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A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including local authority news, awards for University academics, and archeological surprises
Activists targeted the Cambridge University Endowment Fund, calling for the University to divest from companies linked to weapons manufacturing
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A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, from the Complete University Guide rankings to a new Centre for the USA
Those involved in the research say it could improve the response to future viral outbreaks
The University has begun moving funds to financial institutions with a greater focus on sustainability
The SU voted to support the strike action, stating that ‘staff working conditions are student learning conditions’
Mary Anna Im speaks with the leader of the Liberal Democrats about their plans to win over young people
Interview
Dylan Ingram and Georgia Gooding interview the pros on the biggest films of the year
Bibi Boyce speaks with disabled students about their exam access arrangements to understand if the University is effectively supporting them
Ell Heeps predicts what we can expect from Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album
Pooja Gada explores the science behind why the end-of-term feels so bittersweet
‘It was genocide, not a civil war’ – Cambridge University Tamil Society remembers the Sri Lankan Civil War
One big happy (college) family?
Ben Lubitsh speaks to members of the University’s Jewish community to learn about their experience with antisemitism
Wilf Vall speaks to students about the ‘maddening tightrope walk’ of making their way through Cambridge as a young carer
Bibi Boyce speaks with disabled students about their exam access arrangements to understand if the University is effectively supporting them
Bryony Clarke explores the difficulties of managing chronic illness for students on their Year Abroad
Lucia Requejo Tabares explores the role of college families
Mimi Ronson questions the pressures around Cambridge’s culture of academic performance
Dara Osinowo speaks to finalists torn between chasing ambition and choosing financial security
Yulianna Nunno investigates our evolving relationship with digital technology and interrogates its role in shaping modern life
Commercial Feature
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Commercial Feature
Bible Scholar Mattie Mae Motl: “God is a woman”
‘Central banking gets under your skin’: Sarah Breeden on working at the Bank of England 
What’s the story behind Pages coffee house?
Rosalind Howell talks politics and activism with former Fairtrade Foundation leader and Green Party CEO Harriet Lamb
Mary Anna Im speaks with the leader of the Liberal Democrats about their plans to win over young people
Lucy Thomas sits down with Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability
Rosalind Howell speaks to Pages founder Jasmine Jayyousi about coffee and community building
Phoebe Leung discusses a new perspective on God and biblical masculinity with Mattie Mae Motl
Quickfire
Isadora Vargas Mafort speaks to the committee about the story behind the society and what they hope to provide the Cambridge community
What’s out there? Earth, exoplanets, and the search for life
Is artificial intelligence rotting our brains?
The language of lasts
Failure is the foundation of science
Interview
Bibi Boyce speaks to Dr Hilke Schlichting about her work as Professor of Exoplanets and Planetary Sciences at UCLA
Lucy George explores whether the use of AI in our degrees is making us less intelligent
Pooja Gada explores the science behind why the end-of-term feels so bittersweet
Amanda Gardiner reflects on why failure is an essential and valuable part of scientific research
Amanda Gardiner investigates what caffeine does to our bodies, from exam-term energy boosts to post-coffee crashes
Interview
Yu Tong Lim sits down with Kavya Neeba from the Centre for Science and Policy to discuss connecting researchers with decision-makers
Blind Date: ‘It was like the romantic version of a Saw trap’
Confessions of a May Ball crasher
A town with a view
In conversation with Cupid
Feature
Katie Ballingall reflects on what it’s like to study a degree with fewer contact hours
Blind Date
Trapped together for an hour, second years Amelia and Dylan meet in an escape room
An anonymous confessant admits their Easter term antics to Varsity
Horoscopes
Alex Brian looks to the stars to help you navigate this whirlwind week
Guide
Emily Cushion plans her post-exam celebrations and pastimes so you don’t have to plan yours
Ruby Randall goes behind the scenes of Cambridge’s Y2K dating website
Look, don’t touch
Don’t rush me – I’m reading!
