2017: Football so far…
We are barely four months into 2017 but already so much has happened in the world of football. In this piece we look back at four of 2017’s biggest footballing…
Students scorn School of Life Science
Several disgruntled students have spoken out at their disappointment with the Life Science department with damning comments on how it is run. These students told The Badger of an array…
“See On Both Sides Like Chanel” – Lessons on Life, Love and Sexual Identity from Frank Ocean
On March 10th, Frank Ocean dropped his latest single, ‘Chanel’ via his Beats1 radio show, ‘Blonded’. Following an already very successful album release, ‘Blond’, earlier in 2016, ‘Chanel’ is but…
Interview: Dutch Uncles
Fresh from releasing what many are calling their best album, Dutch Uncles are back in Brighton to play a triumphant show at The Haunt. The Stockport quartet, famed for their…
Goodbye until next year
The Badger has been the lifeblood of my time at Sussex. Wednesday editing, Friday contributors’ meetings and editorial meetings, and all the meetings and intensely excited chats about content in…
Review and Preamble: Thirteen Reasons Why
Content warning: brief mention of rape and stalking I started dissertation work early this morning, but when I noticed that 5pm had suddenly crept up on me, I thought I’d…
Damsels Centre Stage
Despite women making up the largest proportion of theatre-goers, there still remains a gendered 2:1 ratio when it comes to the industry itself. I don’t need to tell you which…
Review: Beautiful Thing
By Zachary Sweeney-Lynch Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey, and directed by Sussex student Jonathan Bensusan Bashis an endearing coming of age story set on a council estate in South East…
University mental health services under mounting pressure
Student services are found to have waiting lists that are too long and are unable to meet growing demand for services, a student-led documentary has exposed. A recent NUS survey…
Preview: The Great Escape 2017
Next month sees the return of The Great Escape – Europe’s leading festival for new music. Conveniently located in Brighton, from Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 May hundreds of artists…
Update on ‘Three blind mice and human with lung cancer’
Back at the start of term, the Badger brought to you the exciting news of a breakthrough in the research of CRISPR techniques from the Salk Institute California. This concerned…
Doing good things shouldn’t feel bad
Buddhist philosophy teaches that the true source of genuine, long-lasting happiness in this world is helping others. Be it by volunteering, donating to a charity, or just taking the time…
Federalism: the only way to save the union?
Dear Badger, Recently Nicola Sturgeon controversially announced that she would be pushing for a second referendum on Scottish independence, as the United Kingdom as a whole is on the verge…
Drinking is not a crime, leave me alone!
Dear Badger, I like many of my fellow Sussex students, enjoy a drink every now and then. However it seems barely a week goes by that my right to enjoy…
Caroline Lucas: Time for Brighton to quit UK
Green Party co-leader and Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has called upon Prime Minister Theresa May to grant Brighton its own independence referendum. In a speech last week to supporters…