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Reclining female figure, Clemente Susini, late 18th century,

Skeletons in the cupboard of medical science

13 Feb 2014

In a talk on 17 February, Margaret Carlyle, a researcher in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, will explore the fascinating (often...

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Beckham 2

Becksistentialism

17 Jul 2013

A Cambridge lecturer has been imagining the inner monologue of David Beckham as he encounters the works of the great French philosophers during his...

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Pier Hotel, Chelsea, 1927 (circa), Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge

Artist in focus: Christopher Wood

09 Jul 2013

This summer, Kettle’s Yard reveals a unique collection of work by English artist Christopher Wood, for the third in its series of Artist in Focus...

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History’s bitter pill

27 May 2010

The British Empire presided over innumerable atrocities and acts of appalling cruelty, but what use is acknowledging those injustices when they are...

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Rethinking

Rethinking eccentricity

01 May 2009

Miranda Gill traces shifting 19th-century perceptions of eccentricity, from its association with the intoxicating lure of modernity and fashion to...

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King's College from The Backs

Six University scholars elected to British Academy

18 Jul 2008

Six Cambridge academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in the latest round of elections to the prestigious organisation for scholars...

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Opera Lwowska

A life on the opera stage

17 May 2007

One of the most distinguished sopranos of her generation will visit Cambridge this evening to speak about her life and career with the world's...

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Climate change is chiefly man-made

02 Feb 2007

Professor Nigel Weiss, an expert in solar magnetic fields, has rebutted claims that a fall in solar activity could somehow compensate for the man-...

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