The Downing Arts Podcast

Vicki Ambery-Smith tells us about her work as a silversmith.
Cover image credit Vicki Ambery-Smith
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Thursday 22 October, 6.30-7.30pm, Chapel: Griffin Singers
Thursday 22 October, 9.30pm, Chapel: Choral Compline by Candlelight
Saturday 24 October, 7pm, Howard Theatre: DCMS presents Big Band Roulette. Tickets available here. Code 'SOULMAN' gives a discount for Downing students.
Sunday 25 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Evensong
Tuesday 27 October, 6.30pm, E-staircase Music Room: DCMS Freshers' Recital. Sign up here if you'd like to perform.
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If you'd like to come on the show to chat about something creative, please email artspodcast@dow.cam.ac.uk

We catch up with Library Assistant Harley Jones and talk tiddlywinks, Gilbert & Sullivan, and more!
Tiddlywinks @ Downing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqVcdTH5bQ
Cover image credit Hannes Grobe, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.
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Friday 16 October, 9-11pm, JCR: DCMS Open Mic night
Sunday 18 October, 11.30am, Great St Mary's Church: The University Sermon, featuring Downing Chapel Choir. All welcome, gowns required.
Sunday 18 October, 6pm, Chapel: Choral Evensong
Monday 19 October, 1.30-2.30pm, East Lodge Garden: Autumn Flower-arranging. Just turn up!
Tuesday 20 October, 6pm, Howard Theatre: Howard Foundation Lecture. Tickets available here.
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Downing Jazz Band auditions take place this weekend. Email college.music@dow.cam.ac.uk for more information.
Tickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047
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PhD student Jo Tonge introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of Hawaiian surfboards.
Cover image credit Tom Pohaku Ston.
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Thursday 8 October, 6pm, Chapel: Postgraduate Matriculation Evensong
until Sunday 11 October, Heong Gallery: 'Ten Good Years' Exhibition https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/ten-good-years
Tickets are now on sale for Big Band Roulette on Saturday 24 October: https://fixr.co/event/big-band-roulette-mission-from-god-tickets-744252047
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Downing Freshers' Reps: James Woodham and Zaria JG.
@downingfreshers2026
Email: freshers-reps@dow.cam.ac.uk
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Downing College Music Society: Ameiyah Jeyachandran & Elliot Roberts (Co-Presidents).
@downingcollegemusicsociety / @downingjazzband
Email: college.music@dow.cam.ac.uk
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Downing Dramatic Society
@downingdramaticsociety_
https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/current-students/clubs-and-societies/downing-dramatic-society
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The Chapel Choir of Downing College
@choirdowning
www.dow.cam.ac.uk/about/chapel-downing-college/chapel-choir
Email Matthew Chanwai, Senior Organ Scholar: college.music@dow.cam.ac.uk
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Cover image copyright Louisa Denby.
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Tuesday 7 October, 6-6.45pm, Chapel: Undergraduate Freshers' Evensong
Thursday 9 October, 6-6.45pm, Chapel: Postgraduate Freshers' Evensong
until 11 October, Heong Gallery: Ten Good Years exhibition. https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/ten-good-years

A feature-length episode to finish off this fourth series of the Downing Arts Podcast: a special interview with Downing alumnus and former diplomat Leigh Turner.
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'Ten Good Years' continues in the Heong Gallery until Sunday 11 October.
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this series. If you would like to take part in the Michaelmas Term series of the podcast, please email artspodcast@dow.cam.ac.uk.