“The day the pub dies, England dies; for within the pub, you will find the heart of England.” – SPB Mais Those words were written on the cellar door of the first pub I worked in, and I often read them several times a shift to distract myself from the...
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Fresher’s Week: fun-filled, exciting, and full of activities, whether it’s clubbing, art, or films. Inductions, pub crawls, and a plethora of other invigorating activities await. At the crux of it, an ability, a need, to juggle about fifty social events and meet dozens of new people to find your way...
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Most people associate arriving in a new country with the sensation of stepping off a plane: the immediate rush of hot (or cold) air as you step onto the runway. But for centuries before air travel’s dominance, people made slower journeys by train, boat, and on foot. Even today, I’d...
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What if survival meant never stopping? Not even to eat or sleep. In Stephen King’s dystopian novel, The Long Walk, to survive is to be the last one standing. Maintain a pace of at least 4mph. Slow down or stop, and you get a warning. Accumulate three warnings, and you...
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Around 4,000 courses have been discontinued at UK universities over the past year, as financial pressures continue to put a strain on academic budgets. Despite the rise in tuition fees across England and Wales for both home and international students, financial deficit looms ahead for several UK universities in the...
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Jake Wightman and Amy Hunt secured Great Britain’s first medals at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The pair achieved silver off the back of two incredible performances in the men’s 1500m final and the women’s 200m final, respectively. It had been a slow start to the championships, with...
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If you’re a girl on social media, you have likely heard the line, “nearly everything I know about love, I’ve learnt from my long-term friendships with women.” The words come from Dolly Alderton’s bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love —and they sum up the heart of the book perfectly....
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CAPS stands for Counselling and Psychotherapy Services, and it is the free mental health support service offered to all Warwick students, whether undergraduate or postgraduate. Given the importance of effective mental health support in an intense and often stressful university environment, feedback from users of CAPS is vital for improving...
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“How do I feel? Empty? Check. Scared? Check. Alone? Check. Just another ordinary day.” – Mark Corrigan, 2007. There’s nothing quite like Channel 4’s Peep Show, a series that’s equal parts comic and tragic (in the traditional sense). As a certified cult-classic, it never achieved high ratings in its time,...
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It is as if we are staring at the waiting room of an asylum. The bright white lighting forcing its way onto the stage reminds us that there is, or at least should be, nowhere for characters to hide from their misdemeanours. This is how the Royal Shakespeare Company choose...
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More often than not, War and Peace is the work that comes to mind when one thinks of a long book. When editions often total over 1,400 pages, this is hardly surprising; it is a mammoth work, as difficult to physically hold as it is to endure. Ever since I...
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At Warwick, adventure begins long before you even set foot on a plane. Societies here turn curiosity into journeys that stretch across countries and cultures. Campus is bustling with opportunities to discover different cultures in between lectures and late-night study sessions. Warwick’s travel and cultural societies provide your ticket to...
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A recent survey suggests that students no longer find the USA a welcoming place to study, while the UK retained its spot as the most welcoming. Canadian educational technology company ApplyBoard polled 400 recruitment professionals on student trends and suggested that the results were partially due to the negative perception...
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