England cricketing legend, Jimmy Anderson, now known as Sir James Michael Anderson OBE, has received a knighthood for his services to cricket in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman, Richard Thompson spoke of how this prestigious honour “is fitting recognition for a true...
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New data five years on has revealed the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health. Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, young people have experienced a “tsunami of mental health problems” due to lockdown, says The Guardian. COVID-19 has...
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Chelsea Women have beaten Manchester City 3-2 on aggregate to cement their place in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals, where they will face long-time rivals Barcelona. Reaching the semi-finals was not as straightforward as Chelsea made it seem in their breezy 3-0 win against Manchester City in the second leg,...
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Helen Trappelides discusses the increasing gym culture in the UK and how it benefits the economy.
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The grey and cloudy skies have cleared once again for Coventry City since Frank Lampard’s managerial appointment in November of last year. City were 17th in the Championship table when former manager Mark Robins was sacked, but under new leadership have shot up into 5th place, a playoff position. Coventry...
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Helen Trappelides discusses the career of Kate Raworth, a heteredox economist and the author of 'Doughnut Economics'
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The youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint, has discovered a huge increase in the number of young people without a home or at risk of being homeless in the last year. According to Centrepoint, 118,134 young people across the UK aged between 16 and 24 contacted their local councils in search of...
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Helen Trappelides takes us through the history of love songs.
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Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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Helen Trappelides recaps her Spotify Wrapped.
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The US election dominated our screens, social media, and newspapers for months this year, and the artistic pieces, as well as the photographs, produced during the campaigns spring to mind when looking back at 2024. One of the most significant works produced during the US election campaign was a Kamala...
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The United States of America: an economic and military powerhouse. Donald Trump, the man who, in 2018, bragged about remembering to recite “person, woman, man, camera, TV” in a cognitive test, is now in charge of said powerhouse, and has major influence on the outcome of Ukraine’s future. Various comments...
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If you prefer to sleep at night instead of worrying that a ghost is about to possess you, then these spooktacular Halloween sitcom episodes are right up your alley. I will gain the courage to watch The Conjuring one day… Modern Family – Season Two, Episode Six Claire Dunphy’s...
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