Abstract Erotic’ at the Courtauld Gallery, London

    Review

    ‘Abstract Erotic’ at the Courtauld Gallery, London

    14 October 2025
    ‘Abstract Erotic’ at the Courtauld Gallery, London
  • Dante-ing through the Cambridge experience

    Opinion

    Dante-ing through the Cambridge experience

    10 October 2025
    Dante-ing through the Cambridge experience
  • Minimalism makes a saleroom

    Feature

    Minimalism makes a saleroom

    7 October 2025
    Minimalism makes a saleroom
  • The Fitzwilliam’s first-ever charged exhibition is worth every penny

    Interview

    The Fitzwilliam’s first-ever charged exhibition is worth every penny

    3 October 2025
    The Fitzwilliam’s first-ever charged exhibition is worth every penny
  • Off the bookshelf: ‘Michaelmas’, Malcom Guite

    Off The Bookshelf

    Off the bookshelf: ‘Michaelmas’, Malcom Guite

    3 October 2025
    Off the bookshelf: ‘Michaelmas’, Malcom Guite
  • Aeschylus in the trenches

    Opinion

    Aeschylus in the trenches

     Sydney Heintz considers how Greek tragedies can inform our current political mindsets

    3 October 2025
    Aeschylus in the trenches
  • The purpose of art in a rational age

    Opinion

    The purpose of art in a rational age

    Morvern Scrivener implores us to value the arts

    30 September 2025
    The purpose of art in a rational age
  • Firing the canon for literary change

    Opinion

    Firing the canon for literary change

    26 September 2025
    Firing the canon for literary change
  • Over university walls: the art and life of Gwen Raverat

    Feature

    Over university walls: the art and life of Gwen Raverat

    23 September 2025
    Over university walls: the art and life of Gwen Raverat
  • The power of stillness through art

    Interview

    The power of stillness through art

    19 September 2025
    The power of stillness through art
  • A walking tour of Art Deco Cambridge

    Feature

    A walking tour of Art Deco Cambridge

    16 September 2025
    A walking tour of Art Deco Cambridge
  • Cambridge alumna launches sustainable art gallery

    Review

    Cambridge alumna launches sustainable art gallery

    12 September 2025
    Cambridge alumna launches sustainable art gallery
  • Rediscovering home through a new lens

    Rediscovering home through a new lens

    9 September 2025
    Rediscovering home through a new lens
  • The insane genius of Mervyn Peake

    Opinion

    The insane genius of Mervyn Peake

    5 September 2025
    The insane genius of Mervyn Peake
  • The September art scene

    What's On

    The September art scene

    5 September 2025
    The September art scene
  • Meet Cambridge's charity, arts centre and forest school

    Feature

    Meet Cambridge’s charity, arts centre and forest school

    Johana Trejtnar meets some of the artists at Rowan

    29 August 2025
    Meet Cambridge’s charity, arts centre and forest school
  • Learning from Bruegel and the fall of Icarus

    Learning from Bruegel and the fall of Icarus

    As Bruegel reframed the hubristic myth, Mia Apfel seeks to reframe term

    26 August 2025
    Learning from Bruegel and the fall of Icarus
  • Another Chance Encounter: framing connection

    Review

    Another Chance Encounter: framing connection

    22 August 2025
    Another Chance Encounter: framing connection
  • Shame on you for art-shaming me!

    Opinion

    Shame on you for art-shaming me!

    19 August 2025
    Shame on you for art-shaming me!
  • Radio Ga-Ga: Gaining the most by being a host 

    Opinion

    Radio Ga-Ga: Gaining the most by being a host 

    15 August 2025
    Radio Ga-Ga: Gaining the most by being a host 
  • What the lemon taught me

    What the lemon taught me

    12 August 2025
    What the lemon taught me
  • Our big, fat annotation addiction

    Feature

    Our big, fat annotation addiction

    8 August 2025
    Our big, fat annotation addiction
  • Home thoughts from afar

    Feature

    Home thoughts from afar

    6 August 2025
    Home thoughts from afar
  • Make something!

    Opinion

    Make something!

    1 August 2025
    Make something!
  • What Shakespeare has to teach us about first year

    Opinion

    What Shakespeare has to teach us about first year

    29 July 2025
    What Shakespeare has to teach us about first year
  • William Morris' Cambridge labours

    Feature

    William Morris’ Cambridge labours

    William Morris’ tiles at Queens’ are just as enduring as his more popular works, argues Otto Bajwa-Greenwood

    25 July 2025
    William Morris’ Cambridge labours
  • Roxana de Rond on finding beauty in the everyday

    Interview

    Roxana de Rond on finding beauty in the everyday

    Johana Trejtnar quizzes Cambridge illustrator Roxana de Rond about making art about quotidian matters

    23 July 2025
    Roxana de Rond on finding beauty in the everyday
  • My first Cambridge open mic

    Opinion

    My first Cambridge open mic

    18 July 2025
    My first Cambridge open mic
  • Burning banks

    Opinion

    Burning banks

    15 July 2025
    Burning banks
  • Sharing spaces with statues

    Feature

    Sharing spaces with statues

    11 July 2025
    Sharing spaces with statues
  • Catriona Silvey on Cambridge's temporalities

    Interview

    Catriona Silvey on Cambridge’s temporalities

    8 July 2025
    Catriona Silvey on Cambridge’s temporalities
  • Laugh at that painting!

    Opinion

    Laugh at that painting!

