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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From Bad Bunny to boycotts: Why sport is anything but apolitical
Sport is no stranger to politics. Despite what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have you believe – a Ukrainian sportswoman was banned just last month for paying tribute to athletes killed by Russia – sport has never been ‘beyond’ politics. Bad Bunny’s half time show at the Super Bowl was a case in...
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SU Spring Elections 2026: The Boar speaks with your new Sabbatical Officers
The Dirty Duck was transformed into a sea of green on Friday, 13 March 2026 as a week of campaigning and voting came to an end in the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) 2026 Spring Officer Elections.
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Farewell, Boar Revoir: 2025’s team bid goodbye
Our outgoing Editorial Board for 2025–26 bid farewell, and give their final thoughts about their time with The Boar. Martin Day – Editor-in-Chief How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. My time at Uni has been so absurdly defined by this paper, and its gradually...
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A students’ guide to some of the best-loved local pubs
The pub remains one of Britain’s best-loved institutions, and as community spaces continue to be shut down and society becomes increasingly atomised, it seems they remain more important than ever. However, last summer saw eight pub closures a week, as many local institutions were unable to keep their doors open....
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Reform backs down on ‘Trumpian’ defunding threat after Bangor debating society bans MP
Splits have appeared among Reform politicians after the party’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf, threatened to pull funding from Bangor University, after its Debating and Political Society barred a Reform MP. The society had refused a request on 9 February for a Q&A session by Sarah Pochin, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, and Gen Z...
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SU Spring Elections Question Time Day 1: Full-Time Officers
In the build-up to this week’s Students’ Union (SU) Spring elections, The Boar attended a Question Time event for all candidates competing for Full-Time Officer positions. Candidates for the positions were able to talk about their campaigns in a short speech, followed by questions asked by The Boar and RAW...
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A student’s guide to Warwick’s nightlife part two
Welcome back to our journey through Warwick’s numerous nights out. For those worried we’d somehow forgetten POP!, Smack, or Skool Dayz, rest easy, as we take you through the N-Z of the university’s nightlife. Should you POP! till you drop, Neon like its friday, or go all the way to...
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Protester rushes stage as Reform UK councillor George Finch speaks at Warwick
Community Safety removed a solitary protester from Warwick PPE Society’s George Finch event on Wednesday as SU Full-Time Officers picketing the venue chanted “fascist scum”. Minutes after heckling Cllr Finch, the protester, who acted alone, ran to the front of the hall, preparing to throw both of his shoes at...
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2026 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2026! Allow your favourite student journalists to inspire you with our annual attempts at renewal – whether that's proper hydration, banishing doomscrolling, or perfecting the art of the Letterboxd review.
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Beyond Paris: Seasonal escapes to the south of France
It’s deadline season, the weather is excruciatingly British, and you had one too many pints last night… there’s no better time to plan a holiday you will probably never go on. You need look no further than our closest neighbour – but this time, look a little further than Paris....
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A podcast to sum up university
The Boar asked writers to choose one podcast that has been crucial to their university journey. The trio provide a much-needed voice of reason in a media ecosystem otherwise drowning in slop, misinformation, and Goalhanger podcasts. ‘The News Agents’ To call The News Agents an essential part of my commute is...
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‘Putin has weaponised the hypocrisy of the West’: Unpacking the post-Brexit world with Warwick’s Dr Thiemo Fetzer
It’s the elephant in the room whenever ministers speak about the economy, immigration, or the cost of living; nearly a decade later, it’s hard to find a politician who doesn’t keep an uneasy silence when the ‘B-word’ is mentioned. Brexit has knocked 5% off the country’s GDP and isolated the...
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