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Telemarketers, where do they come from anyway? – Sorry to Bother You review

We have all been there, doing our daily routines, relaxing until suddenly, we get a ring from an unknown number. We answer and on the other end are the words…

Chris Riddell Illustrates for Students at University of Sussex Library

Brighton illustrator Chris Riddell visited the University of Sussex on Thursday 29 November with a busy day of drawing in the library. With an ardent passion for literature, Chris seemed…

Menstruation in the third world

Even though menstruation is a natural cycle affecting millions and millions of people every month there is still so much silence surrounding the topic. The Badger has been attempting to…

Toxic: Oxford Word of the Year

Toxic has been announced as Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2018. The word was selected from a shortlist that also included: gaslighting, incel and gammon. The Oxford Word of…

Late Again B&H Protests

The Sussex student campaign Late Again B&H continues to protest the unreliability of Brighton & Hove buses services to and from University. Between the universities of Brighton and Sussex, student…

The Snowflake Debate

Tallulah Belassie-Page- Millennials, a.k.a ‘Generation snowflake’, the avocado-loving Instagramers responsible for censoring free speech. These are just some of the myths perpetuated by the media about the younger generations, now…

Auschwitz graffiti discovered on Sussex campus

A phrase used on the entrance sign at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has been discovered on a chalkboard on East Slope’s building site. The words ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’, meaning ‘work sets…

Sunflower Bean at The Old Market

On the 21st November, I was lucky enough to see Sunflower Bean as they returned to Brighton for another headline gig, this time at The Old Market. The New York…

Phishing Email Circulating Sussex

Students from universities across the UK have been and continue to be affected by an increase in fake tax rebate emails. Over the past two weeks, thousands of students have…

Artist Focus: Hannah Currey

Hannah Currey is a final year American Studies student who grew up in Camden, North London but has fallen in love with Brighton since moving here in her first year.…

An Insight Into The Women’s Equality Party

Another tumultuous year roles by alongside the political fall out of Brexit and the continued instability of the current government. The #MeToo movement, and the increasingly popularised participation in activism,…

Cinecity: ‘A Hard Row to Toe’ – Beautiful Boy review

Felix van Groeningen’s adaptation of David and Nicolas Sheff’s respective autobiographies is a powerful tale of a young man stagnated by his drug addiction, and his father, struggling in coming…

A Christmas Treat – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms review

Disney’s take on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King from 1816 is a spellbinding fusion of magic, mystery and classical music, sprinkled with beautiful ballet sequences starring Misty Copeland from…

Christmas Queens: Spilling the tea with RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Kameron Michaels and Asia O’Hara

Tis the season, to indulge in some incredible drag performances! Iconic queens spanning many series of RuPaul’s Drag Race will grace the Brighton Dome on December 3 with a show…

A poetic evening with Chris Riddell and A.F Harrold

On 22 November, Waterstones Brighton hosted Poems to Live your Life by: An Evening with Chris Riddell, where poet A.F Harrold and illustrator Chris Riddell took to the stage to…

Artist Focus: Dominic Cheung

Dominic Cheung is a photographer and third year Art History student at the University of Sussex, born and raised in Hong Kong. Dominic has been infatuated by the arts since…

US Climate Scepticism

Climate change is a massive issue which affects each and every one of us. In the UK, most people are aware of this, and accept the fact that humans are…

Charity Christmas Market coming to Sussex

Sussex Food is set to host a Noel Festival in aid of the charity Young Minds. The Christmas market event will welcome a mixture of independent and student stalls and…

The Stanza rebrands as Offshoot

With The University of Sussex’s popular online magazine, The Stanza, rebranding this year under the new name Offshoot, they have many new plans in the works. I had the chance…

What is The Keep?

Many Sussex students are not aware of what The Keep is, despite it being quite literally on our doorstep. The only awareness some students have of this facility is hearing…