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News in Brief
A short round-up of this week’s stories, including a Christ student’s Pokémon code, and Trinity gardener’s tribute to a botanist
This year, only the positions of President and Speakers Officer were contested
The incident prompted an open meeting of the Gonville and Caius Students’ Union
An external investigation upheld complaints of sexual assault against the classics professor in April
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
One big happy (college) family?
Mary Anna Im evaluates whether the glory days are over for the comedy troupe, or if they were never there in the first place
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
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Commercial Feature
Bible Scholar Mattie Mae Motl: “God is a woman”
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
The language of lasts
Kai Bevan argues that science offers a better perspective on right and wrong than philosophy or religion
Interview
Bibi Boyce speaks to Dr Hilke Schlichting about her work as Professor of Exoplanets and Planetary Sciences at UCLA
Pooja Gada explores the science behind why the end-of-term feels so bittersweet
Lucy George explores whether the use of AI in our degrees is making us less intelligent
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
Not a pub, not a club: Cambridge nightlife’s best third spaces
Far-flung foodie favourites
Confessions of a May Ball crasher
Breaking no contact…hours
Guide
Emer Naylor Afram uncovers Cambridge’s hidden gems for some unexpectedly excellent nights out
Guide
Ellana Cowan recommends the best food spots outside the city centre
Charlotte Thomann helps us to see failure for what it really is
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
Guide
Emily Cushion plans her post-exam celebrations and pastimes so you don’t have to plan yours
Look, don’t touch
Opinion
Mara Zaharia argues that there is much unfinished art can teach us about perfection
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
Academic prestige or aesthetic appeal?
Feature
Beth Wade questions the authenticity of the ‘academic aesthetic’ among Cambridge students
Fashion
A beginner’s guide to sewing
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
Gen Z, FilmTok and the A24 problem
Feature
Daniella Adetoye examines the phenomenon that is the A24 film
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
‘Returning again and again’ to the Bateman room
Interview
Cerys Burch attends a recital by Cameron Fox honouring Nick Drake and his original performance
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
Shakespeare in the sun 
Romeo and Juliet in Peterhouse Chapel
Varsity‘s favourite productions of 2026
‘Mental illness doesn’t exist in a vacuum’ says Obsessive, Compulsive, Divine 
Opinion
Millie Wooler looks back with nostalgia on her first year encounters with the Bard
Preview
Ahead of its run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Nika Akberlin speaks with Rachel Byrne about her new play
Preview
This production looks set to be a celebration of love perfect for this Pride month
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
Martina Abels Marti leads Newbroke to Cuppers victory against SJK, amidst transgender ruling controversy
Match Report
Harry Mclusky reports on Women’s Cuppers Final as Newbroke secure 2-0 victory against St John’s and King’s
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
COMMENT
Emma Gower
How do we find exambiguity?
Emma Gower asks us to reevaluate our Easter term priorities
Amanda Ljunberg
Exercise, academia, and the Cambridge addiction to both
Amanda Ljunberg interrogates the parallels between student addiction within the realms of exercise and academia
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