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Sun on Cross

Healing rifts in a broad Church

05 Dec 2008

A new guide which shows Christian leaders how to work through their differences without becoming embroiled in long-term disputes has been released...

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Cambridge Backs

Campus radicalism fears too extreme?

03 Dec 2008

British Universities are not hotbeds of Islamic radicalism, despite fears about the rise of "campus extremism", a new study has found.

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Stacking practice bombs

Gender equality on the slide?

06 Aug 2008

Support for gender equality in Britain and the US appears to have peaked and could now be going into decline, research at Cambridge University has...

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Artefact

A campaign of silent resistance

01 Feb 2008

A fascinating study of wartime artefacts is uncovering a story of symbolic resistance and creative necessity in the Channel Islands 60 years ago.

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Olga Tribulato as Tiresias and Marta Zlatic as Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, 2004

Greek tragedy: setting the stage today

01 Feb 2008

With the curtains just closed on the 40th Cambridge Greek Play since the 1880s, Greek classicist Simon Goldhill reflects on how this creative genre...

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Barrier from Isawiyya village into Jerusalem

Conflict in cities

01 Sep 2007

Conflict is inherent to the urban condition, yet only in some cities do contention and dissent erupt to unacceptable and destructive levels. How do...

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Dr Carenza Lewis

Dr Carenza Lewis

01 Sep 2007

A passion for communicating the thrill of the dig and for uncovering evidence of lives long gone is what inspires archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis. Her...

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