2018 was a successful year for Lucy Skoulding, Boar Books Editor of 2015-2016 with her debut novel, So Great a Man: The Ploughboy, having been released in June. Five months later, the second book in the trilogy, Fortune, came out. She also completed her National Council for the Training of...
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Planners aren’t just used to see your events for the day. You can use a diary to your advantage, whether that is to keep up with a New Year’s resolution or to make sure you don’t forget to go to your dentist appointment on Friday. They’re handy books which can...
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One of my favourite parts of Christmas is getting to spend quality time with my family, and there’s nothing better than playing a good board game after a nice lunch. Here are some of the very best games to pull you out of that food coma. Trivial Pursuit Trivial Pursuit...
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For years, pantomimes have been a Christmas tradition but they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. However, have no fear – there are no shortage of artful activities to fulfil the pantomime-sized hole in your Christmas activities. Nativity! The Musical Based on your favourite festive film, Nativity! The Musical returns to...
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Whether we like it or not, that time of the year is upon us again – Christmas. Many of us will be doing a secret santa with our flatmates, colleagues or group of friends. But even those of us who aren’t will no doubt be looking at what to gift...
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In a world of inflation, it’s a wonder why our chocolate, crisps and biscuits aren’t also getting more expensive. But don’t get too excited – they might not cost more but their sizes are decreasing. It all started after Toblerone reduced the weight of its chocolate by adding more spaces...
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Outfit of the day, commonly abbreviated to OOTD, posts on Instagram are extremely popular. The #outfitoftheday hashtag contains 35.6 million posts, whilst #ootd has 214 million. It’s a hashtag which has become an Instagram staple, making our feeds like a mini-catwalk as we pour over different outfits and fashion trends....
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Sam Brett and Jim Crowder from Reading are undoubtedly good friends; you can see it in the looks they share on stage. Having been friends for eight years, they met in college and formed Ciircus Street three years ago, almost to the day – though according to Crowder eight years...
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Georgia Simcox, Marianne Steggall and Beth Rawsthorn review the Emerge Festival 2018 at the Warwick Arts Centre, which saw performances by graduate companies Barrel Organ, Emergency Chorus, Clown Funeral and Feat.Theatre.
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Budget supermarket Lidl have launched a new scholarship for students at Oxford University to study German. The supermarket chain will fund one master’s degree for a student of Modern German whilst sponsoring competitions with cash prizes for undergraduates from next year.
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Term may only be a few weeks in but many finalists will be thinking about the beginning stages of the dreaded dissertation. It can be quite a daunting process, as it is a project you will undertake completely independently, with only the guidance of your supervisor. But you’re not completely...
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One of the biggest challenges for many freshers is cooking for themselves every night. Not only do you have to learn how to cook, but one of the biggest challenges in my experience is thinking of new recipes. I’m going into my fourth year and I still struggle to add...
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Georgia Simcox explores the differences between introverts, extroverts, and everything in between.
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