We’ve all been there. You’ve had a long day or morning, and you just want to get on the bus, collapse in on yourself like a dying star, and get straight home – without having to endure that struggle alongside another passenger. Worry not, however, as I’ll be outlining several...
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From 2023-2024, the Warwick Grapevine served as the go-to place for gossip on campus, posting all manner of complaints, confessions, and comedy gold. In its day, the Grapevine was as iconically Warwick as the Koan, T-Bar, and Purple combined – with the last of these serving as the account’s trademark...
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Opinion Comedy Column Skool Dayz is always a highly informative affair, whether you’re honing your 2.6 times table with every additional purple, culturally enriching yourself with noughties pop classics, learning your Latin with Sexy Roman Numerals or meeting legendary alumni and benefiting from their immense old-age and wisdom, Skool Dayz...
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Opinion Comedy Column Philosophy, pints, and a proof for God “I drink Purple, therefore I am” – René Descartes (probably) Purple is more than just a colour or a drink: it’s a way of life. Every Wednesday, Warwick students across the central Warwickshire area eagerly queue up for...
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Opinion Comedy Column North Leam Bus Theory is the idea that the buses are actually better in North Leam, and serves as a revisionist challenge to the traditionally accepted narrative that South Leam Bus Theory or Central Leam Bus Theory are superior ideologies. Whilst NLBT is not as fringe a...
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2024 was the year of the election and also the dragon. Across more than 70 countries over 1.7 billion people went to the polls, in elections which decided the leadership of almost half the global population. Join me as I take a look at some of the shocking shams, incompetent...
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Opinion Comedy Column Join me as I don my tin foil hat, do my own research, reject the sheeple mentality, take the red pill and, ultimately, try to get to the bottom of this puzzling mystery. Is it possible that The Warwick Coffee is merely a device that The Warwick...
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Opinion Comedy Column I must say that I viewed this year’s choice for W-WOW’s Warwick Person of the Year with some trepidation, approaching it fully aware of the history of this prestigious honour and the weighty burden I bore in selecting the person most deserving of it. I think, however,...
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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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Opinion Comedy Column Smack, as the name suggests, is a rather violent place. However, it is also a very magical place, with its lively and vibrant queues, cheap shots, and hundreds of trip hazards: surely it is the perfect environment to spend every Tuesday night…or is it? Some nutters, rare...
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Opinion Comedy Column The Westwood Moleman is the University of Warwick’s latest cryptid, joining the likes of Rolf the cat, the Claycroft naked guy, the Tocil rats (which are definitely real), and the dinosaurs that were fossilised in a compromising position. The Westwood Moleman is a half-human, half-mole creature that...
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Opinion Comedy Column The human obsession with speed and competition has a rich and fruitful history: in 2009 Usain Bolt achieved a 100m time of 9.58 seconds; in 2019 Eliud Kipchoge became the first human to run a marathon in less than two hours; and in late 2024 I managed...
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I recently watched a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk by Warwick Pantomime Society, which they staged as part of the Warwick Student Arts Festival. The production made great use of its small cast and short run-time, delivering a fun and cheery rendition of a classic pantomime tale. Knapp’s confidence...
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