Looking back across the decades, A trip down memory lane: Costume, controversy and consequences
A walk down memory lane at some iconic eras of music.
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Aram Akbari-Madovi
The case for Coventry
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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Opinion: Women’s sport doesn’t need Trump as a saviour
In the evening of the first Olympic gold for the men’s Ice Hockey team since the team’s Lake Placid 1980 competition, amidst celebration a call from the head of US Administration highlighted the ever-present gender disparity within the structure of the sport. In a bid to make himself likeable to...
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Big screen bigger emotions: a look at a powerful season
Step into the season of heightened emotions, with a select series of films chosen by the Warwick Arts Centre in their latest program titled Big Screen Bigger Emotions. The viewing of Pedro Almóvar’s Volver was set up with an introduction by the host of the film podcast Eavesdropping at the...
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On table building, emotion, and performance at Red Lens Acting Academy
On Wednesday 8 October I had the pleasure of attending one of the group acting classes that are run by the Red Lens acting company. In the span of a two-hour session, founder and instructor Shireenah Ingram led a session that, in focusing on acting as a collaborative endeavour in...
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‘They Dream Only of’ the Lilac Cube
Tucked away under a bridge on the east side of Leamington Spa lies both South Bound Café and Windmill Brewery. Home to fine distilleries, select jazz music and, most importantly, on a very special evening every term or so, a selection of poets brought to you by the Lilac Cube....
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University of Oxford’s largest ever building project is a ‘palace to the humanities’
In a bid to save the study of the humanities, The University of Oxford has declared the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre to be officially opened to the academic community on October 13 2025. The site chosen for the building was one of the last empty slots in the old Radcliffe...
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Cynthia Erivo’s ‘I Forgive You’: A cathartic collection of stories
Aram Akbari-Madovi reviews Cynthia Erivo's most recent album 'I Forgive You'.
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‘It Was Just an Accident’: Cannes win and Jafar Panahi’s cinema of resistance
One of the biggest and certainly most acclaimed film festivals of the year, Cannes, was held from the 12 to the 23 May. At the conclusion of the 11-day festival, the jury awarded Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s film It Was Just an Accident the Palm d’Or (Golden Palm) – the...
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Is it better to speak or to die? How queer subtext ensured literary survival
With the rapid growth in the demand for LGBTQIA+ representation in media, it is no wonder that the literary landscape has produced some of the most beautifully tragic and heartwarming stories of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, how many times have you as a reader found yourself wondering at the cluelessness...
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LGBTQ+ film favourites this Pride
Three Boar writers give their opinions on what you should watch this Pride month! Here are their recommendations… 1. Call Me by Your Name (2017) dir. Luca Guadagnino By Yusra Babar “Because I wanted you to know.” I do not exactly remember when I first watched Call Me by Your...
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Who’s laughing now? The changing landscape of Stand-up comedy
In troubling times there is nothing that works as a potent form of escapism than someone making you laugh despite it all. With a rife history of cutting, true-to life British humour, the changing landscape of the Stand-up scene, with an ever-aware progressive culture being at the forefront of a...
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Black excellence and its southern charm: Styling in Sinners
If you’ve had the privilege to see the film Sinners, you’ll be aware of the intentionality threaded through every aspect of this film: everything from the lighting to the filmography replicates an immediately immersive American deep south. The thematic importance of Black expression is integral when considering the blues tradition....
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