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How did two old universities come to dominate a nation's comedy? And define a nation's sport? And the story of how women came to be allowed to join, albeit after 700 years...
Oxbridge Comedy
Ever since the 1950s, Oxbridge has disgorged fresh-faced comedians who have gone on to become household names. What is it that makes the ancient universities in general, and the tiny Cambridge Footlights Club in particular, such a comic powerhouse?
Sport at Oxbridge
Between 1750 and 1914, a chaotic selection of local, violent games and activities, such as bear-baiting and village football, became a network of codified games run by well-organised, often national bodies. This orgy of organisation was dominated by Oxbridge men. But why?
Educating Women
It might seem strange today, but women were not allowed to graduate from Oxbridge until relatively recently in the universities' history. For the first several hundred years of their existence, only men were allowed to be students at Oxford and Cambridge.
