Professor Alan Macfarlane on blending YouTube and academia

Claire Ding meets Alan Macfarlane to reflect on his experiences as a professor on social media

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Meet the Proctors: on traditions and graduation tips 

‘Mountain madness’: discussing Dorothy Pilley

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Lady Rose on how to become a Supreme Court Justice

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Medwards alum Ruby Cline on life after Cambridge

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Smelling the difference: in conversation with Aromi

Dr Arthur Norman on the evolution of Computer Science

‘A lot goes on behind the scenes’: on managing The Blue Moon

Baron Layard: an argument for happiness

Claire Ding and Vienna Kwan sit down with Baron Layard to discuss co-founding the World Happiness Report

A conversation with Taiwan’s Cyber Minister, Audrey Tang

A conversation with tech activist turned pioneering politician, Audrey Tang

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy on being ‘on the left of the Labour party’

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In conversation with the former President of Clare Cellars

In conversation with Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales

‘Let the despair drive you’: reflections on running CURR

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‘Herald of the summer’: Pimm’s punt owner on capsizing and cocktails

Meet Afua Kyei: Bank of England CFO and Powerlist’s most influential black woman

In conversation with Will Hanrahan on Netflix’s My Lover, My Killer

Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett on her time in politics

Vienna Kwan talks to Natalie Bennett about her recent experiences in the House of Lords

Meet the Chaplain who’s working to make Cambridge a university of sanctuary

Lord Wolfson on his career as a barrister-turned-politician

Dr. Rose Stevens on the ‘contraceptive crisis’

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In conversation with the Cambridge University Dance Society

Alex O’Connor on the importance of saying ‘I don’t know’

In conversation with Helen Molyneux, one of BBC’s 100 Women 2024

Kaitlyn Butterly speaks to Helen Molyneux on founding Monumental Welsh Women

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‘Have courage in yourself’: in conversation with the Union President

Howard Morrison on his career in international law

Keith Kahn-Harris on the importance of the ordinary

Professor Matthew Kramer on stoicism inside and outside of academia

In conversation with John Armstrong, co-founder of The School of Life

In conversation with End Sexual Violence

Olivia Solomons and Hannah Burfield speak to the leaders of a new student campaign

Darwin without the science? Peter Mason on rewriting a scientific classic

Dhruv Shenai talks to Peter Mason about turning The Voyage of the Beagle into a piece of travel literature

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Revitalising the Medwards Garden Party with co-president Iona Gallagher

Professor Richard Evans on chronicling the Nazis

Meet the Cambridge students who are also public prosecutors

Meet the first-year climate justice activist Saoirse Exton

Martin Jankowski on Berlin’s literary scene

Cambridge, confidence, and content creation

Olivia Goodman talks to Apple Sershi about her life as a Cambridge StudyTuber

In conversation with the May Week Alternative Co-Presidents

Vienna Kwan speaks to Presidents of May Week Alternative, Aarushi Malik and Sarannia Ragulan

Lessons from a US prison campaigner and former inmate

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Talking international politics with a former UN General Assembly President 

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‘At the heart of what we do is creativity’ – Tristram Hunt on running the V&A

The comedic evolution of Nish Kumar

“People want to be close to animals”: in conversation with zoo director Christoph Schwitzer

From deals to degrees: a day in the life of a part time student

Cariad Lloyd on her hit improv show Austentatious

Priya Watkinson talks to the writer, podcaster, actor, and comedian

‘The digitalisation of humanity is destroying what it means to be human’: Sophie Winkleman on the dangers of smartphones

The actress talks championing community, societal responsibility, and creating a screen-free future with Seyan Dattani

Meet Pembroke’s outreach and admissions team

St John’s writer-in-residence Vona Groarke on Cambridge’s ‘vibrant literary culture’

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Bodies In The Bookshop owner Richard Reynolds

‘It’s not for me to put a full stop on anything’: Ben Schott on writing like Wodehouse

‘We need to have these conversations in our living rooms’: Jara Phattey on HIV awareness

How to write the perfect ghost story with playwright Aisha Zia

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Alessio D’Angelo on trading Revs for the Union presidency

Alessio D’Angelo discusses his vision for the Union and life leasons from its speakers

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‘No idea is too crazy’: tips from Pink Week’s most successful college rep

Lauren Guye chats to Corpus Christi student Hannah Le Seelleur about bringing the college together to raise money for breast cancer

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‘Coming to Cambridge was a risk’: Olympic silver medalist Tom George on the career gamble that paid off

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Paralympic Bronze medalist Jan Helmich on his Paris experience and lasting legacy on the Blues system

‘How do you live a wise life?’: understanding education with Min Jin Lee

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Meet the students dedicated to reviewing Cambridge college brunches

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Remember Monday: friendship, feminism, and the future 

The trio speak to Sophie Denny about quitting their jobs to achieve their dream of becoming a full-time band

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‘It was like a license to ask questions’: Scott Malcomson on his journalistic jaunts

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Keala Settle on the many costumes of life 

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Coffees and chats: judging Cam’s cafés 

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Professor Brendan Burchell on a four-day workweek

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Socio-economics and the complexity of the university experience

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Between a rock and a hard place: Naomi Lines on facing Kilimanjaro 

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Stories from a Stormzy scholar

Jude Crawley speaks to the scheme’s first ever recipient about breaking barriers and meeting the man

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Wes Streeting: from student campaigner to cabinet minister?

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From Castle Mound to Fashion Week: Lily Maguire on being a ‘creative’ 

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A conversation in G. David: the last of Cambridge’s old bookshops 

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‘It’s basically the new Met Gala’: King’s Affair 2024

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Lord Chris Smith on the art of politics, and the politics of the arts

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Staging the spectacle of politics with Armando Iannucci 

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Jim Al-Khalili on Cunk and the powers of ‘Edutainment’

Pop science icon Professor Jim Al-Khalili CBE on Philomena Cunk, science outreach and the future of educational entertainment

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Queering academia and beyond with Diarmuid Hester

Maddy Browne speaks to research fellow and ‘Club Urania’ founder about how we can build a queer space in Cambridge

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The Traitors’ Paul Gorton on playing the bad guy

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‘All you need is a pair of trainers’: Leah Mundy on running the London Marathon

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‘Cambridge makes me feel exactly how I felt as a student’: author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera

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‘The permacrisis need not be permanent’

A lesson on adaptation with author Bonnie Garmus

Alan Rusbridger on revolutionising The Guardian

‘When you stop being curious, you stop being a good diplomat’: Peter Abbott OBE

Sam Nicholson discusses international diplomacy with Cambridge alumnus Peter Abbott

‘It fills you with a sense of awe’: the year abroad experience

‘I don’t think I’ll ever stop’: White Teeth author and Cambridge alumna Zadie Smith

‘Epilepsy is so much more than seizures’: Chelsea Leyland on destigmatising the condition

Bridging cultures through music: inside Europe’s largest student-led Chinese orchestra

Booktok sensation Ayman reveals the story behind her success

The Pink Week president on its biggest, boldest and brightest year yet