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WHERE THE HEART IS W hen asking friends and colleagues In fact, according to Rutherford’s Punting, people travel to Cambridge from near and far to propose in one of their punts – see our weddings feature on page 39. But for all of you resolute Valentine’s

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if they had a romantic Cambridge love story they could share in this issue, most of them groaned. Valentine’s Day

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Day rejecters, there’s plenty of avowedly unromantic content in this issue too. For instance, Cambridge Junction is 35 years old this year, and we’ve got a fab interview with talent booker Rob Tinkler (page 20). Did you know that the venue was founded on the back of the acid-house rave scene in the 90s? Or that tickets for Blur once caused a queue so long it backed up half a mile down the road? There was even a so-called ‘disco riot’ in 1985, outside what was then Thake’s Bicycle Shop, because young people had nowhere to hang out and got quite cross about it – someone even kicked a police car! We’ve got plenty of foodie inspiration too, with plans afoot for a diet-defying chocolate festival in the city this month (page 50). Anyway, wishing you all a happy February, whichever way you choose to spend it! Why not just snuggle up and enjoy the magazine?

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can be a little triggering for singletons – too cosy, too cutesy, perhaps a bit naff. Remember that awkward dinner scene in the first Bridget Jones film? Even my friends in happy couples tend to think it’s far too commercial these days, and few plan to celebrate on the 14th. Yet Valentine’s Day endures – and I’m a fan. It gives us an excuse to make a thoughtful gesture towards a loved one (mum, dad, the cat) or even hang out with friends to instead celebrate Galentine’s or Palentine’s by way of a fun night out together. It also occurred to me, while interviewing local author Bea Ingalls (page 23), just how beautiful a city Cambridge is: it’s the perfect place to set a romcom. Our Romance on the River feature (page 10) is packed full of places to go to initiate some flirtatious encounters and provocative glances. Who needs a romantic film when you can canoodle in real life under the Bridge of Sighs? Or should that be punt-oodle?

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