Pushing science to its limits
06 Feb 2012Bookings for the UK’s largest free science festival open this morning at: www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
̽»¨Ö±²¥politics of speechmaking
24 Oct 2011Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political rhetoric at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas heard last week.
Will the English language ever die?
21 Oct 2011Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow.
̽»¨Ö±²¥myth of the Arab Spring
18 Oct 2011New research shows true picture of what and who is behind the political uprisings.
̽»¨Ö±²¥Creative Campus
13 Oct 2011Students ripped up their university exam papers in protest against established authority and in rejection of formal qualifications; a progressive sociologist assigned his students the storming of a public office as field-work; avant-garde writers, street theatre and poets moulded a bohemian sub-culture was dramatically reshaping university life.
What makes a great political speech?
27 Sep 2011Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.
Children’s literature an escape from the adult world
24 Sep 2011A ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge academic is to suggest that grown-ups enjoy children’s classics because they are dissatisfied with life in the adult world.
Adventures of a palaeolinguist
20 Sep 2011̽»¨Ö±²¥curious bronze, knuckle-shaped object pictured is an ancient weight excavated from the east coast of Italy. ̽»¨Ö±²¥inscription scrawled along its side is written in the language of ancient people, known to the Romans as the Frentani.
Thousands become explorers through Open Cambridge and Bridge the Gap
20 Sep 2011Thousands of people enjoyed a chance to explore Cambridge’s secrets and scenic paths earlier this month thanks to Open Cambridge (9/10 September) and the tenth annual Bridge the Gap charity walk on Sunday, 11 September.
Whistleblowers, zombies… and how to stay out of prison
13 Jul 2011Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the earliest days of mankind.