James Watson, Nobel Prize winning geneticist and molecular biologist in conversation with Professor Matt Ridley, journalist, writer and businessman. Watch on cus-connect.

Already seen our interview with Esther Rantzen? Her full hour-long talk given to the Union in Lent 2011 is now available too.

It is with sadness that The Union has learned of the death of former Senior Treasurer Christopher Stevenson, who served as one the Society’s three senior officers between Michaelmas 1997 and October 2007. A memorial service will be held in Cambridge during the Michaelmas Term, with further details available on request.

Find out how toasters, pencils and cappuccinos symbolize the enconomy, and how Google succeeds despite expecting 80% of its projects to fail in Tim Harford's recent talk at the Union, now available to watch online.

The latest video on cus-connect is of former Union Society President (1962) Lord Michael Howard's address to the Society, from Lent Term 2011.

Thinking about joining the Union? We host internationally famous speakers worth queuing for! See what our members thought as they queued for Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, in the video below:

Arianna Huffington, President of the Union in Michaelmas 1971, has launched HuffingtonPostUK, the UK edition of her hugely popular American news website, tailored specifically to the British audience.

In her introduction to the new service, Arianna describes her time at the Union as profoundly influential on the course of her whole life, a transformative experience allowing her to overcome her fear of public speaking and meet the contacts who shaped her career.

Enjoyed our Julian Assange video? Then check out our latest video, where the former head of MI6 and Trustee of the Union, Sir Richard Dearlove, gives another perspective on security, intelligence and information leaks in his talk from Lent 2011.

Two more videos from wordfest are available to watch online on cus-connect: Celia Imrie's talk about her autobiography The Happy Hoofer, and a talk from the Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, the co-authors of the best-selling book behind the film The King's Speech.

Catch up on this year's Cambridge Wordfest with our video of Dawn French's full talk, in which she discusses her new novel, A Tiny Bit Marvellous.