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Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of club

They established competitive rules, wrote a thesis ‘The Science Of Tiddlywinks’ and coined new terminology.

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2025

Ice skaters make most of freezing conditions on flooded Fenland fields

Temperatures dropped low enough for skating on a field near the River Cam at Upware, Cambridgeshire.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

Morag Styles obituary

First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

Escape the city: three daycation itineraries that deliver a healing dose of nature

Our busy lives demand regular dates with the great outdoors – the wilder the better, writes Laura Millar

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

From NSAA and ENGAA to ESAT: A New Era in Admissions Testing

Saga of NSAA, ENGAA, and the rise of ESAT First off, we had the NSAA ( Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment ) and the ENGAA ( Engineering Admissions Assessment ) . These were the tailored tests for a couple of those prestigious Cambridge courses - ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2024

Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial

A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024

‘He’s got two large knives’: Man threatens to kill police officer with kitchen blades

A 34-year-old man who threatened to kill a police officer with two large knives in Cambridge has been jailed.

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn obituary

Archaeologist who embraced new ideas and technologies and challenged long-held assumptions about the rise of early civilisation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Still life quartet by Dutch golden age master to be shown together in Cambridge

Jan Davidsz de Heem’s four paintings of sumptuous food and luxury objects were produced as series

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

Cambridge water credits are a gift for developers

Letter: Cambridge councillor Jean Glasberg on how large-scale developments can be pushed through by the government in an area that’s the driest in the country

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024