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  • Oxbridge land ownership is built on disempowerment
    10 May 2022
  • Editor's pickWe shouldn’t expect Eurovision to be apolitical
    14 May 2022
  • The leaked Supreme Court document reveals the dark side of US history
    13 May 2022
  • Architecture’s rubbish building
    6 May 2022
  • French Elections: so right, yet so wrong?

    Maia Livne

    French Elections: so right, yet so wrong?

    With the recent French elections as a starting point, columnist Maia Livne analyses the failure of popular radical campaigns at the ballot box

    15 May 2022
    French Elections: so right, yet so wrong?
  • Cambridge needs a new concert hall

    Cambridge needs a new concert hall

    Delilah Knight lays out the case for a larger performance venue

    15 May 2022
    Cambridge needs a new concert hall
  • We shouldn't expect Eurovision to be apolitical

    We shouldn’t expect Eurovision to be apolitical

    14 May 2022
    We shouldn’t expect Eurovision to be apolitical
  • The leaked Supreme Court document reveals the dark side of US history

    The leaked Supreme Court document reveals the dark side of US history

    13 May 2022
    The leaked Supreme Court document reveals the dark side of US history
  • Oxbridge land ownership is built on disempowerment

    Oxbridge land ownership is built on disempowerment

    10 May 2022
    Oxbridge land ownership is built on disempowerment
  • The case for Fossil Free Research

    The case for Fossil Free Research

    10 May 2022
    The case for Fossil Free Research
  • The university should change its English language requirements

    The university should change its English language requirements

    8 May 2022
    The university should change its English language requirements
  • Why private schools should be abolished

    Why private schools should be abolished

    8 May 2022
    Why private schools should be abolished
  • Architecture's rubbish building

    Architecture’s rubbish building

    6 May 2022
    Architecture’s rubbish building
  • It’s adieu, Monsieur Toope, not au revoir

    It’s adieu, Monsieur Toope, not au revoir

    5 May 2022
    It’s adieu, Monsieur Toope, not au revoir
  • C Sunday: underwhelming and over-rated

    C Sunday: underwhelming and over-rated

    Lotte Brundle argues that the pressure to enjoy yourself on C Sunday encapsulates the FOMO among Cambridge students

    2 May 2022
    C Sunday: underwhelming and over-rated
  • Cowboy Conservatives: how the Tories are emulating the GOP

    Cowboy Conservatives: how the Tories are emulating the GOP

    James Grimditch comments on the increasing similarities between the Conservatives and their American counterparts

    26 April 2022
    Cowboy Conservatives: how the Tories are emulating the GOP
  • Eulogy for Parti Socialiste: why the left must be united, but also radical

    Globetrotter

    Eulogy for Parti Socialiste: why the left must be united, but also radical

    26 April 2022
    Eulogy for Parti Socialiste: why the left must be united, but also radical
  • How sex fuels the French far right

    How sex fuels the French far right

    22 April 2022
    How sex fuels the French far right
  • Are we hitting the gym, or is the gym hitting us? 

    Are we hitting the gym, or is the gym hitting us? 

    22 April 2022
    Are we hitting the gym, or is the gym hitting us? 
  • Online learning was a disaster

    Online learning was a disaster

    22 April 2022
    Online learning was a disaster
  • A ban that excludes trans people is no ban at all

    A ban that excludes trans people is no ban at all

    22 April 2022
    A ban that excludes trans people is no ban at all
  • Buying into belonging

    A fresh(ers) pair of eyes

    Buying into belonging

    22 April 2022
    Buying into belonging
  • The battle over free speech – again?

    The battle over free speech – again?

    7 April 2022
    The battle over free speech – again?
  • The SU needs a shake-up

    Counterpoint

    The SU needs a shake-up

    3 April 2022
    The SU needs a shake-up
  • Cambridge must cut ties with arms manufacturers

    Cambridge must cut ties with arms manufacturers

    Maddy Fisher, Talal Hangari, and Alicia Cash examine Cambridge’s ties to arms manufacturers

    3 April 2022
    Cambridge must cut ties with arms manufacturers
  • Conservative foreign policy is disastrous for Yemen

    Globetrotter

    Conservative foreign policy is disastrous for Yemen

    Despite the parties pledge to support a ‘global Britain’, Eric Williams argues the Conservative government’s policies have led to catastrophe in Yemen

