Alex Collard

For a film centred around the untimely demise of one of history’s most notorious dictators, Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin does a surprisingly good job of presenting the violence-ridden power struggle as something of a Shakespearean farce. The story itself is a simple one: a leader dies suddenly,...

Impact caught up with Alex Collard, a third year History and Contemporary Chinese Studies student and President of UoN Lifesaving Club to talk about life at one of the university’s niche sports clubs, and their upcoming competition against teams from across the country. ‘Lifesaving is not a sport.’ Discuss....