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Diana Bell and Cambridge school children with the Big Book outside Cambridge University Library

The big book visits the big library

12 May 2011

It may already be home to more than seven million books, but Cambridge University Library is to host one of the world’s biggest books from May 19-21...

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII, King of Tunes (audio slideshow)

15 Nov 2010

King Henry the VIII is chiefly associated with gluttony, lechery and murder. Surprisingly, it turns out he was also a deeply sensitive soul, who...

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Wordsworth notebook

Cambridge Ideas - Strange Seas of Thought

15 Nov 2010

A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation

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Cambridge Ideas - Bird Tango

11 Nov 2010

Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds! //-->

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Senate House

Academics to join British Academy Fellowship

23 Jul 2010

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the...

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Chicago Skyline

An American Tale

31 May 2010

David Reynolds' attempt to tell the history of America in 90 episodes in the landmark Radio 4 series, "America, Empire Of Liberty" set Cambridge's...

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Hubble Snaps Sharp Image Of Cosmic Concoction

Photoshopping: The final frontier

08 Apr 2010

It's space, but is it art? Stunning images of the galaxy are fast becoming common currency thanks to technology like the Hubble Space Telescope, but...

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Detail from Westminster Retable

Dragonsblood: the alchemy of paint

01 Sep 2009

Through his exploration of the science of art, the recipes of medieval artists and the writings of alchemists, art conservation scientist Spike...

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Blood

Research sheds new light on why pancreatic cancer drugs fail

21 May 2009

An international team of scientists, led by researchers based at the Cambridge Research Institute, have discovered a new mechanism that may explain...

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Corey Seehaus

The human brain is on the edge of chaos

23 Mar 2009

There has been speculation for many years that the human brain lives “on the edge of chaos”, at a critical transition point between randomness and...

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Microdroplets

Proactive IP analysis: helping commercialisation not to (micro)drop out of sight

01 Feb 2008

An innovative new project spearheaded by Cambridge Enterprise Ltd and researchers in the Department of Chemistry is taking a proactive approach to...

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Olga Tribulato as Tiresias and Marta Zlatic as Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, 2004

Greek tragedy: setting the stage today

01 Feb 2008

With the curtains just closed on the 40th Cambridge Greek Play since the 1880s, Greek classicist Simon Goldhill reflects on how this creative genre...

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