    5 April 2022
    Conservative foreign policy is disastrous for Yemen
  • Flying the Soviet flag is a red flag

    Flying the Soviet flag is a red flag

    25 March 2022
    Flying the Soviet flag is a red flag
  • An ableist room ballot

    An ableist room ballot

    29 March 2022
    An ableist room ballot
  • The West has a hypocrisy problem

    The West has a hypocrisy problem

    23 March 2022
    The West has a hypocrisy problem
  • Conversion therapy and the Christian Union

    Long Read

    Conversion therapy and the Christian Union

    22 March 2022
    Conversion therapy and the Christian Union
  • Voters hold keys to stopping climate change

    Voters hold keys to stopping climate change

    16 March 2022
    Voters hold keys to stopping climate change
  • Sanctioning Russia has civilian casualties

    Sanctioning Russia has civilian casualties

    16 March 2022
    Sanctioning Russia has civilian casualties
  • Cambridge University and the ‘cost of living' crisis

    Cambridge University and the ‘cost of living’ crisis

    15 March 2022
    Cambridge University and the ‘cost of living’ crisis
  • Seeley deserves to be commemorated

    Counterpoint

    Seeley deserves to be commemorated

    12 March 2022
    Seeley deserves to be commemorated
  • This House believes it is the centre of the universe

    This House believes it is the centre of the universe

    “Read the room” – Maia Livne on the Union’s Ukraine debate

    10 March 2022
    This House believes it is the centre of the universe
  • The Union was right to hold a debate on Ukraine

    The Union was right to hold a debate on Ukraine

    “Defending and promoting free debate has become sickeningly important”, argues Alex Massie

    10 March 2022
    The Union was right to hold a debate on Ukraine
  • China's silent misogyny

    China’s silent misogyny

    8 March 2022
    China’s silent misogyny
  • The case against crypto

    The case against crypto

    10 March 2022
    The case against crypto
  • Solidarity College: revolutionary or ridiculous?

    Tête-à-Tête

    Solidarity College: revolutionary or ridiculous?

    4 March 2022
    Solidarity College: revolutionary or ridiculous?
  • The government has privatised the pandemic

    The government has privatised the pandemic

    4 March 2022
    The government has privatised the pandemic
  • Abstaining from morality: India and the war in Ukraine

    Abstaining from morality: India and the war in Ukraine

    4 March 2022
    Abstaining from morality: India and the war in Ukraine
  • Hot-tub Richard is the hero Cambridge needs

    Counterpoint

    Hot-tub Richard is the hero Cambridge needs

    3 March 2022
    Hot-tub Richard is the hero Cambridge needs
  • Britain's defence of Ukraine must start in ‘Londongrad’

    Britain’s defence of Ukraine must start in ‘Londongrad’

    4 March 2022
    Britain’s defence of Ukraine must start in ‘Londongrad’
  • Divestment is not enough. Cambridge University’s careers service must be fossil-free

    Divestment is not enough. Cambridge University’s careers service must be fossil-free

    6 March 2022
    Divestment is not enough. Cambridge University’s careers service must be fossil-free
  • Don't call me a bitch

    Don’t call me a bitch

    Whilst 21st century mainstream feminism has reclaimed the word, Bella Cross rejects being called a ‘bitch’ and the archetype it idealises

    4 March 2022
    Don’t call me a bitch
  • The Dickensian truth of opioid ridden America

    The Dickensian truth of opioid ridden America

    As the Opioid Epidemic worsens across the US, Lilly Kemp details the failures of the welfare state to protect vulnerable Americans

    26 February 2022
    The Dickensian truth of opioid ridden America
  • The spectre of Russian colonialism continues to haunt Eastern Europe

    The spectre of Russian colonialism continues to haunt Eastern Europe

    25 February 2022
    The spectre of Russian colonialism continues to haunt Eastern Europe
  • Strikes are disruptive, but higher education needs disrupting

    Strikes are disruptive, but higher education needs disrupting

    24 February 2022
    Strikes are disruptive, but higher education needs disrupting
  • The dark side of dark academia

    The dark side of dark academia

    23 February 2022
    The dark side of dark academia
  • Is a reading week for the weak?

    tête-à-tête

    Is a reading week for the weak?

    21 February 2022
    Is a reading week for the weak?
  • Dorothy Byrne is right: We should be discussing fertility

    Dorothy Byrne is right: We should be discussing fertility

    20 February 2022
    Dorothy Byrne is right: We should be discussing fertility
  • A vindication of the rights of tourists

    A fresh (ers) pair of eyes

    A vindication of the rights of tourists

    20 February 2022
    A vindication of the rights of tourists
  • How did the May Ball survive the pandemic?

    How did the May Ball survive the pandemic?

