| Sun 11 October | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Art Exhibition: 'Images and Other Conversations' Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'Images and Other Conversations', featuring work by artists Suleman Aqeel Khilji and Charlotte Winifred Guérard, winners of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize. |
| 11:00AM - 1:30PM |
Ridiculous Rhymes and Tremendous Tongue Twisters - with Jude Simpson (5-11 yrs) Join Jude Simpson for a fun-filled poetry performance and workshop in Waterstones! |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades. |
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| 11:15AM - 1:30PM |
Children's Sensory Poetry Workshop (5-11 yrs) What colour is laughter? What shape is a sneeze? Follow your nose and see where it leads… |
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| 11:30AM - 1:00PM |
Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge. |
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| 1:30PM - 3:15PM |
British Centre for Literary Translation: Poetry Translation Panel The BCLT hosts a panel of poets for an in-depth discussion of poetry translation. Chaired by Cecilia Rossi |
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| 1:30PM - 3:15PM |
Imagined Cities — Magma Poetry Workshop: Architecture Magma Poetry editor Stav Poleg hosts a workshop on poetry and architecture in the beautiful Pembroke Auditorium |
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| 3:45PM - 4:45PM |
"What Makes an Era-Defining Poet?" In Conversation with Jade Cuttle Poet, critic and broadcaster Jade Cuttle discusses poetry's place in the world today as well as her writing and criticism. |
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| 5:30PM |
Flashband Michaelmas - Come and Play FlashBand connects like-minded musicians across Cambridge to jam, collaborate and form new bands. Open to current students at the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts. |
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| 6:30PM - 8:30PM |
Voices of Dissent: an Evening of Protest Poetry Join us for an evening of readings from poets who have used their voice to stand up for what matters, to speak out against the state of society, reflecting on war, racism, the climate crisis, and more. This event is a celebration of poetry as an act of protest. |
