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Banksy in Boston: Portrait from the F̶O̶L̶L̶O̶W̶ ̶Y̶O̶U̶R̶ ̶D̶R̶E̶A̶M̶S̶ CANCELLED piece in context on Essex St, Chinatown, Boston

Opinion: Brexistentialism: Britain, the drop out nation in crisis, meets Jean-Paul Sartre

11 Jul 2016

Andy Martin (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) discusses existentialism and the EU referendum.

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Ancient Tamil Script

Opinion: Translation: a bridge between languages that can foster cultural equality

09 Jun 2016

Marcus Tomalin (Department of Engineering) discusses the role of translation in social inequality and social justice.

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Innovating for the future of cities

01 Jun 2016

Today, we commence a month-long focus on the future of cities. To begin, Doug Crawford-Brown, Robert Mair and Koen Steemers describe the challenges...

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The man we love to hate: it’s time to reappraise Thomas Robert Malthus

18 May 2016

Thomas Robert Malthus, who was born 250 years ago, became notorious for his ‘principle of population’. He argued that, because poverty was inevitable...

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Fish and chips

Opinion: Local takeaways create a double burden for obesity

11 May 2016

Thomas Burgoine and Pablo Monsivais (Centre for Diet and Activity Research) discuss how takeaways can make social inequality worse.

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Opinion: There’s no such thing as a natural-born gambler

22 Apr 2016

Anthony Pickles (Division of Social Anthropology) discusses why gambling is a relatively modern invention.

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Woman praying

Opinion: Hard Evidence: Muslim women and discrimination in Britain

06 Apr 2016

Julian Hargreaves (Centre of Islamic Studies) discusses the forms of discrimination faced by Muslim women in Britain.

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Atypical welcome

Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

22 Mar 2016

The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and...

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Nikolaus and Krampus in Austria

Opinion: Frankenstein or Krampus? What our monsters say about us

04 Dec 2015

Natalie Lawrence (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) discusses the history of monsters, and what they say about the people who invent...

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Queuing to vote in India

A democratic cacophony

23 Oct 2015

India is home to one of the most vibrant, engaged and mystifying democracies on the planet. Cambridge academics, across a wide range of disciplines...

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Man with a Bouquet of Plastic Flowers (1976) by Bhupen Khakhar

Man with a Bouquet of Plastic Flowers

20 Oct 2015

Almost 40 years have passed since Bhupen Khakhar painted one of the most iconic paintings in the history of Indian modern art. Dr Devika Singh offers...

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'Extreme Sleepover #16' – the mystery of a damp bed and other tales

13 Oct 2015

Girija Godbole travels to a remote village in western India to understand the effects of the increasing incidence of land sale on a rural society...

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