For lovers of the Rubik’s Cube, the greatest of all pursuits is ‘speedcubing’. Martin Day had the opportunity to attend the Rubik's UK Championship 2023, speak to participants and learn more about the sport.
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Recently, I visited Coventry Library for the first time. It is worth a trip if you haven’t been before – there are so many cosy reading spaces, a lovely study area, and a wide-ranging selection of books to read for pleasure (which is well-needed escape in the chaos of university...
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Russell Howard has become one of the most popular British comedians of our generation. Renowned for his ability to make light of even the darkest of headlines, it’s no surprise that tickets for Howard’s tour have been in incredibly high demand. Warwick Arts Centre recently had the privilege of hosting...
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“You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story....
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Dr Radu Cimpeanu, a theoretical mathematician at the University of Warwick, is enhancing the production of cultivated turkey alongside other researchers. The cultivated turkey cells can directly produce animal meat by duplicating turkey meat’s sensory and nutritional profiles. This could really make a difference to people’s eating habits across the...
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Breakfast: the most important meal of the day, long advertised by the cereal industry as the best way to start your day. Yet, it is arguably the most neglected meal of the day, overlooked in favour of an extra five minutes in bed. Given how the mornings are getting darker,...
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Although Munich is based on events that took place in 1972, the themes explored by Steven Spielberg can meaningfully resemble the Israel-Palestine conflict today. The Israel-Palestine conflict remains one of the world’s most tragic and ongoing conflicts, stuck in a relentless and destructive cycle of violence, with the civilians the...
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Allons-y! Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary with David Tennant, Catherine Tate and the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th incarnation of the Doctor is now here! Being a fan since my youth, I can barely contain my innate sense of ‘whovian’ glee and wonder. Doctor Who follows a 900-year-old time-lord...
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Ex-Aston Martin CEO and electric vehicle guru entertains and informs.
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A teenager was seriously injured in a suspected hit-and-run on Sky Blue Way in Coventry on 8 December. Sky Blue Way was opened in 1986, named after the theme colour of Coventry City Football Club. Located to the east of Coventry, it is a road connecting the Coventry ring road...
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Warwickshire County Council has revealed that 19,600 illegal vapes have been seized from shops across the county in just 18 months, including a haul of 2,385 from just one shop in North Warwickshire. The vapes were confiscated by Trading Standards: a local government body that investigates illegal business practices. With...
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Alex Bird reviews Crywank's latest show at Birmingham's Hare & Hounds
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Boar, our most recent print edition was themed around the 1970s, when the newspaper was founded. While other sections are able to publish articles about media from that time, podcasts were tragically not yet invented. In lieu of this, therefore, allow me...
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