2025 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for London-born singer-songwriter Olivia Dean. From performing the standout soundtrack, ‘It Isn’t Perfect (But It Might Be)’ for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, to earning high-profile support slots for Sam Fender and Sabrina Carpenter, alongside having two breakout songs...
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The last day of summer has come and gone, shorts-lovers have had their time in the sun, and now it’s finally time for crunchy leaves, hot chocolate, and thick jumpers as we gear up for the autumn season. Of course, with this comes not only warm aesthetics with hues of...
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Many people journal, but how many of those journals become books? In my Senior Year of high school back in Erbil, Iraq, I began journaling my Senior Year, after my friend suggested it. It was meant to be a short-lived habit, something to stop once exams approached; however, I carried...
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On 13 September, a group of almost 150,000 gathered in Central London for the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally, led by nationalist activist and commentator Tommy Robinson. This was a flashpoint spectacle in a year marked by bitter division, sparked by the UK’s immigration policy. Large-scale demonstrations have taken place in...
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According to the NHS’s Live Well Advice Page, healthy living includes a balanced diet, good sleep, and exercise. But could video games help us actually achieve those goals? Note: for the sake of well-roundedness, I’ll also include good mental health as a part of healthy living. (Probably one of the most...
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Hold your hands out in front of you, with your palms facing upwards. Notice how your hands are mirror images of each other? Therefore, if you then place them one on top of the other, they will not overlap perfectly (they are considered ‘non-superimposable’). These conditions are what defines a...
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Scanning technology devised by Warwick Manufacturing Group’s (WMG) Professor Mark Williams and his team has been featured in the BBC 2 documentary ‘The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice’. The documentary follows the search for Keith Bennett, who is the only victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley yet to...
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Freshers’ week – chaotic club nights, involuntary introductions, and tacky tote bags. But beneath Disco Dave’s dreadful dance floor tunes lies a mosh pit of micro bacteria, from which you can’t escape on even the best of bar crawls. Regret. My only thoughts when I laid damaged and diseased in...
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As students, few of us go through life without tackling the ever-present challenge: how do we make the most of each day (preferably without losing our sanity)? From lectures and seminars to societies, sports, and dinners (or let’s be honest, just catching up on sleep) our schedules are a tightrope...
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Tamar Rutter, a PhD student at the University of Warwick, is the lead author of a new study into the prenatal screening for Down syndrome focusing on the support given to expectant mothers. The report, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, is the largest UK study of its kind...
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On the morning of 10 December 1996, a blood vessel in the left hemisphere of Jill Bolte Taylor’s brain exploded: she’d had a stroke. Within a few hours, Jill couldn’t walk, talk, read, write, or recall any memories of her life. Two and a half weeks later, surgeons removed a...
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University is often described as the ultimate chance to reinvent yourself: a new place where nobody knows your history – a new chapter with a clean slate. Psychologists suggest that identity is simultaneously stable and fluid, shaped by internal factors such as personality and external factors like culture and relationships....
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As an incoming Fresher in 2023, I had no idea what to expect from the nights out at Warwick. I am from a tiny village in the middle of nowhere where socialising in fields and parks was considered prime ‘nightlife’. Consequently, on my first day, I decided to throw myself...
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