‘Eco-friendly’, ‘100% recyclable’, ‘Vegan’. These are all phrases that we as consumers are used to seeing describe the products that play such a large part of our everyday lives. Yet how often do we take these descriptions at face value? Trusted brands that are a well-established part of our lives...
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Trigger Warning: this article discusses misogyny and sexual assault. ‘Rape culture’ is a phrase that most of us have heard. From radio stations continuing to play the song ‘Blurred Lines’ to only 1.4% of recorded rape cases leading to conviction in the UK in 2019-20, our society ignores and normalises...
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International Women’s Day aside, this week has been one where the experiences of women have been more openly discussed than they have been for a long while. It is only right that we all continue to celebrate women and their contributions to society. In this light, The Boar Features asked...
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Wondering where in Warwick to visit? Amy Holliday shares some of the best tourist spots near campus.
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Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, claims the best way to understand Trump is by comparing him to the Chesire Cat, but Amy Holliday has other ideas - she links the president to Stanley Kowalski
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Amy Holliday tells us why we don't need to worry about the student loan interest rate rising.
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Not long ago, a jawbone found at Hiroshima and preserved for decades was found to have been exposed to 3.8 times the amount of radiation than that emitted during radiotherapy. This is yet another insight into the extreme suffering of those that experienced the events in Japan on 6 and 9 August...
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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson intends to abandon Tony Blair’s 1999 target of getting 50% of young people into higher education. Thursday’s virtual speech, hosted by policy think-tank the Social Market Foundation, saw Mr Williamson expressing his belief that Blair’s mantra was an “absurd” one. He suggested that the target had...
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“It takes over my life. That’s literally all my life is – stressing over where I’m going to be.” Emily, 21, whilst being one of the 14,500 homeless individuals who was given temporary accommodation in a hotel as COVID-19 hit, highlights the constant anxiety that a homeless individual often feels....
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On the back of significant losses during primaries to Joe Biden, namely in South Carolina at the end of February, and in crucial states such as Michigan and Florida in March, we were all made aware on the 8th April of Bernie Sanders’ decision to withdraw from the U.S. Presidential...
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It is becoming increasingly clear that measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus have started to improve the condition of the environment. Indeed, New York has seen an estimated 50% drop in carbon monoxide levels, while in Venice a “unique biosphere” has started to appear. Given the positive environmental impact,...
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