Editor's Picks

A World That Doesn’t Welcome You: Inside Dhyan Ruparel’s Dazzling Medea

We already know how the bloodshed ends—the fiery, fatal conclusion is spelled out for us in projections before a single word is even spoken. Yet, Dhyan Ruparel’s devastatingly urgent new production of Medea refuses to let us look away. Reclaimed by a brilliant BME cast and creative team, this untethered, 2,456-year-old tragedy is transformed into a fiercely modern exploration of exile, immigrant guilt, and the agonizing space between fate and choice.

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Watersprite Returns to Cambridge this Lent

2nd March 2026
From Uzbekistan to Mexico, over 2,000 student films arrive in Cambridge this March as Watersprite Film Festival transforms Lent term into a celebration of bold, emerging global cinema.

Cambridge’s answer to the problem of restitution ought to be a lesson to the British Museum.

7th November 2025
Charlie Windle examines the ongoing debate over repatriation, questioning why isntitutions like the British Museum continue to resist returning cultural artefacts such as the Parthenon Sculptures. While Cambridge's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology reports no disputes or refusals, the British Museum clings to outdated laws and colonial justification. Windle argues that for true cultural understanding, these treasures ought to be returned to their rightful homes.

A Case for New Writing in Cambridge Theatre

13th January 2026
Senan McSweeney-Davis argues that Cambridge's new writing scene thrives on experimentation and collaboration, transforming solitary ideas into collaborative, relevant performances shaped by experimentation, feedback

Politics & Society

Old and new unilateralism: has American foreign policy really changed?

4th April 2026
Giovanni Lacroix argues that the US has moved into a new era of unilateralism, fueled by the defiant and populist rhetoric of the Trump administration. In spite of weakening political ties within the West, Europe remains bound by economic, institutional, and military dependency to the United States and the whims of its government. The online instrumentalisation of outrage by the White House underlines the EU’s need for new algorithms and increased sovereignty.

Nowhere is safe for Labour.

5th March 2026
Jonathan Corner argues Gorton and Denton is not an exceptional case, and that the UK is staring down the barrel of an entirely new political paradigm.

Oxbridge & Higher Education

corpus clock a unique and fascinating timepiece with the iconic chronophage sculpture

In Brief: “Unregulated AI Growth risks damaging UK creative sector” says new Cambridge report, as 48000+ creatives protest UK government AI copyright proposals

A new report published jointly by three Cambridge initiatives argues that the unregulated use of Generative AI will not guarantee economic growth and risks damaging the UK’s thriving creative sector, as the UK government closes a consultation today (25/02) into plans for the future of copyright and AI.

University Briefings

The Cambridge Technology Review

GAGE: London Fashion (CSM & LCF)

The Gems of Fall Couture Week

23rd September 2024
Eddy Kanu shares his fashion week gems, from Thom Browne to Robert Wun, highlighting the limitless nature of a designer's craftsmanship and creative output.

GAGE SHOWCASES: MEDEAN

25th May 2024
‘Why don’t you do it?’ You're like the most fashionable person we know?", recollects Mehdi Alhoussawi, as he begins his own creative journey as founder of MEDEAN.