Monday the 16th of February saw league leaders Middlesbrough travel 180 miles south to face title contenders Coventry in what many would have considered, beforehand, a must-win home game for the Sky Blues. Lampard’s side had only lost once at home so far this campaign, but being winless in the...
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Today’s digitised world knows, and today’s digital world remembers. As our entire lives are mapped onto the online sphere, so is our politics, increasingly centred on the posts of various ideological and partisan leaders and the bureaucratic institutions they lead. The recent Mandelson saga brought this home for me, as...
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The Royal Shakespeare Company’s first preview of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind tells the biographical story of William Kamkwamba who, at 14, built a windmill to bring electricity to his village using self-sourced components to construct the machine. The evening saw both the film’s writer and director, and the...
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Charlotte Roff examines how Botswana used diamond wealth and strong institutions to achieve sustained growth while avoiding the resource curse.
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It seems that some plants are overeager for spring to arrive, with hundreds of plants blooming in winter instead. A study conducted in 2022 by Cambridge University found that the UK’s flowers are blooming one month earlier than they used to, including daffodils and various species of flowering trees. More recently, a Met Office study of data found...
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Unlike the other television series covered in Corsets vs Facts so far, Netflix’s The Empress (2022) is the first not based on a book or play; in fact, it is a brilliant piece of historical fiction, plucked straight from Austria in the 1850s. It recounts the union of the 16-year-old...
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Island hopping sounds dreamy in theory, but between ferries, accommodation, and choosing where to go, it can get complicated fast. This is a no-nonsense guide to Greek island hopping for students, to make logistics less overwhelming and keep the chaos on land, not in your itinerary. First of all, I...
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Welcome back to our journey through Warwick’s numerous nights out. For those worried we’d somehow forgetten POP!, Smack, or Skool Dayz, rest easy, as we take you through the N-Z of the university’s nightlife. Should you POP! till you drop, Neon like its friday, or go all the way to...
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In just a few days’ time, Warwick’s sporting elite will be looking to extend their 35-year consecutive Varsity winning streak, as the annual sporting tournament against Coventry University returns to campus. But as competition between the two universities seems to hit an all-time low and crowds for sport at Warwick...
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Do you have vivid recollections of getting lost in a supermarket as a child? Or sledging down a hill in the snow? But can you be certain that you actually experienced this? Think about it carefully. Do you actually have a memory of this, or did you merely see it...
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Madeleine Wilson breaks down the controversies surrounding Melania Trump's new documentary
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2025 saw wind, solar, and biomass account for 47% of the country’s energy – a record high – with the National Energy System Operator (NESO) reporting wind being the single biggest source of renewable energy. “It has been quite a strong year in terms of deployment of renewables,” said Pranav Menon, research senior associate at the Aurora Energy Research think...
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Unlike Neon or Kelsey’s Eliminator, Warwick’s nightlife reputation remains far from glowing. However, it’s possible the naysayers have got it wrong. With students best placed to judge, The Boar has invited several writers to share their thoughts on 13 of Warwick’s most popular student nights out, reassessing the traditional narrative...
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