DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year The Independent UK · Feb 18
We've put together an affordable, old-school hi-fi system with a modern sonic twist Combining our favourite entry-level CD player, streamer, amp and speakers What Hi-Fi? · Feb 17
Cambridge Audio's new desk speakers are some of the best I've ever tested — they punch far above their weight class The brand new Cambridge L/R s are some of the most impressive desk speakers I've ever tested — so you should feel sorry for the people I live with. Tom’s Guide · Feb 17
Teacher banned after lying about graduating from Cambridge and claiming to be five years younger than he was Nicholas Martin claimed he was trying to pass himself off as ‘more dynamic and more fun’ The Independent UK · Feb 16
New issue of What Hi-Fi? out now: sensational streaming amplifiers and awesome ANC headphones March is packed full of quality hi-fi and AV products What Hi-Fi? · Feb 13
Recent Books on the Constitution My seminar picks for 2025 (and every year since 2005) Reason · Feb 9
‘My son vanished while out on a run. I discovered him dead using a phone tracker app’ Harry Oates was electrocuted by a low-hanging electricity line as he ran along a footpath in Cumbria The Independent UK · Feb 6
Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species’ mating patterns are moving closer to the natural order, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt The Guardian - UK · Feb 5
Cambridge university accused of ‘obfuscation’ over arms investment Academics say £4bn investment fund is ‘designed to prevent any troublesome democratic interference’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 31
'Eton of the East End': London state sixth-form college gets more than 60 students into Oxford and Cambridge London Academy of Excellence has been dubbed the ‘Eton of the East End’ thanks to its stunning record Evening Standard · Jan 30
Another kind of student debt is entrenching inequality In November 2012, during my first year as a PhD student, a 23-year-old medical student knocked on my door. Earlier that day, we had been discussing our ages in our shared kitchen. At 30, I had stayed silent, feeling a sharp sting of embarrassment next to my 20-something housemates. The Conversation · Jan 28
Arcam ST25 vs Cambridge Audio EXN100: which premium music streamer should you buy? Two Award-winning streamers go head-to-head What Hi-Fi? · Jan 28
From Saipan to Take That: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Steve Coogan stars in a loose retelling of an infamous football falling-out, while a new Netflix doc gets nostalgic about the heyday of Gary Barlow and co The Guardian - UK · Jan 24
This is the year of wireless speakers as design pieces — here are 6 I loved from CES 2026 and can't wait to hear more about My favorite speakers from CES 2026 that look good as they sound (hopefully) TechRadar · Jan 18
The Independent UK · Jan 16 Eat the Rich (But Maybe Not Me Mates x) review – a class comedy grounded in cheeky charisma 4/5 Jade Franks’ laugh-out-loud account of swapping Liverpool for Oxbridge has drawn comparisons to Fleabag, but her voice is unmistakably her own
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12 Trinity Hall mustn’t confuse opportunity with ability Letters: Joseph Oakley says the Cambridge University college risks returning to an admissions culture that rewards advantage rather than potential, while Daisy Shaw urges state students not to give up the fight. Plus a letter from Prof Douglas Robinson
What Hi-Fi? · Jan 12 New Onkyo hi-fi, OLED TVs galore, a fresh KEF rival (and more) appear at the world’s biggest tech show 2026 is well and truly off with a bang for hi-fi and home cinema fans
What Hi-Fi? · Jan 9 Cambridge Audio L/R X vs KEF LS50 Wireless II: how do these wireless speaker systems compare on paper? Cambridge's newbie takes on the class leader
The Guardian - UK · Jan 9 Jade Franks on how cleaning toilets at Cambridge inspired her hit show: ‘I’m not watering down the fury – just sneaking it through the back door’ The Merseyside comic used her experiences of Oxbridge to create the fringe hit Eat the Rich, but struggled in ways her well-off contemporaries didn’t. Now she’s determined to use success to bring more working-class voices into comedy
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8 Cambridge college urged to drop ‘immoral’ private school recruitment drive Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policy
T3 · Jan 8 The best of CES 2026: 21 top gadgets from this year's show Here are T3's favourite TVs, gadgets and tech to debut at CES 2026
TechRadar · Jan 8 The 25 best gadgets we saw at CES 2026 — smart Lego, big TV innovation, a robovac with legs, and much more From smart home to home theater to fitness to gaming to laptops – here's the tech you need to know this year.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7 Nancy Lane Perham obituary Other lives: Electron microscopist, cell biologist and champion of women in science
TechRadar · Jan 7 The best hi-fi kit we saw at CES 2026: an iconic turntable updated, Edifier's first eARC active speakers, and much more Cambridge's first ever bookshelf stereo speakers, portable Fender Bluetooth options and Victrola's, er, soundbase (yes really).
What Hi-Fi? · Jan 7 Can Fender’s headphones succeed where past hi-fi and guitar heavyweights' offerings have struggled? Good sound is good sound, but musical equipment has a very different job than consumer hi-fi