Research highlights

Dr James Wade and Dr Seb Falk

Lost English legend decoded, solving a Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme

A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the Song of Wade, a long lost treasure of English culture, was a chivalric romance not a monster-filled epic. The discovery solves the most famous mystery in Chaucer's writings and provides rare evidence of a medieval preacher referencing pop culture in a sermon.

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Professor Charlotte Summers in the Heart and Lung Research Institute

At the heart of life-changing science

The Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute is a thriving community of scientists and clinicians, the largest concentration of its kind in Europe, focused on tackling the world's biggest killers.

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