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News in Brief: crowd-favourite musicals, camera exhibitions, and climbing closures
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (482+ words) Varsity Online Rainbow Rocket Central Climbing Centre set to close Rainbow Rocket Central, one of Cambridge’s premier indoor climbing facilities, has announced that it will be “closing its doors”. The decision comes as a result of East West Rail’s plans…...
A battle of the exhibitions
19+ hour, 19+ min ago (146+ words) Millie Gordon compares her experiences of two contrasting fashion exhibitions Sunday September 13 2026, 8:09pm A resplendent display of French Renaissance and Baroque architecture, the Bowes Museum has long drawn visitors from all over the world to admire the 1770s Silver Swan. Since March…...
How Noise Restrictions Are Changing the Face of Cambridge Events
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (781+ words) Sponsored content from Klispy Saturday September 12 2026, 7:17am Those rigid conditions are now being removed from premises licences in favour of event-specific risk assessments. Colleges may still use the former figures where their assessment finds them appropriate, but new noise management plans…...
What on Earth does one watch on their flight home?
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (145+ words) Scarlett Akiwumi discusses the surprisingly difficult art of choosing a film for the return journey from Cambridge Thursday September 10 2026, 4:00am “I was finally given the opportunity to catch up on the films I had not had the free time to watch,…...
Here’s what you missed on Glee
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (104+ words) Caitlin Newman suggests that the show’s soundtrack rises above its reputation Tuesday September 8 2026, 4:35pm “Being a fan of 2010s cult-classic Glee is seriously frowned upon in most music communities” “The show undeniably cast some of the best voices in the businesses” The…...
Peak performance: Instagram is now a totally performative platform
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (262+ words) Matilda Sheekey argues that Instagram has reached new levels of fakeness, as likes and reposts become publicly judged Monday September 7 2026, 6:13pm "When everything is public, nothing is beyond judgement" All this, I fear, has only eroded user authenticity further from the…...
The real post-festival blues
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (356+ words) With over 70% of England in drought, Reuben Tao examines the environmental consequences of your summer festival Sunday September 6 2026, 9:16pm The hundreds of festivals held in the UK every summer run on similar principles: build a temporary city for up to tens…...
The do’s and don’ts of a Bob Dylan cover
1+ week, 1+ day ago (76+ words) Orla Howard gives a rundown of the best ways to emulate the musical genius Saturday September 5 2026, 11:51pm “To call it a ‘cover’ does not really do justice to the magic Hendrix brings to the song” “Baez’s version stands out: it is…...
Ailsa Marshall Lagos on taking her original musical to the Camden Fringe
1+ week, 4+ day ago (261+ words) Claire Pang meets one half of the creative team taking a musical from Cambridge to Camden Wednesday September 2 2026, 8:26pm Ailsa Marshall Lagos is an incoming second-year at Downing College, studying English. Along with Micha Winchester Plen, an incoming second-year Theology student…...
There’s more to life than Cambridge theatre, you know
1+ week, 4+ day ago (177+ words) Millie Wooler ponders what happens when we see plays post-Cambridge Wednesday September 2 2026, 5:16pm Amy Leach’s Brassed Off at Leeds Playhouse holds this image in suspension until the young actor playing Shane races between the two men and snatches up the fallen…...