Opinion Comedy Column “You can’t teach BNOC.” – Bryn Baber-Day, Warwick Overhead’s Most Quotable Person On Campus 2025, and Warwick Tea BNOC Competition Quarter Finalist 2025 and 2026, April 2025 Both embarrassing and alluring, the title of ‘Big Name On Campus’ continues to capture the imaginations of many a fresher...
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As we gear up for Varsity this weekend, it seems high time to revisit one of Warwick’s most enduring cultural adversaries, Coventry University and its students. Though this feud is generally limited to the floor of Kasbah and the various surfaces on which Varsity fixtures are played, there is no...
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Welcome back to our journey through Warwick’s numerous nights out. For those worried we’d somehow forgetten POP!, Smack, or Skool Dayz, rest easy, as we take you through the N-Z of the university’s nightlife. Should you POP! till you drop, Neon like its friday, or go all the way to...
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Unlike Neon or Kelsey’s Eliminator, Warwick’s nightlife reputation remains far from glowing. However, it’s possible the naysayers have got it wrong. With students best placed to judge, The Boar has invited several writers to share their thoughts on 13 of Warwick’s most popular student nights out, reassessing the traditional narrative...
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Much is made of Leamington Spa’s North-South divide, since, just like Great Britain itself, Leamington is objectively split into two unanimously accepted halves by an unquestioned, horizontal line. South Leam is characterised by its supposedly superior bus commute, less conventionally ‘idyllic’ housing, and a distinct lack of shops, cafes, or...
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This year, choosing the Will’s Word on Warwick Warwick Person of the Year has been no easy feat. However, in looking towards TIME Magazine’s similarly prestigious title, which they awarded to the ‘Architects of Artificial Intelligence’, I was given inspiration. As is customary for such an honour, the Person of...
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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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The Number 1 bus service in Leamington is a rolling wonder: one part retirement community on wheels, one part community lifeline, one part bus, this local institution has to be seen to be believed. A spawn-in location for the most eccentric people you’ve ever met, every Leamingtonian should have a...
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Work is underway on a vibrant new public park which will link the towns of Royal Leamington Spa and Warwick. Named Elizabeth Park in memory of the late Queen, this new space will run alongside the River Leam, creating a “green corridor” between the two towns. The plan features wetland...
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Everyone has the right to a defence case, regardless of ‘guilt’. In this spirit and following in the egalitarian, courageous footsteps of staunch upholders of the Sixth Amendment and legal protectors of the obviously guilty: Saul Goodman, Lionel Hutz, and Alan Dershowitz, I hereby submit my defence of Kenilworth. Now,...
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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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After hearing talk of incoming Olympic bids from several other historic centres of culture, I figured it was high time to throw the University of Warwick’s hat firmly into the ring. While I have not yet checked with the University, I will be sure to ping Stuart Croft a quick...
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Opinion Comedy Column ‘“What is a ‘Kasbah’? What do we mean by ‘meditate’? What is a word? Why do we breathe? These are almost all questions, but the biggest questions of all must be asked of Kasbah?” ...
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