Issue 98

From London students escaping the Blitz to Ukrainian students fleeing the Russian invasion, Cambridge has long offered a place of safety.

Imagine, says Dr Mónica Moreno Figueroa, what your life would be like without sexism, racism, fat oppression and class distinction.

A former slave turned taxidermist, a governess and skilled translator, an American pioneer of women’s suffrage: Charles Darwin’s prolific correspondence – around 15,000 letters over his lifetime – reveals the rich tapestry of his global network.

Britpop, Girl Power, Mr Blobby, gastropubs, Netscape, champagne supernovas, no frills, Ross and Rachel, cyber cafés, Blair, Cool Britannia, bling, Tamagotchis, Pretty Good Privacy, Maastricht, Clinton, rain on your wedding day, doing the Macarena, Gazza, AOL, Sensation and the end of history. Think the 1990s were frivolous? Think again.

Generation Alpha is set to inherit a world completely unrecognisable from the one their parents and grandparents remember. We uncover what childhood looks like in 2023.