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Observe the history of Cambridge in a new light with Heritage Open Days
Bookings are open for the University of Cambridge Museums’ next series of free Touch Tours for blind and partially sighted adults. Explore the now-extinct dodo at the Museum of Zoology (5 September) or get hands-on with minerals at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences (11 September). Visit museums. cam.ac.uk/touch-tours NEWS IN BRIEF Museum Touch Tours Sick of playing by the rules of giant streaming platforms, The British IBM has gone fully DIY, launching their own music streaming service – Sugar Water. It’s a one-stop shop to stream every official release by the band, with ‘no middlemen or algorithms dictating what to listen to next’. It promises zero ads or sign-up hassle. Listen to the tunes at sugarwater.co.uk Local band creates streaming platform
150 years to discover the people and events that have passed through the venue (17 September); consider the past, present and future of the Biomedical Campus from the perspective of the people who live around it (17 and 20 September)… and much more! Visit heritageopendays.org.uk, nationaltrust. org.uk and opencambridge.cam.ac.uk
England’s largest festival of history and culture, Heritage Open Days has become a much-anticipated fixture of the calendar for September – and this year is no different! Throughout Cambridgeshire, there will be a wealth of opportunities to discover and celebrate local history from 12 to 21 September – all with free admission. The National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, for instance, has free tickets available to book to see inside the house, view the new fashion exhibition and wander the gardens (pictured below), while the Open Cambridge festival has a packed programme of around 70 unique events to highlight fascinating aspects of local history and community. Learn about the experiences of more than 2,000 Cambridgeshire soldiers who were sent by Churchill last-minute to the failed defence of Singapore during World War II. This special talk will be given by Lewis Herbert, former leader of Cambridge City Council, on 12 September. Join the Cambridge Corn Exchange Heritage Project and travel through
QUICK MARCH A photo of the Cambridgeshire Regiment on parade at Freedom of Cambridge, 29 September 1946 (above)
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