• Musical Guilty Pleasures! Why do we feel guilty for loving certain songs? 

    Melissa Mousley Imagine: you just got home after a long, stressful day. Maybe the heating wasn’t working in that one lecture theatre. Or you started making your morning coffee, only to realise that you ran out of milk the day before. Dragging your feet, you make it to the...
  • “Monsters”, Netflix and Ryan Murphy

    In August 1989, news broke out about the brutal killings of Kitty and José Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion, shocking the neighbourhood to its core. Their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez were on trial for around three years. Their trial ended in March of 1996, and they faced...
  • Art & AI: The Death of Creativity?

    One hundred years ago, the creation of art would have taken hours with a paintbrush, or months of putting pen to paper, even years of learning to play an instrument and then later composing a piece of music. Now, we can type Dall-E 2 or Midjourney into a search...
  • TicketMaster Troubles

    The experience of concert-going has faced a major shift in recent years. Platforms like TicketMaster and their dynamic pricing system, whereby the price of tickets increase depending on the demand, have negatively impacted fan culture. Many fans who have followed, supported and enjoyed their musical idols for years may...
  • WICKED on Screen : can the magic continue?

    Making its Broadway debut in NYC in 2003, Wicked became a smash hit and is now the tenth longest running production in Broadway history, soaring past $1 billion in earnings in 2016. Now, more than 2 decades later, Director Jon M. Chu has released the musical that has made...
  • Most Beautiful Soundtracks

    A month of hope, motivation, and excitement. Also at times – a month of anxiety, organisation, and tiredness. Whichever emotion matches how you might be feeling in this new year, music can often be the perfect accompaniment. This especially applies when it comes with an excellent story too, providing...
  • How Impact told the Winrush story

    How Impact Told The Windrush Story

     Once upon a time, on 22nd June 1948, Black people arrived in Great Britain. HMS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, carrying 492 Jamaican men. The white English population welcomed them with open arms and streets paved with gold....