Rachel Quarrell. "The more things change, the more they stay the same" is the story of this year's Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Races. Â The 192-year-old event gets its biggest makeover in a century and a half today, moving off the changeable tidal Thames to the calmer waters of the Great Ouse at Ely, but the pain, sweat, tears and ecstasy of those taking part this afternoon will feel the same as in every previous year, regardless of surroundings. Â Visually it's a complete switch, from a 6779-metre curving course hemmed in by west London's buildings on an unpredictable tidal river to an...