• Meet The 2022 SU Candidates: Billy Thornett And Hope Palfrey For Environment And Social Justice Officer

    Billy and Hope are running in the 2022 SU elections for the role of Environment and Social Justice officer. They are running together, so would share the role if they were successful. Impact’s Ellie Ames caught up with them to ask a few questions. ...
  • My Hopes For The Sims 5

    Daria Paterek There is no confirmation that The Sims 5 is coming anytime soon. However, with the popularity of the franchise, it is clear that EA will continue the series. Daria outlines her hopes for The Sims 5 as she reflects on previous instalments in the series. Meaningful Interactions I want the relationships...
  • My Hopes For Dragon Age: 4

    Christina Giallombardo Dragon Age has to be my favourite video game series of all time. It has everything you could ask for: diverse origin stories, character customisation, fascinating lore and intense storylines. Despite the next instalment currently having no release date, Christina outlines her hopes for the next title...
  • Is Hope The Greatest Enemy Of The Environmental Movement?

    How many people do you know who feel passionately about climate change? Perhaps they’ve attended a protest or a strike. Perhaps they adopt an animal with WWF. Perhaps they read (or write!) articles like these or share them on Facebook. And yet, how many of them have made a...
  • There Really is a Silver Lining to Every Cloud

    Last Monday, from a desk from in Downing Street, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom gave the British people a very simple instruction: you must stay at home. So, with the UK now officially on ‘lockdown’, at my very own desk, parked in front of my shrinking laptop screen, it is difficult to see...
  • Loveless – The Necessity of Bleakness

    After causing uproar in Russia with his 2014 Oscar-winning film Leviathan, director Andrey Zvyaginstev returns with Loveless, a bleak, uncompromising story about a couple, Zhenya and Boris, going through a divorce and how they cope with the disappearance of their child, Alexey. Loveless has already obtained the Cannes Film...