To close out its Year of East Cambridge, History Cambridge plans a series of events to highlight the long and diverse history ...

Dorothea Dix’s experiences at the East Cambridge Jail spurred the Massachusetts Legislature to expand care for those with ...

It was Harvard University's commencement day: June 11, 1970. Graduates had yet moved their tassels from right to left when her voice ground to a halt the day's pomp and circumstance. "We are oppressed ...

CAMBRIDGE -- A special project at the Cambridge Public Library highlights the Cambridge Black community for Black History Month. It is putting a focus on important Black figures from Cambridge. These ...

The history of Cambridge is dominated by men, household names like Henry VIII, Stephen Hawking, and Crick and Watson whose eureka moment at the Eagle pub famously unravelled the secrets of DNA. But ...

No matter which part of our beautiful county you're walking through, whether it's Cambridge, Ely, or some of our glorious countryside, you're sure to be surrounded by history. From grand cathedrals to ...

The 800-year-old University of Cambridge is an iconic institution of education, not just in Great Britain but also around the world. It consistently ranks among the top spots of university league ...

IN 1924 John Maynard Keynes, who invented macroeconomics, used a biographical essay about his mentor Alfred Marshall to muse on the qualities of a good economist. He must be mathematician, historian, ...

Where are the Greens when you need them? You know: those environmentally sensitive folks who hammer metal spikes into trees in order (so they say) to protect our arboreal friends from the depredations ...

Like poetry, dance or visual art, food has a story to tell. But unlike other forms of expression, food reveals a vernacular tale — a living history. A plate of food reflects the economic and social ...

The New Cambridge History of Islam is a work of breathtaking scholarship that does justice to one of the world's great religions, says Noel Malcolm For the British media, a major scholarly event is ...