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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In theory, Sabotage Studios’ Sea of Stars sounds like the perfect JRPG (Japanese Role-Playing Game) – glimmering with bright colours, lovely mountains and valleys, exciting combat, and beneath it all, an immersive SciFi/fantasy story. When I purchased the game on Steam after googling ‘best turn-based JRPGs’ and reading the game’s...
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Tread softly through Yamuna Ghat, feather-light steps across the riverbank. Walk in step with the water’s flow, ahead, behind, in tandem with what you know. Look at the ripple when you throw a stone in, stare at it, glare and gawk until you sicken to your core. Heave in your...
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It’s September and I’ve moved into my new student accommodation – it’s time to liven up how my room looks, starting with the essentials. Maybe some bedding. I head over to the superstore to find colourful bedsheets and pillowcases. The only feasibly affordable bedsheet, however, is grey. In fairness, they’ve...
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Naomi Pandey recommends seven songs to start a perfect summer playlist.
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Three Boar writers give their opinions on what you should watch this Pride month! Here are their recommendations… 1. Call Me by Your Name (2017) dir. Luca Guadagnino By Yusra Babar “Because I wanted you to know.” I do not exactly remember when I first watched Call Me by Your...
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The growing turmoil in South Korea’s political climate reached a boiling point when, on December 3 2024, then-president Yoon Suk-yeol declared an emergency military takeover. The reasoning was arguably weak – Yoon feared that there was a growing number of North Korean sympathisers, and the need arose, therefore, to “eliminate...
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The seventh season of the science-fiction anthology show Black Mirror is here. With a six-episode run, and the first-ever sequel to a previous episode, ratings and public reception have increased even further – Rotten Tomatoes’ ‘Popcornmeter’, which collates audience reviews, has significantly risen to 72% for season seven. For me, the...
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There are times when you can predict exactly how a television episode will pan out and end up being exactly right. Whether it’s inconvenient misunderstandings, or a new love interest being introduced to milk the main couple’s ‘will-they-won’t-they?’ tension, there is a point where tropes stop feeling organic and start...
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My uncle would get DVDs of his favourite films from the US every time he’d visit. When I was ten, and he came to our place, he showed us some of his animated film picks. The first of these was Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. Before watching this film, I...
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Be it the various shades of green Emerald City locals flaunt, or the eccentric glasses donned by Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) sidekick Pfannee (Bowen Yang), Wicked’s vibrant catalogue of costumes is a beautiful sight. The excellence of these costumes is evidenced by Paul Tazewell, the costume designer for Wicked, winning this...
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Naomi Pandey suggests some songs to make a perfect playlist to enjoy during spring.
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"Enjoy your balloons". Naomi Pandey explains why, amid a landscape of glamorous but substanceless mystery shows, Apple TV's Severance stands out as a 'must-watch'.
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