When I first met the founder and director of RIOT, who will remain nameless upon their discretion, I was struck by their strength of character and innate determination to prevent other university students from enduring the same hardship they went through. Given all of the attention that RIOT, an...
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When the world went into lockdown in 2020, our screens became lifelines. They were classrooms, workplaces, stages, and coffee shops. They carried the weight of our friendships, our studies, and our sanity. It was the only way to retain a sense of normalcy during the pandemic – we were constantly...
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Game week 2 in the UEFA Women’s Champions League got underway on the 15th of October. After very different opening fixtures for the 3 WSL representatives, all managed to pick up victories in their second fixture of the freshly formatted UWCL. Despite taking home the win, Arsenal were far from...
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Technology experts have voiced their support for the introduction of a ‘national skills wallet’, arguing that it would significantly enhance learning opportunities for both students and educators. The Digital Badging Commission, who recommended the idea in a new report, said that the skills wallet would serve as a digital record...
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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has withdrawn from the November T20 tri-series in Pakistan, which also features Sri Lanka, after the death of three local cricketers. The ACB has said the deaths were due to military strikes amid ongoing cross-border tensions between the two nations. In a statement, the board...
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After hearing talk of incoming Olympic bids from several other historic centres of culture, I figured it was high time to throw the University of Warwick’s hat firmly into the ring. While I have not yet checked with the University, I will be sure to ping Stuart Croft a quick...
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Nehir Orhon reviews Luvcat's debut album 'Vicious Delicious'.
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After a year of blissful ignorance of real academic pressure, I’m back and am now experiencing what I can only describe as a reverse culture shock. Clearly, not everything stayed the same in my absence. One moment, I was navigating the trams of Gothenburg, the next I was standing in...
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Approximately 70% of us are living in a cruel, cold, Van De Ven-less world. His 23-pointer against Everton has saved the gameweeks of everyone who owned him, dooming everyone else, as most of the top-owned FPL assets (Haaland, Semenyo, Pedro, Kudus, etc.) failed to haul. To quote the official FPL...
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I sat as close to the doors as possible, ignoring the “Priority Seat” written on the discoloured fabric. There was plenty of room in the train carriage for those less able to stand. The vehicle clattered along the tracks loudly. Powering on my phone, I tucked the folded programme under...
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In a recent interview conducted by GameFile, five current and former anonymous Ubisoft employees discussed their frustrations at the cancellation of a planned game in the company’s hugely successful Assassin’s Creed series. This unnamed instalment would reportedly have been set during the American Civil War, following the Reconstruction Period of...
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Apple Podcasts’ October ad-free campaign is facing backlash after it was revealed that publishers have not been compensated for the loss of advertising revenue. Earlier this month, Apple launched its Series Essentials collection to “spotlight the pinnacle of podcasting, celebrating the finest storytelling” with each Series Essentials selection completely ad-free...
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Halloween is the Met Gala of all holidays: cultured, ever-evolving, iconic, and fun. With Halloween-themed drinks, miniature pumpkin décor taking up shelf space at every grocery store, and Ann Summers putting cop costumes on sale, the coming of Halloween is inevitable. This is the season of Dolls Kill purchases and...
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