Voting has closed in the SU Spring Elections 2025. Follow The Boar’s live coverage throughout Warwick Students’ Union’s (SU) Results Night. 8:42pm The Boar understands that the Students’ Union aims to announce a winner for SU President in the next week. 8:06pm Thank you all for joining The Boar‘s election...
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London Fashion Week has been a staple week in the calendar since its creation in 1984, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher held a reception at 10 Downing Street for London Fashion Week designers. Since the 2025 London Fashion Week came to a close on February 24, let’s take a look...
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On the 15th of January 2025, a ceasefire deal in Gaza was announced after months of negotiations led by the US, Qatar and Egypt. It promised an end to 15 months of fighting, the return of 73 Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, as well as the complete withdrawal...
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Recent research by Jisc, the UK’s higher education digital, data, and technology agency, found that 50 world leaders who held office in 2022 were educated at UK institutions. The study suggests that the UK ranks first globally in educating world leaders, surpassing the United States (41), the Russian Federation (14),...
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When I spoke to Kwaku Mills, who is starring as Baldock in Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II this month, the company were in their final weeks of rehearsals. Admittedly, rehearsals are Mills’ favourite parts of the theatrical process, seeing the near 500 year old play feel “contemporary” and “really fresh”. Breathing...
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Gen Z have recently adopted hobbies typically dominated by Baby Boomers (also known as grandma hobbies) and created a resurgence in their popularity online. The sudden popularity of hobbies like crochet, puzzling, embroidery, clay-making, sewing, and Gen Z’s renewed interest seems to have grown into much more than a passing...
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The arrival of spring, for many, means the start of happier, longer days, soaking up the extra hour of sunlight after a 5pm seminar. It also brings many cultural and religious events and celebrations – from St Patrick’s Day to Easter, there’s always something to celebrate. For the Welsh, that...
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Three Warwickshire Police officers have been suspended after allegations that they sent inappropriate messages over WhatsApp. The incidents occurred from 10 February, 2025 until 12 February, 2025. Warwickshire Police disclosed that the suspensions were linked to an ongoing internal investigation already happening. A spokesperson for the force said: “The suspensions...
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Almost every other show in the contemporary television landscape appears to be a spin-off; everywhere you look, there’s a Better Call Saul here and a House of the Dragon there. However, to describe these series as mere embellishments of their parent programme would be regressive. In many respects, these examples...
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The number of students charged with antisocial behaviour in on-campus accommodation has increased twenty-fold this year, a Freedom of Information request by The Boar has revealed. In Term 1 alone, 208 incidents classified as ‘antisocial behaviour’ were recorded – seven times the number recorded across the entirety of the preceding...
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Samah Tabba notes the recent controversy surrounding Kanye West.
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Young people who are out of work must “step up” to help solve mass unemployment in the UK, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. 15.1% of young men and 11.2% of young women were estimated to not be in education, employment, or training last year, according to the Office for National...
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At a time when it can feel like STEM subjects are the sole future of higher education, the University of Warwick is set to receive several scholarship fundings for arts and humanities doctoral studies. The University is one of 50 across the UK to receive Doctoral Landscape Awards from the...
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