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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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Medea bargains with Aegeus

Lies, murder and betrayal

04 Oct 2007

Cambridge actors to perform the tragic tale of Medea in Ancient Greek

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Seymour Tower, Jersey

Pieces de Resistance: The tacit defiance of the Channel Islands

09 May 2007

Cambridge University study charts the symbolic resistance of the Channel Islanders during the occupation of World War II.

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Freud letter

Schnitzler’s hidden manuscripts explored

01 Apr 2007

Research into more than 30,000 unpublished drafts and letters casts new light on the inspirational Austrian novelist and playwright.

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Cambridge student takes first prize in Japanese speaking contest

16 Feb 2007

A Cambridge undergraduate has come first in a competition in which students face the daunting task of giving a full public lecture in Japanese.

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