Month: October 2019

By Issy Anthony – Comment Sub-Editor When mentioning the husband stitch, I’m usually met with a look of confusion. ‘The what?’ my friends will say, possibly assuming it to be…

By Louis Johnson – Comment Sub-Editor Why should we value music? In an age of identity politics where empathy appears to have been cast to the dustbin of history; music…

By Emma Taylor On a pine covered island in the eastern Aegean, surrounded by a sea of blue, enough to make any holidaymaker’s eyes glaze over, sits the jungle –…

By Laura Rodríguez Peña October has begun, the leaves are starting to change colours and fall from the trees, some people are getting ready for Halloween and some others are…

As we approach 20 years since the start of Bargain Hunt, although it blatantly doesn’t mark the birth of the ‘bargain’, it does put into context the fact that we…

This Black History Month Alumnus writer Oluwatimilehin Alalade discusses his experiences with race and identity. In recent weeks, there’s been a discussion on the issue of race, identity and being…

Becca Bashford investigates the ties between the University of Sussex and the family who have been accused of creating the opioid epidemic in the U.S. which has claimed the lives…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have this month launched respective lawsuits against the owners of UK tabloid papers. The Sun, The Daily Mirror and The Mail on Sunday are…

With over 20,000 students enrolled at the University of Sussex, it’s not surprising that many of them take an interest in changing the world around us - in fact, all…

The last time I was in Lewes, somebody attempted to blind me. Looking for friends at the Bonfire festival, and exhausted by miles of walking, I’d crouched at the kerb…

By Max Kilham The results we have been seeing the past fortnight from three-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one in tennis Andy Murray are a far cry…

By Will Day Arthur Wharton led an utterly remarkable life, his achievements in an era rife with racism should see him revered with iconic status, yet his story has largely…

Melissa Rosalind White – sports sub-editor The new figure skating season started in July, and things are starting to heat up in the month leading up to the Grand Prix…

By Josh Burton What is the rugby world cup? The Rugby World Cup; the biggest international stage for rugby is well underway in Japan. So far, there has been all…

By Jonny Garwood Tube ads constantly push new products in your face and, commuters hearing of the new sports media application entitled The Athletic might be encouraged to perform a…

The Metropolitan Police have issued a statement banning all Extinction Rebellion protests in London, under the Public Order Act.

By Jonny Garwood This year the Badger are aiming to provide a new platform for student sport societies to celebrate their individual or group achievements once a fortnight, in our…

Released earlier this summer, BROCKHAMPTON followed 2018’s ‘Iridescence’ with their fifth studio album ‘Ginger’. Since Iridescence, the self-proclaimed greatest boyband since one direction has faced chaos and separation, but out…

“There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments , windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills and…

In the lead-up to the Change Sussex Forum taking place in the Research Centre on October 22, The Badger provides the low down on the Students’ Union’s two most recently…