• Home Run: Sofia, Bulgaria

    Introducing a new addition to the Travel Section here at Impact: Home Run. Discover the amazingly diverse cities and hometowns of UoN students, get inspired to travel a little further out and add your own beloved home to the series. Last summer, my French best friend came to visit me...
  • Next on Netflix #20

    Now commences the panic and sudden realisation of the amount of work needed to be done over the Easter break…so why not procrastinate further with our next best recommendations on Netflix? Donnie Darko Donnie Darko is a bit of a cult classic, and watching it doesn’t really give you any...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 4

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Quinn’s arrival into Pakistan leads to two steps forward but one step back for the group, Carrie is thrown several curveballs and Saul uses his contacts in Pakistani intelligence to further probe the death of Sandy in an attempt to find foul play. After the fireworks...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 3

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Carrie’s off “happy hunting”, Fara tries to recruit Aayan, and on the home front, Quinn is in an alcoholic tailspin. This episode, “Shalwar Kameez”, opens with a new sequence of arty credits (sans Brody, of course), with the Middle Eastern imagery indicating the season’s overseas focus. We...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 2

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Troubles are brewing (when are they not?) within the CIA. Carrie (Claire Danes) is grounded on American soil but continues her investigation into former agents’ work in the Middle East. Quinn comes face to face with the pains accompanying a warrior’s homecoming. Meanwhile Saul is becoming...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 1

    Homeland could be called a one-trick pony. The first season’s exquisite plotting gave way to 24-style action and rehashed clichés (see Dana’s teenage angst). Yet I stuck with it, because its premise is compelling. Warning: Spoilers follow! While Homeland heralded the arrival of small screen female leads, there were...