The power of touch
As a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores human touch through 4,000 years of art, Cambridge researchers explain why this sense is so important in their own work.
View ArticleThe Lost Words: a ‘spell book’ that closes the gap between childhood and nature
The Lost Words is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that summons the magic of nature to help children find, love and protect the natural world.
View Article'It's about finding your own way': Cambridge student Eve's return to...
Mature student Eve Hines-Braham secured a place at the University of Cambridge after completing an Access to HE course
View ArticleSaffron: a Cambridge spice
An investigation into the local histories of saffron in Cambridgeshire.
View ArticleUnique “bawdy bard” act discovered, revealing 15th-century roots of British...
An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript. Raucous texts – mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences to get drunk;...
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Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political...
Today’s wellness industry generates trillions of dollars in revenue, but in a new book, Dr James Riley (Faculty of English & Girton College), shows that 1970s wellness pioneers imagined something...
View ArticleJohn Milton's notes identified in an influential book he once owned
John Milton’s handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Holinshed's Chronicles, a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost poet. The discovery, made by a team including...
View ArticleLife, death and mowing – study reveals Britain’s poetic obsession with the...
Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a ‘lawnmower poetry microgenre’, using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity, violence,...
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