Who remembers the days before Trump and Brexit? When politics was not an endless report of demagoguery and division. When terms like “fake news” and “snowflakes” did not populate the political arena. In a time where sexual misconduct allegations and murdered journalists dominate the front pages, you would be forgiven...
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For this academic year’s interview with the University of Warwick’s vice-chancellor, Stuart Croft, The Boar asked the professor about topical issues in higher education and the University, such as Brexit, accommodation problems, the group chat incident, and Warwick’s future.
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The University of Lagos in Nigeria has announced plans to introduce compulsory drug testing on all new students, to stop those who test positive from enrolling. Raising questions on the potential for a similar scheme in the UK, Lagos represents an increasingly wider world polarisation regarding the drug question. “The...
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This year, Remembrance Sunday coincided with Armistice Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I (WWI). Millions of people observed two minutes of silence as services were held across the country, including on the Piazza on campus, Leamington Spa, Coventry, and the local area.
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No… no… no…ooh! Yes! Young people, in particular, spend a lot of their time aimlessly swiping through faces of eligible (or ineligible) bachelors/bachelorettes in their local area. Yet, many do not realise that the online dating industry will be worth $12 billion by 2020 and is seen as the next big...
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The Fall/Winter fashion trends are full of gloss, animal print, and fringe, but we all know sometimes it can be hard to include the extravagant designer fashion pieces into our wardrobe. Here is everything you need to be fashionable on campus: Coats: Good news! Camel coats, vintage-style military parkas, tweed...
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The University of Warwick has been ranked fourth highest in terms of the number of ducks on campus, according to website DuckDensity.org.uk.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan has won the 2018 Champion of Champions, beating Kyren Wilson 10-9 in a close-fought final. It is the third time that O’Sullivan has captured the title, having previously won in both 2013 and 2014, and it continues his form of at least reaching the final every time he...
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Marta Zima reviews the first episode in Louis Theroux's new documentary series - 'Love without Limits' which looks at poly-amorous relationships
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Written in 2000, Kate Clanchy’s ‘War Poetry’ begins: ‘The class has dropped its books. The janitor’s/disturbed some wasps, broomed the nest/straight off the roof.’ The enduring power of poetry lies in its way of persistently maintaining significance regardless of when it was written. Some poetry insists upon having something to...
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Chloe Harkness review's Matt Abbott's touring show 'Two Little Ducks' at the Albany Theatre in Coventry.
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Sam Brett and Jim Crowder from Reading are undoubtedly good friends; you can see it in the looks they share on stage. Having been friends for eight years, they met in college and formed Ciircus Street three years ago, almost to the day – though according to Crowder eight years...
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Despite being three games in to UEFA’s latest international football venture, the Nations League, few people really understand how it works. Yet, despite the complexity of the new format, the Nations League is a welcome reinvigoration to the previously mundane international football scene. The new European competition, approved by Europe’s...
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