Welcome back to CUCA, and a warm welcome to all freshers and new members. We have a packed termcard this Easter, with politicians, bloggers and journalists, great social events, and the Chairman’s Dinner.

All our speaker meetings are free to all. You don’t have to be a member of CUCA, though members get reduced-price entry to our social events.

Events for E

 

24^th April - Gin and Tonic:

Kick-off your revision with a stiff drink or eight on at 8.00pm in Caius’ College Green Room.

All the G&T you can drink – free for members and for those who join up (£2 non-members).

Shane Greer will be attending our Gin and Tonic Party. Mr Greer is the Executive Editor of Total Politics, a former YBF Executive Director and a major up-and-coming Conservative publicist

Dress Code: don’t look a mess

29th April - James Delingpole

is coming to speak to us at 7:00pm in the Union Dining Room. Mr Delingpole is a Telegraph and spectator columnist as well as the satirical author of, among other works, Thinly Veiled Autobiography and How To Be Right.

4th May - Frederick Forsyth

is coming at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Mr Forsyth is the author of many thrillers including Day of the Jackal and The Afghan, and a vocal Eurosceptic. A spokesman from the Taxpayers’ Alliance will introduce him. With the Cambridge Union.

9^th May - Port and Cheese

are both delicious, not to mention excellent brain food. So at 8.00pm in Caius’ College Green Room we’re serving lots and lots of them both. Entry is £6 for members and £8 for guests and can be pre-booked* closer to the date. Dress code: black tie.

11th May - Owen Paterson

will address us and the CU Northern Ireland Society at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Owen Paterson is MP for North Shropshire and, as Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland, is heavily involved with the Conservative-Unionist negotiations.

12th May - Michael Howard

is visiting at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Mr Howard is the President of CUCA and a former leader of the Party. Any more introduction would be egregious.

6th and 10^th June - Punting

On both days we’re making the river even bluer. At 3.00pm those who’ve finished exams early should come to St John’s Great Gate. Cake and bubbly will be provided but places will be strictly limited and must be booked in advance for £5. Dress code: Boaters, waistcoats, shirtsleeves and floaty dresses all very welcome.

12^th June - The Chairman’s Dinner

this term will be held on 12^th June with the reception at 7.30pm for 8.00pm in Newnham’s hall.

 

Start your May Week with a champagne reception, a lavish four-course meal and an after-party at the Union, looking gorgeous in your tails or elbow-lengths. Guest speaker: Stephen Robinson. His latest biography of Bill Deedes, onetime Telegraph editor and Macmillan’s Minister of Information, comes out in May.

 

Tickets must be booked in advance and will be £40 members and £45 guests (tbc).

Dress code: White tie preferred.

 

The Annual Garden Party

will be held at 2.30pm on 15^th June in St John’s College Scholars’ Garden (tbc).

Tickets must be pre-booked and will be £10. Our Garden Party is not one to be missed: this year alongside the strawberries and champagne will be a special surprise theme to be announced after the last issue of Varsity…

 

If you’re new to CUCA, feel free to jump right in and attend any of our events, particularly our free G&T freshers’ squash and our annual barbeque. I recommend joining our facebook group and mailing list to get email updates about events. You may also wish to subscribe to our RSS news feed. You may also wish to write for our blog.

Speakers usually stay for dinner with the Committee. If you would like to attend, please ask the Chairman ().