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COME WHAT MAY I t is my pleasure to introduce you to the May issue of Cambridge Edition . As you may have already spotted, this edition introduces our bold new look. Like the flowers on the market stall adorning this issue’s cover, we are blossoming into our newest incarnation, and hope you love it as much as we do! As new shoots burst into the city’s green spaces and we begin to bathe in the light of long Cambridge evenings, we too are harnessing the energy of the month and breathing new life into these pages. Channelling our new tagline – Local Living Done Well – we’re stripping our content back and giving more space for fantastic local stories to breathe, weaving our way through the city’s fabric to provide you with a curated lens through which to explore the area. Regular readers may spy a few new features, starting with The Agenda – your bitesize bulletin and handbook for cultural happenings in the month ahead. Elsewhere, we are honoured to include the remarkable Crooked House of Lavenham for the second spotlight of our In My Space series. If you’re curious to know what it’s like to fall in love then buy your 600-year-old dream home together, all in less than a year, find out more on page 78. Meanwhile, in True Stories, we delve into the folk tradition of morris dancing
EDITORIAL Editor in chief Nicola Foley 01223 499459 nicolafoley@bright.uk.com Editor Phoebe Harper 01223 492249 phoebeharper@bright.uk.com Editorial director Roger Payne
Chief sub editor Matthew Winney Sub editor Minhaj Zia Junior sub editor Molly Constanti
ADVERTISING Sales director Sam Scott-Smith 01223 499457 samscott-smith@bright.uk.com Ad manager Maria Francis 01223 492240 mariafrancis@bright.uk.com Senior sales executive Claire Cornish 01223 499453 clairecornish@bright.uk.com CONTRIBUTORS Miriam Balanescu, Mark Box, Charlotte Griffiths, Charlotte Phillips, Anna Taylor, Angelina Villa-Clarke & Elisha Young DESIGN & PRODUCTION Design director Andy Jennings Magazine design manager Lucy Woolcomb Junior designer Hedzlynn Kamaruzzaman
as the Devil’s Dyke Morris Men welcome the May Day sunrise at Wandlebury. Esteemed poet Wendy Cope shares a poem with us while reflecting on her writing career, and we speak with one of the co-curators of a new display as a Renaissance masterpiece pays the Fitzwilliam a visit. Aside from the above, this issue holds a bounty of local content to entertain, inform and inspire. Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy!
Ad production & cover illustration Holly May
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Phoebe Harper, Editor
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