Happy Times
Tasha May recalls some of her fond childhood memories of the simple things. A vampire awakens from several centuries of buried...
LIFE
Pembroke Visits a Nearby College: Corpus Christi
Cal Hewitt, Anna Mochar and Rue Corel pay an (undercover) visit to next-door college, Corpus - and give it a three-and-a-half-star...
Behind Closed Doors
Pembroke Street takes a look at a few student rooms in and around college Ella Jollands, First Year Arabic, Red Buildings Lydia Bunt,...
Pembroke Plants #1: The Banana Tree
Lola’s is not the only slice of tropical paradise in Cambridge – tucked away by the JP, there stands a Japanese fibre banana tree (which...
A Selection of Study Spots: Where to work this Michaelmas
Pembroke is a wholesome, nearly-topping-the-Tompkins-Table, scholars’-ballot-alive-and-kicking college... so what could be more...
Halloween Hall 2007: 'A Night of Blood and Vomit'
In November 2007, The Cambridge Student reported of a night of ‘Blood and Vomit’ at Pembroke’s ‘out of control’ Halloween Hall....
Help! It's fresher's week but I hate going out...
Going out and getting smashed is, for many, a fundamental part of the fresher experience. But hitting the sesh multiple times a week...
Lessons from the BOP School of Life
Dear Freshers, Bop is always a memorable bookend to each term – unless of course you drink one too many boptails and the whole night is a...
Tales from the Pembroke Grapevine
Dísa Greaves gives you the lowdown on staircase gossip (all PG-rated, of course) and introduces a few celebs who have graced Pem with...
A Pembroke Fresher's Survival Guide
Emily Fish gives you the lowdown on the dos and don’ts of Pembroke freshers’ week, from free champagne, to the social scene, to keeping...
Home in Absence
Kate Goodrum recounts her gap year experiences in Cambodia, and how her sense of perspective on ‘home’ has since changed. Over the past...
Home in Transition
Jessica Brofsky discusses the sense of impermanence she finds in calling Cambridge ‘home’. I’ve had six addresses in three years. A...
Claiming Home
One of the most bothersome things a person can say to me is, “where’s home for you?” In all fairness, I dislike it mostly because it...
Home Among the Gumtrees
Tasha May explores the intricacies of her mixed Anglophone cultural background When I’m asked, “where do you come from?” in Cambridge, I...