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The Tab Meets: Professor Risk

TOM BALDERSTONE talks to Churchill fellow “Professor Risk” about living life on the edge.

Interview: Hugh Bonneville

Downton Abbey star HUGH BONNEVILLE is evidence that prioritising acting over academia at Cambridge can pay off. He talks to NATALIE GIL.

Great Expectations

Avoiding the obvious pun, let’s just say PIERS RILEY-SMITH’S high hopes were dashed in his review of Dickens’ much adapted epic.

Young, Bright and on the Right – A Response

Former CUCA chairman CALLUM WOOD worries the BBC 2 show will re-enforce stereotypes.

Monk Debunked In Tory Story

Aspiring politico and Trinity Hall lawyer Chris Monk makes his debut BBC appearance, causing access outrage.

UPDATE: Two Charged Over Fitz Robbery

Officers detain two men in relation to the Fitz robbery in London after Crimewatch appeal.

Winter Wipeout – The Cantab Scoop

SASKIA GOLDMAN grabs an interview with “the one from Cambridge” on the BBC’s new extreme-humiliation gameshow.

How to Celebrate the Royal Wedding

Stuck for plans for the Willie Holiday tomorrow? Make it a right royal piss up or escape the Wedding madness with The Tab’s events barometer for varying levels of enthusiasm.

Cole To Be Blue In Who

King’s student Lily Cole is set to appear in popular BBC show Doctor Who, as her acting career continues, though not all Who fans are impressed.

Hardy Cubasch

HARDY CUBASCH’s life’s suddenly got glamorous as the Boat Race draws nearer and the world is informed of the lucky 9 who’ll be racing in front of millions in 18 days time.

Class Dismissed

Should we really be judging politicians by their backgrounds? TOM MOULE tells us why this should not be the case.

‘Not So Fast’ Says Clegg

Nick Clegg has told Cambridge and Oxford that it’s “not up to them” to decide whether or not they should charge £9,000 tuition fees.

Beggar Off!

Cambridge’s residents have been warned not to give money to the homeless by an ex-beggar.

Grid-Iron’s New Awakening

JONNY SINGER talks to THOMAS PIACHAUD about American football, the Cambridge Pythons and the Union’s Superbowl Party.

Human Planet – Deserts: Life in the Furnace

ALASDAIR PAL: “If only there were a way to turn John Hurt off”.

Wong To Team Up With Huppert

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert hopes to leave student dissatisfaction behind him when he appears on BBC show Bang Goes The Theory.

Nigella’s Kitchen

MATILDA WNEK asks ‘Must we create unholy compound nouns for every food group? Are we sure ‘choco-gratification’ earns its place in our immediate lexicon?’

Tab Interview: Jake Humphrey

‘There were vending machines distributing condoms instead of toothbrushes.’ HOLLY STEVENSON speaks to BBC presenter and Formula 1 anchor JAKE HUMPHREY.

Tab Interview: Paul Roseby

Can theatre break middle and working class boundaries? TABATHA LEGGETT gets the low-down from PAUL ROSEBY, artistic director of the National Youth Theatre.

So What Did YOU Do This Summer?

Following Deputy Editor Ellie Pithers’ diatribe on the unpaid internship, JENNA CORDEROY offers her pick of some of the best internships of the summer and how to get them.