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Seventh Heaven: Record Victory For Karate Blues In Varsity Encounter
Oxford are annihilated, suffering their seventh straight defeat to Cambridge.
Have A Heart
TILLY BENNETT-JONES reminds us that there is more to worry about this Valentine’s Day than our own hearts.
No
It’s a shame that this foreign-language film Oscar contender probably won’t get the attention it deserves, writes HANNAH QUINN.
Craving Coffee in Cambridge?
Need a caffeine and cake fix in between lectures? MEGAN HUGHES knows the best places to go.
Putdown by touchdown: Cambridge dominate ARU Rhinos
JAASON GEERTS watches Cambridge Pythons thrash ARU Rhinos in their first home win since 1997.
Fact Over Faith
In the light of the Commons’ vote on marriage, JAMIE WEBB argues that religion’s influence in 21st century society is not justified.
Esio Trot
HANNAH MIRSKY recommends this occasionally smug but always charming production of Roald Dahl’s great tale.
No One Man, No Cry
LEYLA HAMID loves Adam Lawrence and Ben Rowse’s weird and wonderful return to the Cambridge comedy scene.
Zero Dark Thirty
Bleak and alienating, Zero Dark Thirty is difficult to enjoy but worth seeing, writes ALEX KEMP.
Truthspeak
Interesting dialogue and characterisation make up for some predictable political commentary, writes MATTHEW WOLFSON.
Football Cuppers: All The King’s Men Can’t Stop Downing
Downing squeeze past King’s to progress to the quarter finals of Cuppers. BEN MCNALLY reports.
CAMSHOTS: Button Up
TILLY BENNETT-JONES and RACHEL WOMERSLEY scout out the best jacket styles in Cambridge.
Life After Footlights
Or, an essay on the art of flagrant self-promotion by ADAM LAWRENCE and BEN ROWSE.
Hyde Park On Hudson
Even its glorious cast can’t redeem this “clumsy and lacklustre film,” writes HANNAH QUINN.
Tab Tries: Lecture Hopping
ADRIAN GRAY drops in on other people’s lectures to see if he can’t learn something from the experience.
A Cappella Sing-Off
This sing-off between Oxford’s ‘Out of the Blue’ and Cambridge’s ‘Cadenza’ was saved by its lack of pretension, says ZARA MEERZA.
The Cambridge Bucket List
From starting a flash mob during formal to skinny dipping in the Cam, LAUREN CHAPLIN presents the definitive Cambridge bucket list.
Avant-Garde
Tab Fashion makeup guru Fortunate Frizell takes a look at a vivid new trend in eye makeup.
Triumphant End To League Season For Volleyball Ladies
Last match, top result – CHRISTIANA SMYRILLI reports on an incredible end to a quite incredible season for the women in blue
Majestic Magenta hammer Homerton
Downing took full advantage of the cancellation of John’s vs. Jesus to go top with a crushing 50-0 victory over a weak Homerton side.
When Feminism Becomes Exclusivism?
FAITH BARKER explains why she feels uncomfortable with some of the attitudes expressed within the CUSU Women’s Campaign.
Chilled Blues: Ice Hockey Players Refreshed And Raring To Go
Men’s Ice Hockey President JAASON GEERTS reviews the progress in Switzerland before the real action begins in February.
The Deep Blue Sea
HANNAH QUINN found this production absofuckinglutely… difficult to get excited about.
The College Bar Crawl
AMY PROVAN compiles an arbitrary (and totally unbiased) list of the best and worst college bars that Cambridge has to offer.
The Lola Lo Down – School Dayz
Now that you’re all grown up, what do you remember about your time at school? CHLOE HARRIS finds out.
Cambridge fences clear of opposition
CAMERON MILES reports on a double triumph for Cambridge, defeating both the Universities of West England and Imperial College (London) on a frantic day of fencing.
Get Productive
MADDIE DUNNIGAN answers the question, “what does a producer actually do?” The answer: naked body painting.
Jailbreak 2013: As It Happened
Time’s up! Cambridge RAG Jailbreak 2013 has come to a close. But where did all the teams end up? Relive the highlights here.
The Secret Bedder
What’s it like to be one of the cleaning staff in Cambridge? An anonymous bedder talks tea, tramps and condoms.
Interview: Tom Stade
Tom Stade talks to The Tab’s MARK WINTERBURN about panel shows, the British public and offending your audience.
Don’t Call Me A Lesbian
One student offers the underreported female perspective on LGBT life in Cambridge, and argues that labels only make it harder.
How To: Get To A May Ball
HANNAH GRAHAM gives the best advice on how to crash this year’s most exclusive May Balls, since another student paper published some on Wednesday.
Hitchcock
“I was reminded of Hitchcock’s boast that his films were not slices of life but slices of cake.” JACKSON CAINES explains.
Yellow: A New Sketch Show
ELEANOR OGILVIE reviews A New Sketch Show and is made to face a difficult question: can interpretive dance save the world?
PACE: although
Obscure Norse mythology and a sexually frustrated car proved a surprisingly enjoyable combination for LEYLA HAMID and CHLOE COLEMAN.