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Our Culture Editor, Leanne McCarthy, brings you a little slice of what it’s like to live in Germany and England. Since I was only two, I have lived in Germany. This seems to confuse people I first meet – I’m not German and neither are my parents; my German language skills can get me where I need to go, but I’m not fully fluent; I went to an English school and have English qualifications. I am English, but I have been lucky enough to live in Germany for pretty much my whole life and experience its culture first hand.…

Volunteer writer Meg Jocson Ong, brings you a few recommendations for new music to try this year. R&B. One of my fondest memories as a kid was listening to the R&B CD my mom had in the car and having it on repeat every day for a good 2 years. The CD was full of 90’s and early 00’s R&B classics like Ne-Yo, Mary J Blige and Janet Jackson. I lost touch with R&B in my teens but found it again in my 20s, which brings us here – below are a few artists coming into the spotlight and…

Label Volunteer Joshua Gray brings you the latest news on tonight’s vote on Brexit. After a bitter Brexit defeat in the Commons, Prime Minister Theresa May has three days to decide the next steps for a Brexit faltering in its tracks, and a confidence vote to fight on Wednesday. After Theresa May suffered her second Brexit defeat in 24 hours on Wednesday Evening – this time led by her own MPs who forced the Government to provide revised plans within three days rather than 21 – there was little doubt that today’s vote on the Brexit deal would fail.…

Our Label Volunteer, Vicki Phillips is here to help YOU pick the perfect New Years Resolutions for your BEST year of life yet! With 2018 at an end and 2019 already kicked off, I can guarantee that you’re all searching for the best way to have best the possible year and be the best version of yourself. Gym memberships will be purchased, diet plans prepared and promises to spend less money all occur. But even though improving ourselves is never a negative, we place so much pressure on setting new goals that the majority of people simply forget about…

Label Editor, Amie Woodyatt, takes on sports, discussing the accomplishments of four GB Hockey women who received honorary doctorates from Loughborough University in December. Madeleine Hinch, Dr Hannah Macleod, Giselle Ansley, and Nicola White were awarded honorary doctorates by the university in December for their participation in women’s hockey. While the Winter Graduation celebrated hundreds of students, the four women were recognised for their contribution to the sport, after helping bring home Gold Medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Olympic success was the first time in history women’s hockey had taken home Gold, and resulted in a surprising,…

Returning Label volunteers Chris Leroux, discusses an important member of every committee which can sometimes be forgotten. When you think of Hall Committees, you often think of Hall Chairs or Social Secs first. Which is for a very good reason; they are normally the first members of your Hall Committee you meet and are definitely the most vocal. You then normally speak to the Treasurers, the Sports Secs and the Rag and Action Reps. You go to the Welfare Rep for support, you buy clothes off the Stash Rep and you learn about recycling from the FREEC Rep. However,…

12 AU teams are ready to battle against each other in the first ever lip sync battle on 13th February! Tickets on sale soon. [videojs mp4=”https://webvids.lsu.co.uk/2018-19/LSUTV/Promo/lipsync_promo_website_final.mp4″ poster=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/final-still.png”]

Label Volunteer Isaac Cave takes a look at the evolution and 20th Anniversary of the video game, Half-Life. Half-life was a first-person shooter developed by Valve and was released in 1998 for Microsoft windows, yet unlike other shooters of this era such as Doom or Quake that followed the simple formula of “run, gun, fun” Half-Life was so much more. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell stated that the team aimed to build an immersive world rather than a shooting gallery, and they succeeded as Half-Life had won over 50 PC game of the year awards and is popularly considered to…

With the new year, comes a new series from Label Music. REWIND will revisit a whole host of old school icons of the music industry, and first up; volunteer Gugundeep Kaur takes you on a journey way back, re-introducing A Tribe Called Quest. With the rise of mumble rappers and mindless trap, I think it’s time we looked back to the classic hip-hop artists from way back when. Listening to old-school hip-hop has recently become somewhat of a millennial trend, but I think both stylistically and lyrically there is much to learn from the older artists; since we wouldn’t…

Returning Label volunteer, Chris Leroux, discusses the different possibilities surrounding Brexit. “Is it over yet?” seems to be the question everyone is asking. Unfortunately, Brexit never seems to be out of the headlines. For the past 2 years Brexit is something that you can’t avoid, whether it be on the news, in conversations, or in popular culture (if anything pre-Brexit Britain seems to have a culture of its own). Much like the ever closer reach of death; Brexit is seemingly omnipresent and whether or not we leave, will be a key part of British politics for at least the…