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From Britain's Galileo to workplace psychopaths at the Cambridge Festival

A world premiere play about Britain’s answer to Galileo and debates about everything from psychopaths and obsessive hoarding to food security will dominate the second week of the Cambridge Festival, culminating in a bumper weekend of events.

#CamFest Speaker Spotlight Dr Alpar Lazar

The next in a series of interviews with key speakers from the Cambridge Festival 2023.

The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for Isaac Newton

The Observer features a new play about Cambridge alum Jeremiah Horrocks whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’. Horrox will make its world premiere at the Cambridge Festival from 28 March at the ADC Theatre.

How submarine life prepared me to be the first woman on moon

The Sunday Times speaks to NASA Astronaut and Gates Scholar Kayla Barron who is aiming to be the first women to walk on the moon. Kayla will be speaking at the Cambridge Festival alongside Matt Bothwell from the Institute of Astronomy.

A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator

The Observer interviews cosmologist Thomas Hertog. A close companion of the late Professor Stephen Hawking, Hertog will be appearing to give a talk at the Cambridge Festival on March 31 to discuss his new book and working with Hawking.