Building the future
Dr Tim Minshall (Christ's 1993), University Senior Lecturer in Technology Management Engineers are fantastic – they are the people who change the worl...
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The Hay Festival brings together writers from around the world to debate and share stories in the staggering beauty of the Welsh Borders. A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this year’s Hay Festival. 2013 is the fifth year that the University has run it Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival, one of the most prestigious literary events in the world. This year for the first time speakers include alumni such as Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent who will speak with Professor Simon Blackburn on the current crisis of trust in major institutions including the press, the police and parliament following a series of scandals.
What is Britishness today?
Dame Fiona Reynolds (Newnham 1976), Master of Emmanuel College and former Director-General of the National Trust. In a world of rapid change and globa...
“Only a pen can ease my pain”: voices from renaissance convents
Dr Abigail Brundin (Magdalene 1991), University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, Pilkington Prize winner 2013 In C17th Italy, the number ...
The lessons of the New Deal
Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American history and Master of Clare College In 2009, as in 1933, a charismatic president succeeded a discredite...
The future is nano
Sir Mark Welland, Professor of Nanotechnology There's been a lot of hype about nanotechnology, but what is it and what is a realistic expectation of w...
Near and Distant Neighbours 1917–1989
Jonathan Haslam, Professor of the History of International Relations The history of Russia’s Secret Services from the Revolution to the Fall of the Wa...
Equality
Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Sociology, in conversation with Gaby Hinsliff, author of Half a Wife Despite much progress in the world of work, women ...
Living with earthquakes: know your faults
James Jackson, Professor of Earth Sciences Earthquakes in the last decade have revealed that rich nations have become very resilient in terms of loss-...
What makes us fat?
Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and Medicine In an age of obesity where sugary, fatty food is available 24/7, will it ever be possible to contr...
Do nice guys finish last – or first?
Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy, and Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent Trust in British public life has now reached catastrophicall...