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’

Quickfire

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

Quickfire

‘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’

Quickfire

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

Quickfire

‘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

Quickfire

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

Long Read

Talking international politics with a former UN General Assembly President 

Long Read

‘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’

Quickfire

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

Quickfire

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

Quickfire

‘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

Olympics

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

Olympics

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

Quickfire

Meet the students dedicated to reviewing Cambridge college brunches

Interviews

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

Interviews

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

Interviews

Keala Settle on the many costumes of life 

Quick-fire

Coffees and chats: judging Cam’s cafés 

Interviews

Professor Brendan Burchell on a four-day workweek

Interview

Socio-economics and the complexity of the university experience

Quick-fire

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

Interview

Stories from a Stormzy scholar

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

Long read

Wes Streeting: from student campaigner to cabinet minister?

Interviews

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

Interview

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

Interviews

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

Interviews

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

Interview

Staging the spectacle of politics with Armando Iannucci 

Interviews

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

Interview

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

Long Read

The Traitors’ Paul Gorton on playing the bad guy

Interview

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

Long Read

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

Interview

‘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

Tommy Blaize’s glittering career

Naima Clarvis speaks to the Strictly singer ahead of his UK solo tour

Andrew Mitchell MP on the next election and Cameron’s return

Isabella Dowden talks international development with the history alumnus

Interview

Jeremy Pritchard talks Everything Everything from AI the road to success

BBC Broadcaster Simon Hall on realising “Fundamentally, I am a writer”

Amy Munro-Faure on Cambridge Zero’s fight against climate change

How Seán Hewitt writes the books he wished for as a child

Behind the scenes at the Cambridge centre researching new solutions for climate change

Alice Markham: life as a singer, songwriter and student

Joe Seddon’s fight to transform UK higher education and beyond

PaigeY and Elena Handtrack: Life after the bubble bursts