    18 February 2022
    How did the May Ball survive the pandemic?
  • Cressida Dick might be gone, but she won't be forgotten

    Cressida Dick might be gone, but she won’t be forgotten

    18 February 2022
    Cressida Dick might be gone, but she won’t be forgotten
  • Once again, the UCU strikes out

    Counterpoint

    Once again, the UCU strikes out

    Hugh Jones argues that rather than a display of solidarity, the UCU strikes are very self-serving

    18 February 2022
    Once again, the UCU strikes out
  • Macron on course for a second term: harsh economic reform coupled with structural racism ahead

    Globetrotter

    Macron on course for a second term: harsh economic reform coupled with structural racism ahead

    With the first round of the French presidential elections drawing closer, Eric Williams analyses the ideology and rhetoric of incumbent Macron

    28 February 2022
    Macron on course for a second term: harsh economic reform coupled with structural racism ahead
  • Cambridge climate activism is going the wrong way

    Cambridge climate activism is going the wrong way

    16 February 2022
    Cambridge climate activism is going the wrong way
  • Cambridge colleges are just sororities

    Cambridge colleges are just sororities

    16 February 2022
    Cambridge colleges are just sororities
  • Pride flags and prejudice

    Pride flags and prejudice

    18 February 2022
    Pride flags and prejudice
  • A very American coup

    A very American coup

    13 February 2022
    A very American coup
  • Why Russia really might invade Ukraine

    Why Russia really might invade Ukraine

    11 February 2022
    Why Russia really might invade Ukraine
  • Lack of rainbow flag shows Caius true colours

    Lack of rainbow flag shows Caius true colours

    10 February 2022
    Lack of rainbow flag shows Caius true colours
  • Port and witty debate? More like port and shitty debate

    Port and witty debate? More like port and shitty debate

    9 February 2022
    Port and witty debate? More like port and shitty debate
  • A response to the Divine Dissenters

    A response to the Divine Dissenters

    8 February 2022
    A response to the Divine Dissenters
  • Should Rustat die for Jesus' sins?

    Counterpoint

    Should Rustat die for Jesus’ sins?

    Columnist Samuel Rubinstein argues the removal of Rustat’s plaque is a useful distraction for Jesus’ Chinese philanthropists

    4 February 2022
    Should Rustat die for Jesus’ sins?
  • An ode to Voi

    An ode to Voi

    Sam Hudson argues that Vois are best a-voi-ded

    4 February 2022
    An ode to Voi
  • A loss of the arts is a loss for everyone

    A loss of the arts is a loss for everyone

    4 February 2022
    A loss of the arts is a loss for everyone
  • Why we should be embracing crypto despite its risks

    Long Read

    Why we should be embracing crypto despite its risks

    2 February 2022
    Why we should be embracing crypto despite its risks
  • Air pollution affects us all

    Air pollution affects us all

    4 February 2022
    Air pollution affects us all
  • Actually, Partygate is good for democracy

    Actually, Partygate is good for democracy

    4 February 2022
    Actually, Partygate is good for democracy
  • Does Tinder commodify human intimacy?

    Does Tinder commodify human intimacy?

    4 February 2022
    Does Tinder commodify human intimacy?
  • Politics must be grounded in popular mobilisation

    Globetrotter

    Politics must be grounded in popular mobilisation

    4 February 2022
    Politics must be grounded in popular mobilisation
  • Does the Rename the Seeley Library Campaign go far enough?

    Does the Rename the Seeley Library Campaign go far enough?

    29 January 2022
    Does the Rename the Seeley Library Campaign go far enough?
  • Pandemic of the unvaccinated

    Pandemic of the unvaccinated

    26 January 2022
    Pandemic of the unvaccinated
  • Blame culture means twice the suffering for victimised women

    Blame culture means twice the suffering for victimised women

    Rising awareness of violence against women has kicked up debates about victim culpability

    26 January 2022
    Blame culture means twice the suffering for victimised women
  • How Djokovic’s career benefits from his lies

    How Djokovic’s career benefits from his lies

    Staff writer Maia Livne analyses why Djokovic’s visa denial is yet another opportunity for him to manipulate the truth

    25 January 2022
    How Djokovic’s career benefits from his lies
  • Students should not be silenced by the University

    Students should not be silenced by the University

    25 January 2022
    Students should not be silenced by the University
  • Knighthood or knightmare?

    Tête-à-tête

    Knighthood or knightmare?

