The Badger

University of Sussex Students' Newspaper

Month: October 2018

  • Home
  • Review: Suzanne Ciani & Martin Messier at the ACCA

Review: Suzanne Ciani & Martin Messier at the ACCA

At the outset, Mr Messier’s FIELD at once invoked The Matrix and Daedalus’ Boiler Room set. The basic concept of this mixed media performance relies on transducer microphones picking up…

Shelf Help: The Organisation Encouraging Self-Development

To commemorate to this year’s Mental Health Awareness Day, I found it increasingly difficult to draw attention to just one book of relevance in recognition of this event. Instead, I…

Freshers’ Week from a second year perspective

Annually, the University of Sussex welcomes thousands of new students to our Falmer campus and every year the Student’s Union and Brighton based clubs and businesses increase the quality and…

National Badger Day: 10 fun facts you might not have known

To celebrate National Badger Day here are 10 fun facts about our animal kingdom namesake Badgers can run up to 16-19 miles per hour which is the average speed of…

University of Sussex Joins Libraries Week

This coming week marks the celebration of Libraries Week, an event solely dedicated to praising the work of libraries across the UK. This annual event is taking place from 8…

Kode9 & Burial – Fabriclive 100

Released 28th September Available on: CD/Vinyl/Download The anticipation couldn’t have been greater when the final instalment in London nightclub Fabric’s legendary DJ mix series was announced over the summer. Fabriclive…

Maniac: a madcap adventure into troubled minds

With the release of Maniac, Netflix once again proves itself as an artistic powerhouse. This mini-series is a whirlwind of creativity containing often confusing, madcap ideas. But, at its core,…

Nike cash in on Kaepernick campaign

In 1988 Nike premiered their, now infamous, “Just Do It” campaign, showing 80-year-old Walt Stack jogging across the Golden Gate Bridge. 30 years and a lot of controversy later, Nike…

Machine Learning for an Efficient Future

My project is about how we can explain the predictions made by machine learning algorithms. For example, if we have an algorithm that tells us whether an image contains a…

Oscar Jerome at The Hope and Ruin

The young star is often a tricky title to navigate. There are the big names, who explode into the world with noise, bright light, a big record deal, but rare…

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Due to Close

The surprising news was released via the venue’s Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon, announcing: “There are far too many issues that cannot be resolved to make carrying on viable” Hundreds…

How Fenty Beauty changed the face of the makeup industry

Fenty Beauty, launched in September last year, is a makeup line created by global superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna. It’s not uncommon for celebrity figures to produce…

Where did you come from, where did you escargot? Martlets Snailway appears in Brighton and Hove

Colourful snail statues have appeared across Brighton and Hove. The Snails are part of an art trail turned fundraising initiative by Martlets, a hospice charity. Fifteen of the snails were…

Why we should all embrace drag

Once an art form disregarded by many, 2018 bears witness to the continuous rise of drag as a legitimate, celebrated art. Spearheaded by RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag is becoming a…

In conversation with Novympia at The Glitter Ball

Towards the start of The Glitter Ball, I managed to chat with Nova and Olympia (with interruptions from Charmaine Diamond White) about what drag means to them, why we should…

In conversation with Alfie Ordinary and Baby at The Glitter Ball

During the course of the night, I managed to sit down with Alfie and Baby to interview them about their start in drag, how LGBTQ+ students should navigate university life…

In conversation with DragSoc’s committee members at The Glitter Ball

I was lucky enough to be given the chance to watch DragSoc’s amazing Glitter Ball and then interview the performers in the packed Activities Office staff room which doubled as…

In Conversation with Alannah Myles

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Alannah Myles, the 1991 Grammy winner for best female rock vocal performance for her outstanding vocal abilities for the well known song…

Prince Harry and Meghan visit Brighton

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a tour of Chichester, Bognor Regis, Brighton, and Peacehaven. On their first visit to Sussex, the pair will greet crowds and local…

American Animals: the quasi-documentary that packs a punch

Half-documentary, half-crime-drama, American Animals is an innovative piece of work. Under Bart Layton’s precise direction, this challenging style heightens the moments of farcical comedy and adrenaline-pumping crime scenes whilst also…