Why the UK just can’t get to grips with country
Reece Goodall takes a look at the sound of the Deep South, and urges us to not miss out on the richness of country music.
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Editors Letter – ‘At least there are no tourists’
I recently took a trip to LSE's library to start one of my essays. It's a grand building - you walk to it through a small alleyway just off of The Strand. You're surrounded by tall Hogwart-sian towers jutting out from the buildings around you.
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New Copper Rooms club night
The Student Union (SU) has recently announced the launch of a new club night: ‘Playlist’.
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Editors Letter – ‘It’s time to get serious’
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here’s nothing like that final count-down, the crossover into a new year. As the clock ticks over slowly but surely and you clutch your loved ones, your thoughts immediately turn to the next chapter. Once the lengthy messages of goodwill have been sent, firework displays turn into dying embers and you...
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“Jihadi John” is a real issue, not a cartoon villain
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter watching the abhorrent 10-minute video released by ISIS earlier this week, it is clear what their intentions are. What is unclear is why the breadth of the international media, and notably the tabloid titles, feel the urge to immediately distil the complex story into a soundbite. The nauseous namesake billed by The Sun’s front page a day after the video...
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The Power of Saudi Arabia
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]audi Arabia occupies an awkward position within Western imagination. The Gulf state is often considered either a reliable ally on the cusp of reform or a throwback to medieval barbarity. The supposed purity of our liberal ethics are used as a stick to beat the Gulf States, and often ourselves, with. December witnessed this paradox in action: in...
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They’re politicians: A private life isn’t possible
The question of the relevance of the private lives of politicians has always been fraught with contradictions. Happy to be photographed with their children and partners in order to cast themselves as guardians of family values, politicians should surely be willing to accept negative publicity when they personally contradict the principles they espouse. This subject is currently in the spotlight due...
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Freedom of Information Act: Warwick wants out
Warwick University has released a document to the Students’ Union (SU) stating that universities should not “remain within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).
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Warwick academics protest Israeli spokesperson
Academics across Warwick University have signed a letter protesting the visit of an Israeli embassy spokesperson at a Warwick International Relations Society Debate.
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The Best Cross-University Competition Warwick Martial Arts Can Offer
Interested in watching some top-quality live sport this Saturday? Look no further than Warwick Judo's biggest competition of the year
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Largest Amazon lockers in the world installed at Warwick
Warwick University now have the largest of the latest generation Amazon lockers in the world. Amazon Lockers are a way for students to have some Amazon products delivered to the centre of campus, for an easier collection than a walk to the post room. They were initially introduced in the...
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Do black holes have ‘hair’?
A recent paper, published by Stephen Hawking and other physicists, has suggested that black holes may be surrounded by ‘hair’ made up of ghostly zero energy particles, and goes on to suggest that some of the information consumed by black holes may be stored on these hairs. The proposal does...
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Galavant – Giants vs. Dwarves/About Last Knight
It’s not the strongest episodes of Galavant this week in terms of music, but the plot has advanced several steps. Wormwood and Galavant both end these episodes in very different places, and it sets up an interesting latter half of the season. Galavant’s frustration with Richard hits a tipping point...
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