THE AGENDA
6 FESTIVAL Strawberry Fair,
Midsummer Common This much-loved, free- to-enter event is back and celebrating its 51st year with an Area 51 theme! Expect aliens, spaceships, live music, hands-on workshops, stalls, makers and street food. FESTIVAL Festival of Plants, Cambridge University Botanic Garden A fun-filled day out with something for everyone to enjoy: from gardeners and budding plant scientists to families and photographers, or anyone looking to spend a day among the blooms. 11 EXHIBITION Shirley Baker: Children at Play, Stapleford Granary photographers, Baker documented post-war families in the sixties and seventies, when many children lived in poverty. Until 25 August. One of Britain’s most compelling
12 EVENT Becoming Human, Cambridge Junction Drawing on the latest discoveries – and her own journey from a creationist Muslim upbringing to becoming an evolutionary scientist – Ella Al-Shamahi reveals how Homo sapiens became the last humans standing.
13 EVENT
TOUR Great Fen Ecotour, Ramsey Heights This one-day summer safari led by the Wildlife Trust’s Henry Stanier will allow you to take in the big skies and diverse wildlife and habitats of Great Fen – a unique area that was part of the last wilderness in lowland England. 15 THEATRE The Archers: Live at 75, Cambridge Corn Exchange BBC Radio 4’s The Archers marks its 75th anniversary with this major live stage tour. The Cambridge show will feature the Flower Cast with four Ambridge voices: Timothy Bentinck (David Archer), Ben Norris (Ben Archer), Charlotte Martin (Susan Carter) and Annabelle Dowler (Kirsty Miller).
An array of events to enjoy in Cambridgeshire this month
The Cambridge Town & Country Fair, Parker’s Piece Enjoy free entry to peruse a wide selection of stalls offering arts and crafts, food and drink, jewellery, gifts, toys and fashion – as well as the unique and uncategorisable! Until 14 June.
12 June
EXHIBITION The Art of Collecting: 100 Years of the Fairhaven Legacy, Anglesey Abbey This summer exhibition looks at Lord Fairhaven’s love of collecting, the treasures accumulated during his four decades at Anglesey Abbey, and his vision for the legacy he left behind. Pictured is the earliest known surviving garter of the Order of the Garter, from the Anglesey Abbey Collection. Until 1 October.
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