The apocalyptic wildfires of Los Angeles are already a few weeks in the past. While LA doubles down on its recovery and reconstruction efforts, the wider world has relapsed into complacency. ‘Everyday’ quotidian events have re-occupied our mental maps – life must go on, it seems. I spoke to Warwick...
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In recent years, there has been a rise in discussion on book censorship in school libraries in Britain and the US. New Republican-lead censorship laws in US public schools have especially led to the trebling of banned books since last year, adding up to over 10,000 books between 2023 and...
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The UK government has confirmed its plans to reintroduce a piece of legislation intended to protect free speech on university campuses. The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which envisions the implementation of fines for universities failing to uphold freedom of speech, was passed under the previous Conservative government in...
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Sebastian Smith interviews Diskotheca’s Leopold Rupf.
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Functional fitness is a type of exercise that has long existed but has only recently emerged more commonly in the fitness world. In essence, it involves fitness and exercise which focus on supporting the body for everyday life, allowing us to maintain strength and cardio fitness for a longer healthier...
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It may be a controversial statement, but under the Conservatives, schools improved. While debates persist over the economy, inequality, the NHS, environment policy, and the rest – a debate for another day – in both real and relative terms, the education system has improved in the last 20 years. Ideas...
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We all have those books we turn to when we need a little comfort. Funnily enough, most of my comfort reads come from my childhood, a time when the world seemed a little simpler. Below, I’m going to share with you some of my favourite comfort books, the ones I...
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Are you a lover or hater of snakes? If you are in the latter group, the news that the Lunar New Year welcomes the year of the snake may not be the most pleasing to you. However, even if snakes are not your favourite animal, they carry plenty of positive...
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The play, Broken Butterfly, was brought out of its cocoon by budding Warwick writer, Emily White. From mental health, self-discovery and love, the themes of Broken Butterfly are as thought-provoking and heartwarming as the production of the play itself. Now, a group of female and non-binary actors, producers, and directors...
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On Wednesday 8th of January, wild lynx were spotted roaming the Scottish Highlands. Lynx vanished from Britain around 1300 years ago, after being driven to extinction by hunting and habitat loss, so their sighting certainly sparked some frenzy. Talk of reintroducing lynx back into the Scottish Highlands has been circulating...
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Trump’s re-election into cabinet has inevitably sparked great controversy and fear in a time of such political uncertainty. The relative failures of COP29 in Azerbaijan, and the need for immediate action in an increasingly desperate time for the climate, means that Trump’s election poses a substantial risk to the extent...
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Globally, the average carbon footprint per person is 4.7 tonnes CO2e per year, but to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C as per the Paris Agreement, every person across the world needs to limit their carbon footprint to 2.1 tonnes CO2e. It is promoted to us, therefore, to lower our...
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The essence of a university campus is that it is imbued with its own unique ethos, culture and community. This was something I had not fully appreciated until I had left Warwick. There is always talk that university will be some of the most transformative years of your life. I...
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