Composed more than 1,000 years ago by the Persian poet Ferdowsi, the Shahnama or 'Book of Kings' is the longest poem ever written by a single author.

Hospitals face increasingly tough challenges in heatwaves as global temperatures are predicted to rise. Professor Alan Short is helping the UK’s National Health Service to find sustainable solutions.

Developed by a Cambridge academic and theatre director, 3rd Ring Out was an immersive drama about our possible climate-changed future.

One of the smallest departments at Cambridge – Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic (ASNAC) – has transformed what we know about a period once called the 'dark ages'.