Writers of Cambridge II

Stephanie Theobald (1966-) has been described as “One of London’s most celebrated literary lesbians.” Her family ran a chain of … More

Gay Cambridge: The 1970s

Whilst the 60s is often (mis-)remembered as a decade of sexual liberation, the revolution didn’t really arrive until the 1970s. … More

Philip Hensher (1965-) is a journalist and author who lives in London with his husband Zaved Mahmood. He grew up … More

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an Austrian philosopher who lived and worked for much of his life in Cambridge. He had … More

In the early hours of Tuesday 23rd May 1797, a shadowy figure in breeches and a hat pulled low over … More

Christina of Markyate (c.1097-1155) was a Saxon holy woman and visionary from Huntingdon who founded a community of nuns in … More

Pop Culture Classics From the Norfolk Coast to Dunstable Downs, the East of England is the home of some queer … More

Cecil Belfield Clarke (1894-1970) was a doctor and civil rights activist. He was born in Barbados in 1894 and won … More

Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-1682) had a life stranger than fiction: from relative poverty in Oakham to a knight of the … More

Derek Jacobi, Simon Russell Beale and Michael Redgrave – three of our foremost actors, all educated in Cambridge