Lauren Wilson

Genre Fluid is Dan Webber’s first collection of poetry, formed after three years of touring and performing spoken word shows. Describing itself as ‘a study into labels in everyday life, in the arts and the LGBT+ community’, Genre Fluid is a humourous yet reflective and candid exploration of how...

The Larder on Goosegate is perched high above the Oxfam shops opposite Baa Bar in the Lace Market: you won’t see it if you’re not looking for it – and that’s a real shame. Renowned for serving beautifully presented dishes of innovative European cooking with very reasonable price tags, it...

It’s the date that’s been set in your diary for weeks, confirmed by many a phone call and the flowery reminders  in every supermarket and TV advert…However, despite all that, you’ve just remembered that its Mother’s Day next week and you haven’t booked anything.. DON’T PANIC! Where could you...

Symthson’s, the café you pass daily on your way to campus but maybe haven’t noticed before, has reopened under new management and Impact Food decided to take a closer look. We found a chatty and enthusiastic trio of Nottingham graduates offering a wide selection of sandwiches, hot drinks and an irresistible cake cabinet, and all...

It may be tucked away at the top of the Lace Market, but Rub Smokehouse and Grill has something to shout about: a new cocktail menu of 20 fun and inventive blends as well as 2 sharing options! These creations are big, theatrical and fun, just like Rub’s décor:  colourful primary school chairs stick to walls and...

Last week, Impact Food was excited to find that we had been left a present under the office Christmas tree! The sender was Taffy Mail: a new UK mail subscription service with a sweet twist. After subscribing online, customers receive a monthly box of American candy through the post...

Money and marriage: a dangerous mix, and one that lies at the heart of Bedrich Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride. Under the direction of Daniel Slater, Opera North first revived this comedy within a context of 1970s Soviet Czechoslovakia in 1998, creating interesting parallels with the era of its...