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Label volunteer Laura Gray argues why she considers Rosalía’s most recent album both a lyrical masterpiece, and the album of the year. Rosalía is an unstoppable flamenco-pop force from Spain. Her first self-produced, self-written album in collaboration with El Guincho was also coincidentally her final university project, named: “El Mal Querer”. It was a non-autobiographical, sonic remake of the Medieval novel “La Flamenca”, detailing a woman being incarcerated by her husband due to fear of her committing adultery. Stepping into this territory, she was labelled as a feminist, classy, yet rebellious woman. This time around, with MOTOMAMI, her sophomore album,…
Photos taken at the Women’s 3s Football match against NTU on 12th Oct (2022) by Lens’ Head of Sport, Ash (@Aashna Naik).
Photos taken at this years sports and activities bazaars by this year’s Head of Lens, Gemma.
Label volunteer writer, Ritika Nair, dissects what makes us like some children of celebrities, and very much not like others. Who doesn’t love a good ‘rags to riches’ story? We’ve all cosied to the comforts of Annie, and while the musical gave us a couple of bangers, it also presented as an iconic pop culture reference to the classic “she started from the bottom and look where she is now” plot line. Hence, when it comes to the dazzling world of Hollywood, it’s funny to learn that for some familiar faces, it was a less than daunting journey for them…
England narrowly loose to New Zealand in the Women’s Rugby World Cup, held in Auckland, New Zealand. Sport Editor, Jasmine Trapnell, details the final and highlights the Loughborough Lightning players who were chosen to represent their nation. New Zealand’s Black Ferns successfully defended their title once again, beating our Red Roses 34-31, in front of a record-breaking crowd of more than 42,000 spectators. Loughborough Lightning had 6 players representing England in the World Cup Final: Cath O’Donnell, Emily Scarratt (VC), Morwenna Talling, Sadia Kabeya, Helena Rowland, and England Captain Sarah Hunter. Lydia Thompson was sent off in the…
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Photos taken at Loughborough Men’s Rugby 2s match on Wednesday 2nd November by one of our Lens volunteers, Felix.
Label volunteer Grace Vinzia shares her experience of her first few months at university Seeing my parents drive away from my accommodation was always going to be the most daunting part of coming to University. Heading back to my newly decorated room and sitting alone on my bed in complete silence for the first time in 18 years, brought me emotions difficult to express in words. My chest tightened, remembering that I wouldn’t be able to see my parents every day. But, my mind bubbled with excitement at the thought of what the University experience had in store for me.…
CJ Ujah causes controversy after being cleared of intentionally taking performance-enhancing drugs. Jasmine Trapnell, Label’s Sport Editor, explores how this has divided fans. British Olympian CJ Ujah was a crucial part of the silver medal winning relay team in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 that narrowly lost to Italy by a hundredth of a second, with Canada following closely behind. However, following an anti-doping test conducted at the Olympics, news broke that Ujah had tested positive for 2 performance-enhancing drugs: Ostarine and S-23. Ujah and his teammates Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, were all instantly disqualified and stripped…
LSU Label volunteer Laura Núñez talks about the challenges and reality of being an international student at university and touches on her personal experiences. Her inspirational words bring to light how the university community made the transition from school to higher education easier. Living away from home can be a new exciting experience but also quite scary! Especially if you have only just turned into an adult, moving away from home can be a very daunting experience for most people. As an adult and university student, you need to learn to organise yourself like never before. There is no longer…