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Up and coming indie East Midlands duo The Tin Pigeons have been gathering momentum since the release of their debut E.P. ‘Sparks’ in 2016. Since then they have attracted interest from BBC Introducing and have supported the likes of OUTLYA, Billie Marten, Fickle Friends and Seafret. Impact caught up with...

October 20th was uncovered as the date by which most students faced an empty bank account, and the majority then turned to credit cards (75%), part-time jobs (32%) and the ‘bank of mum and dad’ (25%) to help them financially. “17% of students also resort to selling their belongings...

Pop music is often disregarded as repetitive and low-effort. Being one of the most formulaic genres and one with the greatest reach, these criticisms apply to a lot of ´artists´, who follow a pattern to produce hit upon hit. However, whether we like it or not, the genre´s popularity...

Sexual Health Awareness & Guidance Week is a campaign run nationally by many SU’s which focuses primarily on the promotion of good sexual health practices. “young people are more likely to be diagnosed with an STI than older age groups.” Most of the students we spoke to were not...

I had the exciting opportunity to chat with director Ellen Dennis about Anna Jordan’s Yen. Yen is Nottingham New Theatre’s latest in house production, and debuted on Wednesday 14th November. What attracted you to directing Yen? “After seeing a version of the play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer,...

Following recent rumours that Netflix’s TV adaptation of a cherished video game series would cast a BAME actress in the role of a white-haired, white-skinned character, Ben discusses the complexities surrounding the controversy. Discussions surrounding the merits (and demerits) of casting BAME actors in traditionally white roles are as...

No Man’s Sky (NMS) was released in 2016 on the biggest hype train of the generation. This game – an exploration-adventure set in a procedurally generated universe of five quintillion planets – would revolutionise the medium, promised overenthusiastic indie developer Hello Games. Then the game arrived, and the hype train...