Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month: Audre Lorde
Words by Alice Stevens LGBTQ+ History Month is an important time to celebrate, educate and reflect on the issues the community has and still faces. The main aim of the…
Pioneering Study Gives Hope to Blind Patients
Brain implants and artificial vision; what would you do to see again? words by Charlie Ellis, Staff Writer If you were to go blind one day, what would you do…
THE BIG COLLABORATION – What Is Love?
In this edition, The Big Debate has been replaced by The Big Collaboration; a collection of editors’ opinions on what love is. Georgia-May KeetchEditor-In-Chief what else is out there?: The…
English Teachers in UK Want to Further Diversify Syllabus, Study Finds
Words by Sophie McMahon, Comment Print Editor A new Teacher Tapp survey has revealed that drastic reforms are still needed to diversify the English syllabus, as primary and secondary school…
Francis Ngannou; A Bodyslam to the UFC?
Francis Ngannou retains his title and sets up a fascinating showdown with the organisation Words by Will Vo With rumblings of a boxing match with Tyson Fury on the horizon…
Sussex Research Finds More Evidence is Needed to Establish 5G As a Green Tech
By Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor Research by Sussex Academics and the University of Sussex Business School has found that the widespread expectations that 5G will be a green technology are…
Boris Missed A Great Opportunity
Words by Amirali Ziaebrahimi, staff writer For so many years, the nationalisation of railways has been one of the most controversial topics in UK politics. During the pandemic, a death…
February Horoscopes
Words by Ali Arief Forecast As Venus and Mercury start to station direct after weeks of being in retrograde, we can breathe a sigh of relief as our communication, technology…
NFTs and Blockchains: The Internet’s New Buzzwords Explained
words by Maria Margot Kafka, Staff Writer A Nyan Cat GIF NFT was auctioned for $590,000. Twitter’s former CEO sold his first tweet for $3 million. As images, they are…
‘Bee Bricks’ Become Mandatory in Brighton Buildings Under New Law
Words by Sophie McMahon, Comment Print Editor This week, Brighton and Hove council mandated the use of Bee Bricks in an update to a planning law which necessitates them in…
Artist Focus: Soofiya
Words by Éloïse Armary The artist we will meet in this edition reflects our beloved queer and colourful Brighton. Soofiya is a visual artist and design educator. Their art has…
Maternal Ambivalence and Imposter Syndrome: My experience of undergraduate, archival research
Words by Saskia May Sunshine was flickering through the green beech trees as the bus dropped me at The Keep, University of Sussex. The carpark of the archival centre was…
Introducing Palestine
Words By: Dana Amawi 2022, for Palestine, could be described in the words of Charles Dickens’ “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” One neighbourhood’s…
Omicron and Inflation Will Impact World Growth in 2022, Says IMF
Words by Billy Stack, Staff Writer On January 22nd, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published a quarterly review of its global growth forecasts for the next two financial years. The…
Tackling Stigmas in Football
Navigating LGBTQ+ issues in a sport reluctant to change Words by Lorcan Barnett In October of 2021, Josh Cavallo became the first openly gay professional footballer playing in a top…
Trending Tragedies
Words by T Bliss, Staff Writer Navigating current issues in the digital era A cultural paradigm has emerged where social and environmental issues become ‘trending’ on social media and across…
Sussex’s New Student Centre Nears Completion
Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor A new student centre is currently being built on campus as part of an initiative to transform the student experience at the University of…
Rip Van Winkle: A Feminist Story?
Words by Molly Openshaw Recently, I read Washington Irving’s 1819 short story and was very surprised by the portrayal of women. Irving displays women as unspoken heroes, demonstrating a refreshing…
All About Love: New Visions
Words by Alice Stevens “In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever…
Remakes and Morality: What Peter Dinklage Teaches us About Diversity and Discrimination in Contemporary Film
Words by Emma Norris Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a childhood favourite of mine; I had a particular attachment to the dwarf Dopey, carrying a soft toy of…