South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk won the men’s 400m gold in one of the stories of the Rio Olympics, breaking Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in the process. The runner finished in 43.03 seconds, 0.15 seconds quicker than the time Johnson produced in Seville in 1999 – it had rarely...
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Andy Murray has won Olympic gold in the men’s singles tennis at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. After a gruelling four-hour match, Murray eventually overcame Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 to secure the win on what would be Great Britain’s most successful day at an overseas...
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Team GB's success in Rio this weekend was so unbelievable that it almost (only almost) overshadowed Usain Bolt. Reece Goodall rounds-up the action.
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Nick Dempsey has made history by winning silver in the windsurfing event at Rio 2016, becoming the first man to win three Olympic medals in the sport and adding another medal to Team GB’s Brazilian collection. He won silver in London 2012, and took his first medal with bronze at...
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Justin Rose has won gold in golf, becoming the sport’s first Olympic champion since 1904, by seeing off Henrik Stenson in a close-fought final. The GB golfer had already made history by hitting Olympic golf’s first hole-in-one, but he required all of his nerve as his opponent ate into his...
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After numerous years of campaigning and proposals, the Kenilworth station that received government support in December 2013 is being built. The Priory road construction, which will cost £11.3 million, will be built on the site of the previous station, which opened in 1844, but was closed as part of the...
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Japan’s Kei Nishikori stunned an exhausted Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal in the men’s singles at the Rio Games. Having lost to Britain’s defending champion Andy Murray, the Japanese player was not going home without a medal, and he overcame Nadal 6-2 6-7(1) 6-3 to claim bronze, his...
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Max Whitlock has won two Olympic gold medals in one day, ending Great Britain’s gymnastics medals drought with victory in the men’s pommel horse and floor events. The gymnast added to the bronze he picked up in the all-around event earlier this week. Whitlock’s day began with the floor. He...
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Following on from the success of Mr Poe’s Legendarium in 2015, Warwick theatre group Clown Funeral, two-time winners of the Clive Barker award for Performance, takes to the Fringe for the second year running, this time with an adaptation of Luke Kennard’s poem The Murderer. The poem is a dark...
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We’ve all heard about the new age of self-driving cars, but the recent innovations in technology in the aviation industry is something you might know a bit less about. Solar Impulse 2 recently made history by completing a round-the-world trip while being fuelled by solar energy. The trip itself took 16 months in...
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The date is August 14th 2014, it’s A-Level Results day and I’m in the midst of the greatest moment of my life so far, securing a place at Warwick University to study English Literature. Tears of joy and all around pandemonium, culminating in upturned furniture and a full on football...
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For those of you who don’t know, The Iliad is an epic poem about the Trojan War which certain people *side eye most people who studied the Epic Tradition in first year* label as tedious and boring. But I shall tell you one thing that is not boring about The Iliad: its...
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The Sabbatical Officer team for this upcoming academic year took to office last week. The team has compiled a list of their top ten priorities for the year. A top priority is securing a lecture and seminar-free Week 0 for the 2017/18 academic year, in order to aid the transition...
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