What’s on in Cambridge this month

Cambridge’s botanic gardens are an Arcadian paradise hidden behind a fairly nondescript entrance at the station end of town. What sets them apart from other city gardens is the woodland vibe. Lose yourself in more than 40 acres of lush foliage and leave all your troubles behind.

Cambridge is blessed with beautiful surrounding countryside. One of the easiest ways to get a taste of this is with a short walk to nearby Grantchester. The Green Man pub is a lovely village pub to refuel at. Make the most of the fresh air in its extensive garden.

Fancy yourself a bit of an explorer but only ever manage to take day trips around the UK? Well, the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute will introduce you to genuinely intrepid (and cold) historic explorations of far-flung corners of the globe, all from the comfort of Cambridge.
Free entry.

The Corpus Clock is on the front of the Taylor Library at Corpus Christi College. It’s less a clock (although apparently it is accurate every once in a while) and more of an art piece. The marvellously creepy insect straddling it appears to ‘eat’ time – a reminder that we don’t have as much of it left as we think.