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Warwick Women’s Badminton team smashes Coventry

As the Warwick University Women’s Badminton 1st team walked into Desso Hall early on Saturday morning, all players exuded an aura of calm. The same cannot be said of the supporters from Coventry Uni who had fashioned loud clapping implements from empty shuttlecock containers. Unbeknownst to all in attendance, the...
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By , Feb. 27, 2019

Graphic novels don’t receive the recognition they deserve

Graphic novels are to literature what hip-hop is to music and abstractionism is to art: they all attract snobbery to the extent that they are precariously contained within their ‘umbrella’ discipline. With the quantity of pictures typically outnumbering the word count, it is unsurprising that the literary status of graphic...
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By , Feb. 27, 2019

Straightwashing weakens queer representation

LGBT+ representation has skyrocketed over the last few years. More and more films and plays are featuring prominent LGBT+ characters and storylines, which is a trend I am all in favour of. However, a new conversation has emerged recently from the coils of discourse, surrounding the important question about who is playing those...
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By , Feb. 26, 2019

Warwick Men’s Cricket team edged to victory in Varsity

Warwick Men’s Cricket team edged to victory in a thrilling matchup against their Coventry counterparts. Something seemed rather perverse, spending a sunny Saturday afternoon watching a game of indoor cricket. Courtesy of the season if not the weather, this was to be an adapted game of cricket  – six-man teams...
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By , Feb. 26, 2019

Why Venice is still worth a look

Over the past few years, many famed and popular tourist destinations have become under threat of disappearing. Enhanced climate change and increasing numbers of tourists have caused sites such as the Taj Mahal in India and the Dead Sea to deteriorate. It is estimated that, over the next few decades,...
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By , Feb. 26, 2019

Endeavour – ‘Confection’

We’re nearing the finale of this sixth season of Endeavour, and it feels like we’ve covered a lot of ground in comparatively little time. ‘Confection’ is a good episode, offering a solid murder mystery (if not the show’s strongest), but it really succeeds in driving forward the emotional aspects of...
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By , Feb. 26, 2019