Why is everybody naked?
Why Cambridge’s architecture never lives up to the ‘dark academia’ dream 
The Lolita complex
Feature
Beatrice Tharme examines the influence of Nabokov’s novel, and the endurance of child sex abuse in the Arts
Opinion
Sydney Heintz considers how Greek tragedies can inform our current political mindsets
Opinion
Morvern Scrivener implores us to value the arts
Feature
Johana Trejtnar meets some of the artists at Rowan
As Bruegel reframed the hubristic myth, Mia Apfel seeks to reframe term
Feature
William Morris’ tiles at Queens’ are just as enduring as his more popular works, argues Otto Bajwa-Greenwood
Interview
Johana Trejtnar quizzes Cambridge illustrator Roxana de Rond about making art about quotidian matters
Feature
Abril Duarte-González reflects upon the varying functions of street art in Bogotá, Colombia, and Cambridge
Opinion
Heather Leigh questions whether poetic genius is limited to humanity
Reading list
Varsity‘s Arts team provides some remedial texts for exam season
Opinion
Holly Higham asks how museums hierarchise history
Review
Ben Birch reviews the latest exhibition at Kettle’s Yard
Feature
Niall Quinn looks down the lens of Cambridge student photography
Review
Cameron Thomas reflects on the abundance and exploitation layered upon the canvases of Jan Davidz de Heem
Preview
Ezra Izer sits down with the organisers of a groundbreaking exhibition at Caius, challenging tradition while raising funds for Clarissa’s Campaign and Cambridge Pink Week
Feature
Inspired by Murray Edwards’ Women’s Art Collection, Bethany Da Costa delves into the history of the female form as a model
Feature
Juggling criticism and creativity, Nabiha Ali reflects on the trial of personal writing during term-time
Opinion
Emma Tenzler explores the stories of women whose art was taken from them
Opinion
Emily Cushion argues that we must foreground the Arts, even if those branches lead to uncertain ends
Feature
How can we exist in a world of chaos and cruelty? We must embrace it, argues Roscoe Marshall
Review
Claire Keegan’s novel, and its recent film adaptation, asks whether small acts of rebellion are worth making
Space Invaders
In her latest instalment of Space Invaders, Loveday Cookson tours the bedroom of Varsity’s own Editor-in-Chief, Grace Cobb
