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Cambridge cancels apprenticeship despite ‘outstanding’ inspection
Pro-Palestinians stage protest over Balfour declaration 
The former Home Secretary is scheduled to speak at the Cambridge University Conservative Association this week
US firm Prologis has invested £500 million into the Cambridge Biomedical campus
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News
Demonstrators burned a copy of the declaration which announced British support for a homeland ‘for the Jewish people’
News in brief
A light-hearted round-up of Cambridge news from the last week, from holy orchards to vice presidents
The group criticised the University for ‘boasting about their links to manufacturers of death’
Multiple students were told to remove Palestine flags from view, while porters entered one student’s room and removed the flag themselves
Multiple students were told to remove Palestine flags from view, while porters entered one student’s room and removed the flag themselves
Night Life
Georgie Middlemiss questions whether the Cambridge bop scene is heating up or cooling down
Opinion
Emily Cushion explores portrayals of Cambridge life and asks why everyone wants to write about our university
The internationally-celebrated astronaut reveals to Orla McMahon how a punting trip down the river Cam opened the door to NASA
Interview
Sharleen Opia explores how Talulah’s debut EP Solas weaves genre-blending sounds, collaboration, and a bold focus on minoritised languages
Don’t (just) go to your lectures
Reclaim the Gym!
A defence of Cambridge clubbing
The Grafton Centre is Cambridge’s true hidden gem
Jack Marley
While there are inarguable difficulties facing neurodivergent individuals at the University, there is comfort to be found in its neurodiverse legacies, argues Jack Marley
Eliza Ousey
Everyone needs to start respecting Women’s and Non-Binary Gym hours
Evie Nicholson
Evie Nicholson and Freddie Reid both think higher education is in a crisis. In this column, they go head to head on how to end it
Sydney Heintz
Sydney Heintz explains how to make your own All-American liberal arts degree, right here in Cambridge
Grace Cobb
Why are we suddenly losing self-awareness in the face of celebrity death?
Rosie Roberts
Our clubs may be bad but it’s our snobbery that gets in the way of us enjoying them, argues Rosie Roberts
Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge
Inside the world of bops
Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge
Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem
Formals
To gown or not to gown? Jess Gotterson speaks to students and staff about the formalities of Cambridge
Vintage Varsity
An investigation into the history of Cambridge’s concrete jungle
Vintage Varsity
Eleanor Dougan pulls back the veil and investigates Cambridge’s spooky history
Languages
Elsie McDowell argues that Cambridge does not do enough to facilitate language learning
Night Life
Georgie Middlemiss questions whether the Cambridge bop scene is heating up or cooling down
Vintage Varsity
Resident Varsity archivist Vialli McComb explores the inventive ways in which Cambridge students of the past raised money for charity
King's Bunker
Joanne Yau explores Gen Z Cambridge students’ longing for a cringier, freer past through Bunker parties, digital cameras, and ironic fashion
Switching tripos
Switching degree subjects is a nerve-wracking experience, but Lucy Thomas dispells the rumours and speaks to students who have gone through the process
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Astronaut Dr. Michael Foale’s stellar career
Bodies In The Bookshop owner Richard Reynolds
St John’s writer-in-residence Vona Groarke on Cambridge’s ‘vibrant literary culture’
Can the SU bounce back?
Joe Short speaks to the Irish poet about the value of ‘doing’ and the importance of mentorship
The internationally-celebrated astronaut reveals to Orla McMahon how a punting trip down the river Cam opened the door to NASA
Quickfire
Isabella Dowden gets some Halloween reading recommendations from the crime novel specialist
Seyan Dattani discusses inspirations and innovations with writer Ben Schott
Scotia Smith discusses HIV awareness, the stigma surrounding sexual health, and the need for culturally tailored healthcare with NHS nurse and activist Jara Phattey
Wilf Vall sits down with the SU’s presidents to uncover whether there’s rooms for recovery after an eventful past year
The Elvish gene?
Ananya Vijay rounds up the latest research from Cambridge
Ellie Robinson explains why the changing seasons might have you feeling down, and what you can do to look after yourself
Maya Kunchur looks at the world of Lord of the Rings from the perspective of an evolutionary biologist
Elizabeth Zachariah examines how the blockbluster success of Ozempic is shaping the global pharmaceutical landscape
In light of the vote in Parliament on assisted dying, Lucie Debaig ponders if death can ever be dignified
The latest scientific research, explained by Lucie Debaig
What’s in my bag? Cambridge University Edition
Trial and Error: escape to the seaside
A beginner’s guide to microwave cooking
(Re)consider your college chapel
Trial and Error
Imitating the sickly Victorian child, Jessica Spearman visits the seaside to see if it’s really a cure-all
Horoscope
What better way to recover from (Monster) Mashing than to let Alex Brian read your astrological future
Food
Imaan Bilgrami puts some microwave recipes to the test
Bex Goodchild rereads her teenage diary and laments on time lost, and memories saved
Maddy Gordon-Finlayson roots through her handbag and offers up the contents
Bex Goodchild reimagines some devilishly good ghost stories
The ‘novel’ experience of Cambridge
Ai Weiwei and destruction: vandalism or art?
