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The Guardian view on Cambridge’s £190m gift: billionaires won’t fix universities’ problems

Editorial: Philanthropy increases the gap dividing highly selective, elite higher education from the rest. Ministers need a plan for the sector overall

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6

Channel 4 forced to apologise for swearing during boat race live coverage

BBC Boat Race veteran Clare Balding and reality TV star Jamie Lang were both forced to issue on-air apologies

Evening Standard · Apr 4

Cambridge win men’s Boat Race after Oxford end losing run in women’s event

The wind created gruelling sea-like conditions on some sections of Thames.

The Independent UK · Apr 4

Spice up your grilled leg of lamb with a baharat marinade recipe from Formaggio Kitchen

Jessica Battilana of Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has an easy grilled leg of lamb that gets big flavor from a Turkish spice mix called baharat

The Independent UK · Mar 30

New Cambridge human brain-inspired chip could slash AI energy use — new type of memristor has roughly a million times lower switching current than conventional devices

Cambridge researchers have published a paper describing a new type of hafnium oxide memristor that operates at switching currents roughly a million times lower than conventional oxide-based devices.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 29

Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered

University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28

Maryland Woman Allegedly Targeted Roofing Crew Using Undocumented Labour, Then Called ICE After Job

A Cambridge homeowner is accused of hiring six Guatemalan roofers and then calling ICE to avoid paying them. The incident was livestreamed, sparking widespread outrage.

International Business Times UK · Mar 27

Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime review – shipwrecked Ophelia points the path to freedom

This illuminating exhibition traces the British Guyanese artist’s faltering first steps of painting with a social conscience to his escape from London to New York and abstraction

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26

Pepys ‘curated’ letters to conceal being offered enslaved boy as bribe – research

Cambridge University historian uncovers letter to diarist who was a naval official in 1670s

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26

This affordable new Cambridge hotel is the perfect weekend escape

The Hobson Cambridge offers apartment-style living with hotel polish

Evening Standard · Mar 24