2026 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2026! Allow your favourite student journalists to inspire you with our annual attempts at renewal – whether that's proper hydration, banishing doomscrolling, or perfecting the art of the Letterboxd review.
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Sanjana Iyer
The year abroad glow-up is real
When every year abroad student tells you that their time abroad changed their life, as annoying as we might sound we’re not just playing into a cliché. There is something fundamentally paradigm-shifting about sticking yourself in an entirely new country, culture, and community and then building a life for yourself,...
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Far from angelic, Sky Sports’ TikTok channel Halo crashed and burned in three days
Sky Sports never needed a “lil sis”, yet for a mere three days before it got taken down following fervent backlash, the broadcaster ran a TikTok channel, Halo, with the “aim to build a welcoming community for female fans through fun, trend-led, and relatable content.” Unfortunately for Sky, they fell...
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How extreme temperatures mess with our minds, not just our planet
We’ve almost become completely desensitised to hearing about new record sea levels or temperatures being reached. But every time these records get broken again, it’s not just our livelihoods and environments that suffer, it’s our mental wellbeing too. The link between mental health and the climate crisis spans well beyond...
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British Airways faces backlash for withdrawing sponsorship of Louis Theroux podcast after Bob Vylan interview
“I would do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays,” said the frontman of punk duo Bob Vylan, Bobby Vylan, on The Louis Theroux Podcast, in response to his chanting of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]” at this year’s Glastonbury. This move caused major waves across the entire...
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A student’s guide on where to live after first year
There are many options for post-Freshers living, whether you’re rocking the Kasbah in Central Coventry, roaming the Victorian boulevards of northern Leamington, or attending village fetes in Kenilworth, the world of the West Midlands remains your oyster. However, it can be difficult to know where to settle, so we’ve gathered...
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The Celebrity Traitors: The crazier the better
Is The Celebrity Traitors just the classic playground game, Mafia, made 100 times more dramatic? Yes. But that’s exactly what makes it the perfect show to gather your flat, make a round of tea, and stir your own strategies and predictions, all accompanied by bellyfuls of laughter. With what I...
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A podcast to sum up university
The Boar asked writers to choose one podcast that has been crucial to their university journey. The trio provide a much-needed voice of reason in a media ecosystem otherwise drowning in slop, misinformation, and Goalhanger podcasts. ‘The News Agents’ To call The News Agents an essential part of my commute is...
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We sing like lemurs and speak like bonobos: Warwick adds to animal language development research
‘Non-linear phenomena’, or NLP, is a mathematical category that can be applied to biological development. It refers to how an ‘input’ does not directly equal the ‘output’. For example, if you revised for an exam for a whole day, and remembered none of it, that would be an NLP, as...
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Soundtracking Stories: How Instagram’s music feature makes your life a movie
Sanjana Iyer details the importance of music on social media, and recommends some songs to use if you're feeling stuck.
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Musicians aren’t politicians, but they still have a voice
Sanjana Iyer discusses whether musicians should use their platform to demonstrate their political opinions.
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Why listening to a book means I can still add it to my Goodreads
Since the advent of audiobooks decades ago, reading a book no longer has to mean sitting down with a physical copy and pouring over each page. While one could never argue there isn’t something distinctive about curling up with a good book, other forms of reading don’t have to be...
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You may soon see a gangster Mickey Mouse but Disney needn’t worry
This year’s Public Domain Day in the US saw the entry of the original Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, into the hallowed ranks of classic media that is no longer protected by intellectual property rights, with the cartoon mouse joining beloved characters such as Winnie the Pooh and Bugs Bunny. Though,...
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