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Trying to tackle it all | Varsity
5 days ago · Trying to tackle it all. Romilly Norfolk talks to the Blues women’s rugby captain about high fixture densities, the challenges of women’s sport and needing Wednesday off. The women helped complete the double over Oxford at last year's Varsity match MATT IMPEY WITH PERMISSION FOR VARSITY. I first approached Bethan Jones, this season’s ...
How to get recruited by MI6 | Varsity - Varsity Online
Feb 17, 2023 · How to get recruited by MI6. Varsity investigates MI5 and MI6 recruitment at Cambridge. by Taneesha Datta. Friday February 17 2023. Photo credit: Nicholas Hartmann/Wikimedia Commons. In the summer of 1984, as Easter term drew to a drowsy close, Richard Tomlinson heard an unfamiliar voice calling his name across Gonville court.
Research Round-up: what you missed over the summer | Varsity
Oct 4, 2024 · Research Roundup: Week 9. Currently, aviation accounts for just over 2% of CO2 emissions and 4% of global warming. As the market is projected to keep growing rapidly, alternatives will need to be developed fast to prevent this number continuing to rise. Of course, batteries still require non-renewable components and lithium mining has no small ...
The next Covid-19: why future pandemics are ‘a certainty’
Thursday October 10 2024, 10:00am. Prof Sir Chris Whitty has warned a future pandemic as big as Covid is “a certainty”. Given the widespread and devastating health, social and economic impacts of Covid, it is important that scientists have a detailed understanding of possible future threats. The World Health Organisation publishes an ...
Lungs: a play about the Big Questions but without answers
Friday February 5 2021, 12:00am. ‘Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That’s the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I’d be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.’. This comic observation is typical of Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs, a dazzling and affecting – if somewhat frustrating – play, in which an unnamed man and woman negotiate starting a family in a ...
How to matriculate in style | Varsity
Oct 4, 2024 · A Varsity style guide to mastering your matriculation wardrobe. 'For all the glamour and tradition it represents, matriculation can end up being slightly boring. Use your fashion sense to make the day more fun' Ruying Yang for Varsity. by Alice Mainwood & Grace Cobb. Friday October 4 2024, 12:00pm.
The ultimate guide to Cambridge formal fashion | Varsity
Aug 20, 2023 · You can get creative with your formal looks Zoe Blackburn with permission for Varsity. Since the dress code for a regular formal at most colleges specifies a ‘cocktail dress’, dress-wearing folk tend to go for a midi or mini dress rather than one that goes all the way to the ankles, but a long dress or skirt with a slit can achieve the same ...
Why is ‘lesbian’ still a dirty word? | Varsity - Varsity Online
Jun 20, 2020 · When it doesn’t stink of bitter misandry, ‘lesbian’ seems dirty and embarrassing, quite alien from the earnest, loving relationships that many queer women dream of. "‘Lesbian’ has been historically hijacked, warped to distortion by the male gaze: no more. With this being the case, the less-officious, gender-neutral ‘gay’ has ...
Lucy Cavendish: a case study in collegiate failure | Varsity
Friday June 9 2023, 10:09am. Of all the conclusions of Varsity ’s rent investigation, particularly striking is the fact that wealthier colleges consisently offer their students lower rents. While Trinity and John’s students enjoy some of Cambridge’s most affordable accommodation, students at Girton and Lucy Cavendish are forced to shell ...