Profits over people: The dark legacy of Nestlé
Samah Tabba discusses the swathe of controversies surrounding Nestlé and whether they are the most 'evil' corporation
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Big Thief open their doors to joy with ‘Double Infinity’
Laura Van Diesen reviews Big Thief's most recent album 'Double Infinity'.
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The Art of Process: How Great Authors Approach the Page
Behind every beloved novel lies not just a story, but a process. We talk a lot about the result, the book, the brilliance, the breakthrough. But what fascinates me just as much is what happens behind the curtain. From rigid daily routines to spontaneous bursts of creativity, the methods employed...
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Universities to share services in a bid to cut costs
In recent months, financial pressure on universities and the Department for Education (DfE) have reached new heights, but a report has found that institutions could be making substantial savings through “smarter use of shared services”. Amid several major UK universities facing bankruptcy, Secretary for Education, Bridget Phillipson, has made it...
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Accommodation chaos continues for freshers as conference hotels offered as ‘temporary’ rooms
Some freshers arriving on campus ahead of Welcome Week are facing stays in temporary rooms in on-campus conference hotels, amid Warwick’s ongoing accommodation shortage. The Boar is aware of several individuals who have been allocated temporary accommodation by the University until a permanent alternative becomes available. Students allocated temporary accommodation...
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The Ghost in the Margins
Many of us are familiar with the common practice of ghost-writing, even if it is often not fully appreciated. Ghost-writing entails someone writing work which credits someone else as the author, usually involving interviews between the two parties to discuss content, and it is more prevalent than most people realise....
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Books if you liked…
Finding a new book can be something of a gamble. Books are not cheap, and economically and emotionally investing in a new book, while knowing it could end up not being to your taste, can be so disappointing. So, if you need a new book, here are some ideas based...
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A sober guide to Freshers’ Week
Picture the scene: you wake up somewhere that definitely isn’t your room. You reek of £1.50 Jagerbombs. Your ID is miles away from you, and your phone is probably being sold to someone on the black market. You’re hungover, groggy, and you’ve got your first 9am in the Westwood Lecture...
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Lacklustre Leamington bow out of FA Cup to seventh-tier Alvechurch
Last week, local side Leamington FC were dumped out of this season’s FA Cup at the very first time of asking away to lower-league Alvechurch. After a cagey opening hour, Paul Holleran’s side capitulated within the space of ten second-half minutes thanks to a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hat-trick from Forest Green Rovers...
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The shrinking and growing of song lengths
Amelia Farmer discusses the ever-changing nature of song lengths.
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The Resonant Voice of Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo
When it comes to capturing the dislocation, grief, and surreal humour of postcolonial life, few voices ring louder or clearer than that of NoViolet Bulawayo. Born Elizabeth Zandile Tshele in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo writes under a name stitched from memory and mourning: ‘NoViolet’ meaning ‘with Violet’ – a tribute to her...
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The wildest ways to travel on-screen
Having just come back from a holiday with friends in Bratislava which required a plane journey and coming off of a cruise with my family over the summer, I have experienced many ways of traveling to holiday destinations. But are these the most efficient and enjoyable? I have often thought...
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Possessors, Self-Dispossessed: ROMANS: A NOVEL at the Almeida Theatre
By the end of Alice Birch’s new epic-masculinity saga, I’m left half-astonished. Romans: A Novel is a play of great ambition – something that new plays should always be striving towards. Problems arise when a play’s fascinating form does not move in time with its content. Spanning over a century of...
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