Making the most of an arts degree
Emily Donoghue argues why an arts degree is as useful as a STEM degree by exploring the skills it gives you and the careers it may lead to.
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‘Flamenco dancing’ molecule could lead to better sunscreen
A molecule that protects plants from overexposure to harmful sunlight could form the basis for a new longer-lasting sunscreen, academics from the University of Warwick have found. The team of chemists, in collaboration with colleagues from Spain and France, discovered that the molecule in question was able to dispose ultraviolet...
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Warwick Hong Kong protests: How it unfolded
On November the 6th, 2019, a group of Warwick University students from Hong Kong erected a Lennon Wall demonstration on central campus. Several hours later, the collage of a pig wearing a yellow helmet was taken down by campus security after complaints made by mainland Chinese students, who accused the...
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It’s time to finally appreciate pop music
Pop music is underrated. It is intrinsically misrepresented, undervalued and underappreciated. This may seem an odd thing to say, given that the phrase quite literally originates from “popular music”, but there is an undeniable trend of shunning pop in favour of more “authentic”, “proper” indie music.
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Interviewing Gary Dolman, co-founder of Monzo
If you asked the co-founder of Monzo what colour he would have picked for the iconic card of the Monzo card, he would have laughed and said, “something bright!”. Perhaps many believe that challenger banks are simply a marketing ploy, with its attractive coral debit card and its easy-to-use app....
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250 student arrests after ICE creates fake university to lure fake students
90 foreign students from the University of Farmington, a fake university in Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security, have been arrested in recent months.
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The December election does not signal an end to the Brexit conundrum
Whatever the result of the upcoming election, our writer argues Brexit will dominate British politics for the foreseeable future.
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The use of poetry in preserving endangered languages
Alexandra Betkowski explores the use of poetry in attempting to preserve endangered languages as discussed in a recent literary podcast
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Someone who inspires me: my sister and her battle with a brain tumour
Rhiannon Hopper explains why her sister, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2018, is the person who inspires her the most in the world.
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‘The Boy in the Dress’ scores a triple-threat hat-trick on press night
Lydia Atkins reviews the premier of the RSC's new musical 'The Boy in the Dress', adapted from David Walliams’ bestselling book.
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His Dark Materials: The Spies Review
Giles Allen-Bowden reviews the third episode of His Dark Materials 'The Spies', stating that it was the least eventful episode so far.
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How can we justify travel as the planet boils?
With the climate emergency in the spotlight, it is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid the question of whether we, as travellers, can possibly justify flying around the world.
A travel journalist, who questioned whether “travel writing — or even traveling — [is] still morally legitimate” seems convinced that with shifting cultural values and a bigger discussion about climate change and what we can do to stop it, his career will soon die out. I, however, wouldn’t be so sure.
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SciTech explains: the science of déjà vu
Reece Goodall explains the cognitive bias behind déjà vu and how it can be artificially replicated in a laboratory.
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