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Home of the University of Cambridge’s student newspaper, Varsity. Get the latest News, Comment, Sport, Features, Videos, Culture, Reviews and more from the University and beyond.

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varsity.co.uk > news > 32015

News In Brief: frightening findings, firewomen, and free festivals

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (44+ words) A light-hearted round up of this week’s stories, from a musical theatre performance to developments in astronomy Sunday September 6 2026, 4:38pm A fiery musical comes to Cambridge An ‘Out of the Ordinary’ festival News In Brief: Bombs, BBC dramas, and borrowed plates...

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varsity.co.uk > arts > 32003

The death of the artsy ‘third space’? | Varsity

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (89+ words) Freya Roodhouse offers Cambridge’s museums as a solution to the dying third space Tuesday September 1 2026, 1:07pm “We must expand our view to those other contenders that make a bid for artistic attention” “We should seize the third spaces freely provided for…...

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varsity.co.uk > arts > 31957

Cambridge’s hidden artists

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) Mae Auckland argues that the best art is the kind that’s never shared Tuesday August 25 2026, 6:31pm While the city of Cambridge is famous for its creative output, the element of Cambridge’s artistic scene that interests me the most is perhaps its…...

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varsity.co.uk > theatre > 31914

Pretty vacant or pretty clever?

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (138+ words) Millie Wooler defends beautiful theatre against the compulsion to be ‘clever’ Sunday August 9 2026, 9:00am Then, I stopped myself: Why? Why does it have to be clever to be beautiful? Can it not just be beautiful on its own? “Appreciating a play…...

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varsity.co.uk > theatre > 31888

Pitlochry’s Lear and setting Shakespeare

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (146+ words) Lauren Cuthbertson explores the joys and power of setting Shakespeare and the privilege of theatre on your doorstep Saturday July 25 2026, 8:52pm “A strong cast aside, what made Lear shine […] was its setting” “The specific privilege it is to live in a…...

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Join Varsity’s visual team this Michaelmas

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (340+ words) Now is the ideal time to join the beating heart of student journalism in Cambridge by Daisy Bates & Bibi Boyce Wednesday July 15 2026, 11:29am Applications to join Varsity’s visual team in Michaelmas 2026 have now opened. Varsity is the oldest and only independent…...

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varsity.co.uk > arts > 31771

Space Invaders: inside Meg’s ‘art gallery of her own’

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) Jessica Leer takes a peek at one of Peterhouse’s prettiest rooms Tuesday June 30 2026, 8:49pm I first saw Meg’s room sort of randomly, while running around Cambridge during one of those sorts of weeks where you must detangle fifty projects at once....

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varsity.co.uk > theatre > 31792

A celebration of Queer Love in sacred spaces: Romeo and Juliet in Peterhouse Chapel

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (82+ words) Reimagining Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, this production looks set to be a celebration of love perfect for this Pride month Tuesday June 16 2026, 7:49pm “There’s a connection there that I feel is very fitting for a pride play” “It has been able to…...

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Spotlighting student designers

3+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (494+ words) Joanne Yau and Flossie Bullion interview Cambridge’s young fashion creatives by Flossie Bullion & Joanne Yau Friday June 12 2026 For Jessica Hammond, a Politics finalist at Murray Edwards College and founder of ‘Zwuanli’, fashion is rooted in movement. Inspired by her Tanzanian…...

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varsity.co.uk > theatre > 31745

Bold beginnings in the Corpus Playroom

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (192+ words) Set to fully debut next year, Raindrops on a White Pear Blossom is a promising and emotionally compelling new play, argues Millie Wooler Wednesday June 3 2026, 7:10pm Raindrops is part of the Corpus Playroom’s Blank Canvas series, a collection of three new…...