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Comedian and Oxford graduate Josie Long talks to Impact Features about stage experimentation, the struggles of student life and unfair discrimination regarding art degrees. Are any topics taboo and unlikely to be discussed on stage? There are limits on how far I would go in revealing things about my...

“She wasn’t a loving wife. She wasn’t even a good person. She was a liar, a cheat. She was a killer.” Page 208 Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Genre: Thriller Publisher: Transworld Publishers Published: January 2015 Pages: 316 The Girl on the Train follows Rachel...

We’ve all been there. You’re reading a book or watching a play, and there’s that one character you’re supposed to despise with a passion and hate forever, because of their general wickedness and air of corruption. But as you’re watching or reading…a strange and hitherto unknown feeling spreads through...

Created by Tom Piper, a set designer, and ceramic artist Paul Cummins, the Tower of London has been home to an art spectacular in honour of the 100th anniversary of World War 1: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. 888,246 poppies will fill the Tower’s famous moat, each...

We’ve all seen the compulsive texters on the Tube. The fact there’s no service on the London Underground doesn’t seem to faze them. We’ve probably all been one of the unsociable masses at some point; on the bus, on the train, or even in the car on a family...

Life’s a bag of laughs; and it certainly is when Alli Rogers talks about hers. Alli (nee Garnett) is a former University of Nottingham student who graduated in 1985. After finishing her degree in American Studies, Alli gained a place on a graduate scheme at a well-known bank, and...

Note from the editor: this series of blogs will follow Mary Strickson in documenting her time and thoughts at Nottingham Contemporary art gallery throughout the year. Back in May, I wrote a tentative email to Alice Thickett at Nottingham Contemporary, explaining that I wanted to know about ways to get...