Staying Home in Cambridge 3

Well, we’re now in Week 7 of lockdown and while there are glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel, life as we knew it still seems a million miles away (or at least it does to me!).  I’ve put together here an eclectic selection of good Cambridge things that are happening online as well as in real life, to help keep us going through these difficult and tedious lockdown days.

Cambridge Cookery School salad
Image credit: Cambridge Cookery School

Cambridge Cookery School is now open for take out from Thursday to Sunday (including this Bank Holiday Friday) from 9am – 1pm.  You’ll find Tine’s beautiful fresh, healthy salads, sandwiches, cakes, breads and coffee.  And now, Inder (of Inder’s Kitchen) will be cooking fresh curries for take away as well as marinated uncooked dishes ready for the barbecue plus you can pick up a bottle of wine (the white and rose will be chilled and ready to open, of course!).  There’s plenty of safe social distancing queue space on the terrace and lawn but don’t leave it too late in the day … last weekend was a sell out!

We’re open

Sara Rawlinson St John's College Library
Image credit: Sara Rawlinson

Sara Rawlinson has created a virtual exhibition of her Illuminating Cambridge Libraries series on her website.  Over the past 2.5 years, Sara has photographed one library from each of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge and she plans to show her work in a big exhibition when life returns to normal.  In the meantime, take a look at her stunning photographs online, where you can also buy her fine-art prints.

Illuminating Cambridge Libraries – virtual exhibition (2019)

Virginia Woolf
Image credit: Literature Cambridge

Literature Cambridge is offering a new series of Online Study Sessions, starting on 9 May and continuing through the summer, giving us a chance to study literature in depth with leading scholars.  Each session will have a lecture followed by a seminar and will focus on a single work or author.

https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/

Full Circle Shop Cambridge logo
Image credit: Full Circle Shop

Full Circle Shop is operating from its shop at 9 Norfolk Street, open Monday – Saturday 2pm – 5pm.  The stall on Cambridge Market is closed for now.  They’re offering a Click and Collect service and a plastic free delivery service to postcodes CB1 – 5, Histon, Impington and Cottenham.  Check out their website for vegetable and herb plants, food, lifestyle and cleaning products as well as personal care items.

https://fullcircleshop.co.uk/

Cambridge Virtual Repair Cafe
Image credit: Circular Cambridge

Circular Cambridge is running a series of Virtual Repair Cafes, happening weekly in May on Wednesday lunchtimes.  An experienced Cambridge Repair Cafe repairer will look at your broken item over Zoom.  This is a free event but spaces are limited so prior booking is required.

Repair Cafés

The Fitzwilliam Museum has launched a community textile project to create a large patchwork hanging inspired by art and objects in the Museum Collection, with instructive videos by textile designers and “how to” information packs.

Facebook:  @fitzeducation

Wisteria in Cambridge

And finally, although we are in lockdown, they can’t cancel wisteria hysteria season here in Cambridge!  Wherever you are in the world, I hope that you, your families and friends are keeping safe and well x

 

 

2 thoughts on “Staying Home in Cambridge 3”

  1. For me in California, some of these virtual events actually give me a chance I wouldn’t otherwise have enjoyed, to take part in some “Cambridge” activities. The library photos are wonderful (the link didn’t work for me but I found them at https://www.sararawlinson.com/libraries/ ) and I’ll take a peek at the literature workshops, too!

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    1. Hello Pauline and thanks for letting me know about the link which I’ve now fixed in the post. Glad you are enjoying a bit of Cambridge over there in California! You might also like to check out http://www.thelisteningfestival.com/ which has some really excellent content, put together by the Cambridge Literary Festival team when they sadly had to cancel the Spring Literary Festival.

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