• Identity & Clothing: Do We Dress To Impress Or Express?

    Lotte Hardlitschke Y2K, casual, boho-chic, street style or goth. The options of clothing styles out there are endless. But why do we choose to dress a certain way anyway? Do we do it for ourselves, for others, for neither or both? The clothes we wear, of course, depend on...
  • Timeless Tales: Children’s Books We Should All Read As Adults

    Téa Kaci Nostalgia is a truly powerful thing. Whatever it is, a smell that wafts past on a casual walk that suddenly reminds you of a meal you used to love, or a song that transports you to dancing in the kitchen with your mum on a Saturday morning...
  • More Style, Less Spend: Nottingham’s Celebration of Smart Shopping

    Rayyah Uddin There’s a special kind of thrill in finding a silk blouse for £3. It’s the same flutter you get when you pull a forgotten fiver out of your coat pocket- except in Nottingham, it happens all the time. Because in Nottingham, second-hand isn’t second-best, it’s the way...
  • Strava: Healthy or Harmful?

    Jayde Tarin Every morning, thousands of students lace up their trainers, sync up their smartwatches and head out for a run- not just for fitness but for the little dopamine hit that comes from uploading their workout to Strava. The fitness tracking app has become pervasive across university campuses...
  • Gym-timidation and How To Fix It

    Isobel Pereria Garcez   Gyms have always felt like quite scary places to me; lots of big men, people being loud, lots of machines that I don’t know how to use and exercises I don’t know if I’m doing right. They can, as expected, seem quite daunting as a...
  • Eco-Tourism in Belize

    Lara Samme In a world where climate change is increasingly ever-present, eco-tourism may now be the only sustainable method of travelling. Therefore, opting to stay in more environmentally friendly hotels could offset the guilt of travelling abroad. Impact’s Lara Samme retells her summer travelling experiences and how her destination,...
  • A Love Letter to First Year

    Harriet Hobbs Those of us who have already been through it know that the first year at university can be a tough one. A tumultuous rollercoaster, which is not eased by the fact that you are often thrown into a big, new city where you know next to no...