2025 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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Nikolai Morton
Somewhere in my memory: Why Home Alone still holds a special place in families’ hearts
The time of year is nigh when we snuggle into the sofa, hot chocolate or mulled wine in hand, the Christmas tree lights twinkling nearby. The only thing missing from that cosy equation is, of course, a festive film. We all have our unique Yuletide staples, but one particular series...
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Decluttering the ‘mancave’: How projects like Warwick Arts Centre’s ‘Community Talking Shed’ are using collaborative art to fight the mental health crisis
What is it with men and sheds? Maybe it’s the fact that they provide an easy refuge down the bottom of the garden, where men (especially dads) can shut themselves away from the world, tinkering away at their latest DIY obsession. Warwick Arts Centre’s ‘Community Talking Shed’, however, was a...
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Fame-thirsting or society-nursing? What the recent lookalike contest trend has revealed about 2020s celebrity culture
There’s a chance that someone has told you you’re the spitting image of a celebrity at one point or another. You might even have quietly convinced yourself of that fact. I had the Timothée Chalamet compliment bestowed upon me once – apparently, it was just the hair, but that’s good...
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Buses boost for students as Stagecoach announces major fleet expansion
Warwick students will soon benefit from a major £140 million project modernising Coventry’s bus fleet. The scheme will see 64 new Stagecoach buses roll out onto the city’s roads next year, forming part of Coventry City Council’s target to have the UK’s first fully electric bus fleet by 2025. This...
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Anger and uncertainty over decision to house asylum seekers in Coventry and Warwick hotels
Councillors and local residents in Coventry and Warwick have hit out at a government decision to temporarily house asylum seekers in local hotels. Coventry City Council is considering legal action after a hotel in the city (whose name The Boar will not disclose) was reserved for this purpose with only...
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Let there be light: Live music and star power mark arrival of Christmas on campus
Christmas officially arrived in Warwick on Wednesday, with a fun-filled evening hosted by BBC Radio 2 presenter Richie Anderson, featuring performances from several of the University’s music ensembles. A large stage in the centre of the Piazza was the first sign that this year’s ‘Christmas at Warwick’ would be a...
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Removing a literary ‘veil’: Maus, Persepolis, and the graphic novel’s sociopolitical significance
During my first year of English and History studies at Warwick, my literary ‘veil’ was lifted on a few giants of the graphic novel form. Here, I’ll discuss why two of them in particular matter – Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust narrative, Maus, and Marjane Satrapi’s elegy to a changed...
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University Boat Club’s 48-hour charity row smashes fundraiser target
Members of the University of Warwick Boat Club (UWBC) have raised over £2,400 for charity following the Club’s annual 48-hour row. Over 100 athletes from the Club’s four squads participated in the marathon event, taking turns on a rowing machine stationed in the Piazza from Monday 21 October at noon...
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A eulogy for a career: Rafael Nadal announces his retirement
With the sombrely expected news of Rafael Nadal’s imminent retirement after November’s Davis Cup, the sporting world feels disoriented, not just the tennis one. From his humble beginnings in Mallorca to his arrival in a highly select club of Career Golden Slam achievers, ‘Rafa’ has always epitomised greatness and humility...
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Unmuting the Conversation: A Look at Male Mental Health in Sport this Movember
You might remember watching the emotional video released by Norwich City F.C. last year to mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October: “At times, it can be obvious when someone is struggling to cope”, the club stated, “But sometimes, the signs are harder to spot”. Movember, the month-long annual...
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Fantasy football: A quick overview
After scoring a recent Premier League hat trick against Ipswich, Erling Haaland smugly asked his Instagram followers: “Did you triple captain me?” He was referring, of course, to fantasy football, the popular online game in which millions of managers field a team of league players on a weekly basis, competing...
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House of the Dragon Season 2: A slow but intriguing ‘dance’
The long night has officially begun, and two bleak winters will now pass before we are gifted season three of this magnificent show. Season one of House of the Dragon, HBO’s more intimate Game of Thrones prequel, was a grandiose and decade-spanning display of politicking – the prelude to the...
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