Katie Moncur

Following the recent release of their debut album My Mind Makes Noises, Pale Waves set off on their headlining tour and graced the stage of Rock City with their visually dramatic and musically incredible performance. Sweat levels were high and the mosh pits were unstoppable: I doubt anyone left...

When deciding to go to university there are always those niggling (and slightly stressful) thoughts at the back of your mind: ‘am I choosing the right degree? Will this help me to get the right job? How am I going to compete with all the cleverer people around me?!’....

A raw and emotionally taut film, Anchor and Hope follows the electric relationship of Eva (Oona Chaplin) and Kat (Natalia Tena) as they face the struggles of love, loss and the complicated possibilities that the appearance of Kat’s best friend Roger (David Verdaguer) brings. It strikes a chord with...

Formed in Liverpool in 2013, Circa Waves are an indie rock band constantly growing in popularity, moving from small festival stages to main stages. Impact caught up with guitarist Joe Falconer and drummer Colin Jones before their main stage set at Y Not Festival to find out more about...

Heartwarming and charming, Dusty and Me is a sweet film following the life of Derek ‘Dusty’ Springfield (Luke Newberry) the summer after he leaves public school and is awaiting his Oxbridge results. Set in Yorkshire in 1977, the film, directed by award-winning Betsan Evans Morris, deliberates on themes of...

Taking place in the heart of the Peak District, Y Not Festival brings together amazing music, food and people for one jam-packed weekend every summer. Despite the heavy winds and rain that threatened the festival this July, it pulled through with its fantastic lineup and enthusiastic crowds and Impact...

Set in the 1960s, Mad To Be Normal follows the life and work of famous Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing (David Tennant), exploring his controversial methods of treatment of psychotic patients and creation of his “medication-free sanctuary” Kingsley Hall in East London. Unnerving and heavy, it questions the nature...