Last July, two friends and I were looking to book a holiday “on the cheap”. Having gone to Budapest with my family the year before and eager to return ever since – though perhaps in a more “student-y” fashion – I pushed for the Hungarian capital as the perfect location...
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Bueller, 1986 As a third year nearing the end, I’m almost contractually mandated to bemoan the passage of time, my own encroaching ‘end’, and the relentless swing of death’s remorseless...
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Since October 2024, the Warwick Tea has captured the hearts, minds, and attention of the student body, entertaining us with gossip, Warwick news, and campus competitions. In under two years, it has amassed a following of over 9,000 students and posted over 11,000 submissions, becoming a central part of Warwick...
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Like clockwork, hundreds of Warwick students gather on a weekly basis in what appears, at first glance, to be a loosely organised formation. Though often geometrically imprecise, these individuals then form a continuous loop with no discernible entry or exit.
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Who is behind Warwick’s largest gossip page? It might not be who you think. “What happens when the person who runs @warwickscenes graduates?” one student submitted to the Warwick gossip page with over 9,000 followers. Despite their presentation as student-run side projects, Warwick Scenes and many other ‘Scenes’ pages are...
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In 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire collapsed, and with it, the secret of how to make durable concrete was lost, not to be rediscovered for roughly a thousand years. The problem was that making concrete in classical Rome was like riding a bike: everyone knew how to do it,...
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‘If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ – Issac Newton, 1675 I will here attempt to give a brief, but I fear imperfect, sketch of the progress of the theories pertaining the Copper Rooms 1 urinals.
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It goes without saying that the area slightly below South-Western Coventry and above Kenilworth is one of the most outstanding areas of natural and, dare I say it, even unnatural, man-made beauty in the world. This region, if indeed it has a name, is often called the University of Warwick’s...
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A second compilation of Warwick’s most well-known lore. Though inevitably incomplete, it captures a series of tales, myths, and legends that have been told across the campus over the last 60 years.
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The Boar speaks to stars from Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and more...
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Our outgoing Editorial Board for 2025–26 bid farewell, and give their final thoughts about their time with The Boar. Martin Day – Editor-in-Chief How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. My time at Uni has been so absurdly defined by this paper, and its gradually...
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For those unaware, ‘Woxbridge’ is the grouping of the three finest universities in the UK: Warwick, Oxford, and Cambridge. While the makeup of this timeless triumvirate is rarely challenged, serious questions remain about which institution comes out on top when pitted against the others. Now I know what you’re thinking....
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The pub remains one of Britain’s best-loved institutions, and as community spaces continue to be shut down and society becomes increasingly atomised, it seems they remain more important than ever. However, last summer saw eight pub closures a week, as many local institutions were unable to keep their doors open....
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