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St Bene't's Saxon Tower: The Thousand-Year Watch Over Cambridge

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

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The Eagle: Where Scientists Announced the Secret of Life (and Airmen Left Their Mark)

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

A stone monument with decorative carvings featuring heraldic lions and a crown, surrounded by green grass and trees.

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The Water That Gave Us Hobson's Choice: How a 17th-Century Conduit Still Flows Through Cambridge

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

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Dorothy Garrod: Cambridge's First Woman Professor and the Secrets of Prehistoric Life

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

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