Interview

Beardyman has been on our radar for quite some time now. He reminded us of the kid in the playground that could make machine gun sounds with their voice, or the popular Donald Duck impersonator at the back of class. As far as artists go, we were intrigued. Being...

Impact Style debates whether Keira Knightley baring all in a recent shoot for Interview magazine was a viable form of protest.  A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION This August Keira Knightley gave permission for an image of her topless to be published in Interview magazine, under the condition that it was...

A post-lecture pint down the Students’ Union is usually a low-key affair. Conversation about the weekend’s football flows as fantasy managers pore over team selection and decide which player gets the armband for the week. This time, though, the buzz around Mooch was different. Nottingham’s real boss was in...

Before his tour ‘Enter the Tonezone’ rolls into Nottingham next week, Impact Arts caught up with comedian Tony Law – the eccentric looking comedian with an outlandish act to match. So, starting at the beginning, what first inspired you to become a comedian? Just being an arse who needed validation through...

With less than three weeks to go till Mayhem Film Festival’s 10th anniversary, Impact sat down with the directors of the festival, Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil, to talk about what to expect, the allure of genre cinema and the changing fortunes of British horror… How did you get started with...

“We’re in the dressing room opposite The Fall”. The interview with Sleaford Mods is momentarily broken as Lia from Fat White Family leans in to have a chat with his mates. Both acts are at the forefront of a new wave in music which is leaving established bands thrown...

Impact Film & TV talks to Watergate Cinematek, the latest of Nottingham’s film clubs which revved into life with an Independence Day double bill (reviewed here), and has since screened The Conformist as part of this month’s Scalarama festival. We spoke to freelance film critic and author of The Betamax Revolt...