Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Issue 82 - Michaelmas 2017
Features
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A Force to be Reckoned With
Gravity is one of the universe’s great mysteries. We decided to find out why
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Bop On
It is the quintessential College entertainment. From classic school disco at Homerton to dubstep at Clare Cellars, the bop has it all: music, dancing, friends and, if you’re lucky, a somewhat sticky carpet
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Hall of Wonders
What do you do with a 150-year-old whale skeleton in need of a hip replacement? CAM went behind the scenes at the Museum of Zoology – due to reopen this year– to find out
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Interview: Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor
The new Vice-Chancellor says that he is excited – and ambitious – for Cambridge’s future
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In The Beginning Was …
No set. No music. Just you – and the mic. No wonder spoken word performers are taking the cultural world by storm
Regulars
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‘They’re a good bunch – bright, keen. They’ll come up with something’
Dr Martin Ruehl is University Senior Lecturer in German intellectual history at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages.
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An International Network
John Pritchard (Robinson 1983) is Chair of the Alumni Advisory Board
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Campendium: Michaelmas Term 2017
A new Vice-Chancellor for Cambridge and Kettle’s Yard reopens.
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Inbox 82
Read the letter from the Editor for CAM 82 and all your emails, letters, tweets and posts in response to CAM 81
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Applying to Cambridge
Against a background of changing GCSEs and big data, Dr Sam Lucy, Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges, explains just exactly what it is like to apply to Cambridge today
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What should students expect from their College and the University?
Professor Graham Virgo QC is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education.
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Courting Success
The Cambridge University Squash Rackets Club blends competitiveness with fun
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Sebastian Faulks: Room P6, New Court, Emmanuel
Sebastian Faulks (Emmanuel 1971) and third-year mathematician Fraser Waters discuss eclectic decoration and built-in storage at P6, New Court.
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‘It leaves you with a feeling – like listening to a snippet of music’
Former BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall, now Master of Peterhouse, reveals the reads which have had the greatest influence on her life.