“Entertainment for adult and child alike”: a review of ‘Wilde Creatures’
Asad Raza reviews Tall Stories' 'Wilde Creatures' at the Warwick Arts Centre, a show inspired by Oscar Wilde's collection of fairy tales.
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It’s time to stop revering the John Lewis Christmas advert
'I don’t think I’ve seen anything more sickeningly self-indulgent than this year’s Christmas advert from Waitrose' Sam Savelli offers his strong criticism about the John Lewis Christmas advert and the commercialisation of the season:
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Learn from Literature: the 1920s in America
As readers we can learn a lot about history from literature of the period and the Roaring Twenties is an era often represented in literature. It saw a variety of social and cultural changes with which came a new kind of literature, expressed by the growth of the ‘Lost Generation’...
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‘Coral IVF’ could help save the Great Barrier Reef
Manpreet Kaur reports on the use of ‘coral IVF’ to repair damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
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“A clear hit”: review of the Loft Theatre’s ‘Twelfth Night’
Nishat Uddin reviews the Loft Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by William Wilkinson.
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Five songs for the five stages of a breakup
Right before it happens ‘Starring Role’, Marina and The Diamonds “It almost feels like a joke to play out a part, when you are not the starring role in someone else’s heart” You see the breakup coming and there is no longer much more you can do to prevent...
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Mates, dates and sultry carbohydrates
Ellie Gardiner reports that our food choices may be heavily influenced by our company.
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That’s why ad regulators don’t go to Iceland
“There’s a Rang-tan in my bedroom, and I don’t know what to do”, begins Iceland’s Christmas advert. The ‘Rang-tan’ takes offence to various household objects such as chocolate and shampoo before explaining that it is in the bedroom because its home in the rainforest has been destroyed by mankind in order to make room for palm oil plantations.
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How authentic is the Birmingham Christmas Market?
With the festive season fast approaching, fairy lights, Christmas trees and ornaments are decorating more and more houses and student flats across the UK. However, pretty decor and presents aside, the beginning of the Advent period (the four weeks leading up to Christmas) also traditionally marks the start of the...
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Books with an important message for humanity
I love Christmas. I love the aromatic fragrance of freshly made petite gingerbread people in Christmas food markets, the unmistakable sight of glimmering emerald green trees sprinkled around the country and, more than anything, the echoes of holiday music blasting from multiple speakers that I always must sing along to....
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Welcome to the world of initiations at Warwick
Would you rather drink vodka from a pig’s head or apple bob in a barrel of urine? For those who were willing to participate in the initiations hosted by Newcastle University’s Agricultural Society, it was not an option. Initiations, also known as adoptions, are social events that involve games and...
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Note-Worthy Scientists: why Alan Turing should be the face of the new £50 banknote
Lydia Carter explains why Alan Turing is the perfect candidate for the face of the new £50 banknote.
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The rush to graduate: why two-year degrees are a bad idea
Sadly, the undergraduate diploma doesn’t magically open an infinite number of doors for those who behold it. Naturally, having a degree does not mean you have acquired all the necessary skills to enter the workforce. Or at least, it surely won’t once students will have the option to ‘fast-forward’ through...
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