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Cambridge SU presidents on divestment, engagement and the challeges of the role

Lucy Thomas sits down with Students’ Union presidents to learn more about the position

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‘It’s always originality they’re looking for’: Katie Burge on all things film

Hannah Burfield sits down with Katie Burge to explore her rising film career

Hot Numbers: ‘It’s an art and a science’

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Antony Stokes on the Foreign Office, Mars and LinkedIn 

Author and self-acceptance advocate Ro Mitchell: ‘There’s no shame in liking yourself’

‘Greens are the real alternative’: Kathryn Fisher’s hopes for Petersfield council ward

D.D. Guttenplan on feeling out of place, free speech and Zohran Mamdani

Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms: Alsanosi Adam on the future of aid

Mariam Al-Badry sits down with an Emergency Response Rooms delegate to discuss the advantages of locally-led aid

Researching Cambridge’s links to slavery in the face of backlash

‘It’s entirely possible that we get it wrong’: what do archivists actually do?

Meet the man behind your college stash

Lord Leggatt on becoming a Supreme Court Justice

Chatterbox toys and ice cream trucks: Carolina Rubio Macwright on empowering immigrants

Lauren Quinn discusses the power of compassion in the contemporary global landscape with the immigration lawyer and organiser

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Anthony Gong on what politicians can learn from competitive debate

Anthony Gong reflects on competitive debate and the evolution of public discourse with Giovanni Lacroix

You don’t need to peak at Cambridge, says Robin Harding

Meet Juan Michel, Cambridge’s Multilingual Musician

Beyond the mainstream: Jessie Lau on rewriting representation

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Editing the narrative: a black creator’s Cambridge experience

In search of the Midlands (in Cambridge)

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Quickfire: The Feminist Files

Jing Hao Liang sits down with Rosie Hillary and Asha Metcalfe, co-presidents of the Feminist Files podcast

Jemma Sbeg on the psychology of your 20s

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Behind the bar at La Raza

How Thomas Godfrey is fighting anti-intellectualism 

Full Blue Racing: where Cambridge meets F1

In conversation with James Tweed

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Influencer Erin McGurk on impostor syndrome and avoiding Instagram

Niara Morenas asks the content creator what lessons she’d impart to freshers

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Joyce Mau on life after Law Society president

Claire Ding sits down with Joyce Mau to reminisce on her time at CULS 

Lee Durrell on the lost ideal of the ‘gentleman naturalist’

Who is The Gentleman? Meet the Cambridge-based zine blurring binaries

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Leonie James’ journey from Varsity to the Bar

De-coding AI with Dr. Alexander Carter

Gillian Tett’s knack for faking it till you make it

How Sam Elbahja graduated and published a book in the same year

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Desafio do gringo: Andrew Collet on being a recovering perfectionist

GK Barry’s journey from Revs to Reality TV

Sophie Ennis sits down with the TikTok phenomenon to discuss the realities of stardom and her acting aspirations 

From failing his degree to becoming an MP: Graham Stuart’s unorthodox time at Cambridge

Vienna Kwan sits down with Graham Stuart to hear his unconventional path from Selwyn College to Parliament without a degree

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The Secret Life of Murray Edwards’ Gardeners

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Lindsay Beckett: co-owner of the new Harvey Court café

Meet Arya Kalavath, Cambridge’s star singer-songwriter

‘My sanity was saved by being an activist’: Baroness Coussins on the House of Lords and human rights

Meet the President of Cambridge Rape Justice

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A place to Thrive: Cambridge’s all-vegan café and community hub

‘Just ridiculously, relentlessly, curious’: Stapleford Granary CEO Kate Romano

Jack Marley sits down with Kate Romano to discuss her journey to leading arts centre Stapleford Granary

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Meet Miyuki Watanabe: Japanese diplomat and Cambridge student

‘Disagreeing agreeably’: meet the three Caians chairing CUCA, CULA and CULC 

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In conversation with Kimverlyn Lim: creative technologist

Professor Alan Macfarlane on blending YouTube and academia

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Meet the Proctors: on traditions and graduation tips 

‘Mountain madness’: discussing Dorothy Pilley

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Lady Rose on how to become a Supreme Court Justice

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Medwards alum Ruby Cline on life after Cambridge

Olivia Goodman catches up with content creator and recent graduate Ruby Cline

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Smelling the difference: in conversation with Aromi

Alex Corbould sits down with Francesco Genovese, co-director of Aromi

Dr Arthur Norman on the evolution of Computer Science

‘A lot goes on behind the scenes’: on managing The Blue Moon

Baron Layard: an argument for happiness

A conversation with Taiwan’s Cyber Minister, Audrey Tang

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy on being ‘on the left of the Labour party’

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In conversation with the former President of Clare Cellars

In conversation with Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales

‘Let the despair drive you’: reflections on running CURR

Tara Buxton reflects on Cambridge’s feminist scene with CURR co-founders 

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‘Herald of the summer’: Pimm’s punt owner on capsizing and cocktails

Eleanor Dougan speaks to the floating bar owner about his experiences punting Pimm’s along the Cam

Meet Afua Kyei: Bank of England CFO and Powerlist’s most influential black woman

In conversation with Will Hanrahan on Netflix’s My Lover, My Killer

Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett on her time in politics

Meet the Chaplain who’s working to make Cambridge a university of sanctuary

Lord Wolfson on his career as a barrister-turned-politician

Dr. Rose Stevens on the ‘contraceptive crisis’

Hannah Burfield speaks to Dr. Rose Stevens about the declining use of the pill and public attitudes towards contraception

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In conversation with the Cambridge University Dance Society

Alex O’Connor on the importance of saying ‘I don’t know’

In conversation with Helen Molyneux, one of BBC’s 100 Women 2024

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‘Have courage in yourself’: in conversation with the Union President

Howard Morrison on his career in international law

Keith Kahn-Harris on the importance of the ordinary

Professor Matthew Kramer on stoicism inside and outside of academia

Matthew Kramer tells Vienna Kwan how his dedication to academia, lifestyle, and personal views all come together

In conversation with John Armstrong, co-founder of The School of Life

In conversation with End Sexual Violence

Darwin without the science? Peter Mason on rewriting a scientific classic

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Revitalising the Medwards Garden Party with co-president Iona Gallagher

Professor Richard Evans on chronicling the Nazis

Meet the Cambridge students who are also public prosecutors

Singaporean prosecutors, Norine Tan and Jiang Ke-Yue, discuss life as mature students with Vienna Kwan 

Meet the first-year climate justice activist Saoirse Exton

Mariam Al-Badry speaks to Saoirse Exton about activism, apathy, and whether people are inherently good

Martin Jankowski on Berlin’s literary scene

Cambridge, confidence, and content creation

In conversation with the May Week Alternative Co-Presidents

Lessons from a US prison campaigner and former inmate

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Talking international politics with a former UN General Assembly President