• “Seamlessly Created a Near-Perfect Set” – Live Review: Willie J Healey

    Having only seen Willie once before, at a short but sweet set at Latitude festival a few years ago, but listening to his music obsessively ever since, I was beyond eager to catch him live again to see the prowess of his latest records first hand. Luke Bower...
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    Screen Actors Strike Over After Four Months

    The historic strike representing 160,000 members of The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has come to an end. The strike, which commenced on July 14, lasted 118 days....
  • The Lorax Revisited: A Modern Tale of Environmental Responsibility

    Day by day, the environmental crisis is worsening. Along with that brings an urgent need to encourage conversations and promote informative sources of data on climate change. Through focusing on The Lorax (2012), Impact's Manjot Sahota explores how films can be a crucial resource in saving the environment....
  • Christmas Music: How soon is too soon to start playing festive music?

    Have you ever walked into a shop at the beginning of November and wondered, why are they playing Christmas music already? There’s lot of debate about when the most appropriate time is to start listening to Christmas songs. Impact’s Abigél Lancaster considers the consumerist aspect of the holiday and...
  • #MusicForACeasefire: Musicians Across the World Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

    The Peace & Justice Project launched by Jeremy Corbyn in 2021 recently wrote an open letter titled ‘Music For A Ceasefire’, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the bombardment in Palestine following the death of over 11,000 innocent people. Fontaines D.C., The Libertines, shame, Georgia...
  • Interview: Once Upon a Crime…

    Christy Clark Ahead of Once Upon a Crime’s performance from the 23-26th of November at Studio Live, Impact‘s Christy Clark spoke to the production’s cast and writers. Last week, I sat down with some of the cast and crew of Once Upon a Crime…, a student production showing at Studio Live,...
  • Now and Then: The Beatles’ Final Song and the use of AI

    Thinking about the possibilities of AI and its impact on the entertainment industry can be quite a scary thing. However, The Beatles' new song has shown how useful advanced technology can be in the creation and production music. Impact’s Ellie-Mae Davies details the story of the song Now and...