Healing from heartbreak in the hellscape of Week 5
Ask Aunty Maddy: Mistletoe and Crime
For this extra special, festive bonanza, Aunty Maddy tackles budgeting, booze, and your mum’s boyfriend
Time is fleeting. As is Aunty Maddy’s sage advice, so get your grubby little hands on it while you can.
Review
Daniel Hilton takes a disappointing trip to Cambridge’s new steakhouse
Here’s what Varsity‘s Lifestyle team are eating this Michaelmas
Review
Max Ungless and Fabian Pountney revel in ‘mouth-feel heaven’ at the opening of Cambridge’s newest Japanese Kitchen & Bar
Review
Eden Keily-Thurstain reviews Aromi’s newest venture, takeaway fresh pasta
Food
Tiny kitchen getting you down? Lacking in actual cooking facilities? The solution to all your woes: the rice cooker
Opinion
The pressure to date, the line between platonic and romantic affection, and who really matters most
Opinion
Ella Tasker finds little moments of joy that may have previously gone unnoticed
Guide
Anika Goddard reveals some of the arguably secret spaces in and around Sidge
Guide
Varsity has compiled the hall of fame of Cambridge date spots, from Evensong to your college gyp
Esther Arthurson ranks Cambridge’s most haunted colleges and reflects on the buried memories unique to every place
The Cambridge bubble makes going back to our hometowns feel like an entirely separate life. But isn’t there something beautiful in having two homes at once?
Auntie Maddy is back, ready to quash your concerns and comfort you in your mull over your mix-ups
Paddy Davies Jones thought the painting in his attic had led him to Cambridge, until he turned it over to find it featured the Other Place
A review of the English Faculty’s lecture theatres from a most unduly self-proclaimed ‘lecture-devotee’
Let’s be a little kinder to ourselves, and a little more optimistic. 2023 is the year of reflection, not resolutions
Esther Arthurson Column
Esther Arthurson discusses rage and smug couples.
The week 5 blues have been getting to you, and it’s got you deeping whether you really should have pressed confirm on UCAS all those many moons ago
The sheer quantity of society emails is getting silly now. Let’s hope my junk inbox kicks into action soon
ASK AUNTIE MADDY
In a special Freshers’ Week edition of Auntie Maddy’s brand-new advice column, we soothe your humble first-year woes. A social media faux pas, toilet trouble, and a new neigh-bour. But don’t worry, you won’t be a silly fresher forever.
Esmé Kenney
One of the big selling points of English Country Dancing is how much fun you can have without a great deal of skill or talent
Mark Box, the man behind the Humans of Cambridge project, reveals his journey into photography and shares his tips for making Cambridge a friendlier place
Alessandra Rey lists eco-friendly products she’s used for a greener approach to cleaning your student digs
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