    21 January 2022
    Knighthood or knightmare?
  • When Cambridge SU fails, JCRs pick up the slack

    When Cambridge SU fails, JCRs pick up the slack

    21 January 2022
    When Cambridge SU fails, JCRs pick up the slack
  • Out on the road and out of touch

    Counterpoint

    Out on the road and out of touch

    20 January 2022
    Out on the road and out of touch
  • Huffing and puffer-ing our way to belonging at Cambridge

    A fresh(er's) pair of eyes

    Huffing and puffer-ing our way to belonging at Cambridge

    21 January 2022
    Huffing and puffer-ing our way to belonging at Cambridge
  • War or peace? Understanding Russia's real motivations in Ukraine

    War or peace? Understanding Russia’s real motivations in Ukraine

    21 January 2022
    War or peace? Understanding Russia’s real motivations in Ukraine
  • A right to speak over

    A right to speak over

    18 January 2022
    A right to speak over
  • The dehumanising language of the refugee crisis

    The dehumanising language of the refugee crisis

    16 January 2022
    The dehumanising language of the refugee crisis
  • The Mound must stay

    The Mound must stay

    Staff writer Freddie Poser explains why we should all oppose the removal of the Marble Arch Mound

    21 January 2022
    The Mound must stay
  • Abulafia is right - Gopal’s tweets are a disgrace

    Counterpoint

    Abulafia is right – Gopal’s tweets are a disgrace

    Columnist Samuel Rubinstein muses on the Twitter spat between Professor Gopal and Professor Abulafia

    12 January 2022
    Abulafia is right – Gopal’s tweets are a disgrace
  • Neocolonialism and the politics of Omicron in South Africa

    Neocolonialism and the politics of Omicron in South Africa

    11 January 2022
    Neocolonialism and the politics of Omicron in South Africa
  • The West cannot ignore human rights abuses in Vietnam

    The West cannot ignore human rights abuses in Vietnam

    4 January 2022
    The West cannot ignore human rights abuses in Vietnam
  • Where’s my money, Peter Thiel?

    Long Read

    Where’s my money, Peter Thiel?

    28 December 2021
    Where’s my money, Peter Thiel?
  • Free speech, or doublespeak?

    Long Read

    Free speech, or doublespeak?

    26 December 2021
    Free speech, or doublespeak?
  • Every book rewritten, and every library renamed

    Every book rewritten, and every library renamed

    22 December 2021
    Every book rewritten, and every library renamed
  • Boosters won’t save us, only competent governance can

    Boosters won’t save us, only competent governance can

    20 December 2021
    Boosters won’t save us, only competent governance can
  • COP failed and Cambridge doesn’t seem to care

    COP failed and Cambridge doesn’t seem to care

    17 December 2021
    COP failed and Cambridge doesn’t seem to care
  • A Cambridge college’s response to spiking

    A Cambridge college’s response to spiking

    8 December 2021
    A Cambridge college’s response to spiking
  • Brazil's COVID failures carry lessons for the UK

    Globetrotter

    Brazil’s COVID failures carry lessons for the UK

    Eric Williams argues that the left-wing resurgence in Brazil shows similarities to the situation in the UK

    26 November 2021
    Brazil’s COVID failures carry lessons for the UK
  • Cambridge SU is wrong to give UCU a blank cheque

    Cambridge SU is wrong to give UCU a blank cheque

    The students’ union must look out for students, not faculty or abstract notions of solidarity

    26 November 2021
    Cambridge SU is wrong to give UCU a blank cheque
  • Without short-term strike disruption, there can be no long term change

    Without short-term strike disruption, there can be no long term change

    26 November 2021
    Without short-term strike disruption, there can be no long term change
  • No flag is a red flag

    No flag is a red flag

    26 November 2021
    No flag is a red flag
  • The government’s vaccine mandate for care home workers will do more harm than good

    Long Read

    The government’s vaccine mandate for care home workers will do more harm than good

    23 November 2021
    The government’s vaccine mandate for care home workers will do more harm than good
  • Johnson at COP26: 'climate revolution' or 'blah, blah, blah'?

    Johnson at COP26: ‘climate revolution’ or ‘blah, blah, blah’?

