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Colette: Review

The best that can be said about Wash Westmoreland’s biopic of acclaimed French novelist, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, is that it’s a film with the best intentions at heart. It sets out to tell an important story addressing male exploitation of female work, stigmas attached to female writers, and the importance of...
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By , Feb. 7, 2019

Listen and learn

There is much debate as to whether you should listen to music while you learn, with some students preferring to work whilst listening to music and other students preferring to work in silence. Some students claim music helps them to concentrate and work better, but does listening to music actually...
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By , Feb. 7, 2019

Some ‘jokes’ really do not belong on our T-shirts

Members of Newcastle’s Mechanical Engineering Society have recently come under scrutiny for wearing t-shirts exhibiting ‘jokes’ about the Holocaust. The shirts were worn as part of a ‘White T-Shirt Social’, a common event in many universities where students wear self-decorated white t-shirts. Having been merely let off with a suspension...
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By , Feb. 7, 2019

Warwick Alumni Solidarity Campaign demand University to be held to account for group chat “debacle”

The Warwick Alumni Solidarity Campaign have written an open letter to senior management, students and staff in response to the group chat scandal. The letter demands a thorough review of the disciplinary system, increased investment in the University's welfare services, and that all senior management responsible for the "administrative debacle" to be held strictly to account. The open letter has received 275 signatures.
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By , Feb. 6, 2019

The best travel guides and memoirs

The best travel guides For those who are partial to travel off the beaten track but don’t like to stray too far away from home, Thomas Eccardt’s Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe is a must-read. Eccardt’s guide explores seven often under-appreciated destinations within the bounds of Europe,...
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By , Feb. 6, 2019

Novels to beat the January blues

It’s that time of year again when the sky is perpetually overcast and you seem to be eating your lunch at nighttime, and there are new essays to start when you’ve barely even submitted the last. Yet before the avalanche of deadlines descends, take solace in books to help you...
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By , Feb. 6, 2019