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Modern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secrets

24 March 2025

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Charlotte Andrew

06 Mar 2025

Charlotte Andrew is a PhD student in the Insect Biomechanics Group in the Department of Zoology. Her research explores the mechanical implications of...

Major new policy school at Cambridge set to advance ‘good growth’

03 Mar 2025

The Bennett School of Public Policy opens this autumn, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy problems of our time...

Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge

27 Feb 2025

The premiere of Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge will take place on 28 March from 6.30pm and...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr James Sunderland

27 Feb 2025

Dr James Sunderland is a Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute working on the 'How to continue talking' project. His work aims to explore how...

Young artists take centre stage at Kettle's Yard

26 Feb 2025

Kettle’s Yard is showcasing the creativity and vision of Cambridge’s young artists with its new exhibition, Paint What Matters! Art by Children...

The coral whisperer

25 Feb 2025

Duygu Sevilgen has built a coral lab in the basement of an old Zoology building. Here, 10 experimental tanks host multicoloured miniature forests...

The tale of the tomb of Thutmose II

24 Feb 2025

Cambridge University's Dr Judith Bunbury is Deputy Mission Director of the archaeological project in the Theban Mountain area that found the lost...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Estherina Trachtenberg

24 Feb 2025

Estherina Trachtenberg is a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and is currently working...

Can ancient dead languages save today's endangered languages? A tale of identity and visibility

24 Feb 2025

The world is facing a language crisis. Of its c.7,000 languages, Glottolog estimates that only 35% are safe - the rest are at varying stages of being...