• What do you actually need in a student kitchen?

    In this practical guide, Laura Ross Russell reflects on the chaos of an overstocked second-year house, the lessons learned by graduation, and the cupboard staples that have seen her through three years at university. Whether you're a future Ottolenghi or a toasties-machine loyalist, this is your no-nonsense list for...
  • 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...
  • Glass Onion Vintage Shop Arrives in Notts: The Brand New Second Hand

    Amelia Cropley On the 28th February, the vintage brand already located in Sheffield and Leeds, opened its first shop outside Yorkshire – and where better than in the pumping heart of Nottingham. To launch the big opening, Glass Onion embraced ticket-holding newcomers into their shop with fresh stock and...
  • The Glorification of Being a Shopaholic

    25% off that enchanting top you’ve been gawking at all week! Buy one lipstick, get one for free! That thousand-pound necklace is now £990, what a bargain! Sales are everywhere. They’re plastered on walls, in front of shops, on cards, on social media, and even in your email box....
  • Food Price Inflation: Tips For Food Shopping On A Budget

    Welcome to Girl Talk, a safe space for female and non-binary students at the University of Nottingham to come together and share experiences. This is a place for the light-hearted to the heavy, from music to politics and business to film.

    In this episode, Hannah is joined by Córa and...
  • Leaving Lockdown: The Shopping Experience.

    On Sunday the 28th June, I left my house for the first time in months - not just for a walk to the park or to do a food shop - but to actually go shopping in the Intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham. And honestly it was wonderful....
  • The Return Of Primark: Novelty Or Necessity?

    As the nation filters back into a hazy resemblance of normality these past few weeks, with the reintroduction of non-essential shops to our high street, controversy has sparked at the length of queues forming. ...