Last week saw a landmark decision in the courts in the long running dispute between Manchester City and the Premier League regarding commercial rules and sponsorship deals between clubs and shareholders. The case began after 2 of City’s deals with the Etihad Aviation Group and First Abu Dhabi Bank were...
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The death of Indian industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, aged 86, was announced on 9 October. Tata passed away in a private hospital in Mumbai from unspecified causes. A statement posted by the Tata Group, on social media site X, said: “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the...
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The declining size of state school curricula and increasing use of social media has caused state-educated pupils to fall behind their private school counterparts, a former Warwick professor has claimed. Sir Jonathan Bate, who was previously Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at Warwick before moving to Oxford, has claimed...
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It’s well established that even in the chaos of university, surrounded by people, we can often feel our loneliest. No matter how many friends and social activities you may have, there’s the inevitable sense of longing when it’s a quiet Sunday evening and you suddenly find there’s nobody to curl...
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With Trump and Harris advocating starkly different policy platforms, Katie Bevan discusses the implications of this year's US presidential election for the American economy
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators have attempted to block access to the Rootes building today in response to the presence of BAE Systems at a careers fair. At 10:45am, seven protestors stood in front of two entrances to the Rootes building on campus to prevent students from accessing the STEM Careers fair. ...
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England’s recent international break offered a mixed bag of results. A shock 2-1 loss at home to Greece (10 October) was followed up by a routine 3-1 win away to Finland (13 October). The announcement on 9 October that former Sheffield United defender and Greece international George Baldock (31) had...
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My choice of author to spotlight this week; one with a unique and resonant writing style, is Clarice Lispector. Ukrainian-born in 1920, Lispector emigrated to Brazil with her family to escape anti-semitism and the pogroms of Ukraine, and remained there until her death in 1977. I’ve chosen Lispector for her...
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University is a great time to experiment with personal style, and a night out provides an opportunity to wear something you might not choose for your 9am seminar. If you’re dreading the “what are you going to wear?” conversation every week, here are a few ideas to inspire you. One...
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O2 Academy, Birmingham, 6 October Palpable excitement floods into a sold-out O2 Academy Birmingham as a youthful crowd adorned in oversized merch and balaclavas, a fashion accessory integral to the Yeat image, start mosh pits to the pre-show playlist in the absence of an opening act. Following the release of...
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Following a disappointing press conference on Tuesday, the Chinese government’s Saturday briefing was highly anticipated by investors hungry for a ‘fiscal bazooka’. Yet, it left investors feeling deflated. There was little quantifiable detail regarding what the government intends to do to revive an economy that is currently drowning in a...
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With clubbing being such a quintessential university activity, it isn’t uncommon to find queues up and down the streets for the most popular places. You can find yourself waiting for over an hour, and when you get inside, it is still absolutely packed – often so busy that you can...
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After a summer of unrest, many children were in court receiving criminal records before even their GCSE results. Katie Bevan explores why children were so quick to join the racist riots.
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