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Category Archives: Cambridge life
How Not to Spend a Bank Holiday
While most of the country is thriving on a diet of bunting, boats on the Thames, nostalgia and street parties, many of us in Cambridge are struggling with more mundane matters. Exams. The University of Cambridge cannot afford, in its … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, Education
Tagged examinations, marking, practical classes, undergraduates
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An Influx of Visitors
This week I found myself standing on the platform at Ely, changing trains there on a day when the trains were actually behaving for once. It was a beautiful summer’s evening, and staring out at the green fields across from … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life
Tagged bicycles, Cambridge, foreign language students, road-sense
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Life on a Bicycle
It is a particular joy about life for many of us in Cambridge that we don’t need to rely on a car, or indeed public transport. Cambridge is a city whose size and terrain makes cycling feasible, and whose drivers … Continue reading
