Of Time And The City
From Terence Davies comes his long-awaited fifth feature, and, at the age of sixty-five, it is not a moment too soon for the British auteur. Of Time And The City,…
No end in sight to pensions row
The university’s highest governing body has approved plans to close the final salary pension scheme to new support staff.
Tallulah Rendall – ‘Lay Me Down’
Sounding distinctly akin to P J Harvey, Tallulah Rendall has perfected her art amongst some of the capital’s finest musicians – though it was not until recently when asked to…
You’re Hired!- Employment FAQ’s
Part time work is now a financial necessity for most students during their studies – NUS research has shown that 90% of students work during holidays and between 40-70% during…
Ingenious stagecraft invigorates new version of ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
Far from the Madding Crowd Theatre Royal 25/11/08 In the first act of this staging of Far from the Madding Crowd, the good-hearted farmer Gabriel Oak proposes marriage to headstrong…
Scott on secrets and lies
Nearly every crime thriller centres its moral high-ground on the issues of trust and deception. It is one of those given clichés that a traitor will be uncovered as the…
Seasick Seagulls’ season plummeting
Brighton and Hove Albion have lost their last four league one matches and have already been knocked out of the F.A. Cup. They now find themselves in the unenviable position…
Look further next time
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a topic of interest to many students at Sussex, while others couldn’t care less. It’s also a topic consisting of an endless debate which will never…
Lecturers can’t brainwash students, recent study suggests
A new study has criticized the conventional wisdom that lecturers influence the political views of their students. The research from the U.S, to be published in the spring, has claimed…
Liberata lose EMA contract
With delays to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payments expected to continue, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have been forced to terminate their contract with Liberata, the company blamed for…
Lake Tahoe freeze frames over
Fernando Eimbcke’s new film focuses on the suburbs of an unnamed Mexican town. The minimalist cinematography progresses by eerily still shots of the deserted landscape, through which the young hero,…
‘Students use facebook to create their ideal self’ claim psychologists
Students use Facebook and Myspace to create their ‘ideal self’ says a recent report on self presentation, gender and social networking sites.
Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West reinvents himself again on 808s and Heartbreak, an extraordinary album of such a personal nature that it seems indecent to listen.
To have or not to have a convincing accent – that is the question
How are you supposed to feel about British comedians in Hollywood? Are they traitors? Ambassadors? Too often it has been a bit embarrassing as the lure of money and fame…
Lotz to be said about Lodz
I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about this screening. The little experience I have of Polish cinema paint it in my mind as a rather gruelling affair.…
Inequalities in student bursary schemes
For poorer students hoping to go to university, as well being entitled to government grants they can usually take advantage of bursaries. These grants, awarded by individual universities to those…
SUD’s latest offering weird but wonderful
The Chairs, Debating Chamber, Falmer House, 21/11/08 Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs opens in a very poignant fashion. The lights come up on an elderly married couple in a many-doored room…
Improvisation of epic proportions
The Bays and the Heritage Orchestra @ The Brighton Dome, 21st November For those who missed the interview The Badger ran a couple of weeks ago, The Bays are a…
Towns across UK competing to gain university status
Plans to establish new universities from a list of 27 areas of the country, have recently been revealed by minister for innovation, universities and skills, John Denham. The government wants…
Foreign film favourites
Foreign-language films seem to come with an expectation to be arty and abstract, but in fact they’re found in all styles and subjects, much like the American and British films…