Greenland and the weaponisation of global trade
Max Wild discusses how a tariff dispute over Greenland reveals how trade has become a tool of coercion in an increasingly fragile global economy.
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Indian population growth: A victim of its own success?
Aditya Jayaram discusses the potential issues with India's large young population and how the government could fix them
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Fairness or theft: Should we abolish inheritance tax?
Chinaza Eke discusses inheritance tax and why abolishing it will lead to increased inequality
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“I’ve got to call HMRC again, for the third time this month!” – An investigation into student knowledge of tax and experience with HMRC
I’ve had my own issues with HMRC, particularly because they seem to send me three or four different tax codes a year. Last year, I was working two different jobs (a remote assistant position and a digital ambassador role here at Warwick) alongside my degree. I earned more money from my assistant job...
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Are our governments equipped to tackle online misogyny?
A few weeks ago, the House of Commons announced that Grok, X’s AI chatbot, will be banned in the UK following reports that it was used to digitally ‘undress’ women and children when tagged beneath images. According to the BBC, users prompted the tool to generate sexualised versions of photos...
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Getting Lost In “Translations”: A New Take On An Irish Classic
Brian Friel’s Translations is one of the most significant Irish plays of the 20th century. Written at the height of The Troubles, but set in the 1830s, it mourns the loss of the native Irish language whilst raising a much-deserved middle finger at Ireland’s former colonial occupiers. Nearly fifty years on from its premiere, emerald lighting now hovers over the Warwick Arts Centre...
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Language barriers: A dilemma or an opportunity?
Around me I can see St Mark’s Basilica, and a mix of tourists, locals and pigeons that crowd the square. As the queue gets shorter, my heart beats faster. I rehearse the sentence I just learned in my head once again. Six words. Can’t be that bad. As I get...
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Navigating the greatest television finales
Television finales are a peculiar beast. It seems, regardless of the quality of a programme overall, its finale cannot help but elicit criticism. Take Stranger Things, for a recent example: for a show that has received countless plaudits from critics and fans alike, its finale disappointed many, myself included. However,...
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African Sounds from the Past: ‘Osibirock’ by Osibisa (1974)
Chinaza Eke shines a light on the origins of African highlife.
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Hurlstone In Progress: Same friends, different lives – The strange fun of visiting home friends at university
There is something semi-destabilising about seeing your home friends at their universities. They are the same people you grew up with, but are suddenly placed inside a completely different ecosystem, like a social experiment I didn’t consent to but must now emotionally process. It’s familiar and uncanny in equal measure....
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Cancer care, made for young people: The Boar fundraises for the Teenage Cancer Trust
For our February print edition, The Boar is proud to be supporting the Teenage Cancer Trust, the only UK charity providing specialised nursing case and support for young people with cancer. You can support The Boar‘s fundraising by donating here. Cancer care, made for young people by Martin Day A sobering thought...
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Warwick PhD student Jade Scott narrowly misses out on winning BBC’s The Traitors
Warwick PhD student Jade Scott said she was “absolutely delighted to have reached the final” of The Traitors, despite missing out on winning after being banished in the finale. The Traitors has been a huge success once again for the BBC, with the recent series finale being watched by a...
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Reflecting on ‘four very long years’: Warwick student leads Leamington ‘Voices of Ukraine’ exhibition
All Saints’ Church in Leamington Spa is playing host to the ‘Voices of Ukraine’ exhibition across February, a “passion project” co-organised by second-year Warwick student Oliver Ansell-Hodges. The exhibition, which opened on 2 February, presents the wartime testimony of eight Ukrainian women, detailing their lives in Ukraine, how they came...
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