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Fatto a Mano – North Laines – A slice of a Italy in the heart of Brighton

Words by Gemma Higgins, Staff Writer Falling back into university life not only means organising the TV licence, joining societies and counting the number of 9 am lectures you have…

Size, Spirit and Usyk: The Power of Technical Prowess

Words by Will Vo, Sports Sub-editor If there is one thing that can be learned from Oleksandr Usyk’s battle with Anthony Joshua, it is that size isn’t everything in sports.…

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Review

Words by Saskia May, Books Editor Published as a ‘biomythography’, Zami (1982) is Audre Lorde’s only novel. Loosely based on her childhood in New York in the 1930s and 40s,…

Civilians Launch into Space

Words by Eva Wallis, Staff Writer An insight into the crew of the world’s first all-civilian space mission. The ‘Inspiration4’ mission aboard spacecraft ‘Resilience’ has become the first ever crewed…

Stolen Masterpieces and Where to Find Them

Art theft plays a much more prominent role in the making of art history than some security guards may be willing to admit. Publicity around the two-year hunt for the…

Texas Abortion Ban Ruling put to the Test for the First Time

Words by Robyn Cowie, Online Production Editor A doctor in Texas has recently admitted to breaking the state’s new and deeply controversial law in regards to abortion and has been…

Raducanu’s US Romp

Words by Max Kilham, Sports Abroad Writer From Bromley to the brightest lights. 18-year-old Emma Raducanu has made history, becoming the first qualifier in men’s or women’s tennis, to win…

Going For Gold And ganja

Words by Charlie Batten- Sports Print Editor In the aftermath of Sha’carri Richardson being banned from the Olympics after testing positive for having a chemical found in marijuana, the World…

Festival Review: Boundary

Words by Dylan Bryant, Music Editor After a year off due to the pandemic; Boundary Festival returned on Saturday 25th September for, (as promised) the biggest 2021 party in Brighton…

Guantanamo Bay: a 20-year legacy of abuse and the men that remain

Words By Rhys Mather. In the 20 years since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, 779 prisoners have been detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. Today, the…

Climate change generational gap discovered to be a myth

Words by Amy Holden, Staff Writer With over 100 UK cities, towns and villages experiencing school strikes and 18 year old Greta Thunberg becoming the face of the new climate…

Brighton Buccaneers, the city’s wheelchair rugby team and how you can join

With the new academic year starting, many people like to pick up a new sport to find fitness and fun. One sport not everyone may think of becoming a part…

The Big Debate: Should Shamima Begum Be Allowed To Return To the United Kingdom?

YES: Words by Miles … – Debating Society 20 years on from the attacks of September 11th 2001, the discourse surrounding terror and Islamic fundamentalism has changed markedly since. Recently,…

Gender-based violence is a silenced epidemic

Words by Alice Stevens, Arts Online Editor “Text me when you get home x. ” This common procedure carried out by most women reflects a darker truth within our society…

Top tech to get you through first year

University is an extremely rewarding experience but parts of it can be challenging. For many, it involves living away from home for the first time. Without home commodities, going about…

Man Charged with murder of London School Teacher

Trigger warning for male violence, violence against women and death Words by Connor Drescher, Staff Writer Tributes to Sabina Nessa, a London schoolteacher, have continued to be left at a…