Trailer Trash
With our youth unemployment at staggering lows and our financial security in jeopardy, now is a time where we need to find solace in the escapist wonders of cinema. Unfortunately,…
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Bridget Jones’ Baby is a warm brain massage of a film. The film begins with Bridget on her 43rd birthday with “all by myself” playing yet again as we immediately…
The Royale Heading for The Tabernacle
Based loosely on the story of boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, The Royale will be gracing the stage at The Tabernacle this November. The…
Wine, Women and Richard Burton, and a lot of laughs….
If you take a walk past Churchill Square and into the more regal location of Hove, you may stumble on The Iron Duke Hotel. Immediately inside is a homely pub…
Kate Tempest Speaking Against The Grain
Spoken word is an art form that often evades definition or categorisation, and that is no bad thing. Regularly viewed as distinct from, although closely associated with, written poetry, it…
1 in 4 students see sexual assault in clubs
Content warning: sexual violence One in four students have seen someone sexually assaulted on a night out according to a survey done by the University of Sussex Students’ Union’s (USSU).…
MP and Sussex Professor collide over tide
Author: Hannah Richards Our very own Professor Paul Nightingale gave UKIP MP Douglas Carswell a quick science lesson after he criticised his Brexit analogy on Twitter. Nightingale, in support of…
Sussex to expand oversees
Luke Richards Sussex could open a campus abroad in an effort to deal with budgetary constraints according to Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell. In a wide-ranging interview with The Argus, the Vice-Chancellor…
I want to talk to you about tingles
Author: Ronan Murphy What is ASMR? The litte known phenomenon with a large online following. You may have experienced them before. I’m not talking about the chills you get from…
Bad trips ain’t all that bad
New research brings new light on whether “bad” trips deserve the negative press Research at the John Hopkins University shows participants recalling bad trips from ‘shrooms’ felt like it had…
Tian(long)gong-1: Chinese satellite out of control
China’s first space station is falling out of orbit slowly and painfully, here to grace the planet Earth in late 2017 The Tiangong program is aiming to bring China into…
Black Lives Matter has a point about climate change
The organisation’s recent demo at London City Airport has left many scratching their heads. You may not agree with their conclusions but it is undeniable that non-white people are disproportionally…
Single but without the perks? Long distance relationships at University
Like opting for Vanilla and missing out on the sweet taste of Raspberry Ripple, long distance relationships can often come with feelings of regret and what if’s. What if I…
Akala: redefining history
Kingslee James Daley, AKA Akala, has been influencing political culture through his music and academia for over a decade. His activism has and continues to challenge the United Kingdom’s colonial…
Sporting Women: The champions they should be
This summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games and displayed countless female sporting champions. Sadly, these achievements are often undermined. A great way to taste the flavour of today’s patriarchy in mass…
The War on Education is Tearing Students Apart
The government’s financial assault on higher education seems to be unstoppable, and testing the unity of the United Kingdom’s student body. Times have never been so bleak for students in…
Multicultural Britain must face up to its Identity question
The subject of identity is far from an easy one. That is not to say merely that it is difficult to solve – that much is a statement of the…
The greatest donation
Despite efforts from healthcare professionals and policymakers world-wide, rates of body donation remain low. The number of patients in urgent need of a transplant is rising. Everyone has their own…
Sussex forced to comply with Prevent
The University of Sussex has been forced to change its freedom of speech policy to comply with the Government’s Prevent agenda. Adam Tickell, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, revealed that Sussex is…
Alison Smith speaks out on domestic abuse scandal: “Students will feel safe”
Freya Marshall Payne and Daniel Green The Independent revealed in August that Lee Salter, a senior lecturer in the Media department at the University of Sussex, had been convicted of…