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The College had spent several years campaigning against the Cambourne to Cambridge busway route
Times Higher Education in collaboration with HR consultancy Emerging has named the University of Cambridge the top UK institution for employability
A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including delays to Cambridge South station and talks on Trump’s US
Technical problems prevented the charity from providing mental health services at the start of term
Podcast
Nick and Anuk discuss the new women’s society excluding trans women, University spending cuts, and more
Ben Curtis sits down with Alastair Campbell for an honest conversation about Cambridge and mental health
Calum Murray speaks to the pol socs battling for the hearts of radicalising students
Jasmine Heddle-Bacon chats with frontman Ryan Potter ahead of their upcoming EP, Blue Transitions
Facing potential legal action, CUCBC informed captains college-level rowing would be at threat of ceasing entirely if they voted against the proposal to align with British Rowing guidelines on trans eligibility
Opinion
Flossie Bullion wants to see more emo fashion on the streets of Cambridge
Vintage Varsity: The spy who (once) loved me
Are we really too busy for the bus?
Is AI really killing the graduate job market?
Vintage Varsity: Vintage Camfess
Vintage Varsity
Resident archivist Iris Mamier explores the tradition of Secret Service recruitment at Cambridge
Francesca Evans meets Pembroke College’s first female head gardener to explore the stories behind the college’s historic gardens
Varsity’s resident archivist Giulia Reche-Danese explores the precusors to the anonymous confessions page
Calum Murray speaks to the pol socs battling for the hearts of radicalising students
Beth Lee investigates whether city transport truly delivers for students racing against the clock.
Thea Grant explores the importance of creative hobbies in helping students cope with the pressures of Cambridge life
Sasha Djuric – Fraser explores diversification and intersectionality with members of Cambridge’s women’s societies
Emma Tenzler and Theo Mellor ask whether large numbers young people are really turning to Christianity
Commercial Feature
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Commercial Feature
Quickfire: The Feminist Files
Gillian Tett’s knack for faking it till you make it
How Thomas Godfrey is fighting anti-intellectualism 
Jemma Sbeg on the psychology of your 20s
Quickfire
Jing Hao Liang sits down with Rosie Hillary and Asha Metcalfe, co-presidents of the Feminist Files podcast
Carissa Wong discusses vunerability and mental health with podcaster Jemma Sbeg
Ben Curtis sits down with Alastair Campbell for an honest conversation about Cambridge and mental health
Quickfire
Tara Buxton talks to assistant manager Jess about the dying art of live music and her personal favourite cocktails
Ludovica de Lorenzo speaks to the Dante expert about the realities of academia
The comedian and actor traces his comedy career back to the Cambridge Footlights
How fungi redefine the individual
2025’s scientific Nobel prizes
Risky business in Cambridge
Asha Torczon asks whether symbiotic relationships should make us reconsider our idea of identity
Anika Pai gives the rundown on the latest Nobel Prizes awarded in physics, chemistry and medicine or pharmacology
Jenny Jiang uses a financial analogy to explain how lychee toxins can trigger dangerous dips in blood sugar
Lucy George breaks down the biology behind our fear response
Timothy Moy sheds light on the Mill Lane research centre mulling over our very survival as a species
Blind Date: ‘I don’t think I checked my watch once’
DisasterChef: student dishes
Ask Auntie Alice: the (delayed) return
Which autumnal food sums you up in a dish?
Blind Date
Exchange student, Margot, meets economics student, Charlie.
Lucy Jude Grantham is here to rate the crème de la crème of student dishes in Cambridge
Agony Aunt
Varsity’s Agony Aunt, Alice Frecheville, is back with her latest advice
Quiz
Jess Gotterson cooks up a quiz to determine which hearty meal matches your mood
Guide
Halloween parties are made infinitely scarier when you feel trapped into staying until the end but our exit strategies have been tried and tested, so that you can make the perfect escape…
Trial + error
Is it magic or just plain odd? Daisy Bates has her chakras checked so you don’t have to
The ‘magnificent erection’ of the University Library
Unfolding a creative alter ego
A Cambridge childhood felt through Period Piece
Feature
For Remembrance Day, Otto Bajwa-Greenwood explores a forgotten Cambridge tradition through Hughes and Plath
Opinion
Ruairidh Williams dedicates summer to the art of origami
Feature
Mia Apfel uncovers the story of the phallic monument
Feature
Otto Bajwa-Greenwood muses on the difficulty of writing museum labels
Ryan Vowles comes to know the artist Gwen Raverat through her perfect childhood memoirs
Why are we so scared of practical clothes?
