Crisis and cliché: a history
Chris Browne delves into the Union’s past and uncovers an era when radical activism battled against apathy, and the marketisation of education
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Archives
Duane Michals: ‘How photography lost its virginity on the way to the bank’
Matt Wells continues his expedition to uncover the motives of a remarkable photographer upon the release of his new book, _Foto Follies_
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Butterflies in the stomach
Philip Ridley's _Mercury Fur_ sends shivers down the spine whilst breaking down the psychological barrier between fiction and reality
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Win an iPad with Classic FM
The kind folks at Classic FM are giving _Boar_ readers the chance to win an Apple iPad or a Roberts digital radio
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Mud, moshing and music: a guide to this year’s festivals
From Stevie to the Strokes, Dizzee Rascal to Dylan, Nick Mosley looks past third term stress to a spectacular summer of music
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High Violet
With The National’s fifth studio album comes the band’s third masterpiece
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Disintegration — Deluxe Edition
The Cure, quite frankly, are one of the most unusual bands ever to grace the airwaves...
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The month the media went loco
Comment is free, but facts are constantly live blogged -- welcome to the 24-hour _Guardian_
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Atletico Marksmen Cruelly Break Cottagers Hearts
Jasjit Sansoye examines the Europa League in the wake of Atletico's heartbreaking triumph over Fulham
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Total Life Forever
For many bands, a second album release is the turning point of a music career. The sophomore record is either heralded as a great extension of an earlier effort, highlighting the development of a band’s musical muscles or disregarded as being sub-par, a weaker throwback to the earlier debut. The...
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My Best Friend Is You
The irrelevant and inconsequential ramblings of a teenage girl...
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Machinarium
Some people say adventure gaming is dead. These people are wrong. The hey-day of Lucasarts point and click titles is over; good old Guybrush Threepwood has been usurped by the good looking likes of Mass Effect’s Commander Shepherd. It’s a sad tale, the early adventure games laid the foundations of...
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