• Beauty and the Beast: Is it worth all the hype?

    After many months of hype-building teaser clips and social media posts, Disney have finally released the latest instalment in their mission to re-make all their best-loved animations in the form of live action pictures: Beauty and the Beast. The original 1991 motion picture was the first animated film to...
  • Live Review: Bring Me The Horizon, Motorpoint Arena (02/11/2016)

    It would be something of an understatement to say that Sheffield-based Bring Me The Horizon have divided opinion over the years. Outspoken frontman Oli Sykes has provoked adoration and derision in equal measure, and had to battle his own well-documented personal demons. Yet on their current arena tour, the...
  • Nottingham Experienced: Nottingham Castle

    Impact Features writers are getting out and about in Nottingham to find the best activities for you all to enjoy. Get in touch if you have more ideas! Anybody who has taken a westbound train out of Nottingham has more than likely spotted Nottingham Castle, looming above the city...
  • ShagAtUni.com: Popular in Nottingham, Apparently

    For those who haven’t heard of Shag At Uni (which apparently isn’t many people in Nottingham), it’s a website that enables horny students to find each other and engage in casual sex. It was created in 2012 by Tom Thurlow, and has enjoyed a considerable amount of success, with...
  • The Socumentaries: Boxing

    Being two girls with little sporting expertise or experience, we weren’t sure what to expect of our experience at UoN’s Boxing Club. We go to the gym and both swim regularly, but neither of us would describe ourselves as particularly strong or savvy in any sort of combat situations....
  • Live Review: Young Guns, Rescue Rooms (27/10/2015)

    As frontman Gustav Wood pointed out repeatedly throughout the night, it’s a while since Young Guns have played in Nottingham. Clearly, they have been missed: there was a tangible sense of mounting anticipation in the crowd during the wait for the band to come on. The response of the...
  • Universities and the Refugee Crisis

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you will undoubtedly be aware of the Syrian refugee crisis. What you may be less aware of, however, is that universities have been participating in the effort to help the situation. Approximately nine million Syrians have fled...