Brazil

University has been deemed a core step in bridging adulthood and by no means is this an exaggeration. The simplest way to describe it? The most extreme way to experience a broad spectrum of different things which inevitably prepare you to cope with whatever comes your way. Let’s face...

We all know that one person. The action movie fanatic determined to be contrary who, whilst others sit around enjoying It’s a Wonderful Life and Love Actually, can’t help but pipe up with the oh-so-original claim: “Actually, Die Hard is the best Christmas film”. The clear (by now tiresome)...

When one thinks of great Brazilian footballers, attacking players such as Pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Zico come to mind. Carlos Alberto, however, gives all of them a run for their money in terms of his influence on Brazilian football. Carlos Alberto, capped 53 times by Brazil, sadly died of...

Team GB’s unprecedented success at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro came as a welcome relief, after what has been a summer of turbulence at best. In four pulsating weeks of sport, our inspirational athletes performed at the highest possible level, which saw Britain punch...

Welcome to Impact Exposure – a weekly showcase of the work of UoN photographers. These images are the work of Connie Leroux. ‘These are a selection of images from Peru, where I spent part of my Year Abroad this year. During this time I shot various types of film,...

Every year, the hedonistic lifestyle of Rio de Janeiro attracts a multitude of tourists from across the globe, seeking to experience the buzz of the ‘marvellous city’. However, for UoN student James Gorey, Rio was a slightly different place. His experiences living and volunteering in Rocinha, (arguably the largest...

A month after the 2014 World Cup, third-year History student Nico looks back on his time in Brazil… Considering all the hysterical pre-trip scaremongering I had been fed by friends, family and the national media, I was half expecting, upon boarding my Brazil-bound flight, to be flying into a warzone with...