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They are among 92 scholars recognised this year for outstanding contributions across disciplines ranging from medieval history to international relations
Malak Hani, 19, was accepted into Downing College but cannot leave the territory due to visa restrictions
A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including a Chaucerian mystery and a celebration of the ‘one-person battery electric recumbent tricycle’
Professors Tony Booth and Wyn Evans have suggested that the electorate should be more inclusive
Tara Buxton asks the author-influencer about happiness, poetry, and the journey to a creative career
The company is seeking to expand its AI glasses
Opinion
Allow your emotions to run wild in art galleries, argues Bryony Clarke
Feature
Salomé Gakwaya sells a full day out of drinks and films on St Andrew’s Street
Trial and Error
Zoe Blackburn and Niamh Walters reflect on the trials and tribulations of finding their Trinity May Ball dresses
Student Life
Grace Howell explores the home Cambridge can provide to ‘third-culture-kids’
Floating adrift: the unmoored life of a third-culture kid 
What it’s like to be an underage student at Cambridge
Learning to live with injury at Cambridge
3am in Cambridge
Student Life
Eve Nicholls investigates how injured students face challenges on college grounds
Bibi Boyce explores the trials and tribulations of the lost and found bins of Cambridge
Student Life
Grace Howell explores the home Cambridge can provide to ‘third-culture-kids’
Aaron Syposz explores how local winemaking has been impacted by climate change and improved knowhow
How does being underage at Cambridge impacts students’ experiences?
Lili Fairclough talks to the wild swimmers who brave the water , and those fighting to clean up the river.
Student Life
Amelia Makstutis investigates how hospitality can help bridge the town-gown divide
Commercial Feature
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The Cambridge student hoping to become mayor of Baltimore: Thomas ‘TJ’ Jones
‘Disagreeing agreeably’: meet the three Caians chairing CUCA, CULA and CULC 
Meet Miyuki Watanabe: Japanese diplomat and Cambridge student
Discussing optimism with David Larbi
Vienna Kwan sits down with Thomas ‘TJ’ Jones to discuss how a military man hoping to become the mayor of Baltimore ended up at Cambridge.
Quickfire
Vienna Kwan sits down with Miyuki Watanabe, a Cambridge student and Japanese diplomat
The three on navigating differences and the political climate at Caius.
Long Read
Abigail Liew discusses the natural world in digital art with Kimverlyn Lim
Tara Buxton asks the author-influencer about happiness, poetry, and the journey to a creative career
Claire Ding meets Alan Macfarlane to reflect on his experiences as a professor on social media
Vitamin C(ambridge)
How does the brain become conscious of its thoughts? 
It’s only rocket science, Elon
Can ‘cloaked cells’ help us cure Alzheimer’s?
Lucy George discusses whether or not multi-vitamins are going to rescue us during term-time
Nessa Yip explains the progress made by neuroscience towards answering a question at the centre of the human experience
‘Rapid unscheduled disassembly’ – Starship flight 9 ends in a fireball
Maya Kunchur takes a look at how exam term and May Week affect your body – and how to minimise the damage
Jenny Jiang gives an insight into the everyday fruits that can pose lethal threats
Shiyun Lang explains why new ‘cloaked cells’ have such wide-ranging therapeutic potential in transplantation and neurodegenerative disorders
How Wellbeing Day revived me
The ultimate guide to Cambridge brunch 
So, you’re dating a … 
Seven species of Sidge
Notebook
Jess Gotterson reflects on the importance of college wellbeing days in Easter term
Notebook
Ben Curtis reflects on the simple joy of cycling for the sake of it
Trial and Error
Madeleine Farrow gives us the best tips for enjoying a night out without an impending hangover
Day in the Life
Join India as she investigates the world of Cambridge rowing firsthand
List
Jessica Spearman uncovers all with this ‘who’s who’ of Cambridge archetypes: dating edition
Walking into my first Cambridge open mic
Where’s all the street art? My Cambridge culture shock
Is Wendy Cope’s poetry worth the social media craze?
