Activists in the University and College Union (UCU) are pushing to reinstate a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education. This follows a request from numerous UCU branches to discuss advancing a dispute, which led to a HE sector conference on 14 October. Times Higher Education have reported...
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This year Anne Carson has joined the ranks of Harold Pinter and Bob Dylan as she becomes this year’s winner of the Nobel Literature Prize. Carson is known for her creative and playful use of ancient Greek literature in her prose, poetry, and essays. Her work includes The Glass Essay,...
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The Greatest Showman is coming to the West End! After a hugely successful run at the Bristol Hippodrome, the musical is being updated and moving to the London stage. Grossing over $400 million as a film, the story has been hugely popular. Its message of hope, grit, and staying true...
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The Boar interviews Tilly Norwood
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After a steady decline leading to no confirmed nests between 2020-2024, one male bird has bolstered the population of the Montagu’s harrier in the UK, rearing six juvenile birds this year with two female partners. The Montagu’s Harrier is a slim, medium sized bird; the males are grey and black, and...
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What happens when artificial intelligence (AI) adopts the role of the artist for a museum exhibition? Curators and co-founders of Dataland, Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkiliç, answer this question by opening the first museum entirely created by AI in Los Angeles. The first exhibition is inspired by the Amazon Rainforest...
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When you first hear the words musicals and politics together, what’s your initial response? Perhaps something about how musicals are light entertainment, or that Hamilton is political but focuses on the past. Maybe you think musicals oversimplify complex issues, after all they are just songs and dancing. These are all...
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What’s a teenager supposed to do when his dead dad’s ghost comes back and asks him to avenge him? Well, this is exactly the question that Robert Hastie asks in this hilarious, fresh version of Hamlet. Hastie is able to take Shakespeare’s best-known play and create a modern, light-hearted story...
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Lee Miller was a war photographer during World War Two, and her stunning, experimental work is still as interesting today as it was then. Her incredibly unique take on war photography made aspects of the conflict look almost beautiful and stylish, whilst also highlighting the destruction and pain of war,...
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I’m sure we’ve all heard the phrase ‘literature holds a mirror up to society’, in a GCSE English class, probably, but is this really true? Many authors create worlds different from ours, with imaginary characters and fantastical situations; however, they still want to highlight challenges and culture in the time...
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If you are reading this, you probably love listening to podcasts and maybe even watch podcast recordings on YouTube. Perhaps, you are just wondering why people should want to listen to more podcasts? We know they are a seemingly new trend that has exponentially risen in popularity in the past...
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