Arthur Wharton: the first black professional footballer
151 years ago today, Britain's first black professional footballer was born. Connor Hutchinson celebrates the achievements of Arthur Wharton
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Lemonade, A Seat at the Table and the re-politicisation of R&B
“I’m about to send a message to the world, like…” Politics in the work of the Knowles sisters, talking Lemonade and A Seat at the Table Beyoncé’s album Lemonade surprised the music world when it premiered on HBO in the form of an hour long film, in late April this...
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Five 90s must watch horror films
The 90s was a seriously “cool” decade for cinema. There was a wealth of counterculture movies such as Fight Club and Trainspotting. It’s the decade that brought us Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. It gave us iconic characters such Austin Powers and The Dude from the Coen Brothers’ The...
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The Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer left me feeling (red) dead inside
After much anticipation, Rockstar finally dropped a reveal trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. It was severely disappointing...
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Bike theft on campus: 44 stolen last year
Forty-four bicycles were stolen from Warwick campus last academic year, a Freedom of Information request by the Boar has revealed. The news comes after Warwick was named the 8th safest campus in the UK, ranked by crime levels. Of the 152 bike stands on campus, only 19 are covered by...
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Warwick SU President elected onto NUS Committee
Luke Pilot, President of Warwick Students’ Union (SU), was elected onto the National Union of Students (NUS) Welfare Zone Committee on 27 October. Luke was elected during the Welfare Zone Conference, which took place in Stratford-upon-Avon. Before being elected as President for this academic year, Luke was the Welfare Officer...
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Only 90s kids will remember…
My addiction to television shows started young. In fact, to a degree, I feel that I was a teenager as a child, because I’d be perfectly content sleeping in late and watching hours of cartoons after coming home from school. Sadly, I can’t do this as much now, but I...
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Swiss Army Man
The premiere of Swiss Army Man saw multiple walk-outs, perhaps unsurprising given the film’s premise: a suicidal man meets a farting, reanimated corpse, whose arm can be used as a wood saw and whose erection guides their journey together. What’s perhaps more surprising is that the film is utterly brilliant,...
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Why don’t the Black-British community have the Blues?
“I googled ‘British blues artists’ and was met only by white faces. This was surprising to me – then I was surprised about being surprised…” After watching a documentary by Lenny Henry called, ‘Lenny’s Got The Blues’ I could think of many well-known African-American artists that performed the genre that...
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Review: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
I’m in what is probably a significant minority of people who have never seen either of the Little Shop of Horrors movies. The only thing I knew for certain when I arrived at the Belgrade Theatre was that apparently ‘feeding the plant’ was a bad idea – this production, true...
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EU student fees to remain unchanged next academic year
The government has announced that EU students applying to study at UK universities for the 2017/18 academic year will continue to have access to student funding support with no changes made to the cost of their university fees. The announcement was made on 11 October. EU students applying for the...
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How tourism is ruining our travel experience
Tourism connects the world. We are sharing cultures, breaking down barriers, and bringing money to the countries that need it most. However, as travellers we are not treading lightly enough, and the world’s most treasured places have long been feeling the impact. So how does this happen? First comes the...
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Review: The Exorcist
Any production of the Exorcist has a lot to live up to when you consider the enduring popularity of the novel and film and, for the most part, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre doesn’t disappoint with this spooky Halloween spectacle of William Peter Blatty’s classic horror. With the film and novel...
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