Issue 105

Americans who come to study at Cambridge are in exalted company, but no two experiences are the same.

Hugo Barraud (Selwyn, Fourth Year) studies Classics and is part of the Cambridge University Officers’ Training Corps, an Army Reserve unit that offers basic officer training and outdoor activities.

Americans who come to study at Cambridge are in exalted company, but no two experiences are the same.

Half the sky. Billions of objects. In six colours. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which begins this year, promises to deliver the first motion picture of the universe, answering some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of our world.

Memory is strange: sometimes crystal clear on people and places we came across years ago, often much more cloudy on things that happened just last week.

Languages are the world’s repository of memory and knowledge – and are crucial for establishing our place within it, says Professor Charles Forsdick.