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Detail from the event poster.

You hymn it, we’ll play it

21 Jun 2011
An epic, 24-hour celebration of religious music will be taking place at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, this week, starting on Wednesday evening...
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Democracy

Power to the people?

26 May 2010
Greece was the birthplace of democracy, but our own political system would be unrecognisable to voters in Ancient Athens. As Classicist Paul Cartledge...
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Violin

Virtual violins

01 Sep 2008
Why does one violin sound different to another? Investigating this question has brought together researchers from music, engineering, experimental...
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Morning

Land of the (early) rising sun

20 Aug 2008
They say that early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise; but in Japan, it may also be feeding a nationalist revival not seen...
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