The String Quartet’s Guide to Sex and Anxiety is a powerful blend of drama and music which explores the links between sex and anxiety in unprecedented and subtle ways. Four actors and four musicians. Only piles of chairs and bookstands as props on stage. For 90 minutes, the focus is...
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Film trailers are a key component of film advertising, encapsulating a film’s style and best moments within a few rapid cuts and flashing titles. And while they are often entertaining, viewing them always runs the risk of spoiling the film. In the 60s and 70s narrators would tell audiences key...
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Why are we at university? Despite the endless possible responses, it appears the end goal for most students is securing employment. From waking up, commuting to work, sitting at a desk from 9-5, commuting home, eating, sleeping and then the whole cycle repeats itself again the next day in a...
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A few weeks ago, the outgoing president of Warwick Pride made some comments regarding the Tory queer community that could be described as at best intentionally hurtful. As an individual, they are of course at complete liberty to make such comments, whether offensive or not. Warwick Pride, as a society...
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It’s time for a bit of music in ‘The Curse of the Ninth’, the concluding episode of Midsomer’s series 19, but do we wrap up on a high note? There are good elements, such as a consistently strong voice cast, but we suffer from a script that doesn’t feel finished...
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Universities minister Sam Gyimah hosted a “free speech summit” on Thursday 3 May to resolve free speech and censorship issues recently arising in UK universities regarding controversial speakers and topics.
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Sarah Staniforth reviews Channel 4's new reality show 'Genderquake' and reveals why it's not good enough for the transgender community
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Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, spoke to Warwick students on Thursday 17 May. In an event hosted by Warwick Economics Summit, Mr Rudd talked to students about the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the G20, and the rise of China in...
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Summer is finally upon us. The football season is at its climax and the County Championship season is about to begin. All seems well with the world. Yet deep in the ECB headquarters trouble is afoot. The chief executive Tom Harrison has seen that we are all too comfortable with...
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Here is how theatre reviews work: journalists (in my case, ‘journalists’) get free tickets for a play; they (usually) attend the play; then they write a review about said play. On paper, it sounds like a great deal: you get to attend a show for free and the only thing...
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When it comes to the TV habits of students it’s hard not to think of all the memes and social media posts detailing how many shows on Netflix we can binge rather than doing our degree or revising for exams. This becomes especially apparent in Term 3 which can be...
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Amy Kynman explores whether where you live could have an impact on your risk of getting migraines.
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Private schools have always been a contentious subject. Parents with money give their children a better education than families who can’t shell out – it’s easy to argue that it’s a blatantly unequal system. Recently, the Guardian reported that the average fee for private schools has now risen to about...
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