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Review: Glyndebourne’s Autumn Concert

Words by Amélie Bodnar-Tunnell The Glyndebourne Autumn concert was made up of two parts; the first was the narrative and music from Joseph Bologne, Cavalier de Saint-Georges’ opera The Anonymous…

Beabadoobee Live at CHALK Review

Words by Orla Donoghue After waiting in line for two hours for CHALK to open the doors next to Brighton’s windy seafront in mid-October without sufficient layers, it’s safe to…

Practical or Personal? A Series of Favourite Christmas Gifts

Words by Beth Brown Thinking back to the nineteen (soon to be twenty!) Christmases I have lived, a few gifts still stand out. My pink Nintendo DS. The Zayn Malik…

A Teary Goodbye to the Bendy Buses

Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Editor On Monday the 7th of November, the Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s Mercedes Citaro fleet, better known as the ‘bendy buses’, made its final…

That Top is to Die For: The Real Cost of Fast Fashion

92 million tons. That is how much clothes related waste we discard every year. It’s enough to fill 1 and half Empire State Buildings every day. Words by Lucy Dover,…

Shopping More Ethically in Brighton This Holiday Season

Words by Katie Porter We all know that charity shopping can lead us to finding some real gems, with vast options for charity shopping in Brighton being a notable aspect…

Sussex Urges Students to Know the Symptoms of Meningitis After Tragic Student Death.

Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Production Editor Last week, the University of Sussex shared the tragic news that a student has passed away as a result of a meningococcal meningitis…

Taking the Red Pill: Misogyny, Andrew Tate and Incels

Words by Jada Phillips “You can’t be responsible for something that doesn’t listen to you. You can’t be responsible for a dog if it doesn’t obey you, or a child…

Mental Health in Winter: Tackling the Winter Blues

Words by Charlotte O’Riordan As the days get shorter and the nights colder, many of us will be cosying up, watching festive movies and laughing over hot chocolates and marshmallows.…

Sussex Increases Student and Staff Support Package

Words by Jago Bayley, Staff Writer The university has upgraded its student and staff support package this November – which now amounts to £6.6 million – following an earlier initiative…

An Alternative Perspective on Environmentalism.

A reflection on my relationship to environmentalism, and a deeper reflection on why I choose to live my life sustainably outside of politically driven reasoning. Words by Stevie Palmer, Comment…

The End of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

It is not the end for those left behind Words by Ellie Sanders, Staff Writer After more than five years and 320,000 documents, the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire…

My Unorthodox Gap Year: Getting Cancer

Words by Julia Reinstein When I was in my first year of university, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Within the space of three hours, some unexplained bruises…

Transgender Representation in British Media

Trans people discuss how the British press misrepresents their lived experience Words by Rhys Mathers CW: Transphobia, mention of sexual assault “We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women”…

Nurses Make History By Voting to Go on Strike

Words by Beth Brown Nurses across the UK have voted to go on strike, for the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s history. Founded in 1916, over 106…

The Big Collaboration: Do You Experience Climate Anxiety?

In this edition ‘The Big Collaboration’ has explored campus opinion on whether students experience climate anxiety. Our Editors collected these opinions both through a questionnaire and on campus- did you…

How to Think Outside of the Gift Box 

By Ivana Kitova, Staff Writer It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and with that I know that your nearest and dearest are undoubtedly deserving of all the love,…

UK and France Strike Border Deal Amid Mounting Criticism

The UK and France have unveiled fresh plans to curb the numbers of migrants crossing the Channel. Words by Ali Abdi Under the terms of the deal, the British government…

The UK is Incompetently Unprepared For The Climate Crisis

An opinion on the UK’s lack of urgency concerning the current climate crisis in relation to last summer’s heatwave. Words By Alex Lewis, Comment Online Sub-Editor The 19th of July…

Largest Wave of Industrial Action Hit Sussex

Words by Cameron Trencher, News Sub-Editor and Ritika Srivatsan, News Editor The University and College Union (UCU), a British higher-education trade union representing academics and support staff, voted ‘yes’ to…