Ronald Balfour: Cambridge鈥檚 own 鈥榤onuments man鈥

10 March 2014

探花直播鈥榤onuments men鈥 were a multinational unit of the Allied Forces who operated behind enemy lines during the Second World War to safeguard artistic and cultural treasures. Among them was historian Ronald Balfour, Fellow of King鈥檚 College, who lost his life 69 years ago.

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Steel Dust: Young and Old

We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the vulnerable?

28 October 2013

On November 1 Melvyn Bragg will talk about his book Grace and Mary at the Festival of Ideas.聽 探花直播novel is based on Bragg鈥檚 own bitter-sweet experience of his mother鈥檚 dementia. Looking back across three generations, it raises fundamental questions about social attitudes and how they shape our lives. Three people discuss some of the big challenges that face us.

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Ian and Tim

Queuing for the magic of King's on Christmas Eve

23 December 2011

Each year hundreds of people queue day and night in the cold to experience the magic of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College Chapel. At the head of the queue this year is Tim Wotherspoon who lives in Cottenham and studied maths at Cambridge. He is spending five nights on a camp bed on the cobbles to ensure his seat on Christmas Eve.

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Physics? It鈥檚 the language of the universe鈥

05 July 2010

When Joe Novelli (pictured) was encouraged by his physics teacher at Stanborough School in Welwyn Garden City to apply for the Senior Physics Challenge, an intensive four-day residential at Cambridge 探花直播, he didn鈥檛 know what to expect.

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Honorary degree 2010 nominations announced

15 March 2010

探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge has today submitted nominations to the Regent House for the conferment of honorary degrees in June 2010. Eight distinguished individuals are nominated.

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