Howard, Baron Flight will be joining us as a guest speaker at our next meeting on Wednesday 26th January at 7pm in Trinity Junior Parlour.

Howard, Lord Flight

Click Here to see the facebook event.

To reach the Junior Parlour: turn east into Whewell’s Court from Trinity Street. Turn right immediately after the first arch. Climb the open-air stairs until you are just short of the top, and then turn right into T staircase. The Junior Parlour is at the end of the passageway through the door.

If you’d like to join us for dinner afterwards, please get in touch with the Chairman on chairman (at) cuca.org.uk.
This follows Sunday’s Gin & Tonic Party.

I’m very pleased to announce that my new termcard is hereby published.

Click here to see it in a pretty .pdf format, and keep your eye on facebook and/or this website for regular updates and event details.

We’ve got a great range of speakers, a sumptuous dinner, a trip to London and, of course, our parties.

Note that we’re starting the term with a bang (or should that be a pop?) – join us for Cake & Cava on Wednesday the 19th; then come hear John Selwyn Gummer at Downing on Thursday 20th. As if that wasn’t enough, the traditional G&T party follows shortly after on Sunday the 23rd.

I look forward to seeing you soon! CPW

Rachel Johnson

The Hall, Peterhouse

Saturday 27th November

7.30 pm for 8.00 pm

“The Tory Party is never dangerous when it is dining well.” – FT, 28/7/10

This Michaelmas, we’re throwing the most fabulous Chairman’s Dinner ever. The traditional highlight of the Cambridge dining calendar, this sparkling banquet given by the Chairman in Cambridge’s oldest hall is a terrific way to round off the term. And we’re honoured to be hosting the delightful and effusive new Editor of ‘The Lady’, who also happens to be Boris Johnson’s little sister.

Guests will be treated to a champagne reception in the Combination Room followed by a fabulous four-course dinner served in the Hall with a variety of vintage wines and port. Not forgetting the traditionally uproarious afterparty.

MENU

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Duck Liver Parfait

Smooth, rich pate flavoured with Cointreau,

served with toasted bread and mixed cresses

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Quail Stuffed with Haggis

Mashed swede

Selection of seasonal vegetables

Chateau potatoes

Whole boneless quail stuffed with haggis,

served in a whisky cream sauce

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Buttermilk Panna Cotta

Italian set cooked cream, flavoured with vanilla and buttermilk,

served with poached pear and butterscotch sauce

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Peterhouse Devils on Horseback

Apricots stuffed with mango and almonds, wrapped in bacon,

served on a bread croûte

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Coffee and Mints

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Wines

Champagne

Willi Haag Riesling, 2001

Chateau Lieujean Haut-Medoc, 2003

Peterhouse Port

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White or Black Tie

Tickets £50 members/£55 non-members

Please note that from 7th November, tickets (should any still be available) will be sold at a flat rate of £60.

To confirm attendance, you MUST send a cheque for the requisite amount, addressed to “CUCA”, to Fergus McGhee at Trinity College. Please note that places are strictly limited and demand is very high, so delay at your peril.

PORT AND CHEESE I

will be another lively and banterous evening, filled with free-flowing port and the best cheeseboard in Cambridge.  Tickets are but £7 for members/£9 for non-members, and dress is black tie.

After Sunday’s rather unfortunate incident (i.e., the room rapidly reaching full occupancy) we are currently searching for a larger venue at Gonville and Caius College, with the same date of Sunday 24th October.

It’s advisable to book in advance – send a cheque made out to “CUCA” to Fergus McGhee, Trinity College.

A quick reminder: the Freshers’ Gin and Tonic Squash will be held on Sunday 17th at 8pm in the Green Room at Caius.

ALL members are welcome to help themselves to FREE G&T (We ask £1 for non-members but this is waived if you sign up on the door).

This is a great chance to get to know CUCA and meet new contacts outside of college.

Interest in politics not required. Definitely not.

