"Fame", John Milton once wrote, "is no plant that grows on mortal soil". Even the great poet himself, however, might have struggled to imagine the global scale on which his achievements are being celebrated four centuries later.
A group of prospective mature students took part in a pilot mature students shadowing day run by Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) yesterday.
Pop icons such as John Lennon and Mick Jagger were never the spokesmen for 1960s youth, but shrewd capitalists who cashed in on the mood of their time, a new study suggests.
Free tours of the University of Cambridge, offered as part of Open Cambridge, are booking up fast. Taking place on Saturday 13 September, Open Cambridge is a new initiative which will give hundreds of people the chance to see some hidden treasures and enjoy both buildings and gardens.
A magnificent new collection at the University Library makes Cambridge a major international centre for Montaigne scholarship.
Scholars from around the world will come to Cambridge next week for a conference utilising the University Library’s impressive collection of material associated with the French Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592).
What do Jeremy Paxman and Oliver Cromwell Junior have in common? Where in Cambridge can you find a chunk of Winchester Cathedral? How many kings did it take to create King’s College Chapel (and what are their names, for an extra point)? (Answers below.)
The strong cultural links between Cambridge and Iran were celebrated in a private visit to the University by the Iranian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Rasoul Movahedian.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited Cambridge yesterday for a host of engagements involving the University.
His work has been a major influence on Stanley Kubrick, David Hare and Tom Stoppard and was admired by contemporaries including Sigmund Freud.
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