Dunfermline, Scotland’s ancient capital, is the number one best value city in the UK, according to a new list. Dunfermline was only awarded its official city status in 2022 in the lead-up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. However, the historic Scottish city
If you’re in the market for a new English city to visit as winter turns to spring why not give tiny Ely in Cambridgeshire a go? It’s the country’s second smallest city, so it’s well-suited to pedestrians perusing everything it has to
The University of Cambridge could “decolonise the dodo” under a new tax-payer funded project. It wants a PhD student to examine its plants and animals to look for imperial connections in its Museum of Zoology. The student would be tasked with setting
A beautiful British city is to introduce a new tourist tax as it bids to save £2.6m. Those staying at hotels in Cambridge could face a £2 per night tax to fund investment in the city under proposals being considered by councillors.
Defeated rowing star Leonard Jenkins admitted that he was throwing up on the morning of this year’s Boat Race, with ‘so much poo in the water’ also affecting a number of his Oxford team-mates before Cambridge stormed to a one-sided victory on
The Women’s Boat Race came to a tense conclusion on Saturday as Oxford’s cox, Joe Gellett, raised a complaint against Cambridge over a mid-race collision. The two boats made contact part-way through the contest before Cambridge roared on to victory, but the
The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national disgrace” as the company responsible for its upkeep faces mounting financial difficulties that critics say will need it to be taken
Campaigners have found “alarmingly high” levels of dangerous bacteria along the stretch of the river used for the weekend’s boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities. The tests of the Thames by River Action revealed levels of E.coli up to 10 times
A pro-Palestine mob have destroyed a historic painting of a top Conservative at Cambridge University. Palestine Action targeted the painting of Lord Balfour at Cambridge’s Trinity College this afternoon. One activist can be seen slashing the painting before spraying it with red
Twin sisters studying for PhDs at Oxford and Cambridge are set to face off in the 2024 Boat Race as they row for opposing teams for the very first time. Catherine and Gemma King, 24, are used to competing side by side