• University Dropouts: What Happens When Your Course Isn’t Everything You Hoped For

    £9k is a LOT of money by anyone’s standards. But for a course you might not even like, it’s an even more staggering amount to comprehend. As university students, this is made all the more worse by the amount of work we all had to do before even reaching our...
  • How early is too early to start doing Christmas?

    Half way through November, and one month away from that all too familiar festive season. The clocks have gone back, the evenings are getting darker and there’s a lingering frost in the morning. I can sense an ever-growing feeling of excitement. If you’re already thinking about Christmas, then let...
  • Dickens Abridged @ Lakeside Arts Centre

    ‘Shakespeare was big, but Dickens was bigger’ were the words which summarised the opening song of this production, which encapsulated the four-person troupe’s adoration of Mr Charles Dickens. Entering the auditorium, a screen with a cartoon of the author’s face (complete with moving eyes) watched the audience. As the...
  • Floss Thinks: Deadlines and Dog-Training

    When we should be out having snowball fights in the park, singing Auld Lang Syne in a little old-fashioned local pub, skating on a large moonlit ice rink and drinking mulled wine by an open fire while the chestnuts are a-roasting (things that only happen in clichéd American Christmas...
  • The Trials and Tribulations of Third Year #6

    This week Natalie shares her experience of the Christmas holidays, scooter assembling and all. Recognise how she is feeling? Comment below and let us know! These past few weeks have been spent stockpiling secret stashes of booze, desperately trying to find the scissors and hiding in the cupboard from noisy relatives....
  • 5 Festive Literary Favorites

    Everyone needs a festive book to read at this time of year. But how can we tell the bundles of festive joy from the lumps of coal? Why not take some advice from my top 5 Christmas novels, to escape the never-ending supply of turkey, the cheesy Christmas films...
  • Nottingham Experienced: Winter Wonderland

    Impact Features writers are getting out and about in Nottingham to find the best activities for you all to have a go at. Get in touch if you have more ideas! It’s the Christmas season so what does that mean? Markets opening up in almost every city, no matter how small, across...