A bastion of university nightlife, The Assembly, was for one day been repurposed to house world-class Muay Thai athletes from as close as Coventry and as far as Sweden and Spain. At Thai Warriors 6, Dan McGowan, a Muay Thai Grand Prix World Bantamweight champion can be spotted in the crowd,...
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Almost half of students recently surveyed by The Boar are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with bus services to and from campus. 69.3% of respondents travel to campus by bus, with 77% of those using the Stagecoach bus services, and the remainder using National Express, bar one student who uses...
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In 2015, a report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2015 claimed that coffee consumption was at all-time high. According to the report, the rising trend among middle classes globally meant that the ‘luxury of the occasional coffee has become a daily habit’ for many people. Evidently, a...
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published The higher education market on 15 June, which reported that the Department of Education “treats the higher education sector as a market, but it is not a market that is working in the interests of students or taxpayers”. In a statement accompanying the report,...
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Abi Parsons reports on the recent NASA finding of organic compounds in an ancient lake of our red neighbour planet.
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After 25 years in the chair, David Dimbleby has announced that he is stepping down as the host of Question Time – Dimbleby will remain until the end of the year, at which point a new host will take over. But who should it be? And will a new host...
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On Friday 15 June, the University of Warwick Trampoline Club bounced for 12 hours in aid of Malaria Consortium.
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My first time travelling south to Africa, and first experience of Ramadan* in a Muslim country – two of several thoughts crossing my mind as I looked out at the different layers of white cloud that encircled us. The latter thought didn’t seem like a big deal at the time;...
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Nika is currently the only Mongolian student at Warwick. We spoke to the postgraduate to understand the importance of her heritage and how we can learn more about Mongolia. How did you find out you were the only Mongolian student at the university? How did you react when you found...
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If your group chat is anything like mine, it is full of plans that very rarely come into fruition. Simple questions such as what time to meet can cause much debate. With part time jobs, family events and simply wanting a lie in, it’s no surprise that plans fall through....
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Following the events of the previous film, Jurassic World, which made money through the power of CGI and nostalgia, J.A. Bayona takes us back to ‘Isla Nublar’ for more dinosaurs, death, and disastrous decision-making. With an advertising campaign which revealed 90% of the film’s plot and most twists, I went into...
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The crackle and crunch of fellow audience members refuelling during scenes of high emotional intensity is a well-known gripe of theatregoers everywhere. Perhaps rightly so: we’ve all been there, skin itching, eyes twitching and prominent facial veins vacillating with irritation as our neighbour appears driven to gain purchase of the...
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Andrea Lucia Peters reviews the Netflix docuseries 'Wild Wild Country' and explains why she views the traditionally vilified figure of Ma Anand Sheela to be a feminist icon
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