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Delayed May Ball payments a ‘slap in the face’, say student workers
GB News and The Daily Telegraph have criticised the grant, which supports wellbeing activities for asylum seekers
Trinity and John’s May Ball committees both apologised after workers reported experiencing delayed payments and dodged communications
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Open letter urges Lord Smith to intervene on behalf of students in Gaza unable to take up UK university offers
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Trinity wins top spot for second year in-a-row, while Corpus and Pembroke tumble down the much-criticised, unofficial academic rankings
Activists protested Barclays’ alleged support for arms companies providing weapons to Israel
A light-hearted round-up of the local news from this week, including the Lib Dem leader and climate plans for algae
Trinity and John’s May Ball committees both apologised after workers reported experiencing delayed payments and dodged communications
Exclusive
Trinity wins top spot for second year in-a-row, while Corpus and Pembroke tumble down the much-criticised, unofficial academic rankings
Emma Tenzler speaks to Ahmed, a Cambridge offer-holder in Gaza, about the obstacles to his studies and his hopes for the future
Lizzie Grace discusses the results of the Varsity survey on student menstrual health
Ella Howard reflects on the importance of noticing the small things
The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn’t)
Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 
Selling the Cambridge experience: private summer programmes in the historic university 
Irish students at Cambridge must navigate a country and a university that haven’t fully reckoned with their violently interconnected past
Emma Tenzler speaks to Ahmed, a Cambridge offer-holder in Gaza, about the obstacles to his studies and his hopes for the future
Chirathi Perera speaks to incoming Cambridge freshers about their fears, hopes, and expectations as they anxiously await the start of term
Student Life
Georgie Middlemiss examines the quiet cost of Cambridge accommodation without shared living spaces
Jonathan Liu takes a peek behind the scenes of Cambridge’s museums to explore their hidden collections
Emma Tenzler explores privately provided summer programmes in Cambridge
Georgie Middlemiss revisits Cambridge Pride and explores the divergence between town and University in its celebration
Student Life
Eve Nicholls investigates how injured students face challenges on college grounds
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Roger Mosey’s farewell to Cambridge
Lindsay Beckett: co-owner of the new Harvey Court café
A place to Thrive: Cambridge’s all-vegan café and community hub
Meet Arya Kalavath, Cambridge’s star singer-songwriter
Vienna Kwan sits down with departing Selwyn Master Roger Mosey
Quickfire
Alisha Mafaas sits down with Lindsay Beckett, co-owner of Florey Café, to discuss its opening on Harvey Court, coffee, and community
The award-winning composer on vulnerability in music
Mariam Al-Badry meets Baroness Coussins to discuss her career advocating for human rights
Lorna Beal on combining activism, student community and her comedic experience to found CRJ.
Quickfire
Tara Buxton discusses everything from scepticism to scrambled tofu in a conversation with Thrive Café
Forget horses, sperm is the new gambling opportunity
Is climate change draining your brain?
Laura Verdina discusses how a recent ‘Sperm Race’ could change the way we understand male fertility
Beatrix Biagini explains how rising temperatures could be affecting your brainpower
Lizzie Grace discusses the results of the Varsity survey on student menstrual health
Lucy George discusses the new methods improving outcomes for cancer patients
Nessa Yip discusses the last six months in science in the wake of Trump’s decisions
Lucy George discusses whether or not multi-vitamins are going to rescue us during term-time
Caving to big Labubu 
My full circle moment
A summer stranded in rural England
An ode to college accommodation
Thoreau went to the woods to live deliberately; I, inexplicably, went to Popmart
Quiz
Take this quiz to find out what character development you’re in for over the break
Notebook
Jess Gotterson reflects on what first-year rooms truly mean to their occupants
Quiz
Click off of Tripadvisor and onto wise woman Jess Gotterson’s handy (and extremely accurate!) quiz
Shame on you for art-shaming me!
Framing connection in ‘Another Chance Encounter’
What the lemon taught me
Review
Aaron Tan recalls his visit to a Kettle’s Yard exhibition
Opinion
Mia Apfel explores the irony of art snobbery
Opinion
Emma Gower reflects on her experience in student radio
Ella Howard reflects on the importance of noticing the small things
Feature
Niall Quinn argues that physical annotation is here to stay
Feature
Jasper Finlay Burnside thinks of home, Cambridge, and the gulf between the two
Is it my turn to be ‘in’ yet?
