As the pandemic rages on, The Mic team feel it’s more important than ever to shine a light on the artists that have kept the scene alive and kicking this year, along with those set to become the blazing voices of the future.

For Impact’s 263rd Issue, Olivia Stock delves beneath the life and career of Glastonbury co-founder, Emily Eavis and her experiences in an achingly male-dominated music industry.

Printed in Impact Magazine Issue #263 (pg.45)

Where punk first thrived on the wayward corners of London’s Kings Road, it has since found a new home in the bedroom of a ten-year-old boy who’s music magazine has amassed fans globe-wide.

Inoculable, unforgiving and utterly relentless, Covid-19 has thrown every aspect of modern life into furious disarray, but could this crippling virus's silver (or green) lining be its repercussions for the climate crisis? Or will efforts to restore business as usual drive a new surge of carbon emissions, fear and international distrust?

In a speech on Sunday evening, Boris Johnson unveiled a “conditional plan” to restart the economy and ease lockdown restrictions in England. News Editor, Olivia Stock reports.

With a herculean evening of music on the cards, Hastings hotshots Kid Kapichi were in jovial spirits as they sat down with The Mic for a discussion about the looming debut record (and virus), the Sussex music scene, and the rise of partisan punk in the austerity age.

With cases of the virus rising at unprecedented rates, Universities in Nottingham have supplied 16 testing machines to support the national fight against COVID-19. Impact’s News Editor Olivia Stock reports.

Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has left thousands out of work, chefs at some of Nottingham’s top restaurants couldn’t be busier – cooking thousands of free meals a week for vulnerable children, the elderly and NHS staff amongst the virus pandemonium.

The University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering has become the first engineering department in the country to be awarded a coveted gold Athena SWAN award – an accreditation which rewards excellence across higher education and research in advancing gender equality. Olivia Stock reports.

For Impact’s 'Sustainability' issue, Olivia Stock analyses the public response to the climate activist movement Extinction Rebellion, and why some may dismiss it as a hobby for the bourgeoisie elite.