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  • October 2024

  • Wed 30
    Featured 30 October 2024, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Talk: Ruth is Stranger than Fiction Live! Ghosts of Cambridge and Beyond

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Ruth is Stranger than Fiction is a podcast all about the dark histories of East Anglia. On air since 2020, previous episodes have covered fenland folklore, witch trials, smuggling gangs, strange societies, and unsolved mysteries. It is a podcast about peculiar

  • November 2024

  • Wed 13
    Featured 13 November 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Talk: The Women of Cambridge in the Second World War

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join Zoë Jasko, author of Hope is Daffodil Bright, as she explores the pivotal role women played in Cambridge during the Second World War. Her book portrays the wartime experiences of Alice Bragg, who, after moving to Cambridge in 1938

  • Fri 29
    Featured 29 November 2024 - 1 December 2024

    Made in Cambridge Christmas Market

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join us for a unique Made in Cambridge Christmas Market!

  • December 2024

  • Thu 5
    Featured 5 December 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Leah Manning’s Legacy: Cambridge, Women’s Rights, and Spanish Refugees

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    A companion talk to our exhibition 'Educating Cambridge', join Peter Cunningham as he discusses the outstanding life of Leah Manning.

  • January 2025

  • Thu 16
    Featured 16 January, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Subversive Stitching: Textiles and banner-making in women’s activism

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Discover the powerful history and significance of textile banners and their role in women's activism with Carey Bennet and Cathy Dunbar, as a companion talk to our exhibition 'Educating Cambridge'.

  • February 2025

  • Thu 13
    Featured 13 February, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    A Community Remembers: Histon Road – the Story

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join the collaborators of 'A Community Remembers: Histon Road' as they discuss the oral history project that became a local history book.

  • Thu 27
    Featured 27 February, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Rhythms of the Rainbow: How LGBTQIA+ people have innovated western music

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews with a discussion on how LGBTQIA+ people have been the hidden innovators of western music.

  • March 2025

  • Thu 13
    Featured 13 March, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Her Cambridge: Reframing Women’s Hidden Histories

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Delve into the untold stories of women in Cambridge with Uncomfortable Cambridge, and critically examine how we narrate their history!

  • Thu 27
    Featured 27 March, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Beyond the Ivory Tower: Sharing Cambridge’s Diverse Histories

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join Uncomfortable Cambridge to explore the often overlooked stories and individuals of Cambridge, tracing their presence through history.

  • May 2025

  • Thu 15
    Featured 15 May, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Talk: Cambridge’s Sporting Revolution with a global impact

    Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Explore the history of sport in Cambridge with Nigel Fenner, author of 'Cambridge Sport: in Fenner's hands'! Cambridge had a significant involvement in the English sporting revolution that went global from the mid-19th century. Whilst University students were responsible for

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