What’s in a name? The importance of namesakes
‘Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem’: beauty, transience, and colonial displacement
A deep dive into diaries
Churchill College’s unseen art
Opinion
Beatrice Tharme explores how the meanings of our names shape who we are
Feature
Sadia Batool asks how we should read the diaries of great artists
Feature
Millie Jeffery explores the work of the female Beat generation writers
Interview
Bryony Clarke sits down with Laura Wood and discusses her latest novel A Game of Scandal
Feature
Emily Cushion recounts stories from Plath’s time at Cambridge
Interview
Ryan Vowles speaks to plein air artist Sarah Allbrook
Review
Reviewing the Tate Britain’s most recent exhibition, Loveday Cookson explores how archival photography restores the marginalised in our living memory
Review
Emma Tenzler on what art can teach us about human connection
Opinion
Dame Jilly Cooper’s novels are taking streaming services by storm, but still aren’t taken seriously, argues Marina Woods
Feature
Niall Quinn speaks to curators across the University, asking how they bring their exhibits to life
Interview
Ben Birch speaks to Roland Rudd, chair of the trustees at the Tate, questioning what gets put up on the walls, and why?
Feature
Ronan McAuliffe speaks to the students who braved the queue at this year’s Kettle’s Yard loan programme
Opinion
India Hansra argues that the ‘performative’ is not an empty mode of being, but a quality of artistry
Review
The Zimbabwean artist’s Kettle’s Yard exhibition, ‘Zvakazarurwa’, weaves fantasy imagery with reflections on motherhood
Feature
Amie Brian questions the slow secularisation of religious spaces in Cambridge
Postscripts
In this first instalment of term, Eve Connor discusses moving out and making space with Joe Wright
Opinion
Emily Cushion questions whether the literary town truly has a place in modern life
Review
The Canadian artist’s Kettle’s Yard exhibition has its eyes open to the world’s unexpected beauty
Review
Eve Connor and Joe Short visit the Isherwood exhibition space and reflect on his lasting cultural legacy
Molly Scales unveils the hidden gems of her English degree
Jay Palombella looks at the work of Mark Rothko, the poetry of John Taggart, and their recurrent theme of mindfulness
The Reading List
In the latest instalment of her column, Laila Hussey wonders what to do with great ideas, and looks to some of her favourite books for inspiration
Looking for a laugh this exam term? Seyan Dattani recommends some of his favourite comedy novels
Review
Loveday Cookson reviews Tate Britain’s new exhibition on the achievements of female artists spanning four centuries