Interview
Ollie Liversedge talks to student novelists aspiring to be the next literary greats
Opinion
Sophia Jaffer learns the art of portraiture from John Singer Sargent
Opinion
Isabel Adair corresponds with her friend about the lost art of letter writing
Interview
Ben Bailey interviews the organisers behind the event and reflects on the college’s arts scene
Will you wear wigs?
How to manipulate your Vinted algorithm 
The hidden gems of formal fashion
Interview
Joanne Yau and Flossie Bullion interview Cambridge’s young fashion creatives
Fashion
Katie Ballingall finds the perfect formal dress closer than expected
Fashion
Katie Ballingall explores the different forms power dressing can take
Fashion
Sadie Nicholls asks whether the Met Gala can survive its politics
Ellie Duff reflects on the fashionable potential of the iconic music festival
Lights, camera, Cambridge
Why are films so stressful these days?
Jess Gotterson asks Varsity‘s writers for the film and TV which best captures their time in Cambridge
Interview
Dylan Ingram and Georgia Gooding interview the pros on the biggest films of the year
Interview
Bibi Boyce speaks to the Motherland writer and two-time BAFTA winner about her career in television
Opinion
Ruby Redwood examines the trend towards anxiety-inducing thrillers.
Watchlist
Heidi Lewis looks at classic and upcoming queer media in celebration of Pride 2026
Heidi Lewis discusses the production of 2026′s sharpest sci-fi film with art director Tim Browning
Hejira: a jazzed tribute to Joni Mitchell 
To Be Forever Yung
Review
The tribute act bring Joni Mitchell’s genius back to life, says Leila Isa
Ell Heeps predicts what we can expect from Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album
Francis McCabe immerses you in the indescribable allure of the live album
Live Review
Amanda Ljunberg takes us through the thrills and ordeals of a Yung Lean concert and all it’s corners of internet-ness
Live Review
Natalie Wildgoose’s winter ballads and LYR’s prophetic-poetic mix at the Storey’s Field Centre, as reviewed by Daisy Cooper
Daniella Adetoye considers rap and the politics of respectability
All of Cambridge is a stage
Varsity‘s favourite productions of 2026
Hope is a thing with wings (and a stage, and an audience)
‘Where does actor begin and puppet start?’
Opinion
Millie Wooler asks if hope is essential to the theatrical experience
Feature
Lucy Farmer looks back on student theatre’s most creative stage spaces and innovative scenery
Our Theatre writers review their favourite shows from the recent theatre scene in Cambridge in 100 words
Feature
Lauren Quinn compiles some top tips from Cambridge’s experienced thespians about how to manage exam term in theatre
Feature
Nikita Vajrala speaks with lead puppet designer, Clotilde Dumont, on the creative process for The House at Pooh Corner
Review
Raindrops on a White Pear Blossom is a promising and emotionally compelling new play, argues Millie Wooler
The imperfect privilege of Cambridge sport
Oxford overpower spirited Cambridge comeback to win Varsity cricket
Tristan Sykes
Tristan Sykes explores whether Cambridge sport is truly accessible
Match report
Sam Ho reports on mixed netball Cuppers finals day
Nicholas Hall questions whether more Cambridge sports teams should compete on a national level
college football
Harry Mclusky reports on the Plate, Vase and Shield finals
Match Report
Harry Mclusky reports on the college football fixture of the season from Grange Road
Match report
Joss Heddle-Bacon reports from Lord’s on a dramatic 2026 Men’s T20 cricket Varsity
COMMENT
Juliette Berry
My favourite dance floor is the one with my friends on it
Juliette Berry analyses the infamous Cambridge nightlife
head to head
Has it been a good year for student politics?
Ell Heeps and Ben Lubitsh clash over whether it’s been a good year for student politics
Harry Cammish
‘On the Poverty of Student Life’: sixty years on
Harry Cammish reflects upon the state of our student politics
Harry Cammish
Should we still read Philip Larkin?
Harry Cammish asks us to consider how we separate Larkin from his art
Skye Wavamunno
Top of the slops
Skye Wavamunno exposes the classist undercurrents of Downing’s dining culture
Jasper Finlay Burnside
The Cambridge drift
Jasper Finlay Burnside comments on the logistical nightmare of walking around Cambridge