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A Day In the Life

Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 It had been a long, sleepless night without incident. By five, the wind with its howls and gasps had lost its novelty value - it had long ago whipped up the blood in our cheeks and was getting to work on the rest of us... Read article

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On every street in every city Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Taxi drivers are notoriously well informed. Aside from reading more newspapers than even the most dedicated Boar writer, and knowing the area where they work better than the council that runs it, they also have heard every boring anecdote, every pathetic excuse, sad story or get-out... Read article

Take me to your leader Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Some 300 Liberal Democrat Party members from across the West Midlands descended upon King Henry VIII School in Coventry last week, ready to have their votes counted by the three candidates vying to become their leader: acting leader and foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell, economic spokesm... Read article

Campus on two wheels Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Coming to University can be a stressful enough, finding your way around campus in the first week is never easy, turning up to seminars and lectures 10 minutes late because you couldn’t find the room doesn’t give the right impression... Read article

What's On - Events Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Real Ale Festival It’s coming… It’s coming… And finally, it’s here! Unless you have been walking around Warwick’s numerous drinking venues with your eyes shut for the past three weeks, you will all be aware of the Warwick Real Ale Festival taking place this week... Read article

What's On - Sound Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley Damian Marley may not be the first Marley infant to give the music business a a shot, but he’s is looking by far the most successful... Read article

Fred Forse is.. Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 The Challenge: Each week Fred Forse tags along to dates and spies on them David-Attenborough-like. Some, like this week’s, are blind dates. Others will be long-term couples... Read article

Warwick Stereotypes Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 The girlus fashionus is a very confused creature, who seems to have mistaken the Warwick jungle for downtown Manhattan or Paris. She is easy to spot with jeans tucked in high-heeled boots, a tiny lacy top and beret which all come, of course, from designer stores... Read article

What's On - Cinema Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Good Night, and Good Luck For the purposes of George Clooney’s film, Edward Murrow, the revered CBS newcaster, single handedly removed Sen. Joseph McCarthy from politics... Read article

When left meets right Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 During One World Week, Warwick students were put to the test when Professor Rajan, Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) turned up to tell us about how wonderful Globalisation is... Read article

A week without .... Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Monday 13th February Memories of the first time I wore make-up evoke vivid images of red, watery eyes (from poking them with the mascara brush), blacker-than-black eyelids and lips that were not so much glossed as industrially varnished... Read article

MISCELLANY Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 What are they? Meaning: The word blog is short for “weblog”, and refers to a personal website that acts as a log or journal. Function: Warwick Blogs (blogs... Read article

What's On - Culture Post a comment | Published: February 27, 2006 Home of the Wriggler If you’ve read Jonathan Coe’s The Closed Circle, or are just interested in finding out more about the vast motor heritage here in the Midlands, Home of the Wriggler is a must-see... Read article