Burning banks: Alex Schaefer and American culture shocks
Opinion
Rachel Jones recounts her experience at a Cambridge open mic
Opinion
Talia Jacobs uses Alex Schaefer’s art to capture her American research excursions
Feature
Mia Apfel reflects upon the flexibility of collegiate statues
Interview
Grace Cobb talks to Catriona Silvey about her latest novel
Opinion
Allow your emotions to run wild in art galleries, argues Bryony Clarke
The right look: dressing up conservatism
The ultimate summer bag guide
Opinion
Niamh Walters explores how the tradwife aesthetic dresses up a conservative ideology
Guide
Irina Echim offers a summer bag guide, to get us tote-ally ready for the sunshine
Trial and Error
Zoe Blackburn and Niamh Walters reflect on the trials and tribulations of finding their Trinity May Ball dresses
Feature
Zinzi Mlotshwa investigates the great skill of being able to repair and create your own clothing
Opinion
Irina Echim analyses the sexual politics of Carpenter’s recent image shift
Feature
Arshika Parann breaks down the iconic fashion of the 1920s, and explores how it pervades society today
The Spoons-to-Picturehouse pipeline
Should Spielberg stop beating the dinosaur-shaped horse? 
Reanimating a franchise with 28 Years Later
Get the medicine drug! Exploring the resurgence of House MD
Review
Jacob Smith reviews Boyle’s latest addition to his post-apocalytic universe
Review
Lara Glennie reviews Jurassic World Rebirth
Global Frames
Reuben Aston explores the rich cinematic history of Russia and the USSR
Feature
Salomé Gakwaya sells a full day out of drinks and films on St Andrew’s Street
Opinion
Frida Bradbrook explores how the common experience of imposter syndrome leads to an increased desire for easy-to-consume and make fun of media
Review
Elspeth White explores the fever-dream nights out of Scorcese’s After Hours and Cambridge
The down-low on Cambridge chapel choirs
Inheriting a ghost 
‘Our Father who art in Corn Exchange’: Father John Misty in Cambridge
Are we having an Addison Rae summer?
Live Review
Francis McCabe weighs up the newest and most haunting dramatic collision of the RSC’s Hamlet with Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief
Feature
Seun Ige on Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Like Him’ and the grief of absence
Live Review
Daisy Cooper (and co.) go to the church of the prime hipster preacher
Album Review
Grab a can of ‘Diet Pepsi’, Gina Stock reviews Addison Rae’s debut album in homage to Brat summer
Live Review
With exams done and dusted, Daisy Cooper takes a break in Manchester and reviews Chicago trio Horsegirl
Playlist
Feeling musical FOMO? Seun Ige is here to help with a breakdown of the year’s best releases so far
In conversation with Jemima Proctor & Sophie Daily-Hunt: what makes a great costume designer?
So, you’re dating a theatre kid
Feature
Leon Rake breaks down the intricacies of dating a thespian, offering a few words of wisdom (and some ibuprofen) along the way
Feature
Kaitlyn Butterly hosts a costume designer roundtable
Feature
Trade the auditorium for a bar stool and enjoy a night of solos and sips, says Daphne Stavride
Opinion
Creative venture or cop-out? Shan Tan-Ya thinks film-to-stage adaptations are both
Feature
Ever wondered about applying for one of the most under-discussed roles in CamDram? Kaitlyn Butterly has you covered!
Opinion
Millie Wooler praises the efforts of the performances ditching the CD for the real thing
The writing of football: from Scottish sectarianism to cliched tortologies
Football
After attending this engaging seminar series, Barney Blackburn offers a host of lessons learnt on football writing
Interview
Varsity record-holder Bea Wood sits down with Louise Crary
Sports Awards
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports on a crowning afternoon for the light blues’ finest
College Rowing
Joshua Prince dives into the action of this year’s May Bumps
Interview
Oscar O’Neill speaks to 6-time World triathlon champion and British sporting icon Jonny Brownlee
College Rowing
Alex Davis reports on the reaction to the Midsummer Fair and May Bumps clash
COMMENT
Ben Curtis
The next Chancellor has their work cut out for them
Ben Curtis argues that the new Chancellor must prioritise reconciling students at the University
Jamilla Wichmann
What is originality, anyway?
Jamilla Wichmann argues that the emphasis on originality in the humanities at Cambridge can have harmful side effects
Jasper Finlay Burnside
Where is the humanity in our politics?
Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that the response to Rachel Reeves’s tears in the House of Commons highlights disconcerting characteristics of modern-day politics
Bernard Shiu
It’s not just Trump who’s after international students
Bernard Shiu argues that the rise of populism poses a threat to international students’ access to education across the world
Tia Ribbo
So, what are you up to this summer?
Tia Ribbo argues that the pressure placed on our summer vacation highlights harmful aspects of Cambridge’s culture
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Why shouldn’t we share our libraries with A-level students?
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino argues that we need to remember that Cambridge is not solely a university town when complaining about A-level students in our libraries