A YouGov survey conducted in April 2024 showed that nearly three in five parents would consider, or have already considered, pulling their child out of school for one or more days in order to have a term-time holiday. The same proportion also said that the threat of the unauthorised term-time...
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A performance by Jimmy Carr at the Warwick Arts Centre was disrupted by members of Warwick Stands With Palestine (WSWP) on Friday 16 May, just days before the group stood down their week-long encampment. WSWP protestors made their way up to a position below the Butterworth Hall stage before Carr...
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LGBTQUIA+ societies at Warwick, alongside Students’ Union (SU) representatives, have called for a boycott of Warwick’s Pride Month events, after condemning the University’s handling of its transgender inclusion policies. In a joint statement, Warwick Pride, Warwick Trans* Soc, Warwick Sapphic Soc, The Qulture, and Warwick PLAN all criticised the...
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Jamie Pakes reviews Goutam Ghose's latest film about cultural exchange, filmmaking and pilgrimage
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Bompastor’s Blues have secured silverware for the third time this season after completely dominating Manchester United Women in the Women’s FA Cup final. Despite the heartbreak of missing out on a place in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final this past 2024/25 season, the Chelsea Women did not allow themselves...
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Four in ten universities across the country are facing a financial deficit, as drops in international student recruitment and inflationary pressures place higher costs on universities. The Office for Students (OfS), the regulatory body for universities, is making preparations to force closures and staff cuts. The financial strain on universities...
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With season one receiving an overall score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, season two of Andor aired with extraordinary expectations to live up to. For me, it has continued to be the best live action show to come out of the franchise, blowing its main competitor, the epic Western-turned-cameo-fest that...
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The Boar has recently revealed that the University of Warwick will yet again not be screening the Eurovision Final in the piazza this year. We have been given the official justification for this move: according to the University, its recent The Big Ask project has highlighted that there are alternative...
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In 2024, 31 year-old opera singer, Chen Lijun and her opera partner, Li Yunxiao exploded across China’s web platforms when a clip of the two actresses spinning across the stage in each other’s arms took C-net by a storm. The clip was taking from the two actress’ performance of the...
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Wednesday June 21 was a tense day for football fans across the country—me included—as Tottenham Hotspur and Man United travelled to Bilbao for the long-awaited Europa League final. This offered Spurs a rare opportunity to end their infamous trophy drought, as well as giving United a chance to prove themselves...
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Overseas university recruitment agents have been accused of making ‘false promises’ to encourage international students to enrol in UK universities. Cash-strapped UK universities have been increasingly turning to recruitment agents to find international students to study on their courses, with some universities offering commission of between £2,000 and £8,000...
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On May 23rd, four of Shakespeare’s folios are to be put up for auction as a set, expected to go for £3.5 to £4.5 million. The set includes a First Folio, a Second Folio, a Third Folio, and (as you might’ve guessed) a Fourth Folio. But what even is a folio? And...
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I feel like I can’t be the only one that when mindlessly scrolling through Instagram, comes across an aesthetic post or reel of someone who is somewhere in the world that’s a darn sight more interesting than where I am, lying in my bed scrolling my life away. You’re filled...
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