For most students, renting a property is one of the first-time life experiences university provides. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that student housing is descending into crisis. From the ever-rising cost of living to the declining living standards, finding a suitable place to live off-campus at university has become...
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For me, the beginning of 2019 did not inspire resolutions of the academic, social or personal kind. My already-failed goal was to stop swearing this year. Personally, I see resorting to foul language as a sign of weakness rather than strength but I utterly failed at changing the habit. I...
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Since graduating from the Warwick Writing MA four years ago, Charlotte Salter has published her debut novel, The Bone Snatcher, released her second book, Where the Woods End, and is working on the third of this “spiritual trilogy” of dark children’s fantasy. We discussed the joys of writing angry young...
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Jana Sopf explores a new study which suggests you can learn a foreign language in your sleep.
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, we brought together three of Warwick’s most influential women in the arts. Eve Allin and Hetty Melrose are theatre-makers, and co-founders of Nettle Theatre which creates feminist work for and about 21st-century women; Lanaire Aderemi is a spoken word performance poet, an artist in residence...
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The University of Warwick hired “external security support” costing £4,194 for the Reclaim our University student protest on campus on 6 February, a Freedom of Information request sent by The Boar has revealed. When asked why the University spent money to hire external security in addition to campus security staff, and...
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Trigger warnings seem to be inescapable nowadays – frequently cropping up before social media posts, films, articles and, frequently, plays. It’s normal to find a paragraph on the website of a theatre company, describing the ‘emotive content’ featured in specific plays. To many people, this isn’t a cause for annoyance....
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If you’re a games developer, you probably live in fear of the glitch – a slight or sudden malfunction that, although normally temporary, can impact a game’s playability to an insurmountable degree. However, although bugs can be a nuisance, they’re not always game-breakers. No, on the contrary, some glitches were...
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Some authors use pseudonyms instead of their real names to publish their work. But why do these anonymous authors choose to hide their identity and forgo personal recognition for their literary achievements? Pseudonyms are popular in every aspect of our culture today, not just among writers. Actors and musicians will...
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Are you familiar with Mischief Theatre? They’re a troupe of incredibly funny comic actors who first came to my attention in some of their brilliant ‘pantomimes gone wrong’ on the BBC. So, when I learned they were coming to the Belgrade, I couldn’t past up the opportunity to go and...
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It shines a spotlight on female athletes who have broken barriers, brought people together through their performance and inspired generations of athletes to chase after their dreams.
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"Ultimately the human experience is an absurd one, however you identify, and having the chance to laugh at that is one of life’s greatest joys"
Jordan Maxwell-Ridgway looks at the female-led comedies that she's watched or is planning to binge
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Leamington Night Shelter is celebrating its ten year anniversary this year after providing support for hundreds of people in the last decade.
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