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Mon 12 October 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

Clare Hall is delighted to host Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art, a new exhibition of recent paintings by Jerry Scott.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Under control? The hidden technology of automatic control past and future

Professor Malcolm Smith FREng FRS will talk about the origins and history of feedback control systems and discuss on whether human understanding will be needed to design control systems in the future.

8:30PM - 9:05PM

Highlight Cambridge Schola: Vespers at Emmanuel

Cambridge Schola sings the ancient office of Vespers

Tue 13 October 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

Clare Hall is delighted to host Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art, a new exhibition of recent paintings by Jerry Scott.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

Wed 14 October 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

Clare Hall is delighted to host Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art, a new exhibition of recent paintings by Jerry Scott.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

Thu 15 October 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

Clare Hall is delighted to host Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art, a new exhibition of recent paintings by Jerry Scott.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

Fri 16 October 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art

Clare Hall is delighted to host Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art, a new exhibition of recent paintings by Jerry Scott.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

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.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

5:00PM

ANDREW CHAMBLIN MEMORIAL LECTURE 2026

The twentieth Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Singularities in Space and Time", will be given by Professor Gary Horowitz (University of California, Santa Barbara).

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 Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

Sat 17 October 9:00AM - 4:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:30AM - 3:30PM

The Art of The Rag Rug with Lu Mason

Discover the craft of traditional rag rug making in this workshop with artist and experienced rug maker Lu Mason. Perfect for beginners and textile enthusiasts, this session introduces two classic rag rug methods – hookie and proddie/clippie.

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.

2:00PM - 6:00PM

Misery and Beauty: Harry Becker's Portrait of East Anglian Farm Labour around the Great War

The Robert Cripps Gallery's LT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Continuum | Renewal

“Renewal” traces the quiet shift from night’s stillness towards morning, as the first light slowly emerges from the silence of darkness.

7:30PM - 9:20PM

Concert by City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

Music by Webern, Rachmaninov and Beach including the second piamo concerto by Rachmaninov

Sun 18 October 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.

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.

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.

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.