Senior police officers arrested for wine theft
They may have cautioned you for underage consumption of a bottle of Frosty Jack’s or two in your time, but it turns out that the police enjoy a tipple just…
Brighton & Hove – first ‘Urban Biosphere City’?
For centuries places such as the Amazon rainforest and the Mojave Desert have been recognised as being among the most unique and exceptional places on Earth; now it appears that…
Narrow defeat for Men’s Hockey 1st
Last Wednesday Sussex Men’s 1st hockey team opened their league campaign with a disappointing 3-2 home defeat to a Surrey team which they clearly had the measure of for large…
NUS supports ‘No’ vote in free education referendum
Students of Bangor University have been shocked to find the leadership of the NUS campaigning for a “no” vote in their upcoming referendum on whether to support the abolition of…
1 in 3 graduates not paying back loans
The Students Loans Company has revealed that as many as one in three graduates are not paying back their loans since the introduction of University fees in 1998. The main…
US Election special
American youth backs Barack Obama When it comes to the US elections, we’re constantly hearing numbers and polls. When it comes to hearing peoples opinions, we’re also bombarded. However they’re…
UK Youth Parliment
Campaign pound coins have been circulated in Westminster to highlight the cost of undergraduate tuition fees and to raise awareness of the issue to both the public and those in…
Republicans of the future
Tuesday 4 November 2008 is undoubtedly a date which will be forever marked in global history as the day the American public go to the polls. Their role is to…
Blind drunk: dangerous vodka on sale in Brighton
A recent search of off-licences across Brighton and Hove brought a whole new meaning to the expression “blind drunk” as five establishments were found to be selling counterfeit vodka which…
Roy Walker interview: see what he says!
The sixty-eight year old Irish comic Roy Walker is most famed for presenting TV show ‘Catchphrase’ for fourteen years. For the very few of you who haven’t watched the best…
Lucy leaves a desperate taste in the mouth
Lucy Porter, Pavilion Theatre- Tuesday 14 October 2008 Perhaps you have an older sibling that’s had no luck in life – you know the kind the one that gets very…
Discipline and Punish
‘Discipline and Punish’, SUDS’ Edinburgh Fringe 2008 play, is in essence very minimalistic. The ominous and oppressive staging consists only of one desk, two chairs and the all-important sign, which…
Moran tells it like it is
Last weekend saw the return of actor and comedian Dylan Moran to the Brighton stage. This two night stop of his latest tour, “What it is” sold out months in…
Out of the shadows: Sia wows Concorde2
Masked by relative obscurity at an undersold Concorde 2 venue, Sia Furler is perhaps best known for vocal contributions for the melodious Zero 7 – despite the recent release of…
All hail Yo! Majesty
Female, Christian and homosexual, Yo! Majesty manage to tick almost all of the unlikely-to-be-in-a-rap-group boxes. But loud and proud, the dauntless duo of Shunda K and Jwl B are producing…
Bright Sparks
Flash fiction is the literary equivalent of hotpants: there are short shorts, and then there are short shorts, and that is the best way to sum up flash fiction. The…
Album Review: Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
The flurry of promotion and anticipation accompanying the release of their seventh studio album has bolstered Oasis to ‘super-group’ status – joining the ranks of bands such as U2 and…
Metro Area – Fabric43 (Fabric 591)
This album is another excellent example of Fabric’s ability to turn out dynamic albums with some of the best music talent around. On this latest addition to the Fabric selection,…
Review: The House Bunny
If you prefer a bit of mainstream froth, hop along to The House Bunny, where determined Anna Faris, star of the Scary Movie franchise, breathes life into a decrepit Hollywood…
Review: Gomorrah
Based on Roberto Saviano’s bestselling exposé of the Camorra (the Neapolitan mafia), Gomorrah uncompromisingly depicts the interwoven lives of five residents of Naples, of varying social strata. Whether teenage delivery…