Lia Johansen-Villanueva

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REVIEW: SiX

The six wives of Henry VIII are Divorced, Beheaded, LIVE!

REVIEW: Frost/Nixon

Despite a technically glitchy start and a few dodgy accents, Frost/Nixon is a decent production of a compelling script.

WEEK EIGHT NEWS ROUNDUP: Classy Classics, 50 Cent, and Christmas Adverts

We made it! And, unfortunately for some, they also made the news.

WEEK SEVEN NEWS ROUNDUP: Theft, Elections, and Dirty Work

The end is nigh! Week Seven has passed, and we are all crawling to the finish line, for better or worse.

WEEK SIX NEWS ROUNDUP: Blitz Spirit, Fresher Fines, and Arty Access

Real news is depressing, as we all we learned last week. Here’s some barely real news instead.

Cambridge Reacts to the U.S. Election Result

Well done America, you had one job.

WEEK FOUR NEWS ROUNDUP: Cats, Candlelit Vigils, and Caius Piercings

Well, we can’t deny it anymore: we are halfway through term, and still, no one knows what’s going on.

WEEK THREE NEWS ROUNDUP: Jilted Vegetarians, Cheese Cakes, and Closet Cromwellians

For those of you who tune in for friendly birds, keep reading to find out if there’s been any updates.

REVIEW: POSH

POSH was legendary, smashing, and all the other words its characters use to effusively praise things. In short, it’s a riot.

WEEK TWO NEWS ROUNDUP: Punitive Porters, Affectionate Avians, and Pembroke Food

Week Two, you gave us all the flu, and we’re all feeling quite blue, but here’s all the news that you missed.

WEEK ONE NEWS ROUNDUP: Evacuations, Insensitive Queens’ Dean, and Grindr

We bring you the juiciest gossip from the first week back in the bridge

The Summer Holiday News Column

Catching you up on all the antics you missed whilst on holiday attempting to forget the last year.

Tab Guide to Brexit and the Labour Crisis

In the aftermath of the vote that shook Facebook feeds to their core, we look at what Brexit has actually brought us.

REVEALED: Cambridge’s Secret Societies

That Cambridge is riddled with secret societies might be the only non-secret thing about them.

Psychology paper changed FOUR days before exam

Part II Psychology students were left shocked by the announcement that one of their exams would have five fewer essay options than originally promised.

In defence of post-prelim blues

We’ve all heard the chorus of “This term is super fun for English and History students! They get eight weeks of lounging in the grass before May Week while everyone else slaves in the library.”

Taylor Swift anyone? The Tab rounds up April Fools’ Day 2016

Following the scent of April-foolery, The Tab has hunted down all the stories put out by the Cambridge colleges, press and societies in the hopes of deceiving innocent, revision-addled Cantabs.

Excel-LENT? My Lent Term in under 500 words

If only the girl I was last year, desperately keeping up with the notifications of the offer holders Facebook group, knew who I would be today.

Other things I could complain about

A recent, anonymous member of my college mentioned to me in passing that my column was getting a bit tiresome because “it’s a bit dull to listen to you complain all the time”.

REVIEW: CUMTS Gala Night 2016: Live in Living Colour!

Warning: ecstatic reviewer.

A question for sport

In an attempt to fully integrate myself in Cambridge society, I decided to tackle the only thing left for me to fully understand: British Sport.

Actually, Week Two is the worst Cambridge week.

Taking down the Week Five myth, one day procrastinated away at a time.

Because arts students have it hard too.

It’s not easy being keen (about humanities)

REVIEW: CUMTS presents the 24-Hour Musical!

Lia Johansen-Villanueva was treated to a night of musical anecdotes, all about the funny things that happened on the way to the theatre.

Everything you did over the holidays

This is exactly what your first week back conversations will consist of.

REVIEW: And Then There Were Nuns

Lia Johansen-Villanueva was promised cocktails and an evening of laughter. The team behind And Then There Were Nuns delivered, and even threw in a lovely furry hat.

REVIEW: Pippin

Lia Johansen-Villanueva went to see Pippin and proceeded to fall utterly in love with three boxes, ten people, and a whole lot of magic.