What Does Curing Pancreatic Cancer in Mice Mean for Humans
Scientists have eliminated pancreatic cancer entirely for the first time, in mice. Researchers at Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Mariano Barbacid, have eliminated pancreatic cancer in mice…
Gorillaz – The Mountain Review
After a few projects that felt deliberately loose, Gorillaz return to form with The Mountain. The opener, ‘The Mountain’, is instantly captivating. Bouncing percussion and a droning sitar line pull…
Art From Spaces In Crisis: Why We Read Palestinian Poetry
If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long…
Flatmates, Best mates or Strangers?
On The Intensity of First-Year Friendships If you follow the steps at Brighthelm all the way up to the car park, you’ll eventually come to a pile of rocks left…
There Is Nothing I Use More than My Phone, and I Hate It
Last month, while at the Falmer Bar Pub Quiz with The Badger, one of the questions asked those participating to guess what the average phone screen time was. The room…
Running For My Life
Every Saturday morning, for as long as I can remember, my mum would drag my grumpy, angsty 14-year-old self to Wimbledon Common Parkrun. As I begrudgingly grew accustomed to this…
We’re Not Having a Wuthering Heights Spring
Charli XCX might be the busiest person in pop music. Following the success of arguably the most iconic album of the 2020s so far, BRAT, she dropped a full remix…
Wembley Awaits: A Carabao Cup Final Preview
Sunday, 22nd March, may sound like a normal day. But for Arsenal and Manchester City fans, this is the chance to draw first blood in the title fight, which looks…
University of Brighton Becomes First Institution to Sign New Anti-racist Charter
“Ethnic minority graduates from a low socio-economic background are 45% less likely to be offered entry-level professional roles compared to more advantaged white applicants”, according to a UCL report produced…
Six Days, No Water: How My Landlord Traded My Basic Rights to Explore Disneyland
I’ve always believed there’s a quiet serenity to a Saturday morning that should be protected, especially when you’ve consciously cleared your schedule. No lectures, no alarms, and for once no…
Free Speech on Trial? University of Sussex Takes on the Office for Students
In March 2025, the Office for Students (OfS) fined the University of Sussex £585,000 for breaching its duties on freedom of speech and governance, following a three-and-a-half-year investigation. At the…
Craving the ‘Stiffy’: What Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights Says About Us
“Look, he’s got a stiffy!” The first line spoken in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”, by Emily Brontë, certainly sets the tone for the movie that follows. When your…
Were the BAFTAs Worth Our Attention?
Is There Any Value in What the British Have to Say… There are two likely reasons for someone to watch an awards show: to be informed of who and what…
Hate Thy Neighbour: Is this a Crunch Point for Coldean?
On the outskirts of Brighton, nestled neatly between two parklands, the Coldean estate has long been hailed as a peaceful, leafy suburb. However, beneath its stoic and unassuming exterior, the…
The Beat Generation and the Call of the East
How the Beats inspired and foreshadowed the rise and fall of the Hippie Movement We are living in a spiritually confused and politically terrifying time. We are cut off from…
In conversation with Misha Djemaili
Misha Djemaili is a former Sussex student who is making waves in the non-league football game in the UK. Having played previously for Hashtag United and the England Universities Football…
Drinking From the Cup Of Ambition: 9 To 5 at the Attenborough Centre
The Sussex Musical Theatre Society (SMuTS) delivered an exceptionally skilled and high-energy production of 9 To 5: The Musical at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, proving just how…
People, Pink Beanies and Penge
I never thought fluorescent knitwear and Southeast London would hold such emotional weight for me, but here we are! As the festive season quickly approached, I’m sure everyone else was…
Tapped Out: Student bus fares rise by 600%
New bus fare rules redraw the line between child and adult pricing, leaving young university students navigating a sudden financial jump. Before January, all 18-year-old university students in Brighton &…
Nerves, Celebration and 11,367 Votes: Sussex SU Election Results
Following a week of lively campaigning and creative social media posts from determined candidates across campus, Sussex students gathered in Falmer Back Bar to hear the results of this year’s…