The revival of medieval fashion
Accessorise your outfit with … a book? 
Opinion
Archayah Thayaparan explores the history of fluctuating beauty standards, highlighting the impossibility of living up to them
Elizabeth Middleton unpacks the politics behind medieval fashion’s revival and shares creative ways to weave the look into your wardrobe
Interview
Mary Anna Im, in conversation with fashion podcaster Avery Trufelman, examines the trend of books as fashion accessories and the rise of performative reading
Guide
Flossie Bullion takes you through the ways in which tights can be the most unexpectedly exciting part of your wardrobe
Guide
Ellie Buckley offers a guide to swimwear to get us poolside ready
Feature
Joanne Yau explores the colonisation of fashion in formal settings, and how this can be seen in the dress code for graduation
The accidental politics of Superman
The Eddington disconnect
Review
Alice Cammegh reviews James Gunn’s highly-anticipated 2025 Superman
Review
Amanda Ljungberg sifts through the chaos of Ari Aster’s pandemic-era neo-Western
Opinion
After the release of How To Train Your Dragon, Hilary Lau asks if live-action films are preserving stories or profit
Interview
Lara Davis interviews the cast and crew behind the student horror film Oxpecker
Opinion
Daisy Simpson explores what we can learn when we return to our childhood favourites
Interview
Elspeth White interviews Shaira Berg the mind behind the play turned film Gaslight
The K’s and the modern music game
Opinion
Millie Wooler foresees the death of the charts in the success of the K’s – but also the enduring passion for modern music
Feature
Jake Harper uncovers how sampling and family listening tie generations together
Opinion
From the sincere to the ironic, Tia Ribbo examines the extremes that women in pop are dealt
Album Review
Seun Ige on the ‘sonic boldness’ of Jim Legxacy’s Black British Music
Review
Francis McCabe takes a look back at the BBC’s livestream of Glastonbury 2025
Opinion
Feuds settled, parkas donned – Ben Curtis gives the lowdown on what Oasis’ reunion means for Britain
World wide open: an interview with Sameera Bhalotra Bowers
A late night with the Footlights
Fringe Diaries
Lorna Beal catches up with the former footlight ahead of her upcoming Camden show
Fringe Diaries
Lorna Beal discusses the highs and lows of the Edinburgh Fringe
Feature
Panicking ahead of your first show? Kate Woodman is here to help!
Feature
Leon Rake questions the politics of queer theatre in Cambridge
Interview
Kate Woodman sits down with Footlights member Helen Brookes to discuss Smokers Events, her first time doing sketches and the importance of women in comedy
Preview
Daisy Bates sits down with the writers of the Fringe-bound musical 1816: The Year Without a Summer
Why it matters that 97% of the Lionesses are state-schoolers
Experiencing Korean baseball
Football
Holly-Marie Greening places the Lionesses’ grassroots glory under the microscope
Football
Keane Handley explores the power of football clubs in turning the tide on male loneliness
Comment
Ben Lubitsh argues that reshaping women’s sport is not the answer to its disappointing engagement
College Rowing
Louise Crary delves into inequalities between college boat clubs, and the lives and worries of rowers at the poorest clubs on the Cam
Tennis
Imani Schawsmidth discusses the controversy – and potential underlying politics – behind the handling of Jannik Sinner’s recent doping scandal
COMMENT
Ben Curtis
Time’s up for the Tompkins Table
Ben Curtis argues that the Tompkins Table is an outdated tradition that ignores what really matters for students
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Yes, I love Britain
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that patriotism shouldn’t be the preserve of the far-right
Jasper Finlay Burnside
A plague on your new-build houses
Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that new-builds are not the answer to the UK’s housing crisis
April O'Neill
Put an end to the unpaid internship
April O’Neill argues that unpaid internships are a barrier to social mobility that we need to knock down
Charlie Rowan
Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity
Charlie Rowan argues that Cambridge is losing its grip on national attention
Katie Nicholson
Supervisions are about more than teaching
Katie Nicholson weighs up the pros and cons of the supervision system