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Brighton sextet Opus Kink caught up with Impact’s Izzy Morris ahead of their appearance at Dot to Dot festival right here in Nottingham on May 28th. They discussed influences, Nottingham memories and the year to come....
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Naming themselves the “Backstreet Boys of the metal scene”, Finnish band Blind Channel are going from strength to strength this year, building up to their tenth anniversary of being together this autumn. Impact’s Tabitha Smith had the chance to chat with the band’s vocalists Niko Moilanen and Joel Hokka...
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Ben Nathan Another year, another awards season has come and gone. The Academy Awards took place on March 12th, 2023, in Los Angeles. Multiple awards went Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won the most awards at seven, All Quiet on the Western Front with four, and The Whale...
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Hannah Walton-Hughes Cosy mysteries are preferred, by many, to grisly crime books. Novels by the likes of Agatha Christie, Janice Hallett and Richard Osman remain incredibly popular to wide numbers of people. Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes explores why this is, and looks at what is so appealing about these cosy mysteries....
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In a world consumed by social media, research in 2019 shows that 51% of adults in the UK read at least one book in the previous year. Children are also reading less than they used to, with fewer than 3 in 10 children and young people aged 8 to...
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Lydia Copson The cost-of-living crisis has launched many of us into a place of minimal room for leisure or luxuries, but luckily there are lots of cheap (or free!) ways to experience art, culture and literature around Nottingham. So, if you’re interested in art exhibitions, films, music, theatre, nature,...
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Impact’s music editor Emily Campbell spoke to Catherine of sister country duo, Ward Thomas about their recently released fifth studio album ‘Music in the Madness’, starting out as one of the first UK country acts and the current climate of the music industry. ...