Safeguarding vanishing cultures

26 August 2009

Some of the world’s most endangered songs, chants and poems are being documented thanks to a new project launched at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge University students embark on ambitious 3500-mile US tour

26 August 2009

One of the University’s leading student theatre companies will perform preview performances of the Shakespearean comedy ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ in the surroundings of Sidney Sussex College over this August Bank Holiday weekend before they embark on a 3,500 mile trip across the Atlantic.

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The summer school diaries: this week – determination stronger than gold

25 August 2009

Ying Feng’s diary of the GEEMA summer school wins the fourth competition in our series. Ying, who was born in China and spent part of her childhood in Singapore, lives in West London. She left Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in June and is about to start A-levels at Tiffin Girls’ School. She plans to study maths or science at university. GEEMA is the Group for Encouraging Ethnic Minority Applications to Cambridge. 

 

 

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You Are What You Listen To

21 August 2009

It may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but judging someone by the contents of their iTunes library could be a very different story, new research suggests.

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