On Saturday, it was announced that Ireland has voted to repeal the 8th Amendment, with 66.4% voting in favour of legalising abortion – a historic event for women’s rights. The turnout in the referendum on Friday was reportedly the third-highest of any referendum in Ireland since the Constitution was adopted...
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Winston Salem State University, 20 January. Savannah State University, 24 February. Central Michigan University, 2 March. Forest High School, 20 April. Only five months into 2018, these cases are a few of the numerous shootings that have taken place so far this year in the United States. The US has endured a long-standing division over gun control...
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The University of Warwick will be distributing honorary degrees to people of merit during the 2018 summer graduation ceremonies from 17-25 July in Butterworth Hall at the Warwick Arts Centre.
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One of the earliest memories I can recall is having a lullaby sung to me to get me to sleep. All these years later, my mother owns the same wind-up music box to which she sang. Music then was simple, something soft and reassuring which worked like another blanket. Now...
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Joseph Bullock explores the new novels revealed at the London Book Fair, commenting on how many incorporate aspects of older works.
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Reece Goodall explores the behind the scenes of social media platform bias and the science of algorithms.
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Wade Wilson makes many jokes about the first Deadpool being underfunded and it isn’t until watching Deadpool 2 that I realised how right he was. Deadpool 2 is bigger, bloodier, and funnier than its predecessor. Ryan Reynolds returns as the immortal, foul-mouthed, and probably clinically insane ‘Deadpool’ in a film...
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Term three is both the best and the worst term. The 7:14 bus from south Leamington is packed, petitions are circling for freshers to be banned from the library, campus cafés are making a fortune, and everyone is very, very stressed. Different people cope with stress and anxiety in different...
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Exams are rocking up and some people will soon be leaving for the real world – if you feel like you need a quick break from it all, why not travel locally? There are tons of amazing places in the area that we say we’re going to get round to...
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Reece Goodall reviews the BBC's recent coverage of conflict in Israel-Palestine, and discusses whether it's even possible to avoid being divisive on topics such as this.
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60 student unions across the UK representing “just under one million students” are calling for MPs to support a “people’s vote” on a final Brexit deal.
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Zero hour contracts are often used by students in need of flexible working hours. In theory, this means that we can work when we want and for as long as we want, giving students breaks for assignments and trips home for the weekend, and allowing for flexibility in the workplace...
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This weekend, there was a key event on everyone’s lips (and I’m sorry, football fans, but it wasn’t that). Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married, and people were talking about the dress, the guests, the incredible pastor. They were talking about everything, save the cost. How much was the...
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