After some bumpy teenage years including an ongoing anxiety battle, starting university in 2016 was the chance for a fresh start. Indeed, my first and second year were incredibly enjoyable. Learning new things, discovering new places, meeting new people. The next chapter of life felt like it was getting started. Career dreams were beginning to […]
The number of under-21s being recruited by criminals to launder money has more than tripled in the past three years according to new figures from Barclays, with university students being actively targeted by criminals as they start the new academic year. Cash-strapped students are key targets for fraudsters, with 30 per cent of all money […]
Incoming students often have high expectations for their first-year experience, partly down to the glamorisation of student life. What more important part of university is there than the infamous social life? Well, apart from the actual degree of course. Coming from a relatively small town where the cultural epicentre was a Nando’s on the high […]
“For the first time in my music career I have been absolutely 100% focused on my own goals and feelings around the song.” Johnson started playing the guitar in his bedroom from age 9 – 12. The artist remembers being asked very early on by his teacher in the 7th grade if he wanted to […]
Sylvia Bremer is a Cuban/German-American singer-songwriter hailing from Miami, Florida. Daughter of a Cuban actress, singer, and pianist. The artist points out how up until the end of high school, her repertoire of performances has been focused predominantly around shows and graduations. As fate would have it, at the age of 18; she was approached […]
In a world which thrives on labels and conforming to a set of picture-perfect standards, Layke (and her signature icy lavender hair) has created a limitless space through her ground-breaking music that defies societal norms. And now the dream pop songstress has catapulted herself into the ever-evolving pop realm. We caught up with her off the […]
To celebrate The Place’s 50s anniversary – we caught up with Samantha McCormick to showcase a career path in dance, through her experience and what she has learnt through her journey in Contemporary Dance. When did you study at LCDS? Why did you decide to study contemporary dance? I studied at LCDS between 2011 and […]
Plastik Funk is a DJ and production duo from Duesseldorf, Germany that’s comprised of Rafael Zimenez-Carrillo and Mikio Gruschinske. We caught up with Rafael Zimenez-Carrillo following their highly anticipated release “Push it”. A tune the DJ’s were keen to produce to bring their sound to another level, having released 5 additional releases in 2020. The […]
“My whole life I wake up with music in my head and go to sleep with it. I feel that music chose me so it’s up to me to sort it out and find the way to build a musicians career.” Israeli solo artist Izakman (aka Itamar Isaak) releases his first UK single ‘Cyber Love’ out […]
To celebrate The Place’s 50s anniversary – we caught up with Sharon Watson to showcase a career path in creative & contemporary dance, through her experience and what she has learnt through her journey in “Creative”& Contemporary Dance. When did you study at LCDS? Why did you decide to study contemporary dance? I studied […]