Blogs
The dangerous dream of liberalism
How our obsession with neutrality blinds us to our humanity.
Posted On: 08/03/2010
Memory and forgetting
Why we must remember Ian Tomlinson, and those that the powerful would rather us forget.
Posted On: 10/02/2010
The real story behind the earthquake
Until the beginning of this year, Haiti was better known as the title of a song from the Arcade Fire. But to understand its onfolding tragedy, we have to understand its past.
Posted On: 28/01/2010
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Secret Diary of a Ballcrasher
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Secret Diary of a Ballcrasher
Posted On: 16/06/2010
Secret Diary of a Ballcrasher
Round up! Round up! Welcome one and all to Touchstone and Feste’s outrageous new blog. We are Touchstone and Feste and we crash balls. Read about our clandestine exploits everyday.
Posted On: 14/06/2010
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Miscellanea Cantabrigiana
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Reasons to be cheerful
Cambridge’s fundraising success, combined with Alison Richard’s new honour, points to a bright future
Posted On: 16/06/2010
Election fever
Forget Nick, Dave and Gordo; this week’s most gripping contest concerns University administration.
Posted On: 05/05/2010
Because it’s worth it
Exam term may be unpleasant, says Hugo Gye, but it’s a necessary evil.
Posted On: 23/04/2010
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Entertainment
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Film and TV
Underappreciated: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
“I call this my faggot gun.” Welcome to the hilarious buddy-cop world of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, with the ever-charming Robert Downey Jr.
Posted On: 17/05/2010
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Gaming
Varsity’s E3 Roundup
From Tuesday through to Thursday, the Los Angeles gaming mega-tradeshow E3 will be in full swing. News, interviews and leaks have been in full flow since last week, and we’re beginning to get a clearer idea of what we can look forward to throughout the week. So, without further ado, here’s a Varsity sample of the E3 happenings so far.
Posted On: 14/06/2010
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Music
Aural Epiphany: Silver Apples, Silver Apples/Contact
Do you know your musical roots? Tom Rollins gets down to the sound of electronica’s great-granddaddy, love-beads and all.
Posted On: 21/04/2010
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Radio
Soundtrack to a British Summer
Radio is the any-time, any-place, all-weather medium…
Posted On: 15/06/2010
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Dan Hitchens on Something
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What Darwin did to Christianity
Not much, actually, if you were orthodox enough.
Posted On: 24/02/2010
How nice are politicians?
Who cares if politicians are pretty nice, decent people? Dan Hitchens details his response to Patrick Kingsley’s blog on Charles Kennedy.
Posted On: 15/02/2010
Fighting the advertisements
Behind every slogan is a harsh voice saying “Give me money”.
Posted On: 02/02/2010
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Fashion
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Fashion Opinion
Remembering McQueen
Charlotte Wu pays tribute to Alexander McQueen, one of fashion’s greats.
Posted On: 26/02/2010
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The Two Orphans
The Two Orphans discover polyesterone in Primark
No, Polyesterone isn’t a jazzy new illegal substance. More like the chemical residue from a reaction between womankind and hypermarket materialism.
Posted On: 06/03/2010
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The Varsitorialist
The devil’s in the details
In the second installment of The Varsitorialist, we check out the Cambridge clubnight creatures and take a look at the little details in clothes that make all the difference.
Posted On: 19/02/2010
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Truly Madly Deeply
Absolutely Gaga-licious
Lady Gaga: officially every fashionista’s not-so-secret girl crush.
Posted On: 12/02/2010
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Patrick Kingsley on Everything
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Don’t Con-Dem Clegg
A government with some Lib Dem input is better than one without any
Posted On: 11/05/2010
Meow. Meow?
The media’s mephedrone coverage has been at best misinformed, and at worst wilfully misleading
Posted On: 26/04/2010
Save the Sussex Six
Management’s high-handed treatment of student protestors at the University of Sussex has been nothing short of shameful. But the biggest villains are in Westminster
Posted On: 12/03/2010
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The Culture Blog
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The art of war
Laura Freeman is moved by two micro-memorials to British and American Servicemen and Servicewomen who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted On: 23/04/2010
Are you a hatter or a hater?
Lewis Carroll enthusiast Laura Freeman is unimpressed by Tim Burton’s new Alice in Wonderland.
Posted On: 11/03/2010
You’ve never read War and Peace? How humiliating
Which is the greater humiliation: admitting that you’ve never read the classics or reading the classics and admitting that you prefer Harry Potter? Laura Freeman weighs literary shame in the balance.
Posted On: 24/02/2010
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The World Outside
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The BBC knows what is good for us
Faced with the bile of Murdoch and a preying public, what can the history of the BBC tell us about defending its role in modern Britain?
Posted On: 02/03/2010
Tides are turning
At the risk of sounding a little smug, Rob Peal recognises a change of tone in conversations with his fun loving compatriots at other universities as the outside world looms.
Posted On: 01/02/2010
Left smarting
Enron is a classic morality play about greed and downfall which has blazed a trail for art after the recession.
Posted On: 01/02/2010
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Dining Out
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Henry’s
Perhaps better known for its cheap cocktails and infamous burlesque nights, this week James Harrington goes where few students have dared to venture… the restaurant at Henry’s.
Posted On: 17/05/2010
Tandoori Palace
This week, restaurant critic James Harrington delves into the city suburbs to find one of the finest Indian restaurants in town. Did Tandoori Palace shape up to be fit for a gastronomic king?
Posted On: 09/05/2010
The Vaults
Elegant and ambient are perhaps not words coveyed by the name ‘The Vaults’. But our new food blogger finds himself surprised by this subterranean dining experience.
Posted On: 29/04/2010
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Charlie Adams on Rowing
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True Blue II: The Also-Rans
Everyone loves a bit of Boat Race action, but Charlie Adams considers what it really means to represent the university.
Posted On: 31/03/2010
On bumps
Charlie Adams dons a lab coat and safety goggles in order to investigate the relationship between boat-speed and socio-economic class in the higher primates. Or something like that.
Posted On: 22/02/2010
Those who can’t…
Coach. Or at least, shout loudly at a boatful of angry, sweaty students who are wondering why they’re listening to somebody cycling along the bank of the river Cam.
Posted On: 09/02/2010
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Man About Town
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Child’s play
On paper, the election debate at King’s was set to be quite some show, but with seven candidates in attendance, the presence of the main three parties was greatly reduced by what amounted to a slow discussion devoid of any real policy scrutiny.
Posted On: 29/04/2010
Hail to the (old) chief
Out on the campaign trail, Jamie Pollock witnesses the gathering of Liberal Democrats to welcome former leader, Charles Kennedy, to a constituency his party are hoping to hold.
Posted On: 25/04/2010
I agree with Nick…Hillman?
For the next few weeks, Man About Town will be offering a local perspective on the elections. In this entry, he wonders if it’s the Green candidate who offers the possibility of a shock to Westminster.
Posted On: 21/04/2010
