Every three to four years, amidst the crowd of superhero blockbusters, historical biographies, and character-focused dramas, the Hollywood machine delivers us another silver screen adventure of ‘James Bond’, with all the cars, gadgets, suits, and martinis you’ve come to expect. Daniel Craig will be playing the titular character for the...
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With the 2018 World Cup in Russia well underway, all 32 competing teams have now named their finalised squads for the tournament. FIFA’s 23-man limit for each team means that places on the plane are fiercely competitive and highly sought-after, with players looking to prove their worth through established performances...
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Students at Charles Sturt University in Australia are facing an investigation following a "politically incorrect" themed party with Vice-Chancellor Andrew Vann condemning their "offensive behaviour".
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Miles Kane makes very good music. On a dreary day in May, I found myself in Coventry’s Kasbah to hear him play. I had always thought that most of Miles Kane’s fans had found him through The Last Shadow Puppets, a supergroup he formed with Alex Turner in 2007; his...
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Reece Goodall explores why so many people believe in pseudoscience and its purpose in society.
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H.M.S. Pinafore is a brilliant and entertaining performance given by Opera Warwick which displays a modern-day twist on classical opera. This upbeat and comical show is set on a navy ship and largely revolves around the romance of Josephine, who is the rich daughter of the Captain, and Ralph Rackstraw...
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You might have mistaken these emails for spam, but when your inbox was inundated with policy agreement changes and requests to “take action” a week or so ago, you were actually in the middle of a big legislation coming into force, thanks to the EU. The General Data Protection Regulation,...
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Developers within the gaming community are starting to wake up to the potential of influencers – personalities on social media or streaming sites who have a large follower base, and who can influence those followers to try certain products or brands. Video games, though, are a very different product from...
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The Boar sits down with Warwick's secret cupids to discuss how the experience has been for them, and hear their plans for the future… including a potential merchandise launch.
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The World Cup is upon us, with football fever set to grip the nation for the next month. Here at the Boar Books, watching football is clearly our favourite summer pastime, but we would like to take a moment to remember the one that comes a narrow second: reading. In...
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Black students are 22 times more likely to have their applications flagged by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for possible fraud. The figures were released after a Freedom of Information request by The Independent in April this year. From 2013-2017, there were 2.9 million university applications, 5,160 of...
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Dan Furn celebrates Father's Day with an article looking at three of his favourite dads from the small screen
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Starting next academic year, the University of Warwick will offer a one term course, the “Postgraduate Award in Islamic Education”, which is designed to bridge the gap between Islamic seminaries and modern tertiary education. This will be the first course of its kind to be offered at any UK university.
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