Mark Gatiss’ latest offering was a great idea which was let down by its execution, a little like last week’s episode – hopefully this isn’t a trend, as we enter the final quarter of this series. The episode’s premise was Doctor Who at its best: we arrive on Mars in...
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After three slightly drawn-out episodes, we’ve reached the conclusion of the Monks trilogy, in a finale with great ideas which are let down by their delivery. It’s six months since we’ve last seen our heroes – the Doctor is making propaganda announcements on behalf of the Monks, and Bill and...
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In the second of three parts, the Doctor faces the Monks in a 5000 year-old pyramid. They've an offer to make, but can they be trusted?
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As Steven Moffat’s departure from Doctor Who becomes all the more imminent, he appears to have upped the audacity of his storytelling. This has given us a fantastic first half of this series’ run, and with ‘Extremis’, we might just have been treated to the best episode yet. The episode...
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Since its revival in 2005, Doctor Who has been the subject of much praise and criticism in terms of representation – generally speaking, Russell T Davies (showrunner from 2005-9) receives the former, while Steven Moffat (showrunner from 2010-17) receives the latter. Davies is an openly gay writer, often incorporating LGB+...
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Back in October 2011 I was only 15, living in a small town in Wales, and not fully attuned to global political happenings – I’d therefore not given much thought to the clerical side of Occupy London. So the premise of Temple struck me as intriguing – how did the...
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Creative Warwick looks set to be Marissa Beatty’s magnum opus as Societies’ Officer. It’s been collaboratively organised by the SU, the Arts Centre, and university management, and is designed not just to tap into the creativity which already exists on campus, but to make clear just how important that creativity...
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When it comes to literature, I’m no traditionalist, but there’s been a place in my heart for Paradise Lost since I read it in my first year at Warwick. I was inspired by the unconventionality of how it treated its subject matter, and impressed by the huge questions which Milton...
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My knowledge of Billy Bragg comes predominantly from our mutual political party; his political polemics aside, I’m not exactly fluent in his back catalogue. But even if I had been, I doubt I’d have expected what I got from his and Joe Henry’s Shine A Light tour. Bragg explained at...
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Having witnessed a raucously funny rehearsal of the first acts a few weeks ago, I went into this play’s performance with expectations of a relentlessly funny, farcical comedy. What I was met with was a more sensitive and powerful production than I had anticipated. Absurd Person Singular focuses on three...
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I’m in what is probably a significant minority of people who have never seen either of the Little Shop of Horrors movies. The only thing I knew for certain when I arrived at the Belgrade Theatre was that apparently ‘feeding the plant’ was a bad idea – this production, true...
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Warwick Labour rounded off their Freshers’ events with a talk from Tristram Hunt, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, who was invited to the university to speak about the future of the Labour Party. After his talk, he spoke to the Boar about higher education policy, how the Labour Party can...
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Warwick Chorus We are a non-auditioned choir of around 200 members, making us the largest music society on campus. We are, in part, a community choir, and so our members are both students and locals, creating a vibrant ensemble. Our repertoire is mainly classical, and last year we sang Elgar’s...
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