Though The Boar is becoming a big name in the world of UK student journalism, recently winning an overwhelming number of awards at the Midlands’ SPA Regionals and a nomination for Best Publication at the upcoming Nationals, many of us fell into this newspaper rather unexpectedly. My first experience with...
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There is no singular ‘neurodivergent experience’ at university. Not only do many labels fall under this umbrella term, but all neurodivergent conditions are experienced uniquely by the individual, and our relationship to aspects of university life is far from equivalent. Though ‘neurodivergent’ implies deviation from some abstract notion of ‘normality,’...
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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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The launch of the 2024/25 academic year brought a new addition to the University of Warwick campus, and with it, an unprecedented tirade of discourse and criticism. The modest collection of chairs and tables aside Café Library had never before been given a second thought by students speeding between lectures...
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“What matters more, art or life?” Phoebe Plummer’s question echoed through the National Gallery on October 14 2022. Now, nearly two years on, the law has stepped in to give its answer: art. Well, more specifically, the framing of art. It was the “corrosive effect” of tomato soup on the...
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The Conservative Party’s 1978 poster ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ is widely considered the blueprint of political party banner campaigning. Awarded Campaign magazine’s ‘poster of the century’ in 1999, the long and short term impact of the piece has cemented it as the benchmark from which most political marketing is now measured. The poster depicts...
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Fantasy novel sales are on the rise, having doubled since 2010 and are now forecasted to break the £50m mark for the first time ever this year. Aside from social media’s enormous contribution to the genre’s popularity, the take-off of fantasy’s success can be attributed largely to a growing desire...
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