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Founded in 1947, we are Cambridge's oldest student newspaper, producing regular print editions during term time as well as around-the-clock online content.

Jess Gotterson shares her student meal plan and thanks Aldi for their budget-friendly prices
10/10/2025

Jess Gotterson shares her student meal plan and thanks Aldi for their budget-friendly prices

Jess Gotterston implores you to make the trek to Aldi – it might just change your life

Aaron Tan explores how Spike Lee aligns himself with, but also diverges from, Kurosawa's classic, in the wake of his ant...
10/10/2025

Aaron Tan explores how Spike Lee aligns himself with, but also diverges from, Kurosawa's classic, in the wake of his anticipated remake

Aaron Tan revisits Kurosawa's classic in the wake of Spike Lee's anticipated remake

Introducing Varsity’s new podcast: Varsity Voices!
10/10/2025

Introducing Varsity’s new podcast: Varsity Voices!

The perfect companion for your morning walks to lectures is here

Cambridge to have ‘England’s first official cycle street’
09/10/2025

Cambridge to have ‘England’s first official cycle street’

Cyclists and pedestrians will soon have priority over cars on Adams Road

Should we try to capture the moment, or just live in it?
09/10/2025

Should we try to capture the moment, or just live in it?

Francesca Evans talks to avid-photographers and the camera-shy and asks what it really means to preserve a moment

09/10/2025

The 'Cambfluencer' tells followers that feeling behind is a part of the Cambridge experience

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Survey: Student Budgeting 2025
08/10/2025

Survey: Student Budgeting 2025

Varsity is investigating student finances, and wants to hear from you!

Harmony Mitchell reflects upon THAT Sabrina Carpenter album cover
08/10/2025

Harmony Mitchell reflects upon THAT Sabrina Carpenter album cover

Harmony Mitchell reflects upon the controversies of Sabrina Carpenter

Ben Birch investigates the emergence of our modern commercial gallery spaces
07/10/2025

Ben Birch investigates the emergence of our modern commercial gallery spaces

Ben Birch explains why commercial galleries are all white cubes

Duncan Paterson argues that rent increases are indicative of everyone, not just students, going down with the ship
07/10/2025

Duncan Paterson argues that rent increases are indicative of everyone, not just students, going down with the ship

Duncan Paterson argues that Cambridge’s wealthiest colleges, by hiking rents far above inflation, are worsening class divides and providing short-term answers to long-term issues

Chancellor calls Israel’s actions in Gaza and West Bank ‘intolerable’
07/10/2025

Chancellor calls Israel’s actions in Gaza and West Bank ‘intolerable’

Lord Smith said Israel’s conduct ‘amounts to inhumanity and war crimes’ at a Q&A last week

Is your vibe more nightclimber or C-Sunday? Take this quiz to find out!
06/10/2025

Is your vibe more nightclimber or C-Sunday? Take this quiz to find out!

From C-Sunday to college marriages, Cambridge is awash with odd traditions – fear not, Matilda Sheekey is here to advise you

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