How pioneering students are reforming a department
Review
Clementine Lussiana reviews ‘After News Before Bed’, the latest exhibition by prize-winning Enej Gala
Your formal pics and Insta brunches have a place in art history
From hard-hitting journalism to mushy romances, the Arts Section gives you their top picks this term
Why does academic writing become detached while poetry is reserved for moments of intimacy? Anna Wythe ponders the divide between the personal and impersonal in writing her dissertation.
Feature
How do we attribute meaning to the art around us? Anna Wythe muses on our lack of independence in the way we consume the aesthetic
Interview
Laura Potomova explores the spooky secrets behind the seemingly quaint, idyllic bookshop tucked away in St Edward’s Passage, and discusses its otherworldly connections with owner, Phil Salin
Interview
Anna Wythe enters the spiritual sphere of the Cambridge zine scene, and discovers how ‘The Cambridge Cult’ and ‘Lunalae’ fill the void between darkness and the ethereal
Feature
Fondly flipping through tattered picture-books, Eve Connor muses on the way children’s literature renders the book an object
Esmé Cockain unpicks what makes up a ‘real family’ at the Fitzwilliam museum’s new exhibition
Interview
Dion Everett talks to bestselling author Olivie Blake about capitalism, self-publishing and unconventional voices
Seeing divisive modernist architecture in a different light through the Fitzwilliam Auditorium’s latest exhibitions
An indecipherable exhibition of calligraphy as captivating as its creator
The Arts team embark on a tequila-fuelled tour of Cambridge’s finest cultural attractions
Kettle’s Yard have announced visitor fees, but this is just another example of Cambridge’s inequality when it comes to arts and culture
Speaking at her old college, author and secondary school teacher Mariam Ansar discusses giving a voice to under-represented communities
Though ‘The Structure’, a temporary buttery at St. John’s college may be long gone, the mark it left on the community still remains
Ben Bateman discusses the uneasy legacy of Pablo Picasso through looking at some of the artist’s pieces on display in the Fitzwilliam museum
Grace Cobb goes on a self-guided art tour
reading list
Leo Kang shares some of his favourite poems to read while the seasons turn
Varsity looks at some Cambridge-based zines that are currently taking submissions.
Life drawing model Lily B-Thomas on trans identity, modelling, and being seen naked by strangers with sketchbooks
Leah Mclaine and Connor Phillips return with an interview about artistic spaces and being a creative
Opinion
It may have caused media uproar, but Spare is not going to change the world of publishing