Anyone for shark and chips?
Theo Wolf reports on the research which reveals that fish and chip shops may actually be serving shark and chips.
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Reading widely improves your writing skills
Think about it: every word you know, every little collection of letters you piece together to compose your vocabulary, you know from reading. Maybe you don’t know from directly reading it yourself, but someone might have told you, and they would have read it—in a book, on a sign, in...
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A call to modernise theatre and cinema
Both the theatre and the cinema as entertainment mediums have been in crisis for the past few years. Experts and fans are trying to figure out what the future holds for both mediums, and how they could be preserved in their present format – if they should be at all....
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Watching the House of Commons on TV can be incredibly fun
British politics is, conservatively, around forty percent theatrics. As much as laws against showing scenes from Parliament on comedy programs may advocate the opposite of this, I suggest trying to find a single Prime Minister’s Question where a backbencher isn’t trying to steal the limelight with a witty barb at either the...
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President Jóhannesson on revisiting Warwick – WES 2019
Of the list of notable Warwick Alumni, Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, the current President of Iceland, is close to the top. Having graduated from Warwick in 1990 with a BA in History and Politics, and obtaining a PhD from Oxford, President Jóhannesson returned to his native Iceland to become a historian...
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Varsity Day 1 Results: Warwick take commanding lead over Coventry
A round up of Friday's results as Warwick take an early lead over Coventry in Varsity 2019. At the end of the day Warwick lead 16-4.
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SU Democracy Exec passes confidence vote for DDO Ben Newsham
Warwick Students’ Union (SU)’s Democracy Exec has passed a vote of confidence in Democracy and Development Officer (DDO) Ben Newsham. The vote of confidence was passed during a Democracy Exec meeting held this week and will progress to a student council review, after an official petition on the SU’s website was launched...
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Warwick researchers solve the schizophrenia test that stumped them all
Archie Stephens reports on research from the University of Warwick which reveals a gene mutation associated with onset of schizophrenia.
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Protecting our bookshops in an increasingly digital age
Claudia Benitez discusses why we should be aware of the trend of digitised books damaging actual bookshops.
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Benny Dembitzer: On modern day Africa – WES 2019
The current Managing Director for Grassroots Africa, Benny Dembitzer, gave a poignant speech during WES 2019. Grassroots Africa is an organisation that aims to help reduce ‘malnutrition in Africa through improved farming productivity of local farmers and communities’. The main role of the organisation is to provide free access to...
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“Endearing and quick-witted”: review of RSC’s ‘As You Like It’
I was prepared for a comedic evening of farce, frustration and wonder when, upon arriving at the Royal Shakespeare Company for As You Like It I spent an arduous ten minutes trying to collect my tickets from the wrong office. It was a somewhat shaky, though amusing in hindsight, start to...
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The spectacle of political TV has gone too far
Cally Salter discusses British politics on the BBC, looking at potential bias, unnecessary spectacle and the role of social media
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A week without plastic
In the last year or so, there has been an influx of news stories, environmental charity appeals, and endless Facebook posts preaching about the horrors of plastic and the dire environmental damage it causes. With that in mind, I’ve been trying to reduce my plastic usage for a while and...
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