Review
Four shortlisted artists explore who we are, and how we are remembered, in this exhibition at the Tate Britain
Opinion
Emily Cushion explores portrayals of Cambridge life and asks why everyone wants to write about our university
Opinion
Following the shattering of an Ai Weiwei sculpture, Beth Scott looks back at the artist’s own act of destruction
Feature
Ben Birch recounts his recent attendance of an art auction, in which he questions reality and leaves empty handed
Opinion
India Hansra argues that the ‘performative’ is not an empty mode of being, but a quality of artistry
Review
The Zimbabwean artist’s Kettle’s Yard exhibition, ‘Zvakazarurwa’, weaves fantasy imagery with reflections on motherhood
What we wore: Halloween
Does college stash promote consumerism?
Why do we all want to dress like witches?
Does Roblox Dress to Impress deserve the hype?
What we wore
Ava Connors explores the importance of dressing for yourself at Halloween
Elsie McDowell explores the enduring popularity of the whimsigothic aesthetic
Opinion
Kristina Barani on if to stash, or not to stash.
Feature
Aoife McGrath on the Roblox sensation that falls a little flat
Photoshoot
Elsie McDowell and Annia Krzoska have some tea-riffic outfits lined up this Michaelmas
Opinion
Annia Krzoska expresses her love for this reviving hair trend
The Substance leaves us cold
The real folklore behind your favourite horror films
Global Frames: New Zealand
Feature
Gina Stock reflects on the Industry Day at this year’s Cambridge Film Festival
Review
Inês Goes-Marlière finds The Substance to be unimaginative feminism dressed up as horror
Feature
Ismail Sheikh explores the historic folklore behind some of the most iconic horror films
Watchlist
Salome Gakwaya challenges herself to a week of classic watching to break up the challenges of Cambridge life
Column
For the second instalment of Global Frames, Stella Williamson celebrates her home nation.
Watchlist
Ismail Sheikh recommends the forgotten tv shows of the last decade
Autumnal reflections on motherhood: Laura Marling’s Patterns in Repeat
Musician and Newnham alum Talulah on language, music and collaboration
Album Review
Chromakopia elicits a new kind of honesty from Tyler, the Creator, says Gemini McKee
Album review
Lara Pennell on Laura Marling’s latest album, and its reflections on motherhood
Interview
Sharleen Opia explores how Talulah’s debut EP Solas weaves genre-blending sounds, collaboration, and a bold focus on minoritised languages
Opinion
Ezra Izer questions how KSI smashed through the ceiling
Playlist
Music editor Sharleen Opia curates a selection of meditative ambient tracks to accompany you during the winter blues
Interview
Ava Fitzhugh chats with the Cambridge ensemble shaking up classical music with bold styles and innovative twists
Othello at Pembroke Chapel enthralls and frightens
Dancing at Lughnasa spins an emotional web
The lost and sacred art of script editing
Murder on the Orient Express: for those who like their Christie camp
Review
With its poignant depiction of the culture of rural Donegal, Dancing at Lughnasa leaves its audience feeling nostalgic
Review
Millie Wooler finds this cast more than matches the demands of the text – and its stage
Feature
Lily Butler argues that an extra pair of eyes really does make all the difference
Review
Showing at the Arts Theatre, this crime classic delivers on the comedy – but where’s the intrigue?
Review
This trip to church offers a lot of what student written comedy can do best3.5 stars
This production of August Wilson’s classic strikes a fly ball of fury and ambition
Cambridge open campaign with a bang against old rivals
Trumped-up: how golf exposes the incomprehensible mindset of America’s 45th president
Captain’s Corner: rifle shooting 
Trying to tackle it all
Match report
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports on Cambridge Women’s Blues’ season-opening fixture against old rivals Oxford
Captain's Corner
Romilly Norfolk talks to the Rifle Association captain Luca Schwarz
Women's rugby
Romilly Norfolk talks to the Blues women’s rugby captain
Opinion
Barney Blackburn speaks to the Cantabrigians in the know about England Men’s brand new manager
Captain's Corner
Romilly Norfolk talks to Men’s Water Polo captain, Callum Malcolm
Report
Will Jonas reports on Cambridge Men’s Blues BUCS game against Warwick on Matchday 1
Don’t (just) go to your lectures
Sydney Heintz explains how to make your own All-American liberal arts degree, right here in Cambridge