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In honour of LGBTQ+ history month, here are some British LGBTQ+ icons from the past, who helped blaze the trail for the LGBTQ+ community, and from the present that are making great strides in LGBTQ+ activism....

Most miserably, lockdown in Britain is back for 2021. However, as we are all herded back into our houses by a mix of new viral variants and government incompetence, there is once again Bake Off to brighten the gloom. This time, it takes the form of its Celebrity Stand...

You might have recently seen people putting their personal pronouns in the bio section of their social media accounts or when signing off in an email. But this is not a new thing to both people in and out of the LGBTQ+ community. Although society is (very slowly) becoming...

‘Murder is the only way he knows how to fight. He’ll go down in history as nothing but a poisoner’. These scathing attacks on Vladimir Putin came from Alexei Navalny in his final 15-minute speech to the court before heading to prison for two and a half years –...

With the recent release of Netflix’s Bridgerton, controversy has arisen surrounding its depiction of sexual violence between partners. This controversy has shone a light on the wider issues of the glorification of sexual assault in entertainment mediums, with many TV shows using it as a plot device....

It's 8am. You wake up to the sound of a familiar alarm. You take a few moments to commit to getting out of bed. Before having the chance to do so fully, you are hit with a wave of dread; the stress returns as you realize how many things...

Earlier this month, UNICEF announced that they'll be providing food to children in Britain for the first time in 70 years. Impact's food editor, Alice Nott, investigates the prevalence of food poverty in the UK which has been exacerbated by COVID-19. ...