The Latest Breaking News from Cambridge

Greenwich Council left red-faced after promoting London climate week with picture of Cambridge

Council used picture of city 60 miles away to promote its schemes for London Climate Action Week

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2023

Buildings at Cambridge’s Darwin College are granted listed status

It was the first college to admit both men and women.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Boston rookie Jordan Walsh hoops with young fans as Celtics unveil renovated Cambridge Community Center

Celtics rookie Jordan Walsh was on deck to unveil a newly renovated basketball court at the Cambridge Community Center.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 26, 2023

Hundreds of fish perish in river but experts insist pollution was not to blame

The fish have been seen on a scenic stretch of the Cam between Elizabeth Bridge and Ditton Meadows in Cambridge

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2023

Titanic submarine Brit's former Cambridge college puts on underwater-themed May Ball

Organisers of a May Ball held at a Cambridge University college have responded to criticism after going ahead with an under-the-sea themed party while former student Hamish Harding remained missing on a submersible

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2023

Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge explores founder’s slavery links

Historic and contemporary pieces interrogate city and university’s connections to colonialism

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023

Face of girl, 16, thought to be one of UK’s first Christians is reconstructed

Her remains were discovered at Trumpington Meadows on Cambridge’s southern limits in 2012.

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

English philosophers thought they had sloughed off the dead weight of history, but history suggests otherwise

Nikhil Krishnan’s intriguing and charming history, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60, is organised around anecdotes rather than arguments. Krishnan is interested not only in “what people thought but what they were like”.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2023

Shout out to honour Cambridge's musical legacy

Which gigs were your favourite?

Newcastle Herald · Jun 19, 2023

Thomas Cromwell’s prayer book found in a Cambridge library

Thomas Cromwell’s personal prayer book has been found in a Cambridge library, where it has been hiding in plain sight for centuries. “The Book of Hours”, which features in Hans Holbein’s portrait of the Tudor statesman, was identified by historians who had discovered that both Anne Boleyn and Catherine of…

The Week · Jun 15, 2023