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Press release: Exploring and rethinking the past at the Cambridge Festival

From the legacy of slavery, the history of statelessness and early days of artificial intelligence to the rise of the royal mistress and the beginnings of celebrity culture, the Cambridge Festival has a host of historical events.

Speaker Spotlight: Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen

Meet the researchers behind the Cambridge Festival: Director of the University's Autism Research Centre Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen

Speaker Spotlight: Fred Pearce

Meet the researchers behind the Cambridge Festival: author Fred Pearce

Is social media changing your life?

When you pull out your phone to take a photo, are you planning to share it on social media? Why is it so important that people see the minutiae of your daily life?

Humans who search

Reclaiming what it means to be a scientist through photography and storytelling.

Speaker spotlight: Dr Helen Scales

Meet the researchers behind the Cambridge Festival: marine biologist and author Dr Helen Scales

Press release: From the impact of slavery to growing up insecure: education-related events at the Cambridge Festival

How has higher education benefited from the slave trade and what can it do about it? Does education need to be reformed in the wake of climate change and what will the legacy of COVID be on children?

Speaker spotlight: Christian Picciolini

Meet some of the researchers behind the Cambridge Festival: first up, author Christian Picciolini.

Press release: Conservationists unite in Earth Optimism

Conservation and sustainability experts to highlight the need for optimism in an online celebratory festival.

Press release: Families and children spoilt for choice at the Cambridge Festival

Virtual escape rooms, jaw-dropping science demos, mini explosions, gory guts, interactive games with zombies and aliens, brain-tingling quizzes, gripping stories, talks about poo and ice cream, masterclasses, and even a talkaoke…