Molly Willis

The best TV shows in foreign languages

Our Boar TV writers tell us about their favourite TV shows in foreign languages Wallander Reece Goodall A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a treat on BBC4 – the channel was airing the Swedish TV series Wallander, starring Krister Henriksson as the titular detective. As a fan of...
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Posted May. 10, 2016

Terrorism affected my year abroad

One of the most common adjectives used to describe the increased numbers of terrorist attacks, threats and high alerts across mainland Europe is “surreal”, a bizarre mix of fact and fantasy. It’s too easy to feel separated from the horror you saw when attacks hit Paris on 13 November 2015,...
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Posted Apr. 20, 2016

New year’s resolutions can change lives

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile New Year’s resolutions can be sloppy and half-hearted, the more crucial ones are usually worth making. The holiday season can be a stressful time for anyone suffering with a mental health problem, whether they have anxiety and don’t enjoy being in social situations; or are recovering from an eating...
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Posted Jan. 15, 2016

Step inside the classroom

Senior Teaching Fellow in the Theatre and Performance Studies Department here at Warwick, Wallace McDowell’s progression from an arts professional to an academic and professor of his own design has been anything but conventional. Before doing a part-time MA at DeMontfort University, he spent twenty years as a production manager...
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Posted Nov. 22, 2015