Samuel Lord

In a near-empty café, somewhere within the maze of rooms in the Palace of Westminster, I met up with Lord Nicholas Forbes of Newcastle. Lord Forbes is one of the newest members of the Lords, having only been granted the peerage in December 2025. A new face in a very old institution.The House of Lords raises many eyebrows amongst the British public and political class. Viewed by many as arcane and outdated, the unelected upper chamber of the UK parliament has drawn fierce criticism towards its pl...

Sports Editor Sam Lord interviews award-winning nurse Saffiatu Nantwi, exploring her nursing journey and her insights on the future of the NHS.The Rising Star Award, organised annually by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), recognises “outstanding contributions to the health and care of Londoners” by BAME nursing staff. This year’s winner was Saffiatu Nantwi, who is reading MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing at King’s College London (KCL) alongside her work as a registered nurse in c...

Sports Editor Sam Lord looks back to three far-right responses to the Olympics, claiming they have made it one of the more controversial games we’ve seen in recent history.


This article was first published in print on 16 September 2024.


The Olympic Games are no stranger to controversy. Every four years the world’s largest sporting event brings about a heavily scrutinised series of challenges and pressures on a host city. And despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) best attempts...

This was definitely my most influential piece at Roar. This story caused alot of controversy on campus at the time and i was very happy to have been the one to break the story.

In this piece, i break into sports news-writing. This one had a tight turnaround (only a few hours) but again meant alot to me, being an Everton fan especially.