Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Professor Keith Hyams and Dr Jessica Sutherland, the co-hosts of the Democracy: Differently Podcast. The two Warwick academics have used their knowledge of political theory to launch a solutions-oriented show to discuss fundamental issues in the functioning of democratic systems. Now, in Season...
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S ocial media has become a platform for sharing information and advice amongst strangers, often regarding sensitive topics and experiences. This has been a great way to make people feel less alienated and destigmatise personal trauma and mental health, but its downsides are evident. This phenomenon has increased since the...
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There’s a podcast for almost everything, from celebrity gossip to sports and true crime. Spotify, alone, organises its podcasts into 54 distinct categories, illustrating the sheer breadth of the medium. While I have always gravitated toward historical podcasts, lately I find myself encountering a growing number of video podcasts on...
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Scientists worldwide have claimed that humanity is nearing a “point of no return” as the continued global heating could result in the Earth becoming a hellish hothouse. Temperatures have continued to rise in recent years with 2025 being the hottest and sunniest year in the UK on record. The increase of global temperatures by 1.3°C since the beginning...
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Have you seen a black turtleneck, a pair of perfectly sleek rectangular sunglasses, baseball caps with a tux, or worst of all, someone on a skateboard on campus or around Leamington recently? It’s up for contested debate, but best believe it’s people who have watched FX’s new show, Love Story....
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It’s easy to say, “I’m not creative” or “I just don’t have a single creative bone in my body”, and with that mindset, that’s probably true. But everyone has the capacity for creativity, even if you willingly study maths. Of all things, maths is actually vital to the arts: think...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses why there is reason to have optimism over the economy's future under a Labour government.
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Purple stained everywhere. Jägerbombs, demanded from every direction. Masses of students converging upon the counter. Bartending at POP!! is certainly different to attending it on the other side, to say the least. And it’s brilliant. Whilst POP! attendees queue up, waiting for circling to begin, hundreds of Purples and Thatchers...
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In preparation for this article, I unintentionally took a walk through Coventry, which remind me why I was so at home in the city. It was a journey that started off optimistically and continued that way until my trainers met wet grass and I committed the ultimate sin of allowing...
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The fairness of England’s student loans system has once again been called into question, with an increasing number of students and graduates now contesting the heavy burden that its interest rates bring once they graduate. Graduation is supposed to be the start of financial independence, at least that is how...
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Office hours. The two words every seminar tutor mentions at the beginning of term, that every student mutters under their breath during essay planning, and the one resource that never seems to get used to its fullest potential. But why? One reason students hesitate to book office hours is that...
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Caerphilly, October 2025. As the citizens of the Welsh constituency pondered who to elect to the Senedd, the Labour battle bus came rolling in (no, seriously). “Only Labour can stop Reform in Caerphilly,” was their tagline, with a big, scary bar chart. It attempted to convince voters that Plaid Cymru...
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Warwick has been an incredible experience in the term and a half I’ve been here, enjoying a great standard of teaching and meeting so many new people. However, the major drawback to my experience has been being literally sent to live in Coventry. As much as I have loved Warwick,...
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