Henry VIII is gout and about
Cambridge’s ivory towers were thrown open for this month’s ‘Festival of Ideas’, a town-meets-gown affair reaching out to the wider community. Events included a discussion of ‘Jordan’s knockers’ at gender debate ‘Becoming Barbie’ and a cheeky depiction of monarchical masculinity from David Starkey (who drew the sketch of Henry VIII above). Other attractions included Japanese Puppet making, a writing workshop with beloved author Michael Morpurgo, and a not-for-the-fainthearted bicentenary reading of Tennyson’s (almost) complete works.
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