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How to be a butler

01 Sep 2013

Butlers working for Cambridge Colleges play an important role in maintaining traditions and upholding standards. But what’s it like being a butler...

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Bridge the Gap prizegiving 2011

Bridge the Gap raises £45,000 for local charities

09 Dec 2011

Local charities have been awarded more than £45,000 in a prize giving ceremony held at the University of Cambridge.

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Thousands become explorers through Open Cambridge and Bridge the Gap

20 Sep 2011

Thousands of people enjoyed a chance to explore Cambridge’s secrets and scenic paths earlier this month thanks to Open Cambridge (9/10 September) and...

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Hand-coloured proof of John Speed's map of Cambridgeshire. Atlas.2.61.1

‘Picture This #4’ – John Speed Map of Cambridgeshire, University Library.

31 Aug 2011

John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures.

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Detail from a front cover of "The Blimp", 1917.

‘Picture This #3’ – 'The Blimp', Christ's College.

24 Aug 2011

‘The Blimp’ is one of the items telling the story of Christ’s College during the First World War.

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‘Picture This #2’ – Lady Margaret's Prayer Book, St John’s College.

17 Aug 2011

In the second of a new series of short articles exploring images from around the University, we look at the 15th-century prayer book owned by Lady...

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Frontispiece to the Book of Numbers. Moses and Aaron number the people of Israel, CCCC MS 2, f. 70r.

‘Picture This #1’ – The Bury Bible, Corpus Christi College.

10 Aug 2011

In the first of a new series of short articles exploring images from around the University, we look at the 12th-century Bury Bible from the Parker...

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A detail from one of the manuscripts that will be on show in Trinity Hall Old Library for Open Cambridge. It records Roger Dymmok’s  refutation of the Lollard heresy.

Open Cambridge 2011: book now for free tours and events

18 Jul 2011

With Cambridge University and the city of Cambridge opening their doors to the public over the second weekend in September, don’t miss the rare...

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Thousands visit University and city sites as Open Cambridge draws the crowds

21 Sep 2010

More than five thousand members of the public uncovered hidden treasures and found out about some of Cambridge's best-kept secrets to make the...

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Dead Scholars’ Society

10 Sep 2010

A Cambridge University historian is drumming up support for the preservation of a tiny burial ground that is the final resting place of eminent...

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University and College libraries open to the public

27 Aug 2010

Sixteen university libraries, home to everything from first draft Jane Austen works to the letters of acid bath murderer John George Haigh will open...

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Hush Don’t Tell: it’s a mother and son reunion

24 Aug 2010

Artwork telling the emotional story of a mother and son who were reunited after 45 years by a twist of fate will be shown to the public for the first...

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