Debate

On his birthday, Impact Arts asks a controversial question… Is Shakespeare even that big a deal? Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve read and watched my fair share of Shakespeare, and I can’t say that I don’t enjoy it now and then but this worship of the man has...

Book lovers, which do you prefer: old battered charity shop books or the classic clean nice-smelling Waterstones editions? Impact Arts goes head to head to debate this crucial issue in any bookworm’s life! In the red corner: Emma Pallen – New books are better! While I will admit second...

The Death of the Author has turned into the Death of the Novel. With many traditional plot devices centring on chance meetings and misdirected letters, unless they want to have their work stuck in the past forever, authors are looking into new ways to make books work. But with...

The president’s victory speech may have been met with a patriotic, beating chant of “USA!”, but how far will Trump’s promised land stretch to serve all Americans? Efforts to heal and unite the nation may prove futile from a man as divisive as Donald Trump. Contrasting the mournful seen...

On Wednesday 27th April, Impact attended a debate held at University Park in which the matter of fossil fuel divestment was discussed. The event was hosted by The Environment & Social Justice Network (ESJN) of the University of Nottingham Students’ Union, in conjunction with the University and was chaired...

Valentino’s spring/summer 16 collection has sparked yet another debate on cultural appropriation. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli based the new Valentino SS16 collection on the many African refugees from Senegal, Nigeria, Eritrea, Mali, Gambia that have been immigrating to Italy. Now before we dive deeper into the topic,...

In a performance that was divisive to say the least, Kanye West’s Glastonbury headliner featured as many controversial moments as one might expect from the man who twice stormed the Grammy stage and got called a ‘jackass’ by the President of the United States. But we might finally have...