WHAT'S ON

Folklore, is an exploration of stories from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and beyond. Featuring tales of people, magic, medicine, and the things that we still can’t quite explain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Robert Cripps Gallery's MT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

8:30PM - 9:05PM

Highlight Cambridge Schola: Contemplation

Cambridge Schola offer a meditative contemplation

Tue 17 November

9:00AM - 6:30PM

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

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Marking twenty?five years of interdisciplinary research and public engagement at CRASSH, this special anniversary exhibition looks at knowledge?making across and beyond the academic and artistic community.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

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

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Wisdom, Women and Sustainability: Ecological insights from ancient texts

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

On 17th November at 1pm Dr Hilary Marlow will give a seminar entitled ‘Wisdom, Women and Sustainability: Ecological insights from ancient texts’.

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 MT26 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 - 6:00PM

The Path of Paper: New Evidence for the History of an Old Technology

In the 2026 Sandars Lectures, Professor Marina Rustow traces the global thread of papermaking technology and argues how the histories of texts and textiles are inseparable.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Feminism, Disability Access & AI

Join us for the second event in the Rosemary Murray Library Conversations, a new series bringing women's voices to the questions shaping our society and culture. This year's Conversations focus on artificial intelligence.

Wed 18 November

9:00AM - 6:30PM

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

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Marking twenty?five years of interdisciplinary research and public engagement at CRASSH, this special anniversary exhibition looks at knowledge?making across and beyond the academic and artistic community.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

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

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Robert Cripps Gallery's MT26 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 - 6:00PM

Tax and Flax: Textile Manufacturing in Medieval Egypt

In the 2026 Sandars Lectures, Professor Marina Rustow traces the global thread of papermaking technology and argues how the histories of texts and textiles are inseparable.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Writing Partners: The Authors Who Inspired Agatha Christie

Join classic crime aficionados John Curran & David Brawn as they discuss a new volume of stories that inspired Christie's Partners in Crime.

Thu 19 November

9:00AM - 6:30PM

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

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Marking twenty?five years of interdisciplinary research and public engagement at CRASSH, this special anniversary exhibition looks at knowledge?making across and beyond the academic and artistic community.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

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

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Robert Cripps Gallery's MT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

6:00PM - 8:30PM

Homerton Salsa Classes

Dance for wellbeing! Join us for a second year of salsa dancing at Homerton College.

Fri 20 November

9:00AM - 6:30PM

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

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Marking twenty?five years of interdisciplinary research and public engagement at CRASSH, this special anniversary exhibition looks at knowledge?making across and beyond the academic and artistic community.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

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

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Folklore, is an exploration of stories from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and beyond. Featuring tales of people, magic, medicine, and the things that we still can’t quite explain.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Robert Cripps Gallery's MT26 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 - 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.

7:30PM - 10:00PM

Cambridge Jazz Festival: Eleventh Hour Jazz Orchestra

Eleventh Hour Jazz Orchestra is a brand new contemporary big band co-led by bassist Chris Diamand and pianist Lorenzo Bellini.

Sat 21 November

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

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

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

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Folklore, is an exploration of stories from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and beyond. Featuring tales of people, magic, medicine, and the things that we still can’t quite explain.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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

A major new artist project by Cambridge-based artist Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963, Syria), presented across the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and The Heong Gallery In Cambridge.

2:00PM - 6:00PM

The Robert Cripps Gallery's MT26 exhibition focuses on East Anglian farm labour around the First World War, as portrayed in the haunting pictures of Harry Becker (1865-1928)

3:30PM - 6:30PM

Cambridge Jazz Festival: Big Band Bonanza

Come and party through the decades from swing to funk with two fabulous big bands!

8:00PM - 9:30PM

International Organ Recital – Nathan Laube

American Organist Nathan Laube presents a recital at St John's College

Sun 22 November

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Through contemporary artists, What Remains celebrates 40 years since The Women's Art Collection acquired its first artwork.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Folklore, is an exploration of stories from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, and beyond. Featuring tales of people, magic, medicine, and the things that we still can’t quite explain.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

This major survey exhibition will reveal Sunil Gupta’s (b.1953, New Delhi) pioneering contribution to photography over five decades.

11:30AM - 1:00PM

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.

11:30AM - 2:00PM

Cambridge Jazz Festival: Schools Jazz Ensemble

As part of the Cambridge Jazz Festival’s commitment to supporting and promoting jazz in schools, three local school jazz orchestras will be taking the stage to showcase their considerable talents.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

Discover the radical vision for the future that lies behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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.

12:00PM - 5:00PM