Impact Lifestyle

Nancy Riley  The sun is finally out, and as I walked around Bristol town centre, I felt at home amongst a sea of chunky accessories, slouched bags and smudged eyeliner. As a long-time lover of anything bohemian, I was enlightened by what seemed to be the end of the...

There's a widely accepted story about university life that gets repeated in films, open days and Instagram photo dumps. It's the idea that university will be the best years of your life: a seamless blend of friendship, freedom, academic success, and unforgettable nights out. According to this narrative, you...

Summer Revely In light of writing this article, I have thought more about my phone use over the past week. I decided to go cold turkey for a day to see how it would feel. What I saw was once only a site of dystopian dreams. From the second...

Harriet Hobbs In light of author Jacqueline Wilson reviving a selection of her children’s stories as novels for adults, it seems a pertinent time to uncover the genius of Wilson’s repertoire. Harriet Hobbs delves into the nuances of her work and investigates what it really is that gained her...

Summer Revely When you think about a night out, what strikes you as the fun parts? You’ll usually think of the getting ready during pre’s, your go-to bar order, the feeling of your favourite club classic blasting through the speakers, and the takeaway at the end of the night...

Iona Parsons Sex And The City is a TV show that I will always hold close to my heart, having binged the show with my housemates a couple of years ago. Set in New York City in the late 90s / early 2000s, it follows the chaotic lives of...

Rachel Cox In 1981, a terrifying and mysterious epidemic swept through the US and, inevitably, the UK. By the end of the year, hundreds of seemingly healthy, gay, young men were dying of rare diseases like Kaposi’s sarcoma and Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP). Termed the ‘gay plague’, the AIDs...