Genre Study: Science Fiction
Books writer Hazal Kirci dispels the myths about the genre of science fiction and offers her personal recommendations
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
When asked to write about her favourite book that no-one has heard of, Simran Sandhu chose Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake… With her ninth birthday coming up, Rose Edelstein is eager to have a slice of the Lemon cake her mother has made for her birthday. But...
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Cologne victims ignored because they were women?
On New Year’s Eve, among the celebrators and the inebriated partying of those welcoming 2016, a wave of drunken men, reported to be of ‘Arabic or African origin’, sexually assaulted and robbed more than 100 German women in Cologne.
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BUCS abolish open canoe polo league for men’s only league
The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) has decided to change the Open Canoe Polo league to a Men's only league as the only 'viable option' to allow the sport to 'expand' and ‘align with international bodies’.
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Out of the lab and into the gallery
The rigorous study of neuroscience and human psychology has always been hindered by a fundamental difficulty; experimental procedures are, traditionally, only ever reliable and statistically accurate in a heavily controlled laboratory setting. The behaviour of human subjects is therefore significantly altered by the knowledge that they are in a lab...
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Room: A Review
Beth Hurst reviews the novel Room in light of its recent adaptation for the big screen
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Maintenance grants abolished
In the summer budget, George Osborne expressed that providing maintenance grants to those from lower income backgrounds had become “unaffordable” and proposed that they would be replaced with loans.
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Ban of mobile phones in Leamington restaurant
Auradaze, a restaurant in Royal Leamington Spa, has recently banned the use of mobile phones inside its facilities.
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The Boar Sport Weekend Preview: 23-24 January
Australian Open Tennis and another Super Sunday in the Premier League. James Roberts and Oscar Mayhew preview the weekend's action
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Turn and face the strange: the many ‘Changes’ of David Bowie
It wasn’t a coincidence that David Bowie’s last album Blackstar was full of references to death and contemplations of mortality – he had been battling cancer for almost two years when he recorded it, and in typical Bowie fashion had told this to his fans by way of conceptual art...
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The top 10 opening lines in literature
As it's the beginning of the year, Books writer Nicola Paling takes a look at the best opening lines in literature
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Panellist and JISOC respond to cancelled Israel-Palestine Question Time
A cancelled event has reignited the row over free speech on campus after a letter written by academics forced organisers to pull the plug on a debate over the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
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Teacher training at Warwick graded “outstanding”
Ofsted has graded teacher training courses for primary and secondary school at Warwick's Centre for Professional Education (CPE) as “outstanding”, in its latest inspection report.
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