Author: Rachael Alvey

It would be wrong to not start this article with a bit of hype for recent Loughborough graduate, Lottie Hazell, whose debut novel Piglet was released at the end of February. The novel looks at the eponym’s relationship with food in the lead up to her wedding day as her fiancé’s secrets start to come seeping through the cracks. Caught up in a publishing war with Penguin coming out on top, Piglet has been an eagerly awaited addition to the literary world. Highly anticipated for me is the new Karen M McManus novel, Such Charming Liars, coming to bookshelves this summer. McManus is best known for…

For anyone who keeps a vague eye on the news or weather, it’s not hard to notice the number of flood warnings and storms we’ve seen so far this year. Fields have been turned into lakes, footpaths into swamps, and the number of road closures around rivers has caused major disruptions up and down the country. But why are we seeing so much more rain this year compared to previous years? According to Met Office data, so far in the 2023/24 storm season (running from early September to late August), the UK has seen ten named storms. That averages out…

Over the past few weeks, as usual, Loughborough has been dominating the BUCS world. We’ve seen derby matches across several sports as well as Super Weekends to add to the history books. So, here’s a round-up of the last couple of weeks in AV. At the start of February, the Men’s and Women’s Tennis National League teams travelled to Roehampton for their second Super Weekend of the year. The Men’s team had a successful weekend with 5-1 and 4-2 victories over Leeds Beckett and Bath respectively. These two wins follow an undefeated season meaning Loughborough take the National League title…

As students, we could all at some point have been accused of scrabbling together a meal that perhaps isn’t the most complementary or healthy.