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Skull of Bitus arietans –  or Puff Adder – from the family Viperidae

How snake bites could help prevent heart attacks

28 Oct 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, V is for...

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Arthur Schnitzler, 1912

Saved from the Nazis in 1938: Schnitzler archive to remain in Cambridge

28 Oct 2015

Saved from destruction by the Nazis and smuggled in secret to Cambridge, the rescue of author Arthur Schnitzler’s archive is as dramatic as any...

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Manuscript of Beowulf, in the British Library

Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas

22 Oct 2015

Rebecca Merkelbach (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) discusses the monstrous heroes of Scandinavian mythology and literature.

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Illustration of Peter Rabbit from The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit

30 Sep 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, R is for...

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Detail of one of the triumphal arches built for the entrance of James I to London in March 1603, devised by Stephen Harrison and engraved by William Kip. Photograph by Michael Fleming.

Wondering what to pack for university? A guitar, perhaps, for the “refresshynge of the witte”?

24 Sep 2015

What to take to university is a question foremost in the minds of thousands of freshers up and down the country. Christopher Page’s latest book ‘The...

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"The Code Of Honor—A Duel In The Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris", wood engraving by Godefroy Durand

To the death

13 Jul 2015

Dr John Leigh has written the first book exclusively devoted to the duel in literature. In Touché, he offers a compelling picture of the ways in...

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Amy Milton

Novel Thoughts #8: Amy Milton on Hubert Selby’s Requiem for a Dream

03 Jul 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...

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Carol Brayne

Novel Thoughts #7: Carol Brayne on Charles Dickens and George Eliot

29 Jun 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...

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Derge iron water bottle.

Where to find a dragon in Cambridge

24 Jun 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, D is for...

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Juliet Foster

Novel Thoughts #5: Juliet Foster on Susan Fromberg Schaeffer's The Madness of a Seduced Woman

22 Jun 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...

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Simon Redfern

Novel Thoughts #4: Simon Redfern on Chinghiz Aitmatov's Jamila

19 Jun 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...

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Karen Yu

Novel Thoughts #3: Karen Yu on George Lucas' Star Wars

15 Jun 2015

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...

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