Sussex plans new Life Sciences Building
The University of Sussex has submitted a planning application for a new Life Sciences building that is expected to create around 600 new jobs across Brighton and Hove. Designed by…
Icelandic election shows politics at its best
Unless you have had your head buried in the sand for the last three months (and if you have, I can understand why!), you would have seen that the American…
Commuters announce details of case against DfT
The Association of British Commuters has accused the Department of Transport (DfT) of an “unlawful lack of transparency” in preparation for its court case against them. In a letter to…
Canaries Crumple As Seagulls Sizzle
Brighton and Hove Albion 5 Norwich City 0 Glenn Houlihan at The Amex A dazzling hat-trick from Glenn Murray alongside goals from Antony Knockaert and Lewis Dunk battered a weary…
We should not pull up the drawbridge on immigration
On June the 23rd 2016, the British public made the momentous decision to leave The European Union. As a result The Conservative Party has been taking steps, some of which…
The Power Of Two
The surge of musical duos rising to fame in recent years has enveloped all genres. It is often the simplicity and rawness of their music that attracts people to a…
Review: Bestival 2016
Miriam Steiner It feels a lot like you’re cheating, going to a festival as press. With access to two clean press portaloos and charging points, and bumping in to two…
Cast Iron Theatre’s ‘Six and a Bit Plays’: Review
By: Sydney Jennett On a side of Brighton few students go, though a mere twenty minute walk from the clubs of Old Steine, is a small pub and B&B, named…
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Review
By: Becca Hafford & Emma Taylor This adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic 1958 novella, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, brought by Nikolai Foster has arrived in Brighton. Every seat in The Theatre…
Systems Down: IT Services Face Mid-Term Mayhem
The university was forced to issue an apology after servers repeatedly crashed over the weekend, rendering Sussex Direct, Study Direct and the University Webmail inaccessible. The technical problems continued into…
Hot-lanta? My year abroad in Atlanta: Hip hop hub vs segregated city
Atlanta’s presence in popular culture paints a very different picture from what I found to be the reality. The image that is sold by hip-hop music and television shows is…
Black Artists Snubbed At The Awards
Lauren Wade Music Editor In celebration of Black History Month, we explore the struggles black artists and musicians have faced in the past when it comes to fitting in and…
Interview: Deap Vally
Lauren Wade Music Editor In an age where music is taking serious inspiration from decades gone by, sometimes it’s refreshing to see a rock duo who strip it back with…
Antonios Kotsonias – ‘Transporting Hope’
Antonio Kotsonia is a third year Media Practice student at Sussex. Antonios’ interest for photography started at the age of seventeen. At a time when he was trying to find…
The Big Debate: Should Bob Dylan have won the Nobel Prize?
Yes: Miles Fagge (Theatre Editor) I want to start this by stressing that I am not seeking to argue that Bob Dylan necessarily deserved to win this award more than…
My Scientology Movie: Review
Much-loved British journalist, Louis Theroux made his big screen debut recently with his feature-length documentary My Scientology Movie. In the wake of Theroux’s turn to darker subject matter – such…
October @ Patterns
Patterns brushed aside Brighton’s summer hangover with a stellar first week of October, countering the shortening hours of sunshine with a vibrant seven days of gigs and DJ nights. Julio…
Rise of the Champagne Student
With the Which? University survey 2016 placing Sussex in the top four most politically active universities in the country alongside SOAS, Oxford and LSE; previous hurrahs such as the protests…
The Cow Restaurant Review
Taking a break from the roast-dinner-rush of Sunday lunchtime, The Cow, a spacious bar/ restaurant in the heart of Seven Dials transforms their evening kitchen into a cheap and cheerful…
Homeland Season 5
Premiered on October 2015, the fifth season of the award winning Showtime series Homeland, once again left us hanging as Carrie Mathisen looks into the light of the opening door…