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Radiant and Miserable – Euphoria’s Cassie Howard is Spiralling

Words by Jasmine Crowhurst Trigger Warning: References to Sexual abuse and abortion are mentioned. Contains Spoilers for Euphoria season 2 “Cassie fell in love with every guy she ever dated.…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as an insight into Freud’s hypothesis of the psyche

Arts Editor, Molly Openshaw, demonstrated a Freudian reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, implementing the idea of the id and the ego in the tale of the modern Prometheus. I recently…

Stereophonics – The best live band?

Music Editor, Dylan Bryant, reviews Stereophonics at Brighton Centre, 26th March 2022 As this is the eighth time I’ve seen Stereophonics, I think I’ve secured super-fan status. I remember my…

The Unprecedented UB40

Words by Ali Arief On The 26th of February, reggae band UB40 took to the Brighton Centre to perform two hours of pure reggae bliss. The atmosphere was bubbling, with…

Food Waste Sussex Proposal Aims to End Unnecessary Food Waste on Campus

Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor Food Waste Sussex’s are proposing a policy that aims to end unnecessary food waste in Students’ Union affiliated food outlets and on campus.Food Waste…

Yoon Suk-yeol Wins South Korean Presidential Elections By a Narrow Margin

Words by Ritika Srivatsan, News Print Editor Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power party won the 20th South Korean presidential election held in early March. Yoon, the former Prosecutor…

UK Cancer Research Took Hit In Pandemic

Words by Anurag Venugopalan, Staff Writer The UK’s cancer research has taken a hit due to the pandemic with a leading charity saying the decline is linked to impact of…

Demand Grows For Reclassification of Psilocybin For Medical Research

Words by Maisie Levitt, News Online Editor Trigger warnings for drugs, mental illnesses, addictions and suicide. Leading psychiatrists and drug reformers are urging British ministers to reclassify the psychedelic compound…

Sussex Rewards Sustainable Entrepreneurs and Student Climate Leaders With Cash Prizes

Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor Student-led projects growing microgreens, using AI to measure biodiversity, tree planting to improve water quality and promoting sustainable fashion will share £20,000 of University…

Sussex Students Argue Against Mitie Management

Words by Cameron Trencher, Staff Writer Sussex students have demonstrated this month in protest against the University’s association with outsourcing company Mitie Group PLC. The campaign, led by Instagram account…

Wildflowers Considered ‘Injurious Weeds’ Attract More Pollinators Than Government Recommended Plants, Sussex Study Finds

Words by Mansi Tailor, Staff Writer A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Sussex and published in the Journal of Applied Ecology found that weeds deemed “injurious”…

Russia Threatens to Cut Off European Gas Pipeline

Words by Anurag Venugopalan, Staff Writer Russia has threatened to shut down a major gas pipeline to Europe if the West goes ahead with its ban on energy imports which…

Latest IPCC Climate Change Report ‘An Atlas For Human Suffering’

Words by Éloïse Armary, Artist Focus Editor The IPCC’s 2022 Climate Change report is ‘an atlas for human suffering’, as it warns of irreversible damages and a closing window for…

British-Iranian National Released After 6 Years in Iranian Prison

Words by Maisie Levitt, News Online Editor British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her passports returned and is being reunited with her husband and daughter, 6 years after her arrest…

Artist Focus: Louisa Kazig

Words by Mansi Tailor Louisa Kazig is a visual artist born in Berlin and based in Brighton. She opens up about her journey as an artist and as a small…

Shows That Deserved a Second Season

​​A look back on some of our favourite shows that were wrongfully stopped short We all know the feeling. Finding a good show is hard, but when you finally find…

The Era of Re-Mythologisation

Words by Molly Openshaw Over the past few years, there has been a surge in the number of mythological retellings in both literature, film and television. With these classic myths…

The Efforts Of Healthcare Professionals In Ukraine

The cruelty of the situation in Ukraine has emanated throughout the world. Carrying with it, profound stories of courage and determination witnessed by the rest of the world. In response…

The Legacy of Aeschylus

Theatre Editor Ali Arief speaks on the legacy of the Greek Play The Persians. I felt a certain kind of peace when I would enter my Classical Civilisation class. My…

Top Five Books on Identity

Words by Saskia May Ancient and magical is the tradition and art of storytelling. Literature can offer us explanations for human behaviour, it can draw out our hidden feelings, and…