Anna Bickerton

Deputy Editor-in-Chief (Digital Media) - 2024/25

Love at first sight: what does the science say?

You finally summit the seemingly endless FAB stairs, breathless and dreading the two-hour seminar that awaits. You’re rummaging for a pen when you glance up, and there they are. They’re perfect. Your heart skips a beat, you lock eyes and suddenly you know – or at least you think you...
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Posted Feb. 12, 2025

Skip the €10 pint – a look at Ireland beyond Dublin

Ah, Dublin. Home of the Liffey, the Guinness Storehouse and, how could anyone forget, Paul Mescal in his GAA shorts.  It’s a popular destination amongst students looking for a cheap weekend getaway. 8.6 million tourists passed through the city last year. And with returns from Birmingham from £28 (God bless...
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Posted Feb. 11, 2025

“I’m the f–cking landlord”: Lawbreaking and neglect rife in ‘mouldy’ and ‘dangerous’ student housing

Students at Warwick searching for housing face a market of neglect, lawbreaking, and exploitation across Coventry and Leamington Spa, an investigation by The Boar has found.  A survey of students conducted by the paper found many living in substandard and even dangerous conditions. Issues ranging from untreated mould-ridden rooms to...
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Posted Feb. 7, 2025

Kneecap: Outrageous in English, unforgettable as Gaeilge

A notion oft-attributed to Sigmund Freud had described the Irish as, unlike any other race, impervious to psychoanalysis. For instead they would turn to storytelling and poetry to escape any kind of psychic trouble. So as riotous as it is righteous, Kneecap may not possess the lexical ornateness of Wilde or...
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Posted Jan. 26, 2025

Warwick students cautiously optimistic but unwavering after Gaza ceasefire announcement

Students at Warwick expressed cautious optimism but remained determined after news of a ceasefire to the War in Gaza broke on Wednesday, 15 January. Announced in Doha by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani after 15 months of waiting, the agreement finally secures a ceasefire and hostage...
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Posted Jan. 16, 2025

2025 Boar Resolutions

Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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Posted Jan. 1, 2025

Warwick Catholics slam University’s eleventh-hour chaplaincy appointment

Warwick’s new Catholic Chaplain is set to be appointed in early December, just in time for the University’s ecumenical carol service, The Boar can reveal. It follows a series of “huge delays” and “inadequate communication” between the University and Warwick’s Catholic students, according to Warwick Catholic Society (CathSoc). After Reverend...
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Posted Dec. 8, 2024

BREAKING: Warwick SU speaks out over Disband the Tories campaign

Warwick Students’ Union (SU) has addressed recent controversy regarding the All Student Vote (ASV) and sanctions faced by the University of Warwick Conservative Association (UWCA). In a statement titled ‘A message to our members’, the SU acknowledged concerns from students over the organisation’s transparency, and decisions taken in the Impact...
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Posted Nov. 19, 2024