Early in May, the German government passed a law that proved to be a landmark moment in the country for the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. The law banned conversion therapy for under 18s – any practitioner claiming to be able to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity can...
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The republishing of Stanley Johnson's 80s novel 'The Marburg Virus' couldn't have come at a worse time and Emma Wilkes discusses why this is the case
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When you were younger, was watching The X Factor on a Saturday night an essential routine for you? Emma Wilkes questions whether talent shows have now lost the spark they once had.
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After Liturgy lead singer Hunter Hunt-Hendrix announced she was transgender last month, it has started many conversations about what place the LGBT+ community had in metal music, especially when the genre has a complex relationship with the concept of masculinity itself.
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In the first of two pieces involving students looking back on their first year at Warwick, Emma Wilkes tells her fresher self to enjoy the year ahead.
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Fall Out Boy's sophomore record was released 15 years ago this May. Teenage angst, wry humour and Pete Wentz's masterful lyricism combine to create FOB's best album yet, over a decade on from its original release.
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On the back of his live album Live In Newcastle, Frank Turner talks to The Boar about the experience of staying true to his punk roots and his personal connection with his fans.
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Emma Wilkes argues that the hype around Adele's weight loss confirms the survival of sexism in the media.
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A decade on from her last full-length solo project, Petals For Armour promised quality and lyrical vulnerability after the tumultuous few years of Hayley Williams' personal life. Whilst it delivered on the latter, the album's zany influences and heavy-handedness fail to meet the lofty ambitions set out by it's artist.
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In light of authors' names, like Atwood, being printed sometimes even larger than the book title, Emma Wilkes discusses whether an author's name is what actually makes a book sell
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Milk Teeth's frontwoman and the only remaining member of the band's original lineup, Becky Blomfield, chats to us about their self-titled release and the changes, creative energy and even rat-infested recording studios it took to get it out on the eve of the UK lockdown.
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We all have awkward memories of sex education at school. We all remember the classic condom on a banana or a gruesome slideshow of STDs. Maybe, if you were unlucky, you might have had a variation of the ‘Don’t have sex or you will get pregnant and die’ lecture from...
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Milk Teeth's eponymous second album fulfils all your angsty lockdown needs - raw, refined and nostalgic.
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