In the spirit of sexy Halloween costumes
In conversation with Suzy Menkes, former editor of Vogue
Opinion
Matilda Billinge makes the case for prioritising comfort and practicality over style
Opinion
Elise Morrison reviews Matthieu Blazy’s first collection for Chanel, and investigates whether he is able to offer a refreshing creative vision
Interview
Molly Weston sits down with Esther Crasnow-Dodd and Eva Sharkey, costume designer and director of Orlando, to discuss gender and performance when designing costumes
Opinion
Flossie Bullion wants to see more emo fashion on the streets of Cambridge
Opinion
Sofia Iudensteva argues rock’n'roll is still alive and what we should strive to be
Guide
Julia Betancourt delves into the evolution of the “sexy” costume, and explains how to reclaim dressing sexily on Halloween
The convergence of past, present and future in Past Lives
Is Emma Stone an alien in Bugonia?
Cambridge’s secret box of broadcasting treasures
Review
Julia Ongking explores how Past Lives’ portrayal of fate challenges Hollywood narratives
Feature
Ollie Godkin uncovers a free streaming platform accessible to Cambridge students
Dylan Ingram reviews the new black comedy from acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos
Global Frames
Hilary Lau explores how multiculturality has shaped Hong Kong cinema
Opinion
Freya Compton investigates our attraction to crime media
Interview
Otto Bajwa-Greenwood interviews the team behind student-led film production society Silver Street Productions
Live Review
Francis McCabe reviews the sold out chaos of Gurriers at upgraded venue MASH
Album Review
In Ethel Cain’s latest record, Imogen Barrett explores her doomed lesson in love
Playlist
It’s spooky season! The Music Team bring you the soundtrack for this Halloween
Jasmine Heddle-Bacon chats with frontman Ryan Potter ahead of their upcoming EP, Blue Transitions
Interview
Daniel Kamaluddin sits down with Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie
Interview
Ruby Wooller sits down with one half of the dance music collective to talk about the changing music industry
The murkiness of Bathwater
Beneath the Flower is a play of tricky nuances
Hitler at the ADC? These guys pull it off
Woolf’s kaleidoscopic self is a sensation on the stage
Preview
Alex Brian talks to the creators behind this sold out surrealist show
Review
This classical reimagining is a stylish repicturing of the conflict between Carthage and Rome 3.5 stars
Review
A Bright Room Called Day is a stylish, thought-provoking piece that deserves your attention
Preview
Eleanor Baldwin looks ahead to this upcoming student epic
Opinion
Classical tales can still challenge us in ways we might not expect
Interview
As she directs the ADC production, Kate Woodman gets some pointers from the show’s composer
From Iron Man enthusiasts to park runners: why are so many Cambridge students running?
Football’s threads: inside the football shirt phenomenon
Feature
Oscar O’Neill uncovers the realities of Cambridge students’ new running craze
Interview
Max Eshelby talks to Football Finery owner about the growing obsession with football shirts
Blues Football
Keane Handley reports as the light blues succumb 4-0 to their in-form rivals
Captain's Corner
Ben Lubitsh speaks to Men’s Lacrosse captain Jasper Bates
Interview
Joss Heddle-Bacon speaks to the ex-WADA thlete committee chair and trailblazing Olympic gold medallist about finding hope in a corrupted landscape
Comment
Ben Lubitsh argues that it is time to abandon AI in sport
COMMENT
April O'Neill
Stop relying on your bedder
April O’Neill argues that the lack of domestic tasks Cambridge students have to complete does nothing to make them competent adults
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Have we forgotten how to empathise?
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that a focus on ourselves prevents us from giving each other the benefit of the doubt
Duncan Paterson
The conflict of interest at the heart of Cambridge academia
Duncan Paterson argues that the recent appointment of James Orr as senior adviser to Reform UK must be condemned for what it is
Nessa Yip
Young people don’t like your online political campaigns
Nessa Yip argues that politicians’ attempts to pander to the young electorate through social media are working against them
Abril Duarte González
On overcoming the freshers’ curse
Abril Duarte González tells freshers to remember that Cambridge is the least interesting thing about them
Remy Rushbrooke
Nathan Cofnas shouldn’t be silenced
Remy Rushbrooke argues that we should defeat Cofnas’ ideology on our own terms rather than censoring them