• Secretary Rubio Holds a Meeting with Saudi Arabia and Russia

    Generation Realism

    Tom Hayward As my cohort stares into the void beyond our final exam or coursework submission, we face the somewhat substantial question of what we want to do with our lives. Realism in international relations emphasises the importance of survival. States must prioritise their own interests, often at the...
  • 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...
  • Hollywood

    ‘Nepo-babies’ in Hollywood

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  • Romanticizing the Ruin: How Nostalgia Warps Art, Memory, and Ourselves

    Soha Kassab   A few weeks before I sat down to write this, I deleted TikTok. Not for the first time, but this time, it felt more permanent. I could tell you it was because of the micro-trends that chipped away at my attention span, or the niche audios...
  • Prime minister Keir Starmer surrounded by public service workers

    Scapegoats won’t save the NHS

    Tom Hayward A year on from the sentencing of Valdo Calocane, the perpetrator of the 2023 Nottingham attacks, a debate over accountability continues to rage. Yet despite a push to identify specific individuals at fault, a picture has emerged of deeper flaws in our public services. With the recent...
  • UoNSU Elects ’25 – Manifesto Reviews: VP Welfare & Liberation Candidates

    Leacsaidh Marlow                                         A group of Impact Magazine writers have looked over the candidate manifestos for this year’s Student Union Elections. Our team of elections reporters interviewed every candidate who...
  • Is it possible to separate the art from the artist?

    Ella Koeppern The question of whether one can separate the art from the artist has long been a subject of debate, particularly in an era where past and present actions of creators are scrutinised more than ever. Can art be seen as an independent entity, capable of standing on...