CULTURE CLUB
TALENTED Dr Amy Jeffs (left) is shortlisted, along with other local writers
MYSTERY JETS 11 APRIL, 7PM, CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION, £19.50 Mystery Jets will be returning to the Junction in April for an exhilarating night of indie pop and psychedelic rock.
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GOLDFRAPP 11 APRIL, 7.30PM, CORN EXCHANGE, £38-£40.50 Also in April, the duo Goldfrapp will be taking to the stage at the Corn Exchange, to perform iconic hits like Ooh La La and Lovely Head . Tickets on sale from 10March.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
SHORTLIST SUCCESS FOR CAMBRIDGE AUTHORS
Demonstrating once again that our city is a hotbed of literary talent, three works by Cambridge writers are in the running for this year’s prestigious Waterstones Book of the Year. First up is heartfelt children’s offering Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston, who met in 2009 at the University of Cambridge. The couple explain that the book was “created in a pandemic, in the wake of personal losses – so we wanted it to be brimful of as much hope, wonder, light and love as we could muster”. Also shortlisted is Dr Amy Jeffs, who studied at Cambridge Uni and subsequently gained her PhD in art history from Corpus Christi. In her illustrated mythology, Storyland , she draws on her extensive knowledge of medieval art and literature to revive Britain’s legends and celebrate the “narrative relationship with the landscape that’s at least as old as the Middle Ages, and the possibility that we might benefit from that relationship by expressing it anew”. Finally, Jonathan Drori CBE – a trustee of the Cambridge Science Centre and board member at Cambridge University Botanic Garden – gets a nod for his Around the World in 80 Plants . Keep an eye out for these works by local authors next time you’re browsing the shelves at Waterstones!
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 28-31 JULY, CHERRY HINTON HALL, DAY TICKETS: £31-£78.28, WEEKEND: £187.46 One of the UK’s best folk festivals is back – packed with music, workshops and more.
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