Lucy, March 9, 2023
One of the largest interdisciplinary festivals in the UK, the annual Cambridge Festival, runs from Friday, 17th March until Sunday, 2nd April. The festival features a mixture of over 360 online, on-demand and in-person events - most of which are free.
Coordinated by the University of Cambridge, the Festival aims to tackle some of the big questions of our age and seeks to find possible solutions. It also looks at less weighty subjects and includes an extensive series of events for children and families to enjoy.
Divided into five themes: power, society, health, environment and discovery, the Festival includes debates, talks, exhibitions, workshops, films, tours, performances, and launch events for several new books.
Notable guests this year include: journalist and former lead anchor of BBC’s Newsnight, Emily Maitlis; Astronomer Royal, Professor Lord Martin Rees; Professor of Politics, David Runciman; The Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer, John Crace; climatologist, Professor Emily Shuckburgh; editor-in-chief at the news website openDemocracy, Peter Geoghegan; former head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 and President of Murray Edwards College, Dorothy Byrne; leading economist, Professor Ha-Joon Chang; solar scientist, Dr Helen Mason OBE; and marine biologist and author, Dr Helen Scales.
For further information, and to book your place at one or more of these events, please visit the Cambridge University Festival website: https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/
