Girls can rule the world, according to the latest show to hit the Goose Nest at the Warwick Arts Centre. Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., WUDS’s latest offering, follows an episodic narrative of 21st century feminism, considering ideas of sex, marriage and the body, encouraging its audience to consider what...
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Excitement is building for Music Theatre Warwick’s (MTW) latest show Rent, opening next week at the Goose Nest at Warwick Arts Centre. The play is set in 1989 New York, focusing on a group of outcast bohemians fighting for liberty and against the corporate man. It’s a rock musical loosely...
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Speed Death of the Radiant Child, the Term One production for Warwick University Drama Society (WUDS), has been a dream two years in the making, and is a jouney for its cast as much as for the audience. The play is centred around Charlotte, a girl who’s just come out...
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The Edinburgh Fringe is the largest and most impressive theatre and performing arts festival in the world, and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This year, a company of students from the University of Warwick will be heading up to Edinburgh with their production, ‘Hear All About It’....
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Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, has been awarded the Euler Book Prize by the Mathematics Association of America (MAA). The prize is awarded annually to authors of outstanding mathematical books which are eloquently written and positively impact the public view of mathematics. Stewart’s text,...
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The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD) Young Writer of the Year Award announced on 9 December that it would be collaborating with the University of Warwick for 2017. The award is given annually to a British or Irish author for the best piece of fiction, non-fiction or...
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A.L. Kennedy, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick, has been awarded the prestigious Heinrich Heine Prize for 2016. The prize is one of the most important literary awards, recognising writers who promote “social and political progress, international understanding or the realization of the unity of all people...
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Imogen Cooper discusses the pressure placed on young people to have a significant other I’m single. It’s not something I really think about. Being single isn’t a thing I should have to justify or explain the reasons for, but all too often at university I do feel like I have...
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Total Shambles: Not an icon fit for the 21st century Bridget Jones is a terrible role model. I’ve my teenage years soaking up the Bridget phenomenon through Helen Fielding’s books and films, but finally I see it clearly. Bridget leads exactly the kind of life women should try to avoid:...
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Not sure which of the many literature-related societies on campus to join? Take our quick quiz to find the perfect one for you! Do you have a favourite author? Shakespeare, obviously! I write more than I read I like a bit of everything, really I really enjoy reading fiction and...
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Wondering what’s happening in Term One? We’ve got a quick round-up of the best of the literature-related events on over the next couple months. Writing Society’s Writer All Nighter – 4 November, location TBC Two teams will go head-to-head, with each person writing for an hour over 12 hours to...
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A.L. Kennedy, an Associate Professor in Warwick’s Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, has been longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. The work, Serious Sweet, is Kennedy’s eighth novel, with three of her past works also having won prestigious awards. She has also written six short story collections...
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Deputy Books Editor Imogen Cooper tells us all about her reading and drinking habits - from Pride and Prejudice to pitchers of purple!
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