For Pete’s sake!

Crushbridge may abound with stories of newly found library crushes, but clearly there are still some rules to romance, even in Easter term. The administrators of Peterhouse’s confessions page, Petfess, have launched an appeal for students to stop submitting nude photos of themselves online. Justifying the ban, the post explained that, as admins “cannot verify” the age of the submitters, the photos are unable to be published.

A new type of viral for medicine student

Trinity Hall medicine student Kai Bevan has found unexpected fame online following his debate with right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at the Cambridge Union. The full video of the debate has been viewed over 900,000 times on YouTube, while clipped versions of Bevan’s exchange have been seen over 2 million times on Instagram and TikTok. Many videos have focussed on Bevan’s response to Kirk’s assertion that something “magical” happens at conception, with Bevan saying: “It’s not magical Charlie, we know about this!”

Cantab Columbo?

Murder cold-cases are popular subjects for true crime podcasts and documentaries, but rarely do they come colder than this. Cambridge Professor of Criminology Manuel Eisner has uncovered the potential motive of the murder of priest John Forde that took place in 1337. This comes as part of the Medieval Murder Maps project which he is leading. Ongoing since 2018, the project maps the “the murders, sudden deaths, sanctuary churches, and prisons of three thriving medieval cities,” namely London, York and Oxford. The latest findings suggest that Forde was killed on the orders of Ela Fitzpayne, his former partner-in-crime and potential lover, after he reported her misdemeanours to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Musicians busk in glory this weekend 

The Cambridge Busker's and Street Performer's Festival is taking place this weekend (07/06-08/06). The festival first took place in 2008, and in recent years became a core part of Strawberry Fair, which has this year been cancelled. The Cambridge Busker's and Street Performer's Festival is this year happening on the same weekend that Strawberry Fair would have taken place, and is hoping to raise funds for Strawberry Fair. Performances are taking place at a range of venues across Cambridge, including the Six Six Bar, The Tram Depot, the Salisbury Arms, Market square, and the Portland Arms.