Taboo-busting, foul-mouthed fun: Lily Allen’s ‘Alright Still’ turns 15
Simona Valeviciute explains why Lily Allen's debut album was so groundbreaking for its time as it reaches its fifteenth birthday.
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Tadej Pogacar: the best in the world
22-year-old Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) defended his Tour de France victory from 2020 to become a two-time winner of the French race, becoming the youngest cyclist to achieve this feat. The 22-year old Slovenian rider kept his cool in the Pyrenean stages to maintain the lead built up in...
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Reece Goodall’s ‘The Ghosts of Linehan Hall’ is hauntingly gripping
Alyssa Gibbons reviews Reece Goodall's latest installment of his Professor Rycroft Mystery series, a twisty murder mystery that leaves the reader guessing.
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Biden’s moratorium on the death penalty is a good step but has not yet gone far enough
Zac Attewell argues that Biden's stance on the death penalty is a welcome change from that of his predecessor, but that so much more still has to change and ultimately, capital punishment must be outlawed.
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What’s most likely to kill you: understanding the micromort
Reece Goodall explains what a micromort is and how the risk of dying is so difficult to predict.
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Universities set their own entrance exams amid A-level results chaos
Universities are setting their own entrance exams because they say they cannot rely on A-level results to find the brightest students amid a “tsunami” of top grades.
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Riot Games: the king of online multiplayer gaming
Daniel Tennant looks at the history and possible future of Riot Games - the developer famous for League of Legends - and discusses what makes them love their games
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Amber Bentley’s 10 Favourite Films
Boar Deputy Editor-in-Chief Amber Bentley lists her top 10 favourite films in a continuation of our ongoing series.
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The curse of reboots
Lucy Carter rejects the growing culture of series reboots that's pervasive in modern TV.
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Team GB’s joy in bronze
Team GB’s women’s hockey team had a successful Tokyo 2020, ultimately winning a bronze medal after falling to the superior Dutch in the semi-finals.
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Is the aftermath of racism following the Euros enough to reignite the Black Lives Matter momentum in Britain?
Vanessa Mabelle explores the racist aftermath of the Euros final from a personal, social and political point of view, expressing what needs to be done if any progress is to be made.
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University students should be double jabbed by September, says UCU
All university students should be fully vaccinated by September, and face masks made mandatory on campus, according to the University and College Union (UCU).
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The UK’s proposed drugs policy update: should we be treating addicts as patients instead of criminals?
Zac Attewell summarises the advice given to the government about taking a more medical than judicial approach to the UK's drug epidemic
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