The Apu Controversy
Two writers discuss the recent controversy surrounding Apu, and its impact on The Simpsons and on the television industry in general
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Two writers discuss the recent controversy surrounding Apu, and its impact on The Simpsons and on the television industry in general
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Sophie Kempston reveals that women are not getting a fair say at academic conferences, with a higher umber of male speakers and authors.
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Earlier this month the Observer reported that Simon Franks, founder of LOVEFiLM and former Labour donor, has attracted up to fifty million pounds to revitalize the middle ground and create a new centrist party. In Westminster, the ideologies of the two main parties are moving further apart, and with the...
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Welcomed on a Sunday evening in April by the sight of platform Vans and Air Max 97s, I am engulfed by the humid air of Birmingham’s Institute 2. I could only be here to see Rejjie Snow. After rushing from Birmingham New Street to arrive in time for the main...
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From the timeless Scarface (1983) to Ben Affleck’s recent, albeit less memorable, Live by Night (2016), cinema’s obsession with gangsters has endured almost as long as the medium itself. Many movies of the genre have become staples of popular culture, with some breaking box-office records and winning multiple Academy Awards....
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In a time when gaming companies are pursuing the most advanced and impressive software they can, Nintendo’s newest innovation is… cardboard. Nintendo Labo may seem like a huge gimmick – after all, how could a bunch of cardboard sculptures be anything else? What it is, however, is a load of...
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If there is one thing that can be agreed on, it is that Emmanuel Santos cannot sculpt Cristiano Ronaldo. In a somewhat surreal turn of events, sports website Bleacher Report commissioned the 41-year-old artist to have another ‘shot’ at a bronze bust of the Portuguese winger. The result: a bland...
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Reece Goodall explains the science behind the newest social media challenge of making a smooth sphere out of tinfoil.
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Oliver Holman reports on i-motifs - the new form of DNA discovered in human cells.
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Kamal Ahmed, the BBC economics editor and former business editor, spoke to Warwick students on Monday 30 April, in an event hosted by Warwick PPE society. Before the talk, The Boar spoke to Mr Ahmed about the government’s review into post-18 education, affordable housing for students and recent criticism of...
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Approaching term three, Giles Allen-Bowden discusses which study spaces are available and which your favourite literary characters prefer.
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