• No Passport? No Problem: 3 Hidden Gems in the UK

    Summer Revely Have mum and dad sadly said that you can’t go on the family holiday this year? Is the student budget not cutting it enough to fulfil your gap year fantasies this summer? Not to fear, there are so many cute spots in the UK where you’ll be...
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    You’ll know if it’s right: In conversation with LEFTLION’S Caradoc Gayer

    Mary Carolan    I met Caradoc in November. If I’m being honest, I have never really led an interview before, so I was epically nervous. Mind you, I am unbelievably in love with the print he works for. So, it was important that I make an impression. Anyway, I...
  • Blossom and Bunny Rabbits: Spring captured on campus 

    Harriet Hobbs It’s finally happened. After months of frigid and bitter chill, it’s official, the clocks have leapt forward reminding us all that Spring has arrived. University Park Campus has a habit of showcasing all seasons like a new fashion and Spring certainly seems to suit her very well....
  • What a catch! Nottingham’s CATCH vintage market has set vintage shopping standards high

    Amelia Cropley Is thrifting a community? Impact reviewer Amelia Cropley would say so. Attending the Y2K CATCH market, Amelia tells of all she saw. To thrift is to swap and borrow your friends’ old clothes, buy someone’s preloved jeans and give it a second life. Thrifting also means becoming...
  • Adolescence: A Stark Warning on Toxic Masculinity and Online Radicalisation

    Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s four-part Netflix mini-series Adolescence tells the harrowing story of 13-year-old, Jamie (Owen Cooper), who shockingly takes the life of a girl at his school. Indeed, the drama will receive critical acclaim due to its stellar acting performances and impressive one-shot takes, yet the messaging...
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    Why is everyone on TV getting high?

    Katie Barr Teen dramas, drugs, and the fine line between storytelling and glorification  It’s 11pm on a school night, you’re elbow-deep in a binge-watching spiral. Rue from Euphoria is back at it, popping pills in slow motion, bathed in neon lights and Labrinth’s haunting soundtrack sets the mood. It...
  • Dracula, Count Orlok and Nosferatu: Remake, Rehash or Rip-off?

    My immediate impression of Robert Egger’s 2024 film was one of captivation – cinematography that recreated a 19th-century Germany immaculately, a star-studded cast and a vampiric plot had all the makings of a film I should have thoroughly enjoyed but by the time the credits rolled an hour and...