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Maria Petreanu brings us a culture guide to her hometown, offering all the insider information you’d need for an affordable city-break get away. The first thing people usually mention when I say I was born in the Transylvanian part of Romania is, of course, Dracula. However, something not many will know about my hometown of Brasov is that it is, in fact, a charming medieval-style town with a lot of heart. Whether you love winter sports, sightseeing, shopping or heart-warming food, Brasov has got something for everyone and makes for a lovely affordable city-break destination. Culture lovers will…
Entertainment Editor, Izzy Brann, gives us an overview of Anne Enright’s recent visit. On Wednesday 30th October, Loughborough University played host to Booker Prize winning author, Anne Enright, as part of the ‘Big Booker Read’. The event was the first of its kind on campus, celebrating the new partnership of the University with the Booker Prize Foundation, an initiative to encourage greater engagement of students with award winning contemporary fiction. Authors including Hilary Mantel, Sarah Waters and Enright herself are involved with the scheme, visiting universities across the UK to discuss celebrated novels. This event was centred around Enright’s The…
Volunteer writer, Lou Goswell, gives us her insights on Netflix’s Unbelievable. TRIGGER WARNING: sexual violence. Here are some statistics: Unbelievable received 97% from Rotten Tomatoes; between April 2018 and March 2019, 162,030 Sexual Assaults had been reported throughout England and Wales; there are exactly 8 episodes of Unbelievable; statistics demonstrate that there are more police recorded sexual offences in 2019 than there has ever been; as of March 2019, according to the CSEW Survey, 2.9% of 16 – 59 year olds have been victims of sexual assault; Unbelievable is a total of 385 minutes; the CSEW Survey found that 20% of…
Volunteer writer, Sofia Azcona, gives her insight into the new Joker adaptation, which has drawn praise and controversy across the board. You don’t need to be an avid comic book fan or action movie lover to know of the Joker: Batman’s arch-nemesis and Gotham’s Clown Prince of Crime. A criminal mastermind with a sadistic sense of humor, cinema has shown us many different Jokers throughout the decades (some better than others). Cesar Romero’s Joker was the campy prankster, Jack Nicholson the 80s mobster, Heath Ledger the terrorist. So what could Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker bring to the table that we haven’t…
Irish author Anne Enright, the Booker prize winner in 2007 with her book The Gathering, is visiting Loughborough on the 30th October! The Booker prize takes place annually and is awarded to any English-language novel. Novels will be submitted by publishers and then 12 will be put onto a long-list and then narrowed down to a shortlist of 6. The winner receives £50,000 and the accolade of being the Booker Prize Winner. The Gathering is set between Dublin and England and is centred around the Hegarty family, who gather together in Dublin for a funeral. The novels narrator Veronica, takes the reader…
We had a fantastic time in Freshers Week! Take a look back at some of the highlights from LSUTV, and see what your typical Freshers is like at Loughborough University!
Rahul and Ed went down to LSU’s Brexit helpdesk and heard from University and Union staff about how Brexit could affect students at the end of this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnb5Ly1Nwd4 Credits Presenter Ed Radford Presenter Rahul Mathasing Camera Ed Radford Camera Rahul Mathasing Editor Rahul Mathasing Executive Producer Joshua Gray LSUTV is the award-winning Student Television Station of Loughborough University. Get involved and join our team of volunteers today! Visit our YouTube Channel and follow us on Twitter, @lsutvonline.
Love playing sport but cannot commit to AU training? Want to make new friends and meet people in other halls? Then IMS sport is the one for you! Intra-Mural Sport, or more commonly known as IMS sport, is a free programme open to every Loughborough University student affiliated to a university hall. Every week there are 90 league fixtures, and over the course of each year there are 20 one day events. The one-day events run at certain weekends throughout the year, including sports such as water polo, wheelchair basketball, table tennis, and even beach volleyball! What a great way…
When Harrogate was announced as host of the 2019 Cycling World Championships, everyone in Yorkshire knew it would be an event to remember. Yorkshire is known for its steep climbs and bumpy profile that makes racing unpredictable. However, it wouldn’t have been a sporting event in Yorkshire without rain. Although videos went viral of riders crashing, cyclists are known for being hardy creatures, and the winner would ultimately be down to the one with great mental strength. Early success for Britain came with two bronze medals in the first two days, starting with a fantastic performance in the newly introduced mixed gender…
In this Society Spotlight, former Student Union President Rahul Mathasing explains the important role Stage Society has played in his time at Loughborough. What on earth is going on? What do I do now? How do I fill my ‘free time’? There’s so much, how do I choose? All valid questions, all more than likely asked by ninety per cent of students immediately after Freshers is done. With so much going on in the first few weeks – introductions, bazaars, and more introductions (seriously, there’s so many intros to things it’s almost silly), it’s all too easy to get lost…