• Punting in the river cam

    April 1, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    My punter was a 17 year old Cambridge student who explained to me about all the history of the bridges and the college building. I only remember that one bridge was called an orgasm bridge because it was made of pebbles and people went across in bicycles. The Queen paid several million dollars to get Prince Charles accepted into the college. He said one of the building was ugly not knowing he still had a microphone attached and it was broadcasted in national tv. Magdalene college was the last college to admit women (only 30 years ago) and when it happened there was a protest of “the death of the academy” but in the first novel prizes after that 7 novel laureates were all women and they tried to hide that.Read more