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Still from Shades of Survival

Shades of Survival: new film highlights inequalities in breast cancer care for Black women

14 Oct 2025

Shades of Survival, a powerful documentary film featuring Cambridge researchers, highlights global inequities in breast cancer care for Black women...

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Super Saturday Trail: Saturday 13 September

08 Sep 2025

On Saturday 13 September, enjoy a walk through the city while visiting some of the hidden gems Cambridge has to offer. This first trail starts at the...

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Step inside College libraries, uniquely curated gardens and meet the makers of Cambridge

01 Sep 2025

From rarely seen College archives to open gardens co-curated by some of the homelessness community in the city, Open Cambridge 2025 starts next week...

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Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue

10 Apr 2025

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring...

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The codemakers

24 Jan 2025

The 2025 Darwin Lecture series looks at codes, be they computational, mathematical, biological, linguistic or even musical.

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Hannah Fry.

Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics

22 Nov 2024

Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will...

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Drop-in activities showcase Cambridge’s hidden treasures

06 Sep 2024

Open Cambridge is underway with a fantastic selection of drop-in events and activities for everyone to enjoy.

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Super Saturday Open Cambridge trail

03 Sep 2024

Are you free on Saturday 7 September? If so, why not spend the day walking around our beautiful city and popping along to some Open Cambridge events.

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Open Cambridge kicks off on Friday with a programme of free and unique events for all

02 Sep 2024

One of the region's largest heritage festivals begins on Friday 6 September with over 70 events covering walks, talks, open spaces, exhibitions and...

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Third Thumb holding a sliced orange

Getting to grips with an extra thumb

29 May 2024

Cambridge researchers have shown that members of the public have little trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb – a controllable...

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AI Hopes and Fears buses on Parker's Piece, Cambridge

AI Hopes and Fears

26 Oct 2023

Ahead of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s AI Safety Summit, members of the public are being invited to ‘hop on a bus’ in Cambridge city centre to discuss...

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Nabil Ali in the Botanic Garden

The artist who made ink from Newton's Apple Tree

16 Oct 2023

Nabil Ali is discovering the natural colours hidden within the berries, blooms and bark found in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden – including...

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