For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world benefits for patients.
Celebrating women through research: The Cambridge Festival marks International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.
Ahead of Grandparenting: Perspectives from Across the Globe on 29 March 2026, our speaker spotlight with Dr Terri Apter, family expert and author, dives into grandparents’ underestimated role and the evolving meaning of grandparenting.
In our speaker spotlight, we talk with Dr Prashant Kakoday about his upcoming event, Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, on 19 March.
Professor Chichger dives into the weird and wonderful locations in the body that can taste, and also consider how and why these tissues and organs, including the brain and heart, sense taste and what this means in relation to our diet and health.
Professor Keyoumars Ashkan MBE explains why he performs deep brain stimulation with patients awake and playing instruments – and what those moments in the operating theatre reveal about the brain that no scan can capture.
We spoke to Jenifer Varzaly about whether world peace is a political fantasy, why international law appears powerless, and the bold governance reforms she believes are needed to build a more just and united global order.
In our Speaker Spotlight with Professor Jagjit S. Chadha we explore the policy choices, missed warnings and short-term politics that shaped three turbulent decades, and what lessons the UK can no longer afford to ignore.
