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Julian Clover and Linda Ness present interviews and highlights from the show that wakes up the city and South Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge Breakfast: Indie Cambridge
Cambridge Breakfast: Indie Cambridge episode artwork
Today at 2:56 PM

Anne Beamish joins Julian Clover with an update on what’s happening in Cambridge’s thriving indie sector.


ACT becomes Addenbrooke’s Charity
ACT becomes Addenbrooke’s Charity episode artwork
Today at 2:22 PM

Addenbrooke’s official hospital charity has unveiled a new name and identity as it looks to expand its fundraising work.After 20 years as Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust, it will now be known […]


Cherry Hinton Hub reduces cafe hours after financial difficulties
Cherry Hinton Hub reduces cafe hours after financial difficulties episode artwork
Last Tuesday at 6:46 PM

A community café in Cherry Hinton has reduced its opening hours after trustees warned it was at risk of running out of money. The Cherry Branch café, based at the […]


Cambridge United could build new stadium on airport site
Cambridge United could build new stadium on airport site episode artwork
Last Tuesday at 6:31 PM

Cambridge United are exploring plans for a new 15,000-seat stadium on the site of Cambridge Airport. The club says it will work with developers Hill Group and the Greater Cambridge […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Bonfire Night chemistry lesson
Cambridge Breakfast: Bonfire Night chemistry lesson episode artwork
Last Tuesday at 5:00 PM

November 5 is when Britain traditionally lets off fireworks, but what chemical reaction is taking place that allows the stick of black powder to explode into a feast of colour? […]


Cambridge Film Festival opens for 45th edition
Cambridge Film Festival opens for 45th edition episode artwork
10/23/2026

The Cambridge Film Festival returns tonight (Thursday) for its 45th edition, with 11 days of screenings celebrating cinema from around the world. Running until 1 November, the festival will feature […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Jazz Festival Preview & E-bike motion
Cambridge Breakfast: Jazz Festival Preview & E-bike motion episode artwork
10/23/2026

Cambridge Jazz Festival is returning, bringing together established performers, emerging musicians and a celebration of jazz in all its forms. Julian gets a preview from organiser Gil Karpas. Cambridgeshire Liberal […]


Drought puts pay to Botanic Garden Apple Day
Drought puts pay to Botanic Garden Apple Day episode artwork
10/16/2026

Cambridge University Botanic Garden has cancelled its annual Apple Day because of the summer drought. The event was due to take place this Sunday, but organisers say the apple harvest […]


Harvey Greenfield is Running Late
Harvey Greenfield is Running Late episode artwork
10/09/2026

Paul Richards is an actor, comedian, musician and drum teacher. In 2023, his Edinburgh show, Harvey Greenfield is Running Late, was released as a movie. Three years later it has […]


Week of celebration for Syd Barrett
Week of celebration for Syd Barrett episode artwork
10/09/2026

Cambridge is celebrating the life and music of one of its most famous sons, Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, in what would have been his 80th birthday year. A week […]


Museum of Technology talk on how the Pumping Station shipped out Cambridge’s sewage and rubbish
Museum of Technology talk on how the Pumping Station shipped out Cambridge’s sewage and rubbish episode artwork
10/07/2026

On Cambridge Breakfast, the huge steam engines which pumped sewage out to Milton. Cambridge’s Museum of Technology tells a remarkable story of how the city dealt with two of the […]


Collaboration among Cambridge independent businesses
Collaboration among Cambridge independent businesses episode artwork
10/02/2026

Indie Cambridge founder Anne Beamish joins Julian Clover to talk about the city’s independent sector.


Cambridge Film Festival to return for 2026
Cambridge Film Festival to return for 2026 episode artwork
09/30/2026

The Cambridge Film Festival (October 22 – November 1 2026) is nearly upon us and Linda Ness speaks to lead programmer, Savina Petkova, who gives us some insights in what […]


Artist Ian Rawlinson returns for 10th solo exhibition
Artist Ian Rawlinson returns for 10th solo exhibition episode artwork
09/29/2026

Cambridge artist Ian Rawlinson is back with his tenth solo exhibition called Abrasiona at The Edge Café on Mill Road — fittingly, as the café itself turns ten this year. […]


Cambridgeshire Local Government reorganisation paused
Cambridgeshire Local Government reorganisation paused episode artwork
09/08/2026

Local politicians say they’re frustrated by the government’s changing timeline for reorganisation. Proposals to merge councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have been paused and scrapped elsewhere. The government said it […]


Air Ambulance Week highlights lifesaving work
Air Ambulance Week highlights lifesaving work episode artwork
09/08/2026

It’s the start of Air Ambulance Week with the charities highlighting their work that includes a typical five callouts every day. CEO Daryl Brown says Magpas does much more than […]


ARU project on Marginalised Young People
ARU project on Marginalised Young People episode artwork
09/04/2026

Linda Ness talks to Professor Ricardo Lemos Pimenta from Anglia Ruskin University and Professor Deusdedit from the Federal Rural University of the Amazon in Brazil who tell us about a […]


