If you’re a Harry Potter fan you’ll know all about muggles, quaffles, snitches and bludgers. All of them are a key part of Quidditch - a game which is a staple of Hogwarts life both in the books and films. And believe or not, a Quidditch Society at the University of Cambridge exists and this pulsating game can be recreated in real life. To tell … [Read more...]
Suzie Thorpe: Professor Stephen Hawking’s Care and Support team
Mark Layzell - former member of Professor Stephen Hawking's care and support team joined Suzie in the studio. … [Read more...]
New Music Generator: Heathen
Tim Willett is joined by Greg, Steve, Jack and Dave from Lakenheath band Heathen ahead of the release of their new EP 'Bite The Bullet'. There's also new releases from Lucid, Maria Marr, Ben Hort, Fick as Fieves and Bouquet of Dead Crows. The Cambridge 105 Radio stage line up for Strawberry Fair 2018 is unveiled alongside the latest Unsigned Chart. … [Read more...]
Northern Soul with Tony Dellar 01/05/2018
Tony brings you two hours of floorfillers and crowdpleasers from the Howard Mallett days of the early 1970s. … [Read more...]
Trumpington’s City Council candidates
An extended version of Phil Sansom's report on the stump with candidates for the Cambridge City Council in Trumpington. … [Read more...]
Flavour: Grow your own & Eat Cambridge dinner
Empty Common in Brooklands Avenue provides a very picturesque spot for growing your own. We talk with some growers. Rosie Sykes and Rachel Roddy are doing the opening dinner for this year's Eat Cambridge, Rosie tells us what's on the menu. Other Eat Cambridge participants include Flock Cafe at Burwash and Que Rico Tapas, and we find out what … [Read more...]
Bookmark: Ruth Figgest
This week's studio guest on Bookmark is debut novelist, Ruth Figgest. Ruth talks to Leigh Chambers about how she came to write Magnetism, a witty and moving story, told in reverse, of a mother-daughter relationship spanning 50 years. We also hear from Cambridge poets JS Watts and Afrodita Nikolova. JS explains why she felt compelled to write her … [Read more...]