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19 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cambridge, England

Updated January 29, 2025

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The Intrepid, Furry Explorers Who Mapped Antarctica

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.
by Andrew Avery

Podcast: Corpus Clock and Chronophage

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by The Podcast Team
Butterfly wings from Fritz Müller.

The Curious Task of Digitizing Darwin’s Beans and Butterflies

From squeaky beans to arsenic scares, conservation is full of surprises.
by Diana Hubbell
An illustration of an entry from Sylvia Plath’s journals, 1951, part of the “Sylvia Plath’s Food Diary” project.

This Writer Is Tweeting Everything Sylvia Plath Ever Ate

Busting sexist myths about a famous poet, one tweet at a time.
by Reina Gattuso
A “glorious, Monet-style chaos” has taken root at the University of Cambridge’s King’s College Chapel.

A Stately English Lawn Is Going Wild In the Name of Biodiversity

"If there are ways to manage our landscapes that can make them more exciting for all the insects and mammals, then why not do it?”
by Luna Shyr
Cookie or fruit bun? Tell us what you see.

Found: A Greasy Leftover Snack Inside a Rare Book

Whether a cookie or a fruit bun, the "offending object" has been discarded.
by Matthew Taub
We’ll get to this party one day. Maybe.

Why We Will Not Have Been Able to Attend Stephen Hawking's Time Traveler Party

At least, not in this universe.
by Samir S. Patel
Ceramics, glassware, and clay pipes found at the site of an 18th-century coffeehouse in England.

Found: The Remains of an 18th-Century English Coffeehouse

Archaeologists think that calf's foot jelly was its signature dish.
by Vittoria Traverso

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The Star Tavern
The Eagle is among the best-known pubs in Cambridge.
The recreated apartment.

The Best British Pubs to Get Drunk on History

A 14-stop bar tour through Great Britain's past.

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