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Cambridge remembers

07 Mar 2014

The first of a series of Cambridge events commemorating the centenary of the First World War takes place this Saturday 8 March, bringing together the...

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Screenshot from Attack Of The Zeppelins, which airs on Monday

Attack of the Zeppelins

23 Aug 2013

An investigation into how the Zeppelins worked, and how they were defeated, led by Cambridge engineer Hugh Hunt, forms the subject of a Channel 4...

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A miniature showing a bishop joining the hands of a couple, from the section of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX concerning marriage, in a copy produced in Venice around 1475.

University Library’s greatest treasures on show

18 Jan 2012

An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem will sit alongside some of Cambridge University Library’s greatest treasures when a free exhibition of highlights...

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Verdun Memorial.

Do Memorials Matter?

21 Oct 2011

For the Festival of Ideas, Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose, a researcher on the CRIC research project, will discuss the unexpected impact and diverse use of...

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