Military musicians returning from Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s brass bands
30 Oct 2024Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, Dr Eamonn O'Keeffe has...
Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal
03 Oct 2024A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their...
Endless Stories at Cambridge University Library
26 Sep 2024Centuries-old Asian and African manuscripts go on display for the first time
The Jungle Book proofs come to Cambridge
05 Sep 2024'Exceptional accumulation of manuscripts and proofs' have a new home at Cambridge University Library
The rise, fall and revival of research on human development
02 Aug 2024A new study takes a tour of the history of research into human embryology and development to show the "cycles of attention" that led to major...
Samuel Pepys’ fashion prints reveal his love of fancy French clothes
22 Jul 2024A collection of French fashion engravings offers precious new insights into the life of Samuel Pepys years after his premature final diary entry. The...
Cambridge students head to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
18 Jul 2024Learn about the Cambridge student shows set to captivate audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe this August 2024.
British Academy elects Cambridge researchers to Fellowship
18 Jul 2024Six academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Hawking Archive made available to historians and researchers
12 Jul 2024After being transferred to Cambridge by the Hawking Family in 2021, the scientific and personal archive of Professor Stephen Hawking has been fully...
Cambridge experts bust myths about family, sex, marriage and work in English history
11 Jul 2024On World Population Day, University of Cambridge researchers bust some of the biggest myths about life in England since the Middle Ages, challenging...
Paris 1924 exhibition at The Fitzwilliam: Beyond Chariots of Fire
09 Jul 2024The 1924 Paris Olympics stars in a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition exploring the sport, art and bodies behind a pivotal Games. Exhibits speak of...
The curator reframing our experiences of art
17 May 2024“Art doesn’t need to be in an elaborate frame on the wall of a gallery,” says Harriet Loffler, curator of The Women’s Art Collection at Murray...