The current political climate around the world is a stark reminder of the inherent value of literature in times of crisis. The global rise of fascism, the ICE crisis in the US, and a societal regression in human rights highlight the power of the pen in fighting oppression. In the...
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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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Times Higher Education (THE) has reported that seven UK universities have failed to file their annual financial accounts on time, with the deadline now months overdue. In England, Southampton Solent University, Brunel University of London, the University of Kent, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Royal...
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The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to reverse plans to freeze student loan repayment thresholds, as part of their wider plan to “fix the student finance system”. The proposals have been announced in the midst of ongoing debates about the fairness of the student loan system in England....
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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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