BRIT awards 2023: Harry Styles sweeps the board while female artists are snubbed
Helen Hall on this year's BRIT award winners. Who was snubbed? Why were there so many male artists? Should we take the BRITs seriously?
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“Relevant? Or revolutionary?” – Loyle Carner is the latter at Birmingham’s O2 Academy
Helen Hall reviews the revolutionary Loyle Carner live.
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Celebrating the Boar’s 50th anniversary: top 3 albums from the 1970s
The Boar Music editors discuss their favourite albums from the 1970s.
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Obituary for Terry Hall, frontman of The Specials
Helen Hall remembers the late Terry Hall, frontman of The Specials
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The Boar’s albums of the year 2022
The Boar's writers have picked their favourite album of the year.
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Can you be addicted to music?
Helen Hall explores whether you can be addicted to music.
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A world beyond Warwick: the best day trips you can take at university
Helen Hall shares the best day trips you can take at university, to a wide range of destinations including Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham, and Oxford.
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The importance of translated fiction
Helen Hall discusses the merits of translated fiction, and why it is such an important feature on bookshelves.
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What is the value of preserving author’s houses?
Helen Hall outlines the new funding which has been announced for Jane Austen's new house, arguing why this investment is valuable and important.
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The best albums to study with
Three writers share their favourite albums to study with during exam season.
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“No music on a dead planet” – how the music industry is tackling the climate crisis
"No music on a dead planet": this is the slogan of climate organisation Music Declares Emergency, who are committed to making music greener. Helen Hall takes a look at the music industry's impact on the environment and whether artists are the ones who should be stepping up to change it.
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“No music on a dead planet”: how the music industry is tackling the climate crisis
"No music on a dead planet": so reads the slogan of Music Declares Emergency, an organisation committed to making the music industry more environmentally sustainable. Helen Hall examines whether the onus for a greener industry falls on musicians or the government, which should be stepping up to support them.
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Forget judging a book by its cover: can we judge a book by its colour?
Helen Hall discusses the significance of colour psychology in book design, and what covers readers might be drawn to more during the pandemic.
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