Sentimental Value: A Nordic family feud and the spaces inbetween
George Somper reviews Joachim Trier's Oscar-nominated film that brings intimate family drama to the world of filmmaking
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Double royal delight for south Warwickshire charities awarded with King’s Award
Two South Warwickshire charities, talkdementia and Compassionate Kenilworth, have received the King’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest honour a UK voluntary group can receive. The award recognises work supporting local communities and is announced annually every 14 November on the King’s birthday. The two charities will receive the...
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The business of being brilliant: Who can claim intellectual prestige?
Since 1950, Basic Books has cultivated a reputation as a stalwart of intellectual prestige. Originating from a psychoanalyse book club in Greenwich Village, the Hachette Book Group member boasts a backlist of Sigmund Freud and Richard Feynman. The question is, does Basic Books deserve its intellectual prestige, and is it...
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Student rites of passage: Navigating tradition in a modern university
When a poster about a ‘freshers’ initiation’ lands in your inbox, it tends to spark one of two reactions. The first is excitement, a sense of community, and a step into the unknown. Yet this is also why the second feeling is usually one of nervousness. The novelty turns to...
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The Heart of the Matter – vexing or profound?
Graham Greene’s 1948 The Heart of the Matter is a book that simultaneously frustrates and demands much of its readers. Set in an anonymous African Colony in West Africa, it centres around British colonial police officer Henry Scobie, and his downward turn from moral righteousness to suicide, and his catholic...
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Before Night Falls: A legacy preserved?
One late summer night, as the streets of Lisbon grew thick with a drum of voices bouncing against enamel walls, my girlfriend and I spent just over two hours in a very hot Airbnb watching Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls. Based on Cuban writer and literary revolutionary Reinaldo Arenas’ memoir,...
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Working while studying: How modern day students juggle study, work, and social life
There was once a time, long ago, when being a student meant some very simple things: lectures by day, pints by night, and a desperate scrabble to produce academically legible work at some point in between. Today, it means the cold drudgery of updating your CV, buying LinkedIn Premium, praying...
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Taking a look at the Nook
In an age where universities now compete to be faster, louder, and more interconnected, the University of Warwick has made a much quieter move. Hidden in plain sight, between the drum of Curiositea and the hum of the Rootes Building, the Nook is now open, not as a loud declaration,...
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