Naima Clarvis explores the increasing popularity of weightlifting and the shift from its aesthetic goals to functional benefits
Lara Cort considers the challenge of maintaining creative outlets during term time
What would Cantabs in the 60s think of today’s student activists? Joshua Shortman takes to the Varsity archives to find out
Minding the gap between statistics and reality, Naima Clarvis speaks to Cambridge Approaches to map out the case for and against East West Rail
Claire Gao explores Cambridge’s student-run homeless charity Streetbite and urges the importance of small gestures
Patrick Dolan looks at the prevalence of OCD at Cambridge and how students are supported in their concerns
Naima Clarvis sits down with three striking academics to uncover the root of the marking boycott and the ways it could be resolved.
Nick James traces the evolving role of the college chapel as the student body diversifies
Nick James goes behind the tarpaulin for the day to spend a day with the stallholders of Market Square
Paddy Davies Jones talks to a long-suffering bartender at the UK’s least cheap Wetherspoons
Sobaan Mohammed speaks to six students who work despite Cambridge’s ban on paid employment
Joshua Newington speaks to the people behind the student movement to support the strikes
Varsity speaks to students who secured their Cambridge offers through the August Reconsideration Pool
What are the council and homelessness charities doing this winter?
Nightclimbing has been a Cambridge tradition since the 1930s
Students and ski trip committee members discuss the Cambridge rite of passage on the eve of its 100th anniversary
Secret Societies
Founded in 1835, the Pitt Club is considered Cambridge’s most exclusive secret society
Sionna Hurley-O’Kelly reflects on societal expectations, social faux-pas and self-confidence
An anonymous student criticises the supervisors and guests at Trinity May Ball
Tirza Sey reflects on the downfalls of seeking academic validation in Cambridge’s academically challenging environment
Alex Jarvis contemplates the place of self-expression within dating apps
Ella Hawes reflects on the romanticisation of smoking and combatting addiction
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