Top 5 Albums of 2024
Words by Finn Norris and Harry Turnbull 2024 has been, in our view, a fantastic year for music. From emerging artists bursting onto the scenewith instant hits to childhood heroes…
The End-of-Life Bill has just been passed—but what happens next?
The Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill has passed, thanks to the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater bringing the motion forward to debate. However, while a recent YouGov poll (YouGov, 2023)…
Sea Swimming Healed Me. It Could Heal You Too.
Words by Jessie Smith It’s an uncharacteristically sunny day in early February, and a few weeks after my 21st birthday. I’m perched atop a crag on Kinsale Beach in County…
Coming Out Tonight? Interview with the Director and Cast
Words by Marni Lippin ‘’It’s a play about messy bisexuals!’’ ‘Coming Out Tonight?’ is the original play written and directed by Alannah Van Engeland for the SUDS – created about…
Smitten with Pale Waves
Words by Olivia Milner Following the release of their fourth album Smitten on September 27th, the Manchester four-piece Pale Waves took to the road. Their fifth stop of the tour…
Books About University Life
Normal People “Normal People” is a coming-of-age novel published in 2018 by Sally Rooney. The story portrays the ever-growing and changing relationship between Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron, originally two…
Breaking the Silence: The Impact of Banned Books
Although a recent prolific increase in the number of books being banned in the United States has made the conversation mainstream, book banning, censoring, and altering is nothing new. The…
Eat Central Reopens
Eat Central has reopened to serve the students with wider menu options and new interiors. The largest food outlet on campus, Eat Central, closed down in March of this year…
Accessibility should be a Journey, not a Destination
Sussex might be famous for its psychological research, but it should be infamous for its stairs (please stop scheduling my classes in Ashdown). Is there really a finish line? Accessibility…
The Sims 4: Where Players Are the Play Testers
When you think of life-mimicking simulation games, you’re likely to think of The Sims franchise. With the first game released back in 2000, the latest instalment in the series is…
Trans Rights Activists and Allies Rally Against Far-right Transphobe Posie Parker
A protest was organised by Trans Liberation Front and Brighton Antifascists in response to a rally held by Kelly-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, of the far right transphobic…
What Happens on Tour (Shouldn’t) Stay on Tour
Every Easter break, thousands of students across the UK make the journey to Croatia for a week-long holiday called ‘tour’, on behalf of their university sports teams. But over the…
Book Suggestions by Genre
Horror: Earthlings Written by: Isabella Poderico, Arts Editor TW: Cannibalism, Murder, Physical, Mental, Sexual, and Child Abuse, Suicide, Extreme Graphic Content and Gore. Natsuki believes that she is an alien,…
Most Underrated Hozier Songs
With the skyrocketing popularity of his new Unheard EP’s opening track, ‘Too Sweet’, singer/songwriter Hozier has hit the charts again for the first time since his debut song, ‘Take Me…
Recommendations for Every Genre
Romance: The Last Letter From Your Lover Written by: Sophie Martin, Staff Writer I’m a sucker for anything by Jojo Moyes and this is no exception. Think ‘forbidden romance’ meets…
Favourite Childhood Games: A Walk Down Memory Lane
MovieStarPlanet Written by: Semhar (Semi) Tesfazgy, Editor in Chief For every fashion-obsessed kid who had unfiltered access to the web, there was no greater game than MovieStarPlanet.This “free-to-play” online social…
Varsity Reports
Women’s Hockey Written by: Ruby Wheeler, Staff Writer On Wednesday 24 April, Sussex Women’s Hockey went up against Brighton Women’s Hockey in a fiercely contested match that ended in a…
The Dilemma of Deciding on a Dying Fig
By Megan Delaney (Staff Writer) I often fall into a spiral of fantasising about every possible other choice I could have made in my life, which would mean I would…
Ways to Support Palestine as Students
By Thomas Barlow and Sean Mccord (Staff Writers) The Israeli government’s occupation of Gaza and blockade of aid is genocidal. The situation has been ongoing for over six months, and…
Nature’s Blueprint: Biomimicry
Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? Mia Sawyer, Staff Writer Nature has played just as big of a part in the development of flight as science has; with…