How to bend a diamond
Diamond is the hardest material on Earth, yet Reece Goodall reports how a team of scientists at MIT have managed to bend and stretch diamonds.
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A quick guide to term 3 events at Warwick
It’s easy to fall into the idea that Term 3 is nothing but spending your time in the library, working away until exams finally roll around – however, there’s still tons of events going about campus, and it’s quite easy to miss them as you surround yourself with books. Here’s...
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Midsomer Murders – Death by Persuasion
It’s been a long time since the last episode of Midsomer Murders hit our screens, and it’s somewhat sad to say that it wasn’t worth the wait. ‘Death by Persuasion’ is a gorgeous and well-acted instalment of Midsomer, but it suffers far too much with a script that is equal...
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A counter case to GQ’s ’21 books you don’t have to read’
Last month GQ published a list of a bunch of classic books that they don’t recommend you reading – it gives a little description as to why the book should be stricken from the canon, and a suggestion of an alternative text that you may enjoy instead. It seems like...
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Mark Williams wins 2018 World Snooker Championship
Mark Williams has won the 2018 World Snooker Championship, his third world title, after an epic final battle against John Higgins that ended 18-16. It was the class of ’92 dominating the tournament, with both men producing excellent snooker to reach the final and then to contend for the title....
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The Apu Controversy
Two writers discuss the recent controversy surrounding Apu, and its impact on The Simpsons and on the television industry in general
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Is Nintendo Labo worth our two cents?
In a time when gaming companies are pursuing the most advanced and impressive software they can, Nintendo’s newest innovation is… cardboard. Nintendo Labo may seem like a huge gimmick – after all, how could a bunch of cardboard sculptures be anything else? What it is, however, is a load of...
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Science Explains: the hard science of soft metals
Reece Goodall explains the science behind the newest social media challenge of making a smooth sphere out of tinfoil.
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Is social media bad for business?
Wetherspoons is an absolute student staple – after all, who hasn’t paid a visit to the Benjamin Satchwell on a Leamington night out? The pub chain hit the news this last week after it announced that it was quitting social media, telling its 44,000 Twitter followers that its head office...
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The Strangers – Prey at Night: Review
Although the original The Strangers received incredibly mixed reviews on its 2008 release, it went down really well with audiences who have been clamouring for a sequel ever since. Now, ten years later, their wishes have been granted. It may have received the same mixed reviews in America, but I...
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Why crime fiction is booming
There is a boom in crime and thriller fiction in the UK, with sales having increased by 19% since 2015 (18.7 million crime books were sold last year). It is the first time since Nielsen Bookscan’s records began that crime has sold more than general and literary fiction (dropping by...
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Ordeal by Innocence – the perils of adapting Agatha Christie
Reece Goodall looks at the recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'Ordeal by Innocence'. Was it a faithful adaptation of Christie's novel?
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A Modern Horror Gem: Behind the Mask- The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Horror fans are having a great time of it lately, with A Quiet Place absolutely smashing it at the box office, joining recent horror hits like It and Get Out. Scary movies are on top again, so what better time to revisit an underappreciated horror movie, especially since it seems...
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