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Head of School of Life Sciences steps down

Award-winning Professor Laurence Pearl is stepping down as Head of School of Life Sciences after more than 8 years at its helm. He is leaving the position to focus on…

Sussex shows solidarity with Manchester following terror attack

More than 30 people attended a candle-lit vigil on campus this afternoon to pay their respects to the victims of a terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester. Twenty-two people…

Review: Gary Younge on ‘Another Day in the Death of America’

“People aren’t innocent of everything…but do B grade students deserve to be shot dead?” Gary Younge makes a habit of humorously and painfully exposing our social failures. Moving to America…

POLAR: Boxed In Preview

The POLAR boys are back at it again with Boxed In, a 10 week series of Sunday night events in alternative locations across Brighton. From vintage clothing stores to burger…

Wet Bread Review: The perfect remedy to all this political noise

Spending his Sixth Form years in Brighton, Tom Glover is no stranger to the politics of the left. His production, ‘Wet Bread’, premiered at Brighton Fringe Festival this week. A…

Virgin Territory: Delving into a hypersexualised culture

Patrick Isitt During 10th-21st May, Brighton’s ONCA gallery will host a visually striking film installation exploring the impact on young women of our modern, digitally captured society. Charlotte Vincent, Artistic…

Review: Fences

On the 26th of February everyone was shocked that the Academy had bestowed the Best Actor Oscar to Casey Affleck instead of Denzel Washington, who not only is a better…

Review: American Horror Story, Roanoke

American Horror Story (AHS) has remained one of the most well produced shows on cable television for six years now. It propelled networks to look into a genre that was…

All Hail: King Smo Interview

Self-proclaimed exponents of “Nihilist R&B” (no, they don’t know what it means either)*, King Smo’s charming eccentricities took URF x Smash Vinyl’s showcase by storm last month, and they’re gearing…

Live review: Live At Leeds 2017

Live At Leeds is the North’s award-winning metropolitan festival for new music and the organisers pulled out all of the stops for another successful year. With far too many incredible…