• 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....
  • Adolescence: A Stark Warning on Toxic Masculinity and Online Radicalisation

    Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s four-part Netflix mini-series Adolescence tells the harrowing story of 13-year-old, Jamie (Owen Cooper), who shockingly takes the life of a girl at his school. Indeed, the drama will receive critical acclaim due to its stellar acting performances and impressive one-shot takes, yet the messaging...
  • Woman smoking on mattress with TV in background

    Why is everyone on TV getting high?

    Katie Barr Teen dramas, drugs, and the fine line between storytelling and glorification  It’s 11pm on a school night, you’re elbow-deep in a binge-watching spiral. Rue from Euphoria is back at it, popping pills in slow motion, bathed in neon lights and Labrinth’s haunting soundtrack sets the mood. It...
  • Dracula, Count Orlok and Nosferatu: Remake, Rehash or Rip-off?

    My immediate impression of Robert Egger’s 2024 film was one of captivation – cinematography that recreated a 19th-century Germany immaculately, a star-studded cast and a vampiric plot had all the makings of a film I should have thoroughly enjoyed but by the time the credits rolled an hour and...
  • 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....
  • BRIT AWARDS: ROUND-UP

    The Brit Awards mark the biggest night in British music every year; celebrating the talent witnessed over the past year, and the artists, songs, and albums that have been defining the music industry. It’s difficult to disagree with the fact that 2024 was truly the year of music, with...