The wait is finally over. In the last quarter of 2009, our economy grew by 0.1%, thereby ending the longest and deepest recession since records began. Yet our long-term economic prospects are still devastatingly bleak - hostage to a deteriorating government that seeks to protect its own narrow political interests at all costs and an [...]

Is it just me, (and I really hate to be that person that starts an article with the words “Is it just me” it’s almost as bad as “I’m not a racist, but…”) but are children taking over the world? Tiny, tiny, celebrity children that sing and dance and get in your face on TV [...]

MKat, Mephedrone, Meow-Meow - we all know what it is, and we all know everyone’s doing it. It’s the drug craze which is sweeping the nation and has seeped into the very core of university culture.
Why has Mephedrone - chemical name 4-MMC - become so popular? In a nutshell, it’s legal, cheap and accessible, which [...]

It is still quite early on in my night out, but the pints of lager I had some hours ago have already made their way through the various tubes and passages that comprise my digestive system and I’m starting to feel a twinge down in my lower regions. I walk through the bar, locate the [...]

Impact’s Anne Moore talks to Martin Fletcher, Associate Editor of The Times, about interviewing the Lockerbie Bomber, life as a journalist and editor, and his advice to the journalists of tomorrow.
What was it like to be the first reporter to interview the Lockerbie Bomber?
Great! It was a genuine, old-fashioned scoop. We somehow managed to extract [...]

Since winning Britain’s Got Talent in 2008, George Sampson has been touring the country and perfecting his street dance skills. At only 16, he’s become a mini-pin-up for schoolgirls across the country – and he’s now thinking of launching a singing career. In February he helped launch the United Dance Organisation’s (UDO) national high school [...]

With the exception of the hectic winter house-hunting period, student accommodation is rarely on our minds. Whilst the majority of us live on a limited budget, as long as we have hot water, an impermeable roof, (some) heating and a working kitchen we are content. However, not all students are holed-up in your bog-standard terrace. [...]

Cliff Richard once famously proclaimed his love for a rather unconventional type of girl; namely, a “crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll”. Since the song’s release in the 1960’s, it appears that many others have followed Cliff’s example and found themselves a similarly unusual life-partner. Although they can’t yet walk, talk, or cry independently, the [...]

Do you know why there was a fall in the number of people migrating to the UK from the West Indies, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in the late 1960s? Or how many independent schools there are in the UK? Or how many members there are in the Northern Ireland assembly? Actually, the question should be: [...]