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Last year, Arts Editor Esther was fortunate enough to hear Daisy Edwards talk about the importance of BSL Poetry at one of the University’s fantastic Poetry Exchange events. One year later, she now catches up with both Daisy, and current Sign Soc president Federica Rizzi, to further discuss the...

In the run-up to Impact’s upcoming podcast on BSL Poetry, I had the chance to interview SignSoc’s very own Federica Rizzi! Read onto to learn more about the Sign Language Society and how you can get involved… Tell me a bit about your society, how can people get involved...

I first met Daisy last year at a Nottingham Poetry Exchange event where she wowed the audience with her presentation on BSL poetry. I had never heard of the art form before and was astounded by how ignorant I was to it. Daisy had stumbled across the subject, and,...

As Easter (and assessments…) draw near, it felt appropriate to indulge in a little bit of silly behaviour, a pinch of tomfoolery, to wave away the deadline blues. So this month, we made tomfoolery our theme, and our fabulous poets once again delivered.   As Spring Falls Funny, you-...

When I read that the national average is a size 16 Like we’re all statistics in a clothing regime That I’m three sizes short of, but still considered by some as ‘fat’ For my wide hips and lack of a thigh gap I question why I care, but can’t...

Liverpudlian accents, sparkly flares and a whole lot of energy. That’s what greeted me when I went to interview director Chloe Richardson, producer Tara Phillips, and cast members Sally Nesbitt, Kate O’Gorman, and Jake Ellis, of the NNT’s upcoming play Stags and Hens by Willy Russell. The enthusiastic and bubbly cast...

I first came across Andrea Gibson’s work on Spotify, after listening to their album Hey Galaxy! An amalgamation of beautiful spoken word poetry put to music. Each piece felt like a snippet of someone’s rawest moments, collated to create a patchwork of love, loss, identity and family. A lot...