Real Life Stories

Cambridge Pride stages its second city-central parade tomorrow (Saturday, June 14), as part of a day of both celebration and solidarity

Cambridge novelist Susan Grossey takes us to a different city site each month. In June, we’re visiting the commons to see the cows. . .

Meet the local people helping to make funerals both more personal and more planet-friendly

Ormiston Families is doing incredible work, helping families to become more resilient and communities to become stronger

Next stop on our guided Cambridge city tour? Novelist Susan Grossey is taking us to Bodies in the Bookshop

At home, she’s Town; at work, she’s Gown. In her new column, academic Dr Julia Johnson reflects on Cambridge life and our times. . .

Beginning her racing journey on go-karts at Red Lodge, Morgan Kidd has gone on to win the AIRTEC Motorsport Fiesta ST240 Championship Club class title

To mark International Women’s Day, Velvet shines a light on the local women blazing trails in the world of business

“Dear reader: you are enough. Your body shape, size, colour, and ability do not define you.” Photographer Luana Martignon talks to Velvet

Newmarket’s Inge Hunter started her first business aged just 17, while living in a Cambridge homeless hostel. As told to Alice Ryan

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Touch of Sparkle is making a difference to the lives of patients with cancer

Cambridge’s Jonny Huntingdon has just made history - becoming the first explorer with a disability to ski both solo and unsupported to the South Pole

Cambridge dad-of-three Chris Howard says we should learn a few lessons from our children to find the joy in January

In her new column for Velvet, Cambridge novelist Susan Grossey takes us to a different city site each month - and tells us their stories. . .

“It’s a bit like Baby Reindeer. . .” Cambridge author Kate Rhodes shares the real-life story behind her newest thriller, The Stalker

Supported by charitable festive fair Presents Galore, the new Cambridge Children's Hospital will change lives, say a local mother and son

Caring for everything from pigs and goats to tigers and bears is a dream job. So say two local women dedicated to animal protection. . .

A life-changing experience inspired Scamp & Dude, the ‘superpowered’ fashion brand which has just come to Cambridge’s Grand Arcade

Running a business is hard – so is being a Mum, at times - but these four mumpreneurs show us how it’s done!

Marking Women’s History Month, we meet Caroline Biggs – author of The Spinning House: How Cambridge University Locked up Women in its Private Prison