The sporting spectacle that is the Ashes, cricket’s greatest rivalry, has concluded with Australia’s dominant 4-1 series win over England. Prior to the first test, there was much back-and-forth media warfare between the two countries. Now-retired England cricket legend, Stuart Broad stated that the current Aussie side was ‘probably the...
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Happy 2026! Allow your favourite student journalists to inspire you with our annual attempts at renewal – whether that's proper hydration, banishing doomscrolling, or perfecting the art of the Letterboxd review.
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Campus accommodation is undoubtedly the best place to live in your first year, helping you settle into university life, providing general convenience, and, most importantly, serving as a great way to make friends. Choosing the right accommodation is an important decision, and, no pressure, but it will likely have a...
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Bompastor’s Blues have secured silverware for the third time this season after completely dominating Manchester United Women in the Women’s FA Cup final. Despite the heartbreak of missing out on a place in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final this past 2024/25 season, the Chelsea Women did not allow themselves...
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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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