The 1970s were a period of profound economic, social, and political upheaval – and the trends of the time clearly manifested within Warwick’s student activism scene. The era was replete with protests, rent strikes, and occupations of university buildings, to the point that the university was branded ‘Red Warwick’. Warwick...
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Chatting to Kasper de Graaf, co-founder of The Boar, is a bit like sharing stories with an older student about teachers, campus and extracurriculars. Except, this older student is around 50 years my senior, we have no common teachers, and the Warwick campus he grew up on looked quite different...
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The 1970s was a cornerstone of social justice and equality. The success of the Civil Rights Movement in South Africa in the 1960s, which fought against racial discrimination and segregation, inspired marginalised groups across the world to use their voice and seek social change. This was the beginning of the...
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Anna Bickerton reviews David Ford's gig at Temperance in Leamington Spa on 6th December.
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The first batch of British-grown baked beans has been canned following a breakthrough by scientists at the University of Warwick. Most baked beans are made from haricot beans. In 2011, the Warwick Crop Centre started to develop new varieties of haricot beans, including Capulet beans: the first domestically-grown ones that...
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After a notoriously tendentious tenure at No.10 Downing Street, Suella Braverman was finally sacked as home secretary earlier this month, after defying senior advice to alter her opinion piece for The Times, which villainised the Metropolitan Police’s policing of protests. Mrs Braverman, despite having already been dismissed as home secretary...
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On December 7th, the celebrated British poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah passed away, aged 65. Dubbed a ‘true pioneer and innovator’, Zephaniah died with his wife by his side. He had no children, speaking openly about his struggle with infertility and how it had an impact on his relationships. Zephaniah,...
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Ridley Scott is a director that needs no introduction. Although he is difficult to categorise within one specific genre or style, his illustrious body of work, including Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, has solidified his legacy as one of Western cinema’s most revered artists. The scale of...
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In 2012, Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, and the Star Wars fanbase erupted with excitement at the prospect of seeing the franchise return to big screens for the first time since 2005. For me personally, it was a chance to see Star Wars in the cinema for the first...
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Sometimes one just has to sit back and applaud the telly gods for pulling it off. Banged Up is one of those. An eclectic and frankly bizarre mix of celebs enter a closed down prison re-filled with ex-cons for the purposes of social experiment. Perfect. It would be hard to...
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Dear Editor, Gaza has now seen the arbitrary killings of over 10,000 civilians. In retaliation to Hamas, they’ve taken the lives of 7 times as many victims from the attack on 7 October 2023. “Over the coming days, we will remain united and coordinated, together as allies, and as common...
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It’s 3 February 1970. As a student of the relatively new University of Warwick, you are one of the 300 students marching on the Gibbet Hill site to occupy the registry offices as a protest against the administration’s unwillingness to accept proposals for a Students’ Union (SU) building. A few...
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This letter was written in response to a letter titled “Lovely Leamington” which was written in February 1978 Lovely Leamington Dear Bore, Having spent three delightful terms in Leamington last year, we, the undersigned, should like to express our shock and distaste at reading Ms. J. Hardman’s misconception in last...
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