Issue 108 | Alumni

Features

Kayak guide Shokita Masakatsu (73) photographed on a beach near his home. His philosophy is to share the joy of sea kayaking and

On age

I want to live for ever. I want to retire at 50. Paying for care is a lottery. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to retire. The tropes of ageing are simultaneously contradictory and limiting, so what does it really mean to age well?

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Always on my mind

Coverage of mental health issues, particularly in the young, is on the rise – as is speculation that it’s being overdiagnosed. Now Tim Dalgleish, the inaugural Dawson Professor of Young People’s Mental Health, is on a mission to find new ways to change lives.

Grazing cattle help maintain suitable nesting habitats for the ground-nesting lapwings.

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Old Father Thames keeps rolling

Great Father Thames has provided food, industry, transport and protection for the inhabitants of London and the east of England for more than a thousand years – but human activity has taken its toll. Now’s the time to restore its former glory.

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Trailer of Life

Cheesy chips, quesadillas and, of course, burgers. For more than 30 years, the Trailer – or Van – of Life has been a Market Square staple, delivering vital sustenance at the end of many a late-night student adventure. So what’s its secret?

Crossword /

108 Crossword- It's drawn out by Nimrod

Solvers must find ways to connect four groups of three (including three nonstandard phrases) from realms – one group each – of history, geography, science/nature and entertainment. Wordplay in each of the normally numbered clues leads to the answer with an extra letter not entered in the grid.

BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final Matilda Lloyd

Soundtrack /

Matilda Lloyd's (Trinity 2014) Cambridge soundtrack

Blowing her own trumpet: how a ‘bit of fun’ turned into a lifelong passion Winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final was just the start for Matilda Lloyd, the ‘trumpeter extraordinaire’ who became a global superstar.

Sathnam Sanghera and Law student Rocio Leyva Thomas.

My room, your room /

Y43, Christ’s My room, your room

The posters may have changed, but the air of excitement, possibility and pride is as strong as ever, say author Sathnam Sanghera and Law student Rocio Leyva Thomas.