    15 November 2021
    Johnson at COP26: ‘climate revolution’ or ‘blah, blah, blah’?
  • The Cambridge Union's lukewarm commitment to free speech

    The Cambridge Union’s lukewarm commitment to free speech

    15 November 2021
    The Cambridge Union’s lukewarm commitment to free speech
  • Owen Paterson’s Banana Republic

    Owen Paterson’s Banana Republic

    15 November 2021
    Owen Paterson’s Banana Republic
  • The repatriation of Benin Bronzes

    Long Read

    The repatriation of Benin Bronzes

    12 November 2021
    The repatriation of Benin Bronzes
  • The government’s empty rhetoric against Ratcliffe’s grim reality

    The government’s empty rhetoric against Ratcliffe’s grim reality

    12 November 2021
    The government’s empty rhetoric against Ratcliffe’s grim reality
  • The scuffle over Northern Ireland’s centenary

    The scuffle over Northern Ireland’s centenary

    Julia Fitzpatrick argues that politicians must be willing to cooperate in order to settle differences in Ireland

    12 November 2021
    The scuffle over Northern Ireland’s centenary
  • The UK's flagship university sector is built on the

    The UK’s flagship university sector is built on the “exploitation of staff”

    A student comments on the recent vote signalling the SU’s support for UCU strikes, which may take place just before Christmas

    2 November 2021
    The UK’s flagship university sector is built on the “exploitation of staff”
  • Greenwashing: look pretty and do as little as possible

    Greenwashing: look pretty and do as little as possible

    29 October 2021
    Greenwashing: look pretty and do as little as possible
  • Reshuffle revue: the end of Johnson's loyalty reward scheme

    Long Read

    Reshuffle revue: the end of Johnson’s loyalty reward scheme

    29 October 2021
    Reshuffle revue: the end of Johnson’s loyalty reward scheme
  • Arrogance, failure, neglect, and overcorrection: the West needs a new policy for foreign intervention

    Arrogance, failure, neglect, and overcorrection: the West needs a new policy for foreign intervention

    29 October 2021
    Arrogance, failure, neglect, and overcorrection: the West needs a new policy for foreign intervention
  • “Girls night in”: why are university students taking on the spiking epidemic themselves?

    29 October 2021
    “Girls night in”: why are university students taking on the spiking epidemic themselves?
  • Women who are fruitful and women who are barren

    Women who are fruitful and women who are barren

    29 October 2021
    Women who are fruitful and women who are barren
  • The gendering of school uniforms: appropriate, practical, or outdated?

    The gendering of school uniforms: appropriate, practical, or outdated?

    29 October 2021
    The gendering of school uniforms: appropriate, practical, or outdated?
  • The maths faculty is failing its female students - literally

    Long Read

    The maths faculty is failing its female students – literally

    29 October 2021
    The maths faculty is failing its female students – literally
  • The Conservative Party's demographic time bomb

    The Conservative Party’s demographic time bomb

    29 October 2021
    The Conservative Party’s demographic time bomb
  • Medwards or Moordale?

    Medwards or Moordale?

    The two institutions have more in common than you might think

    15 October 2021
    Medwards or Moordale?
  • The Black Advisory Hub: new, needed & never finished

    The Black Advisory Hub: new, needed & never finished

    Tyra Amofah-Akardom reflects on the process of creating the Black Advisory Hub launched this year, which was designed to support Black students at Cambridge

    15 October 2021
    The Black Advisory Hub: new, needed & never finished
  • Virginity testing: is the end in sight?

    Virginity testing: is the end in sight?

    15 October 2021
    Virginity testing: is the end in sight?
  • Insulating British homes is imperative

    Insulating British homes is imperative

    15 October 2021
    Insulating British homes is imperative
  • My struggles getting a Spanish visa

    My struggles getting a Spanish visa

    1 October 2021
    My struggles getting a Spanish visa
  • Texas is the rule, not the exception

    Texas is the rule, not the exception

    1 October 2021
    Texas is the rule, not the exception
  • Are we calling survivors brave or asking them to be?

    Are we calling survivors brave or asking them to be?

    1 October 2021
    Are we calling survivors brave or asking them to be?
  • On self-care – going more than skin deep

    On self-care – going more than skin deep

    19 September 2021
    On self-care – going more than skin deep
  • Violence and betrayal: the war on sex work

    Violence and betrayal: the war on sex work

    19 September 2021
    Violence and betrayal: the war on sex work
  • ​​Withdrawal symptoms: the outcomes of foreign intervention in Afghanistan

    ​​Withdrawal symptoms: the outcomes of foreign intervention in Afghanistan

    10 September 2021
    ​​Withdrawal symptoms: the outcomes of foreign intervention in Afghanistan

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