Prehistoric pre-school
30 September 2011Archaeological research reveals that 13,000 years before CBeebies hunter-gatherer children as young as three were creating art in deep, dark caves alongside their parents.
7 billion: The crowded planet
29 September 2011On the eve of the world’s population reaching 7 billion, leading minds discuss what the future holds for our increasingly crowded planet.
I’d love to smash the Ritz…
29 September 2011Social psychologist and best-selling author Dr Kevin Dutton, Research Fellow at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, puts the recent riots under the microscope...
‘Picture This #6′ – Samuel Butler's translation of the 'Odyssey', St John's College.
28 September 2011Samuel Butler was a man with big ideas and a big imagination. He wrote on literature, science, art and religion, always thinking outside the box...
Confronting homophobia in South Africa
27 September 2011Cambridge academic Dr Andrew Tucker champions a direct approach to challenging the homophobia that destroys so many lives in South Africa. He has helped to...
Magic and medicine
27 September 2011A digital resource dedicated to Simon Forman, the notorious, self-styled astrologer-physician, later dubbed the 'Elizabethan Pepys', has been launched to mark the 400th anniversary of...
What makes a great political speech?
27 September 2011Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.
Cambridge Ideas - Memories Of Old Awake
26 September 2011Cambridge University academic, Dr Emily Lethbridge, is breathing new life and understanding into the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) during a unique year-long research trip.
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Festival shines a light on Virginia Woolf
26 September 2011A Cambridge festival draws attention to the work of Virginia Woolf - and uses her work as a creative focus.
Professor Sir Mark Welland receives two distinguished awards by US government
26 September 2011Professor Sir Mark Welland, head of The Nanoscience Centre at Cambridge University and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, has been awarded two...