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Middle aged mums are popping pills with cheese, is it worth the hype?
In an university with so many ‘clever’ people, I was shocked at how uneducated others were
An open letter to the No Campaign
Can’t be bothered to learn the history of a country? Assume they’re all the same and yell ‘offensive’ whenever things get a little international.
It took a stranger on the end of the phone to keep me alive: why Cambridge needs to do more about mental health.
An anonymous female compsci gives us the low-down on stereotypes, social butterflies and well-meaning supervisors.
Some names have been changed in order to protect the anonymity of the persons involved.
One recovering alcoholic’s message to everyone lost at the bottom of a bottle.
After this term’s consent workshops, an anonymous rape survivor speaks out
Tom Fraser, Footlights President: BNOC, Liam Neeson, David Attenborough, God, or none of the above? You decide.
Rape as an issue is often discussed, but what isn’t, is what to do if it happens to you.
Last week was blackmail and cancelled garden parties, this week is megalomania and mice.
There’s more to this hostage-situation play than meets the eye writes SAM RABY
LOUIS SHANKAR applauds a show ‘fully aware of its own ludicrousness’
CHLOE COLEMAN and TIM SQUIRRELL enlist the help of Google Translate to make sense of Found In Translation.
A deer trapped on Corpus Christi property is put down by the RSPCA.
More than 50 senior Cambridge academics have called for a more ‘inclusive’ selection process for senior research positions.
Cambridge city council have rejected a bid for the erection of a 13 foot statue of a university don.
Engling by name and actor by nature, ROBBIE AIRD sits in on a NatSci supervision and lives to tell the tale
New Culture Columnist HELEN SIMMONS shares her experiences of life after Cambridge – and how dream jobs are worth waiting for.
Oliver JAMES reviews an intense but mildly confusing adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy.
RACHEL HUNTER argues that the battle for academic equality is far from won.
DR DICK is the Tab’s new advice columnist. This week he deals with a girl in a long-term relationship considering infidelity.
Teaching has become the most popular career choice for Oxbridge-leavers. So much for the popular expression reports KATE MORRISON-BETTS.
LOUIS SHANKAR reviews three extraordinary monologues playing this week at the Corpus Playroom.
Notes on A Scandal: IMOGEN PHILLIPS reviews a night of madness, music and muggles.
Eat, drink and pee merry; a “disorderly” boy was discovered in Murray Edwards having urinated in a jug overnight.
JESS FRANKLIN tells us why the holiday season is nut all it’s cracked up to be…
This sharp-witted, smooth and extremely entertaining’ performance gets the seal of approval from WILLIAM STARK and JOSH MARKS.
“Why fix the pipes yourself when you can just call a plumber in?” Never having masturbated before, our mystery reviewer tries the ‘Thrill’.
They’re not perfect, but INDIA MATHARU-DALEY is nonetheless impressed (and bemused) by this year’s short-and-sweet offerings.
Already tired of shopping for others? This week, Johannes Lenhard has a few recommendations: some for the more frugal, and some for those with a little more cash to spare. Happy spending!
Visitors are paying £2000 per night to stay in St John’s. The catch? John’ s doesn’t know. JOSH SIMONS has the story.
The Sleepy Corridor is settling into the new rhythm of Christmas with the stranger. A strange calm reigns. This can’t last forever. Join OLD DAL for the calm before the storm…
Natalia Molina-Harno teaches you how to use film cameras. Properly.
CHARLIE BELL wants us to stop burying our heads in the sand and remember that we’re all going to die (and that’s ok).
It’s Week bloody 8 already! Have no fear, Culture will make sure you juice the last of this term’s cultural delights.
In his last ever column, ALEX JACKMAN takes you on a mental trip around his top five happiest places in Cambridge.
NATALIA MOLINA-HARNO enjoys this unusual play, but is left a little confused by its mixed bag of emotions.
