Some sportspeople are famous because they are supreme athletes. Others secure their household-name status through controversies such as Oscar Pistorius or Tiger Woods. The South African runner, Caster Semenya, might be unique in that the furore surrounding her is not because of her outstanding athletic capability being celebrated, instead, it...
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In our first edition, four of our outgoing Editors share their experiences of working with The Boar and ultimately, what the paper has meant to them. Tanya Khan (Travel Editor) When I spontaneously applied for the role of Travel Editor, I had one goal in mind – to make the travel...
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It’s February, and finalists are beginning to feel the heat. Essay deadlines are looming; dissertations are getting serious; an unknown world beyond graduation awaits. But for Sam Cochrane, a third-year history student, time has been compressed. His essays are done; he’s already moved to London, albeit only temporarily. The principle...
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As Term 2 drags on, we might all be feeling a little in need of a night off, and a distraction from rising piles of work. MTW is offering just the antidote to the end-of-February blues with its Week 8 production of Guys and Dolls. This is a musical done...
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JS Bach – Suite No. 3 in D Major (~1730) Any piece from a myriad would be a good gateway to Bach. The well-known Suite No. 3 was likely written during the final period of Bach’s life in Leipzig. It is not of Bach’s usual style, which is heavier, more...
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Sophie Khan Levy probably isn’t the only Warwick graduate who wishes “a little that I hadn’t been out in Leamington Spa so much, and that I’d done a little more of the reading.” But she is probably the only Warwick graduate who, before the age of 30, is going into...
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The publicity for The Pillowman depicts a cross dangling above an angry-looking pig in a triangular void of blackness. The vibe is, to say the least, foreboding. Then I read a summary of the play: set in a dystopian reality, it follows the interrogation in a police cell of a writer...
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You could forgive Stuart Nunn, having just been cast alongside Gillian Anderson and Lily James in All About Eve in the West End, for being a little bit pleased with himself. Only two and a half years out of drama school, it is not even his first production of such...
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Meeting the team of X at 10am on the first day of term, I was worried that everyone might be slightly bleary-eyed. But director Joe Matty, producer Eve Allin, and actors Nicole de Barra and Luke Mott, are simmering with energy. Jokes abound, affectionate and knowing. You could be forgiven...
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Nothing gains you notoriety quite like being forbidden. So Iceland found last month with its Christmas advert. The 90 second clip, of a budding friendship between a little girl and an orangutan whose habitat is being destroyed, is succinct and emotive. With Emma Thompson’s reassuring cadences narrating the story, it...
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Jessie Kolvin meets the team behind WUDS’ Week 8 show, Woyzeck and discusses the meaning of setting it in amongst the rave culture of 90s London.
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Often, all you know of a poet is their words. Somehow, though, I am also distinctly aware of Carol Ann Duffy’s hair. I recognise the round head, nestled in a mop of black and grey, from a distance; and in the cavern of the concrete cathedral, it remained all I...
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Call me a grandma (many people do) but my ideal evening involves a combination of marshmallows, slippers, hot chocolate and a bed, in no particular order. I have turned down an invitation to Kasbah many times – so far away! – to hunker down with a hot beverage and a...
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