Grammar schools, Oxbridge, and The History Boys
In defense of flattery, imitation, and re-creation
The alternative escape of literary romance
How did they do it?
Opinion
Heather Leigh asks if imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery
Opinion
Beatrice Tharme defends the romance genre, exploring its interplay of pulp and protection
Feature
Stefan Tuchel reflects on his first encounter with the enigmatic group, drawn together by one singer’s music
The Agonies
Eve Connor replies to Joe from her travels abroad, reflecting on her imbrication with the cosmos, and her asthma
Feature
Ryan Vowles explains the meaning behind Cambridge’s coat of arms
Feature
Emma Tenzler recounts three chance encounters which defined literature
Opinion
Ben Birch thinks about the University’s legacy and asks what kind of culture we are cultivating today
Postscripts
Megan O’Neil shares a poem, and speaks to Eve Connor about the sounds of words and the secrets of poetry
Opinion
Jen Price questions why Cambridge lacks an iconic novel of its own, and how it suffers without one
Feature
Ever wanted to look clever in a gallery? Here’s Colette Grice‘s guide to putting a figure to your favourite pieces of art
Opinion
Following the shattering of an Ai Weiwei sculpture, Beth Scott looks back at the artist’s own act of destruction
Feature
Ben Birch recounts his recent attendance of an art auction, in which he questions reality and leaves empty handed
Feature
What’s the story behind the grey, brutalist buildings ?
Feature
Ben Birch looks back at the great poet’s first week in Cambridge
Opinion
Having visited France’s cave paintings, Heather Leigh argues graffiti can reveal the unrecorded aspects of ourselves and our society
The Agonies
Eve Connor writes back to Joe, wishing his toe well and manifesting a gaze as commanding as Kierkegaard’s
Comment
On the Mediterranean sea and Cambridge free, Aoife McGrath wonders whether our creative inspiration is also taking a holiday
Opinion
Loveday Cookson argues that the Brutalist design of humanities buildings is indicative of the liberal arts’ systemic underfunding and undervaluing
Postscripts
Eve Connor speaks to student and poet Ahana Banerji about, prose, envelopes and keeping things tidy
Space Invaders
Loveday Cookson gets an inside look on the living quarters of Varsity‘s own Editor-in-Chief, Alice Mainwood
Space Invaders
Loveday Cookson takes us around Eve Connor’s room for Space Invaders
Review
Murray Edwards’ lastest exhibition fuses the natural and supernatural
Sydney Heintz describes the day’s events from The Byron Festival held at Trinity college
Interview
Felix Armstrong talks to the American poet about her trailblazing blend of poetry, autobiography, and visual art