MADDIE BROWN is blown away by ‘one of the most exciting theatrical endeavours to hit the Corpus Playroom in recent times’.
Columns within a column? How meta. It ends there, though, says RACHEL TOOKEY in a bid to end Cambridge pretentiousness
SIMON COURT reports as the light blues shock the best team in University football.
ABI PALMER says it’s time to rethink the way we talk about the problems facing disabled people in Cambridge.
It’s a dark Sunday, you are halfway through your MIMS revision, and you doubt that love ever existed. NATALIA MOLINA-HARNO talks you through the films capable of restoring the faith…
Going out tonight? HARRY ELLIOTT analyses you as a person based on your clubbing choices
ARTHUR FIELDING whips up some Bridgemas spirit with this festive playlist.
I did something bad this week. Now, there aren’t a lot of things I regret; I’ve had a lot of sex in my time and a reasonable amount of sex this term and I stand by every one of those random shags. But this time I’ll admit that I’ve crossed a line.
Looking for something to do? We’ve cobbled together a creative combination of curiosities coming up to the final weeks
“Undoubtedly the film works as a casual portrait of an elderly couple, but I couldn’t help leaving the cinema feeling dissatisfied”. MAYA HAMBRO gives her verdict.
It’s not perfect, but TILLY SCULLION finds that this provocative play is still worth leaving the library for.
Apollo-ing news for The Union as Dr Aldrin becomes the latest high profile speaker to drop out.
Cambridge gets shaken, not stirred, when 007 is spotted in town.
This week ALEX JACKMAN is dismayed by the mixed responses to his serious journalism, so ejects a big pile of stereotypical columnist word-vomit.
IMOGEN CHITTY talks us through the idiosyncrasies of Cambridge’s strangest College.
This thought provoking student written play is well worth a trek in the cold, advises CHARLOTTE IVERS.
It may not be particularly remarkable, but MEGAN DALTON nonetheless enjoys this display of unaffected humanity.
JOSH MARKS and WILLIAM STARK enjoy a funny evening showcasing this year’s fresher talent.
A thief with more than 40 convictions is caught stealing from Cambridge Colleges. Again. HANNAH GRAHAM reports.
“If Forrest Gump was the white Hollywood version of US history, intersecting famous historical events with personal narrative, then The Butler is its demanding, subversive, powerful little brother”. LARA FERRIS reviews the latest Oscar contender.
IZI GOODER explores and dissects the subject wildlife of Cambridge…
This week, RACHEL TOOKEY talks about religion and suggests that we all do a little less arguing and a little more listening.
BEN POPE the current Footlights President, had a chat (interrogation) with the former Footlights President, PHIL WANG, ahead of his show Anti-Hero coming to Cambridge.
Selwyn students vote to re-affiliate with the student union. HEATHER MCKAY reports.
The former spin-doctor lectures Cambridge students about “A Life at the Nexus of Media and Politics”
This week in SEX IN THE CAM, our mystery woman finds pleasure and pain in unexpected places
BRONTE PHILIPS dares to explore this innovative piece of theatre where only one audience member is required.
MILLY BOTES and RACHAEL HORE tell us how to make our charity more effective
This week (need we even say which week it is?) RACHEL TOOKEY tells you all to stop overthinking and just get on with it.
Downing’s 600 day winning streak is brought to an end by fortunate Selwyn-Peterhouse.
ANNA WILMOT stalks the streets of Cambridge in search of the perfect cup o’ choc
LOU ROHL reviews the Chemistry department toilets, giving them a floating 2.5 stars…
‘Gravity manages the considerable feat of creating a feeling of horrific claustrophobia amidst an endless sea of empty space. It’s superbly tense.’ This soul-searching disaster sci-fi deserves all the praise it can get, says a wide-eyed ALEX KEMP.
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Rachel Tookey: Week 8
Unhappy? Need somewhere to vent? In her final column, RACHEL TOOKEY speaks about her own unhappiness in Cambridge and offers a solution…