Kate Adie to speak at Cambridge Festival of Ideas
02 Oct 2012Veteran BBC journalist Kate Adie will be in conversation at the Festival of Ideas later this month.
Bookings open for Cambridge Festival of Ideas
12 Sep 2012The Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2012 has over 170 events, most of them free, which celebrate what the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences have to offer.
Self-taught graduate wins Festival of Ideas competition
05 Sep 2012A University of Cambridge graduate who taught himself graphic design has won this year's Face of the Festival competition to design the Festival of Ideas programme cover.
Dreams and nightmares at the Festival of Ideas
12 Jul 2012From the nightmare of global conflict and online Big Brothers to dreams of spiritual transcendence, this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas will keep you wide awake, entertained and stimulated this autumn.
All the fun of the (Midsummer) Fair
29 Jun 2012The University provided educational activities alongside the County Council’s Team for Traveller Education at Midsummer Fair in Cambridge last week.
Live performance
08 Jun 2012Jennifer Wallace took part in the Cambridge series at this year's Hay Festival and spoke on a panel on whether tragedy is the perfect form for the modern world. She gives her impressions of the event and of the Festival itself.
Cambridge academics head for Hay
31 May 2012Cambridge is fielding a series of talks and debates by leading academics on a range of global challenges at this year's Hay literary Festival.
Reinventing tragedy in the modern age
09 May 2012Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become much more problematic in an age of 24/7 news and the internet? An event at this year's Hay Festival will investigate.
Hay gears up for Greek marathon
23 Apr 2012Following a successful talk at Hay in 2010, Professor Paul Cartledge will be playing a major part in a series of 10 discussions on Ancient Greece at this year's festival, alongside Cambridge's own regular programme.
Dream up a winning design for the Festival of Ideas
23 Apr 2012Artists who can visualise mankind’s dreams and nightmares could see their work showcased by the University of Cambridge.