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Terminus
LOUIS SHANKAR reviews three extraordinary monologues playing this week at the Corpus Playroom.
The 24 Hour Musical
Notes on A Scandal: IMOGEN PHILLIPS reviews a night of madness, music and muggles.
Boy found in Murray Edwards
Eat, drink and pee merry; a “disorderly” boy was discovered in Murray Edwards having urinated in a jug overnight.
Why I’m Not Feeling Festive
JESS FRANKLIN tells us why the holiday season is nut all it’s cracked up to be…
Improv from the Crypt
This sharp-witted, smooth and extremely entertaining’ performance gets the seal of approval from WILLIAM STARK and JOSH MARKS.
Tab Tries: A Vibrator
“Why fix the pipes yourself when you can just call a plumber in?” Never having masturbated before, our mystery reviewer tries the ‘Thrill’.
The 24 Hour Plays
They’re not perfect, but INDIA MATHARU-DALEY is nonetheless impressed (and bemused) by this year’s short-and-sweet offerings.
Rachel Tookey: Week 8
Unhappy? Need somewhere to vent? In her final column, RACHEL TOOKEY speaks about her own unhappiness in Cambridge and offers a solution…
FASHION NOTES
Already tired of shopping for others? This week, Johannes Lenhard has a few recommendations: some for the more frugal, and some for those with a little more cash to spare. Happy spending!
Scam-Bridge
Visitors are paying £2000 per night to stay in St John’s. The catch? John’ s doesn’t know. JOSH SIMONS has the story.
The Sunday Serial: Episode 6
The Sleepy Corridor is settling into the new rhythm of Christmas with the stranger. A strange calm reigns. This can’t last forever. Join OLD DAL for the calm before the storm…
Tab Guide: Taking Photos with Film
Natalia Molina-Harno teaches you how to use film cameras. Properly.
We Need to Talk About Death
CHARLIE BELL wants us to stop burying our heads in the sand and remember that we’re all going to die (and that’s ok).
What’s On: Week 8
It’s Week bloody 8 already! Have no fear, Culture will make sure you juice the last of this term’s cultural delights.
Alex Jackman: Week 8
In his last ever column, ALEX JACKMAN takes you on a mental trip around his top five happiest places in Cambridge.
Birthday
NATALIA MOLINA-HARNO enjoys this unusual play, but is left a little confused by its mixed bag of emotions.
Jitters
MADDIE BROWN is blown away by ‘one of the most exciting theatrical endeavours to hit the Corpus Playroom in recent times’.
Rachel Tookey: Week 7
Columns within a column? How meta. It ends there, though, says RACHEL TOOKEY in a bid to end Cambridge pretentiousness
Football Report: Blues 4 – 3 UWE Hartpury
SIMON COURT reports as the light blues shock the best team in University football.
Accessible Cambridge: An Alternative View
ABI PALMER says it’s time to rethink the way we talk about the problems facing disabled people in Cambridge.
10 Films For Those Questioning Love
It’s a dark Sunday, you are halfway through your MIMS revision, and you doubt that love ever existed. NATALIA MOLINA-HARNO talks you through the films capable of restoring the faith…
What Your Choice of Cambridge Club Says About You
Going out tonight? HARRY ELLIOTT analyses you as a person based on your clubbing choices
12 Days of Bridgemas Playlist
ARTHUR FIELDING whips up some Bridgemas spirit with this festive playlist.
Sex in the Cam – Week 7
I did something bad this week. Now, there aren’t a lot of things I regret; I’ve had a lot of sex in my time and a reasonable amount of sex this term and I stand by every one of those random shags. But this time I’ll admit that I’ve crossed a line.
What’s On: Week 7
Looking for something to do? We’ve cobbled together a creative combination of curiosities coming up to the final weeks
Cutie and the Boxer
“Undoubtedly the film works as a casual portrait of an elderly couple, but I couldn’t help leaving the cinema feeling dissatisfied”. MAYA HAMBRO gives her verdict.
The Penelopiad
It’s not perfect, but TILLY SCULLION finds that this provocative play is still worth leaving the library for.
Buzz Backs Out
Apollo-ing news for The Union as Dr Aldrin becomes the latest high profile speaker to drop out.
Not-so-Undercover: Pierce Brosnan spotted around town
Cambridge gets shaken, not stirred, when 007 is spotted in town.
Alex Jackman: Week 7
This week ALEX JACKMAN is dismayed by the mixed responses to his serious journalism, so ejects a big pile of stereotypical columnist word-vomit.
Odd Things About King’s College, Cambridge
IMOGEN CHITTY talks us through the idiosyncrasies of Cambridge’s strangest College.
And The Horse You Rode In On
This thought provoking student written play is well worth a trek in the cold, advises CHARLOTTE IVERS.
An Earlier Heaven
It may not be particularly remarkable, but MEGAN DALTON nonetheless enjoys this display of unaffected humanity.
Confusions
JOSH MARKS and WILLIAM STARK enjoy a funny evening showcasing this year’s fresher talent.
Under Lock-and-Caius: College Burglar to serve 50 weeks
A thief with more than 40 convictions is caught stealing from Cambridge Colleges. Again. HANNAH GRAHAM reports.
The Butler
“If Forrest Gump was the white Hollywood version of US history, intersecting famous historical events with personal narrative, then The Butler is its demanding, subversive, powerful little brother”. LARA FERRIS reviews the latest Oscar contender.