How Cambridge charity CBM is helping with the recovery in Nepal
How Cambridge charity CBM is helping with the recovery in Nepal episode artwork
09/03/2026

Cambridge-based disability charity CBM UK is working with local partners in Nepal to make sure people with disabilities aren’t overlooked in the emergency response. Nepal continues to deal with the […]


Cambridge Forum to discuss Tech for Good
Cambridge Forum to discuss Tech for Good episode artwork
09/02/2026

Cambridge Forum returns to the city next week, bringing together around 300 delegates from Cambridge, across the UK and internationally for two days looking at AI and health – under […]


MND event at The Pheasant in Keyston
MND event at The Pheasant in Keyston episode artwork
08/29/2026

Jason James, as well as Alison from The Pheasant in Keyston tell Linda Ness about an event they are putting on this Sunday to support motor neurone disease following friend […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Cambridge Chinese Music & Culture Festival
Cambridge Breakfast: Cambridge Chinese Music & Culture Festival episode artwork
08/14/2026

Linda Ness talks about the forthcoming Cambridge Chinese Music & Culture Festival 2026 in the company of Festival Director Shi Yang Mortimer, former Cambridge City Mayor Dinah Pounds and her […]


When the solar eclipse can be seen in Cambridge
When the solar eclipse can be seen in Cambridge episode artwork
08/12/2026

The UK’s skies will turn dark when the moon passes the sun early this evening (August 12). It won’t be a total solar eclipse, like in 1999, but most of […]


Call for ‘balanced’ approach for Cambridge transport, planning and development
Call for ‘balanced’ approach for Cambridge transport, planning and development episode artwork
08/11/2026

Almost two thousand people have backed a petition calling for what its organiser describes as a more balanced approach to transport, planning and development in Cambridge. Wayne Nightingale was born […]


Booking Open for Open Cambridge
Booking Open for Open Cambridge episode artwork
08/10/2026

Some of Cambridge’s most fascinating buildings and hidden spaces are opening their doors to the public next month.  Open Cambridge returns for ten days from the 11th of September, with […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Man the Lifeboats
Cambridge Breakfast: Man the Lifeboats episode artwork
08/07/2026

Linda catches  up with Rich Quarterman, frontman and songwriter with Man the Lifeboats, who played at Cambridge Folk Festival last weekend.


Katherine Priddy gets Folk Festival weekend underway
Katherine Priddy gets Folk Festival weekend underway episode artwork
07/31/2026

Katherine Priddy is playing tonight (Friday) at Great St Mary’s as part of the Cambridge Folk Festival.  She talks to Linda Ness about her music and how much she enjoys […]


Community Group writes to County on Bus Gate Review
Community Group writes to County on Bus Gate Review episode artwork
07/30/2026

A community group representing supporters of the Mill Road bus gate is urging Cambridgeshire County Council to take a broad view when it carries out its review […]


Councillor calls for better management strategy for River Cam
Councillor calls for better management strategy for River Cam episode artwork
07/24/2026

A section of the River Cam which has been deemed unsafe needs proper investment and quickly, according to a Cambridge city councillor. Earlier this week part of the riverbank next […]


Daniel Zeichner’s view on Burnham’s first cabinet
Daniel Zeichner’s view on Burnham’s first cabinet episode artwork
07/23/2026

Gavin Richards hears from Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner on Andy Burnham’s new cabinet and what it means for the city.


Cambridge Breakfast Podcast: Milton Road trees & Litfest music event
Cambridge Breakfast Podcast: Milton Road trees & Litfest music event episode artwork
07/16/2026

More than a year after the 31-point-9-million-pound Milton Road improvement scheme was completed, concerns are being raised about the health of many of the newly planted trees. Former Cambridge City […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Chesterton Sixth Form
Cambridge Breakfast: Chesterton Sixth Form episode artwork
07/13/2026

Students will next moth know the results of their GCSE exams with important decisions to make about their future. Julian speaks to Ed Bowles, Director of Sixth Form at Chesterton […]


Cambridge to celebrate 75 years of city status
Cambridge to celebrate 75 years of city status episode artwork
07/09/2026

Cambridge is celebrating 75 years since becoming a city with a free community event this Sunday. The celebrations on Jesus Green will mark the anniversary of King George VI granting […]


Cambridge Breakfast: Henry the Hoover goes exploring
Cambridge Breakfast: Henry the Hoover goes exploring episode artwork
07/07/2026

Volunteers in Orwell in South Cambridgeshire have uncovered what they believe is a centuries-old brick-domed well that had been buried for decades and Dr Andrew Holding explains the impact on […]


Artist returns to Open Studios after brain haemorrhage
Artist returns to Open Studios after brain haemorrhage episode artwork
07/03/2026

Cambridge Open Studios gets under way this weekend, with hundreds of artists opening their studios to visitors across the city and surrounding villages. Naomi Davies, this year’s event is particularly […]