• Love Island and Disposable Relationships

    Olivia Paton delves into the start of this year’s Love Island  Since Love Island first aired in 2015, it has become one of the most watched reality TV shows in the UK. Whether we like to admit it or not, we still find ourselves curled up on the sofa at...
  • Musicality review: Love, Laughter and Loathing

    From Hamilton to Legally Blonde the Nottingham University Musicality performers put on a spectacle of songs from some of the most well-known musicals on stage. Their most recent sold-out production, titled ‘Love, Laughter and Loathing’, had audiences loving the talent, laughing at the theatrical comedy and loathing themselves for...
  • National Sibling Day: Our Relationships

    National Sibling Day 2019 has just passed on April 10th. Here at Impact we have taken a look at our relationships with our siblings (or lack of) and deciphered the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Youngest Child Being the youngest comes with many perks: you can generally get...
  • Galentine’s Day: Ladies celebrating ladies

    Happy Galentine’s Day! Though it may not be an official holiday (yet), we’re putting Galentine’s day on the calendar and here’s why you should too. ‘What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year’ – Leslie Knope “February 13th marks Galentine’s day, a day for celebrating...
  • HOW I MET MY PARTNER

    Valentines Day has often become quite commercialised and it is arguable that we often forget the reason we celebrate: love. Five of our Features Writers have compiled a short reflection on how they met their significant other. Some are less conventional than others which just goes to show the...
  • The History of Valentine’s Day

    It can seem like February 14th is a day when love and romance are capitalised on and red and pink hearts are absolutely everywhere, but Valentine’s Day has a much more storied history than you might think. The roots of this annual celebration are a little unclear, but most...
  • Chinese New Year Explained

    Hope you all had a Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Tuesday 5th February was the Chinese New Year and this year is the Year of the Pig. As is indicated in the name, Chinese New Year is the new year of the Chinese community, every year the Chinese New...