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Report find that a children’s surgeon at Addenbrookes ‘missed opportunities’ in patient care.
The results of the referendum, in which students also voted that the SU should actively campaign for divestment, were announced on Thursday
Between 2019-20 and 2023-24, the University made 64 financial payouts to students who lodged formal complaints or submitted academic appeals
This comes as the Uni reduced its projected deficit from £62.6 million to £39 million for next year after imposing controversial spending cuts across all departments
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
This comes as the Uni reduced its projected deficit from £62.6 million to £39 million for next year after imposing controversial spending cuts across all departments
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
Humans of Cambridge: Cambridge’s garden artists
Are we really too busy for the bus?
Vintage Varsity: Vintage Camfess
Humans of Cambridge: the many hats of a Cambridge College Porter
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
Beth Lee
Beth Lee speaks to the quiet powerhouses behind the desk whose work keeps colleges and students thriving
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Jemma Sbeg on the psychology of your 20s
How Thomas Godfrey is fighting anti-intellectualism 
Behind the bar at La Raza
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
Jing Hao Liang meets the Full Blue Racing team, a group of Cambridge students who build a racecar every year
Risky business in Cambridge
Lychees leech your energy
Could gene therapy rewrite the future of Huntington’s?
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
Flora Allen explores the treatment offering new hope for a previously incurable disease
Nathaniel Ostle explores how the activity of these microscopic powerhouses may have resulted in the evolution of sleep
Ask Auntie Alice: the (delayed) return
Which autumnal food sums you up in a dish?
How to escape a haunted house (party)
Blind Date: ‘I realised in the end that we weren’t going to bond over anything’
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
Trial + error
Sophie Ennis checks out a Cambridge walking ghost tour in pursuit of a new Halloween tradition
Frida Bradbrook regrets to inform you that you have already missed the social event of the season
Why is everybody naked?
A Cambridge childhood felt through Period Piece
Reflections on the Booker Prize 2025
The Lolita complex
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
Review
Gus Lovell muses on the future of the novel
In the spirit of sexy Halloween costumes
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
Opinion
Alara Clayton reflects on her recent trip to Oslo and the charming simplicity of Scandi style
Opinion
Molly Weston muses on the tribulations of bringing back the classic 60s jean style
Finding space in Cambridge for the love of filmmaking
Is Emma Stone an alien in Bugonia?
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
Review
Lara Davis reviews Emily Knutsson’s short film Forgery
Opinion
Amanda Ljungberg examines the prestige directors turning their gaze on Gen Z politics
When the going gets tough, whip out a guitar
Haunting sounds in a haunting city
In conversation with the The Hunna
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
Guide
Charlotte Thomann offers her absolute beginner’s guide to songwriting
Opinion
As our second Britpop summer comes to a close, Millie Wooler ponders the question that defined the original one
The ambiguous world of Beneath The Flower
We can never forget the classics
Meet the man behind The Addams Family musical 
Woolf’s kaleidoscopic self is a sensation on the stage
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
Review
Eva Sharkey’s Orlando is a colourful, flamboyant, whimsical celebration of queerness, says Elsie Hayward 4/5 stars
Review
This slow-burn production, underset by haunting cello music, combines incredible performances with sharp technicality
Captain’s Corner: Men’s Lacrosse
Oxford clinch commanding win despite spirited Cambridge effort
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
Calum Murray speaks to Ruby Hart about Varsity glory and BUCS ambitions
Interview
Max Eshelby talks to Cambridge United CEO Alex Tunbridge about the unique challenges facing the U’s
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