Our most recent termcard is now readable by clicking here.

ANNUAL BARBECUE

Jesus Green
9th October, 2pm
A hearty feast on the Green. Free to members; £1 for non-members but free if you join on the day.

FRESHERS’ G&T SQUASH

Green Room, Caius College (map)
Sunday 17th October, 8pm
Come to meet CUCA over unlimited free gin and tonic. We’ve never run out yet! (NB: note the change in date from the term card)

PORT AND CHEESE I

Green Room, Caius
24th October, 8pm
Plenty of cheese, copious port and lively banter. Black tie. It is advisable to book in advance. £7 members/£9 non-members

FRASER NELSON

Venue and time TBC – see website
The brilliant new Editor of the Spectator addresses CUCA. Book early for dinner with Mr Nelson and his wife

PORT AND CHEESE II

Green Room, Caius
7th November, 8pm
Port galore and a cheese board to make you dribble. Black tie. It is advisable to book in advance. £7 members/£9 non-members

CUCA-CCCA QUIZ EVENING

Blue Room, The Union
26th November, 8pm
CUCA pits its wits against the City Conservative Association for charity. See website for more details

THE CHAIRMAN’S DINNER

WITH GUEST OF HONOUR:

RACHEL JOHNSON

The Hall, Peterhouse
27th November, 7.30pm for 8.00pm
“The Tory Party is never dangerous when it is dining well.” – Financial Times, 28/7/10
The highlight of the Cambridge dining calendar, this sparkling banquet given by the Chairman in Cambridge’s oldest hall is a terrific way to round off the term. And we’re honoured to be hosting the delightful and effusive new Editor of ‘The Lady’, who also happens to be Boris Johnson’s little sister.
Guests will be treated to a champagne reception in the Combination Room followed by a fabulous three-course dinner served in the Hall with a variety of wines and port. Not forgetting the traditionally uproarious afterparty.
Evening Dress
Tickets £5o members/£55 non-members
~Tickets are strictly limited. Email the Chairman to book your place~

 Kindly sponsored by the Coningsby club, a London-based dining club for alumni of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, helping alumni keep in touch with the Conservative cause.

The Annual Garden Party will be held in the tranquil environs of Clare Memorial Court Gardens

Monday 14th June from 2.30pm.

 Dress: Summer Smart.

£10/£15

Cheques to J M Oxley at Caius.

Start May Week in style with CUCA’s traditional gala dinner and its duly debauched after-parties.

Tickets £43 (members) else £48.

Tickets are strictly limited so please email the Chairman and send a cheque to J M Oxley at Caius ASAP.

Evening Dress.

See Facebook event.

• “Hung Parliament Punting”, courtesy of Dr Madsen Pirie, on Friday 21st May (a great way to procrastinate);
• Annual Garden Party (theme to be announced).

Welcome back!

We have a very important speaker coming on the 26th - check last week’s email for more details.

Also, on the 25th April (Sunday) we will be hosting the first PORT AND CHEESE of term:

Green Room, Caius, 8pm, Black Tie, £6/£8 – cheques to J M Oxley at Caius.

If you’re new to the format of Port and Cheese, it is the best opportunity you’ll get to meet lots of like minded people and set the world to rights over copious quantities of port and plenty of cheese.

Rt Hon Michael Howard, QC, MP

~PRESIDENT of CUCA
~Leader of the Conservative Party, 2003-05
~Home Secretary, 1993-1997
~Secretary of State for the Environment, 1992-1993
~Secretary of State for Employment, 1990-1992
~Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, 1983-2010
~Alumnus of Peterhouse
~Union President, Easter 1962
~Principal Operator in “The Cambridge Mafia”

…is coming to visit CUCA to address us once more. His Party leadership, electoral gains, and record of speeches in the House (and Union Chamber) speak to the great experience, insight and political ability that he will be bringing to his old haunt.

The time is subject to confirmation – watch this space.

24th February – Cambridge Union Society