Catch some Hay fever online 04 Jun 2013 Eight of the talks from the Cambridge Series from this year’s Hay Festival are now available for users to stream or download online. Read more
Digital records could expose intimate details and personality traits of millions 11 Mar 2013 Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital... Read more
Are we being sold online? 27 Oct 2012 A panel discussion for the Festival of Ideas examines whether social media giants are profiting from our willingness to share the most intimate... Read more
Old suspicions remain after the Arab Spring 15 Oct 2012 A debate at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas asks What next for the Arab Spring? Read more
The politics of speechmaking 24 Oct 2011 Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political... Read more
Will the English language ever die? 21 Oct 2011 Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow... Read more
The myth of the Arab Spring 18 Oct 2011 New research shows true picture of what and who is behind the political uprisings. Read more
The Creative Campus 13 Oct 2011 Students ripped up their university exam papers in protest against established authority and in rejection of formal qualifications; a progressive... Read more
What makes a great political speech? 27 Sep 2011 Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches. Read more