With social media expanding so rapidly in such a short amount of time, so too has the construct of the celebrity. Sites such as Snapchat and Twitter allow constant access into the lives of those deemed famous. Yet our means of consuming figures who continuously reside under the spotlight has...
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Three years ago, Dave came on our radar, his freestyle videos and his unbridled abilities on ‘Thiago Silva’ proved he could hold his own in the world of grime and rap. Dave, now aged 20, has released his long-awaited debut studio album, Psychodrama (named after a form role-play psychotherapy). But is it as good as we all wanted it to be?
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At the annual Sloane Sports Conference in Boston at the beginning of March, the NBA commissioner Adam Silver touched on some of the challenges the league is facing. He sat down for a 1-on-1 interview with popular sports journalist Bill Simmons and talked about a variety of issues, ranging from...
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Brie Larson’s debut entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe has more riding on its shoulders than a typical origin story. Since Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘Nick Fury’ used his final moments in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) to activate an enhanced pager, contacting ‘Captain Marvel’ for help, we expect that she packs...
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Theo Wolf reports on the research which suggest we ditch the toast as it exposes us to more pollution than traffic.
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Recent figures from The Bookseller magazine show a sharp drop in the sales of young adult (YA) novels, with last year’s sales being the lowest in 11 years. This drop has been attributed to several things. Firstly, both public and school libraries have had their budget cut over the years,...
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Have you ever received a dodgy scam email and, just by looking at how obviously fake it was, wondered who in the world would fall for that? It’s easy to assume that most people know which messages are scams and which are not – but you would be surprised how...
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Underrepresentation of BAME and non-traditional students at top Russell Group universities is a regionally entrenched problem. Attainment gaps are partly responsible for this phenomenon. The Sutton Trust have highlighted widening inequality of achievement outcomes between underprivileged English students and their privately-educated counterparts aged between 11-16. Indeed, the ‘Warwick Bubble’ is alive...
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Nishat Uddin reviews The Avant Garde Dance Company’s 'Fagin’s Twist' at the Warwick Arts Centre
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It’s a running joke amongst students that an ‘artsy’ degree like film or creative writing is less valuable than maths or engineering. The value of arts within society is often overlooked or underappreciated – with scholarships regularly aimed towards STEM subjects and excluding other less ‘practical’ degrees like English. The...
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Amber Spence investigates whether social media is keeping us up at night.
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Throughout the Brexit process, parliamentary precedent has been torn to shreds time and time again and uncertainty plagues our political climate more than ever. On Thursday, Stephen Barclay, the Brexit Secretary, spoke at great length as he explained to Parliamentarians why they should support the Prime Minister’s motion to extend...
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Writing has always been recognised as a method of catharsis. When we are feeling stressed, overwhelmed or upset, many of us filter these negative emotions into journal entries, diary accounts, poetry or novel writing. We use writing, like reading, as a means of escape, and this practice can be used...
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