    4 July 2025
    Laugh at that painting!
  • My evening date with art

    Review

    My evening date with art

    1 July 2025
    My evening date with art
  • Discovering Dürer: the northern Renaissance

    Review

    Discovering Dürer: the northern Renaissance

    27 June 2025
    Discovering Dürer: the northern Renaissance
  • Review: The Mays 33

    Review

    Review: The Mays 33

    24 June 2025
    Review: The Mays 33
  • Where's all the street art?

    Feature

    Where’s all the street art?

    Abril Duarte-González reflects upon the varying functions of street art in Bogotá, Colombia, and Cambridge

    20 June 2025
    Where’s all the street art?
  • Is AI-generated poetry superseding human verse? 

    Opinion

    Is AI-generated poetry superseding human verse? 

    Heather Leigh questions whether poetic genius is limited to humanity

    17 June 2025
    Is AI-generated poetry superseding human verse? 
  • 'Farewell to A Lady'

    Feature

    ‘Farewell to A Lady’

    13 June 2025
    ‘Farewell to A Lady’
  • The queer history of a staircase in King's

    Interview

    The queer history of a staircase in King’s

    13 June 2025
    The queer history of a staircase in King’s
  • In conversation with Sir Antony Gormley

    Interview

    In conversation with Sir Antony Gormley

    13 June 2025
    In conversation with Sir Antony Gormley
  • Cambridge's invisible statues

    Opinion

    Cambridge’s invisible statues

    12 June 2025
    Cambridge’s invisible statues
  • Escaping Cambridge culture through Annie Ernaux

    Opinion

    Escaping Cambridge culture through Annie Ernaux

    10 June 2025
    Escaping Cambridge culture through Annie Ernaux
  • Pinboards and quodlibets

    Feature

    Pinboards and quodlibets

    6 June 2025
    Pinboards and quodlibets
  • Is 'The Orange' worth the social media craze?

    Review

    Is ‘The Orange’ worth the social media craze?

    3 June 2025
    Is ‘The Orange’ worth the social media craze?
  • For the love of evensong

    Feature

    For the love of evensong

    30 May 2025
    For the love of evensong
  • Varsity's exam season reading list

    Reading list

    Varsity’s exam season reading list

    Varsity‘s Arts team provides some remedial texts for exam season

    27 May 2025
    Varsity’s exam season reading list
  • The ethics of display in the Fitzwilliam Museum

    Opinion

    The ethics of display in the Fitzwilliam Museum

    Holly Higham asks how museums hierarchise history 

    23 May 2025
    The ethics of display in the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • The death of the British multicultural ideal

    Opinion

    The death of the British multicultural ideal

    21 May 2025
    The death of the British multicultural ideal
  • A portrait is worth a thousand biases

    Opinion

    A portrait is worth a thousand biases

    16 May 2025
    A portrait is worth a thousand biases
  • Adrianne Lenker, LinkedIn, and the importance of stillness

    Opinion

    Adrianne Lenker, LinkedIn, and the importance of stillness

    13 May 2025
    Adrianne Lenker, LinkedIn, and the importance of stillness
  • A Nobel laureate's year in Cambridge

    Obituary

    A Nobel laureate’s year in Cambridge

    9 May 2025
    A Nobel laureate’s year in Cambridge
  • Board of revision? Try a board game

    Opinion

    Board of revision? Try a board game

    6 May 2025
    Board of revision? Try a board game
  • Bridging the distance

    Feature

    Bridging the distance

    2 May 2025
    Bridging the distance
  • A university of one's own

    Feature

    A university of one’s own

    29 April 2025
    A university of one’s own
  • Stephen Fry's Cambridge

    Feature

    Stephen Fry’s Cambridge

    25 April 2025
    Stephen Fry’s Cambridge
  • Here is a Gale Warning: the art of disaster

    Review

    Here is a Gale Warning: the art of disaster

    Ben Birch reviews the latest exhibition at Kettle’s Yard

    25 April 2025
    Here is a Gale Warning: the art of disaster
  • A snapshot of Cambridge’s student photographers

    Feature

    A snapshot of Cambridge’s student photographers

    Niall Quinn looks down the lens of Cambridge student photography

    25 April 2025
    A snapshot of Cambridge’s student photographers
  • Dancing to someone else's tune

    Artist and Me

    Dancing to someone else’s tune

    19 April 2025
    Dancing to someone else’s tune
  • Paint the town

    Feature

    Paint the town

    16 April 2025
    Paint the town
  • Cambridge: a style guide?

    Opinion

    Cambridge: a style guide?

    11 April 2025
    Cambridge: a style guide?
  • Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism

    Review

    Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism

    8 April 2025
    Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
  • John Berryman's Cambridge

    Feature

    John Berryman’s Cambridge

    4 April 2025
    John Berryman’s Cambridge
  • Judge a book by its cover?

    Opinion

    Judge a book by its cover?

    3 April 2025
    Judge a book by its cover?
  • What's in a name?

    Opinion

    What’s in a name?

    30 March 2025
    What’s in a name?
  • A deep dive into diaries

    Feature

    A deep dive into diaries

    24 March 2025
    A deep dive into diaries

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