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Thomas Martin ‘Having a new home within the Disney organisation, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come,’ said George Lucas after his Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney for $4.05 billion ($1.855bn in stocks) on October the 30th, 2012. This sale was the culmination...
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Singer Loreen led Sweden to win the 67th Eurovision contest in a wild Liverpool Arena. The win puts Sweden joint with Ireland at a record seven Eurovision victories, and Loreen herself becomes the first woman to win twice. However, as usual, politics finds a way to inject itself and...
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Having recently used the NHS after getting tonsillitis, Thomas Martin has experience of how prescription medication is issued. Whilst it was simple overall, there seemed to be a lot of back-and-forth between the doctor, the receptionist, and the pharmacy. Therefore, it felt pertinent to address the new Primary Care...
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The best Marvel movie since… well, certainly, years. The final and third film is always tricky when having to balance both wrapping up the story arcs, as well as providing a film in and of itself. Recent Marvel movies have received very mixed, skewing on negative, reviews, from Ant-Man...
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Air is a biological sports drama film released on 5th April 2023. Impact's Thomas Martin reviews....
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Thomas Martin Star Wars is a timeless franchise, one which has impacted pop culture immeasurably. In 1999, due to the strong anticipation for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Lucasfilm held the first Star Wars Celebration (SWC) in Denver, Colorado. With a starting attendance of 20,000, a...
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Thomas Martin Mali represents an opportunity for global security, economic development, and human rights. However, failed international intervention from both individual nation-states and multilateral organisations have perpetuated a crisis that is not only engulfing and impacting neighbouring states, such as Mauritania, but is becoming a symbol of failed western...