• Let’s Art-iculate! Book to Film Adaptations

    Impact’s editors discuss the pros and cons of adapting books, comics and games into film. In Let’s Art-iculate’s second episode, Lauren, Ibrahim, Callum, James and Jack discuss the best and worst film adaptations. If you want passionate rants from Game of Thrones to X-men, this is the podcast for...
  • Let’s Art-iculate #15: Are Instagram Poems Real Poetry?

    Emily explores the rise in Instagram and spoken word poetry and the current debate over whether these forms count as poems. ...
  • Let’s Art-Iculate #11: Can Art Exist Without Money?

    In our currently volatile global economy, a high-risk investment such as art can be seen as a burden. As an investment it is illiquid, opaque, unregulated, has high transaction costs, is at the mercy of erratic public taste and creates short-lived trends according to Deloitte’s art investment division, which...
  • Let’s Art-iculate #8: Books Behind Bars

    The terms of prisoner sentences often spark controversy within the public. The idea that prison is for punishment leads many to think prisoner’s sentences should be served in a state of exclusion and isolation from any outside amenities such as televisions, films, art and literature. Other people, however, feel...
  • Let’s Articulate #7: Why Books Beat Kindles

    It cannot be denied; there is something inherently romantic about the idea of sitting outside the Trent Building in the sunshine with a latte and a copy of Jane Eyre. While this is probably the stereotype most people have of English students, when the reality is usually pulling an...
  • Let’s Art-iculate #6: Is The Arts World Racist?

    A recent trend in the cultural sphere is the historical appropriation of works bearing racist titles. This is linked to the broader social discussion on why racism is still alive and kicking. The art world was treated to a novel pursuit taken up by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which...
  • Let’s Art-iculate #5: Who Cares About Book Awards?

    The Pulitzer Prize, The Man Booker Prize, The Whitbread (Costa) Book Awards, The National Book Award…these are just to name a small few of the seemingly never ending list of book awards. As I took my weekly trip to Waterstones I was greeted by the harrowing sight of the...