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Santa hats appear on all four spires of King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Students have placed red Santa hats on all four 150ft spires of King's College Chapel at Cambridge University in an end of term prank. The hats will have to be removed from the ancient spires by a professional steeplejack. It is thought...
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Kiwi Kevin Percy claims Harry Potter castle
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
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Kevin Percy believes there's a good chance he's been cheated of his rightful inheritance, including 700-year-old Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. A Napier antiques dealer has claimed that his family are the rightful heirs to one of Britain's most famous...
Tags: Mr Percy, Kiwi Kevin Percy, Northumberland, Dominion Post, Harry Potter, Britain, Thomas Percy, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, Cambridge, Alnwick, Henry Hotspur Percy, Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland, Human Interest, Knights of the Garter, Earl of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
Prof to step down
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Acclaimed wheelchair-bound British scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said. Hawking, whose book ‘A Brief History Of Time’ became an international best-seller, selling...
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Cambridge college Trinity in talks to buy O2 arena
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility A Cambridge college is in talks to buy the O2 entertainment complex, formerly the Millennium Dome, for more than £20m. It is understood that Trinity, Oxbridge’s wealthiest college, has been in negotiations with property owners Quintain and Lend Lease...
Tags: Trinity, Cambridge University, buy o2, cambridge college
Cold War spy Blunt regretful in memoir
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility The memoir of British spy Anthony Blunt has been sealed in the British Library since 1984. (British Library/Associated Press) An unpublished memoir by Anthony Blunt, a royal art historian who took part in Britain's notorious Cold War spy ring, expresses...
Tags: Anthony Blunt, British Library, spy ring, Soviet Union, biggest mistake, Cambridge University, Russian, fourth man, soviet spy, Britain
University of Cambridge celebrates 800th anniversary
What better way to celebrate any British anniversary but ‘to be in England, drinking English Beer…’ Well, that is just what has been planned by the grand old Cambridge University – it has invited its ex students and residents...
Tags: Cambridge University, Green King brewery, modern palates
Cambridge students` solar-powered racing car unveiled!
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Cambridge students' solar-powered racing car unveiled London, July 07: A solar-powered racing car that cruises at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer, created by students at Cambridge University has been unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Lancashire Telegraph, UK: Emma Watson kept in dark over cash
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility 03pm Monday 29th June 2009 Emma Watson has revealed she had no idea she was sitting on a £10 million fortune from her movie roles until she turned 18. The star, who plays Hermione Grainger in the Harry Potter films, said she prefers to pretend the money...
SRK to get honourary doctorate from UK
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to receive an honorary doctorate in arts & culture from a prestigious university in Britain, who hailed the star as "King of Bollywood". Khan will be honoured by the University of Bedfordshire on July 10. "I am delighted...
Tags: Aga Khan Foundation, Shahrukh Khan, honorary doctorate, Cambridge University, Bedfordshire University UK
Cambridge bids to acquire wartime Sassoon archive
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility In July 1917, a young officer covered two pages with minute handwriting in a small, black leather-bound notebook...The original of Siegfried Sassoon 's Soldier's Declaration – a roar of defiance from the Western Front, which caused uproar when it was...
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