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Girls, girls, girls: what is it about American TV imports that we just can't get enough?

Jack Stockdale HBO’s new show, Girls, finally reached British television sets this October, but what has its hype got to do with the increasing British hunger for American TV? We…

Music: What do Sussex students actually listen to?

Joe Wilson Early Monday morning, feeling lightly toasted, I took myself around campus, with my trusty Dictaphone, to try and find out what Sussex students actually listen to. You’ve seen…

Women’s Volleyball starts season with a Boom

Phillipa Hesketh This year the women from the Sussex volleyball team are daring to dream big. Composed mainly by last year students who want to end with a bang, the…

Swim Sussex makes first splash at BUCS

Richard Gow Swim Sussex Team Captain The University of Sussex Swimming Club competed at the BUCS short course individual championship for the first time over the weekend at ponds forge…

Fencing brings home the beacon… and a plate!

Fergus Rees-Gildea Fencing ClubOn Saturday the 6th of December 4 members of the Sussex fencing club woke early and took the train up to Victoria to take part in the…

The Big Debate: Coca-Cola boycott

Should the Students’ Union continue to boycott Coca-Cola? YES – Ben Lucas Why should anything be boycotted? Boycotts are a form of activism, where financial support is withdrawn from a…

The Seven Psychopaths – CINECITY

Christos Papadogeorgopoulos Brighton’s 10th Cine-City festival opened with a screening of the much anticipated ‘The Seven Psychopaths’. Although the showing was not the films debut, it hasn’t been out long…

Shoot The Wrx: Jeff Keen

Ruth Atkinson Brighton Museum and Art Gallery have JUST opened a new exhibition, “Shoot the Wrx”. The show is a collection of renowned experimental film-maker and artist Jeff Keen’s work.…

Big Keen Screen

Marie Hawkins Jeff Keen. This name may not ring a bell, but if you see his explosive, energetic and eccentric short films you won’t forget it. Four of his best-known…

Corrine Silva – Screening + Q&A

Holly Nash Landscape photography can be a limiting artistic medium. The photographer cannot shape or mould natural landscape, and the scope for representation is only as wide as the camera…

Dolores Sanchez Calvo – A Shadow Is…

“It’s the first time I am exhibiting at Brighton PhotoFringe and I am delighted to be part of a festival that is now so renowned.” – Dolores Sanchez Calvo Born…

Delilah

Lucy Anna Gray Young female artists come and go in the music industry, but the singer Delilah is here to stay. With a sound that she describes as “Massive Attack…

Bat for Lashes

Grace Cummings On the icy evening of Sunday 4th November, beloved fans, friends and family of London-born Natasha Khan – aka ‘Bat for Lashes’ – gathered in their hundreds to…

Spector, Swim Deep, Spashh

Freddie Cocker Upon entering Concorde 2, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the support acts of the indie-rock group Spector. I was pleasantly surprised, however, at both Swim Deep…

Olha da Rua exhibition – Brazilian street-life through the lens

Anna Gros Fabrica, a visual arts organisation situated in a converted church, is currently exhibiting a fascinating photographic insight into the slums of Brazil. The three creators had the inspiration…

Black History Month – A Retrospect

Ruth Atkinson As October comes to a close, it is a poignant time to reflect on Black History Month. As a celebration of Black history, achievement and scholarship, the annual…

Mike Weatherley 'pelted with rocks and chased off campus'

Conservative MP Mike Weatherley left campus on Wednesday to escape a group of protesters who had gathered outside the Silverstone building at the University of Sussex. He had been due…

Palestine Awareness Week "a success"

Sussex Friends of Palestine’s week ‘Palestine Awareness Week’ was a series of events taking place on campus aimed to draw attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Their aim was to raise…

Violence in public spaces

“Text me when you’re home safely!” Such a common conclusion to a night out – especially amongst female friends – may seem innocuous, even sensible. But for some campaigners, such…

Books: Meme Wars

Ben Ringshall Meme Wars is the latest edition in a series of publications by Kalle Lasn, the renowned Canadian filmmaker, co-founder of Adbusters Media Foundation, voice of the Occupy Movement…