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How to walk The South Downs Way: 80 miles From Lewes to Winchester in 5 days

Words by Hal Keelin Over the Summer I and a good friend decided to walk straight out of our back gardens in nearby Lewes, head for the South Downs way…

Top 10 Things to do and see in East Sussex:

Words by Hal Keelin, Inès Bussat, Elizabeth Strange, Margaret Arabambi Pavilion and gardens- One of the places you will notice when going into Brighton with its minarets and domes is…

How’s Live Music Doing?

What does a global pandemic mean for an industry fuelled by live performance and those who work within it?

Getting those Z’s

Words by Beth Pratt Sleep is an essential biological need to maintain your life support system, yet two-thirds of adults in developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours…

Certainty: Sense of Self During Freshers

Words by Teddy Parkin Starting university for the first time can be a daunting prospect. The responsibility of paving your way and making good of the opportunity is a heavy…

Freshers’ Edition Out Now!

Read all about it: The Badger releases its first edition of the year!

The Struggle for Survival in Non-League: How Lewes FC has endured.

Words by Max Kilham In a year hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman Stuart Fuller discusses the impact on his club Lewes and the future of non-league football. Lewes FC…

Things are getting messy with Messi and Barcelona

Words By Charlie Batten With the Coronavirus pandemic halting football for a time and preventing fans from stadiums, I think it’s safe to say we were expecting a fairly quiet…

Rizin through the ranks: A Look at two of the UFC’s most exciting signings

With Ultimate Fighting Championship being the first major sport to come back since the outbreak of Coronavirus, I think now’s the best time to look at some new rising stars…

NASA’s Exciting new endeavour to Seek life on Mars.

Meet the six-wheeled, robotic vehicle at the forefront of space exploration and its task for finding extra- terrestrial life

What causes death from sleep deprivation?

A recent neuroscience paper investigates the link between sleep deprivation and the gut.

Male Birth Control: Are we ready to pop the pill?

Words By Rosie Marilyn Burgess Imagine, for a moment, the bright lights of Kensington and the bustling shoppers of Carnaby Street. Adorning shop windows are images of the now-iconic Twiggy…

What’s on: Freshers’ Week

Freshers’ this year was always going to have to change due to the pandemic. Now, however, we know what format it will take.

‘Blended learning’ and social distancing: Sussex prepares for the return of teaching

The University of Sussex prepares for the 2020-21 academic year with heightened social distancing measures and practices.

‘Downgrading’ system threatens to leave hundreds of A-Level students disappointed

Hundreds of students receiving A-Level results this year faced disappointment, due to the downgrading of centre-assessed grades affecting students across the UK.

Brexit negotiations derailed as UK Government table controversial legislation

Words by Jake Nordland Four years, three prime ministers and two general elections later, Britain is still grappling with the consequences of the country’s most comprehensive constitutional reform in its…

What is Happening in Belarus?

Words by Amy Holden On 9 August Belarus held their elections, resulting in a sixth consecutive term for their President, Alexander Lukashenko. However, since the results, the country has been…

Conviction and Jail Time for College Admission Scandal Perpetrators

Words by Sam Kimbley Lori Loughlin, known best for her role in Full House, has been sentenced to two months in jail, including 100 hours of community service and a…

Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi given minimum 55-year life sentence

The brother and accomplice of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber is facing a minimum of 55-years life imprisonment following the murder of 22 people, in what has been described as…

Sirte; the site of a new military build-up, amidst embargo breaches

A new independent report details multiple embargo breaches by international actors, as Libya’s rival governments, build up their militaries and face off around the city of Sirte.