• Advent Calendar

    The History Of Advent Calendars

    Adaora Elliot delves into the history of advent calendars and how they came to be so widespread today....
  • The Fall of the PM: Lettuce versus Liz

    No matter what exciting things you have on your CV, there’s a lettuce out there with something better. October 2022 helped destroy a UK Prime Minister’s career. Who still remembers Liz Truss? Memories of the UK’s shortest tenured Prime Minister already feels like a distant fever dream. Perhaps the...
  • Photo of cast iron pans of macaroni cheese and sauces

    Winter Comfort Foods

    As the winter days draw in, why does comfort food matter, where does it come from and what foods does Impact recommend? Charlotte Bowers investigates....
  • Halloween

    The History Of Halloween

    Impact investigates what the history of Halloween is - why do we use pumpkins and not turnips? Why do we go trick or treating? This article reveals all!...
  • Eating Scene

    Why Do We Stigmatise Eating With Your Hands?

    Eating with our hands is not a new concept. We can see cutlery within global history as far back as the 1st century Romans having spoons, but what happened before then? Do we expect that the first humans fashioned cutlery out of the tools around them to eat or...
  • Student Cooking

    How to Cook at University

    Hayley Lawson gives extremely helpful advice about how to cook as a student...
  • Cocktails

    Impact Tries: Turtle Bay

    Anna Boyne reviews Turtle Bay's new and refreshed menu for the autumn term. The new drinks will divide opinion......