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Tue 18 May 2021 12:30PM - 1:00PM

CBC Wellness Campaign: Kicking your inner critic into the kerb

Kicking your inner critic into the kerb – David Brown, life coach and trainer shares tips to get your inner critic out of the driving seat.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

Wed 19 May 2021 9:00AM

Wellness Wanders

Short (approx. 10 min) films taking viewers on a virtual wander around the Garden.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Rethinking how we regulate Big Tech

Hear new perspectives on regulating big tech from experts in economics, political philosophy, and law - and a tech industry insider.

Thu 20 May 2021 6:00PM - 7:00PM

Kate Pretty Lecture - Luke Syson

Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, will deliver this year's Kate Pretty Lecture, Homerton College's annual public event. Delivered from the Fitzwilliam, Luke's talk will demonstrate how the urgent issues of today can be explored through the art and material culture of the past, giving the museum's collections a new power.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.

6:30PM - 8:30PM

ONLINE COURSE The Society of Dilettanti: grand tourists & gardeners

Learn how The Society of Dilettanti influenced the Georgian landscape garden

Fri 21 May 2021 5:30PM - 7:00PM

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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Selwyn Online webinar - (Re)discovering the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial with Sue Brunning, Curator of the Sutton Hoo Collection at the British Museum

In this lecture, British Museum curator Sue Brunning presents the great ship burial from Sutton Hoo through the diary and photographs of Selwyn Fellow Charles W. Phillips.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour 2021

A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides.

Sat 22 May 2021 10:00AM - 5:30PM

2021 Africa Together Conference: Strides of Change

An annual gathering organized by the African Society of Cambridge University to discuss contemporary issues impacting the African continent.

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Statues, Memorials, and the Invisible Ones: A Tour of Newtown

A guided tour of the Newtown area of Cambridge. Discover the stories of past inhabitants, some celebrated and commemorated, others overlooked and forgotten.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Haunted Cambridge walking ghost tour 2021

A spooky evening walk with The Institute of Tourist Guiding ghost guides.

Sun 23 May 2021 10:00AM - 5:45PM

2021 Africa Together Conference: Strides of Change

An annual gathering organized by the African Society of Cambridge University to discuss contemporary issues impacting the African continent.

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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

11:30AM - 1:00PM

Highlight Science walking tours 2021

Enjoy a 90 minute physical (not virtual) walking tour of Cambridge with a Green Badge Guide. Hear stories of Issac Newton's cat, a docor who put his patient inside a horse, a scientist who died studying his chickens, and much more.

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.