• Banquet

    The Pageantry of Diplomacy – Trump’s Second State Visit to the UK

    Ella Koeppern Windsor Castle stood in full ceremonial splendour last Wednesday as King Charles III welcomed US President Donald Trump for his second state visit. Guards, dressed in full regalia and lined in precision, stood as music echoed across the lawns and Union flags billowed in the wind. This...
  • 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....
  • How Impact told the Winrush story

    British Segregation: The Colour Bar

    Racism in Britain was never as bad as the US or South Africa. At least we never had segregation. Well, British segregation was never institutionalised....
  • How Impact told the Winrush story

    Out, Out, Disembowel Enoch Powell

    The Trent building is an iconic UoN landmark. No freshers’ week or dissertation submission would be complete without an Instagram post featuring it....
  • How Impact told the Winrush story

    Roots in Boots, Blaxploitation and the Marcus Garvey

    The Windrush myth was created in the 90s. But so were huge parts of British culture that continue to have an enduring legacy today. It became a decade defined by cultural co-creation....
  • Phone in the dark

    I’m On a High: Digital Media and Stimulation

    Emma Burgess How many times have you checked your phone today? Smartphones have created a new generation of dopamine junkies with a digital dependency. Children are glued to iPad screens, teenagers are swarming to social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat, and even adults can provide no better example....
  • The End of an Era

    As the last piece of confetti fell to the ground, as the last chords of music cascaded around the stadium, and as the singers and dancers took their final bow, The Eras Tour finally came to an end.

    On the 8th of December in Vancouver, Canada, Taylor Swift graced fans...