Esther Knowles

Esther Knowles
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  • Esther is Assistant Editor at The Tab HQ, managing 12 teams of student journalists across the UK, as well as writing for the national site.
  • She joined The Tab Cambridge in January 2022 and soon became Senior News Editor. She then progressed to Editor-in-Chief in January 2023, leading a team of over 40 writers.
  • After graduating, Esther worked as a freelance journalist for Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. She subsequently joined The Tab HQ in December 2025.

Experience

Esther was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Cambridge in 2024. Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance lifestyle journalist and is now Assistant Editor at The Tab HQ.

Education

Esther began studying English Literature at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge in October 2022, before graduating in the summer of 2025. Before that, she studied English, History and Religious Studies at A-Level.

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The Tab's journalism is brought to you by young reporters who like being first. On university campuses, our writers deliver local news you care about. At The Tab HQ, our experienced journalists write about everything from breaking news to politics to pop culture to TikTok trends to the latest entertainment and celeb gossip. Our aim is to deliver sharp, original, and agenda-setting journalism to young people. All our stories are fact checked and sources verified. Further information on our editorial policies and processes can be found here.

Posts

Here’s why Anya only uses a wheelchair sometimes in Netflix’s Run Away

And no, it wasn’t a mistake

Man charged with causing death by dangerous driving after death of KCL student

Aalia Mahomed was hit by a van while sitting on a bench near campus

There’s a convincing theory that everyone on this year’s Traitors secretly knows each other

The evidence that the series four Traitors contestants are all related is too convincing to ignore

Omg, this hidden detail on Traitor’s Uncloaked may accidentally reveal the Secret Traitor

This changes everything

Explained: Here’s what ‘365’ buttons actually means all over TikTok

It all kicked off from one person’s TikTok comment

Cambridge student contacted by council after dumping box next to a bin

The international student accused British people of being ‘bored out of their minds’

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Mum of Liverpool student jailed over ‘single line of cocaine’ speaks out about her daughter’s release

Mia O’Brien was allowed to return home from Dubai prison in time for Christmas

What’s going on with Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton’s relationship outside of Stranger Things?

To make things even wilder, the stunt doubles of Nancy and Jonathan are also dating off-screen

The Cambridge Tab is looking for new Editor-in-Chiefs, and we want you!

Apply by 11pm on Saturday 10th January and you could be organising The Tab’s infamous BNOC list next term

The 10 best UK state schools for 2026 have been revealed, and they’re unbelievably posh

Every single school is selective and I’m not surprised

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‘Poshfluencer’ Lydia Millen is under fire again, but this time it’s from other influencers

A number of creators claim Lydia randomly blocked them, including Olivia Attwood

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Former Sussex student who said he was ‘irresistible’ sentenced to 25 years for raping five women

Alex Patel-Wills described selling Class A drugs as a ‘social service’

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The real reason Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour skipped the Stranger Things premiere

Trust me, it’s not what you think

Oxford student charged after chanting ‘put Zios in the ground’ at pro-Palestine protest

Samuel Williams was charged with inciting racial hatred

‘Maybe try a different course’: Ranking Cambridge University lecturers’ brutal comments

No wonder Cambridge students always look stressed

Cambridge University college to install climbing wall inside 150 year old church tower

Pembroke has already converted the church on Trumpington Street into an auditorium

Cambridge University to ban use of the term ‘Oxbridge’ due to elitist connotations

Anyone caught using the word will be forced to undertake a mandatory ‘inclusivity training’

St John’s College Cambridge now has control over the SJV choir’s social media

The petition to save the mixed choir is supported by the former archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams

Cambridge students organise protest against Trinity College’s ties to Israel

The action comes after Trinity was issued a legal notice asking it to divest from its investments in arms companies

Confirmed: Cambridge University assistance staff will strike for three days this month

The industrial action, sparked by pay disputes, will take place from Tuesday 12th March to Thursday 14th March

Students and staff protest for termination of Cambridge University ‘race realist’ fellow

The protestors marched to the Student Services Centre to lodge complaints but were turned away

Student bar staff at a Cambridge college were paid less than minimum wage

Emmanuel College has now paid the £3,924.75 they legally owed to students

Revealed: More than half of Cambridge University students are addicted to vaping

Does anyone else smell fizzy cherry in the library?

Pro-Palestine and climate justice groups host sit-in at Cambridge’s Maxwell Centre

Activist groups protest the involvement of Cambridge’s Laboratory for Scientific Computing with fossil fuel companies and the war in Gaza

Less than half of Cambridge students say they enjoy studying for their degree

More Cambridge students are stressed by their degree than enjoy it

Here’s how much the average Cambridge student spends on a night out

Let’s find out if your spending is normal

Oxford and Cambridge twins to compete on opposing teams in the Boat Race

Catherine and Gemma King will row in rival boats for the first time in their lives

Prospective Cambridge student killed himself after being blackmailed over nude photographs

Dinal De Alwis, a pupil at Whitgift School, wanted to study economics at Cambridge

Cambridge discriminates against privately-educated white men, says ‘anti-woke’ professor

James Tooley, vice-chancellor of Buckingham University, is starting a course examining the origins of the ‘woke’ movement

Cambridge students organise protest and petition calling for termination of Nathan Cofnas

The Philosophy fellow has faced backlash for a controversial blog post where he advocated for a ‘hereditarian revolution’

Cambridge comes fifth in The Times Higher Education world reputation ranking

Unfortunately beaten by Oxford… again!

Cambridge fellow involved in race controversy claims quotes attributed to him are ‘fake’

Nathan Cofnas has been under fire for his recent blog post where he advocated for ‘the preservation of racial distinctions’

VOTE NOW: Cambridge’s Top 75 BNOCs 2024 revealed

It’s now up to you to decide the top 10…

Cambridge had the fewest applications of all Russell Group Universities last year

Cambridge students, we’re sorry if this hurts your feelings

Every Cambridge May Ball in 2024: Dates, themes and prices

We’re here again doing the work of the people

Cambridge students left embarrassed on University Challenge after forgetting UK had left EU

Let’s hope they’re not studying politics

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN: Cambridge’s BNOC Competition 2024

Babe wake up, it’s time to nominate for The Tab’s BNOC list

Cambridge University support staff on three day strike over pay row

The union, representing over 450 members of support staff, say they are paid below inflation rates

Cambridge college apologises for targeting Chinese students over mess in toilets

‘It is deeply wrong to make negative assumptions about any one group or community’

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Sabrina Carpenter’s wildest Nonsense outros, ranked from cute to chaos

She has no shame and we love it

Seven reasons to join The Cambridge Tab this Lent!

We need YOU on our team

Fitz Winter Ball is giving May Balls a run for their money

With Tinchy Stryder headlining, Fitz Winter Ball is the ‘Number 1’ event happening in Michaelmas

Cambridge University’s King’s College covered in orange paint in Just Stop Oil protest

The demonstration is one of a series of attacks on UK universities such as Manchester and University College London

Cambridge University’s King’s College covered in orange paint in Just Stop Oil protest

The demonstration is one of a series of attacks on UK universities such as Manchester and University College London

Cambridge University ranks third in The Times Good University Guide 2024

Cambridge remains at third place whilst St Andrews overtakes Oxford at the top spot

UCU confirms end of marking boycott

The UCU wrote to the Vice Chancellor yesterday to confirm they are no longer participating in a marking boycott

What is it really like to study at Cambridge University?

You’ve made your offer, now you’re wondering what it’s really like

Is it easier to come to Cambridge as a Londoner?

You’re certainly less shocked by the price of a pint