Maya Gordon

‘If there is culture, it’s not loud enough!’: Leam bids to be UK’s first Town of Culture

Leamington Spa has bid to become the UK’s first Town of Culture, a branch of the City of Culture initiative, with mixed response from University of Warwick students.  The UK City of Culture initiative was launched in 2009 and has featured four winners, including Coventry in 2021. This year, the Department for...
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Posted Mar. 13, 2026

SU Spring Elections 2026 Interviews: Hugh Gunton, VP Sports

In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar offered all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Hugh Gunton, one of the candidates for VP Sports, sat down with The Boar‘s incoming Co-News Editor, Maya Gordon, to discuss his campaign. He emphasised that Warwick Sport...
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Posted Mar. 9, 2026

What do ‘likes’ have to do with love?

It’s hard enough to navigate a relationship as a young adult without being bombarded by happy couples, relationship therapists, unhappy people in relationships, unhappy singles, dating coaches, and happy singles online.    I don’t especially enjoy a scroll through Instagram around Valentine’s Day because of the overload of couples content: dating experts, picture-perfect happy couples, and general...
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Posted Dec. 8, 2025

The Hemline Index: Are maxi skirts actually recession indicators?

According to the Hemline Index, trendy skirt length differs depending on the strength of the economy – the shorter the skirt, the stronger the economy. Given the decade’s demonstrations of slow growth, what kind of skirts might we be seeing? Or is the Hemline Index far too rigid a theory...
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Posted Oct. 3, 2025

Warwick art historian uncovers lost portrait of Henry Wriothesley, Shakespeare’s patron and possible lover

Warwick art historian, Dr Elizabeth Goldring, has discovered a thought-to-be lost portrait of Henry Wriothesley after more than 400 years since its creation. Henry Wriothesley (1573-1624) was the third Earl of Southampton, and was notably connected to William Shakespeare, with two of the playwright’s famous poems dedicated to him. The...
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Posted Sep. 14, 2025

Poetry by the algorithm: is Instagram poetry any good?

Instagram poetry can also be known by its shortened form, ‘Instapoetry’, which is possibly a more accurate name for the phenomenon. Its poems are typically characterised by a lack of punctuation, short lines and stanzas, and simple language. Appealing due to its bite-sized format, Instapoetry is perhaps the most common...
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Posted Jun. 20, 2025