Norwegian Wood: Book Review
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, if described in concrete terms of characters and setting, seems rather uninteresting. A coming-of-age story set in Japan during the late 1960s, from the perspective…
David Vs. Goliath: Why You Should Pick Independent Cinema
Two years ago, I joined the University of Sussex and went from ‘£5.99 Tuesdays’ at the nearest Vue, and a great local independent cinema, to the damp Brighton Odeon, and…
Album Review: From The Pyre by The Last Dinner Party
Everyone’s favourite baroque-pop band is back with their second studio album, and they sound as decadent as ever. After winning the Brit Rising Star award in 2024 and the BRIT…
Babe, You’re Not a Fig Tree!
It could be my own literary-driven algorithm, but everywhere I turn on social media, I keep seeing the same, often misconstrued, metaphor from Sylvia Plath. Esther, the disturbed heroine of…
Of Mice and Moderation: Interview with Pale Wave’s lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie
Fans of Paramore and the 1975 will be familiar with Pale Waves’ pop-rock take on 80s synth. Appearing on the scene in 2017 with debut track “There’s a Honey”, Pale…
Virgin by Lorde: Album Review
As someone who has grown up listening to Lorde, the release of her fourth studio album, Virgin, was one I was highly anticipating. Lorde has a special talent for articulating…
Behind the Scenes at Kemptown Bookshop
Earlier this year, after gift shopping in the Lanes, I took a bus over to Kemptown to visit one of Brighton’s most established bookshops. With no essays due and the…
Interview with Lonnie Gunn
Lonnie Gunn is an emerging, Brighton-based musician who subverts the imagined innocence of girlhood. I had a chance to talk to her about queerness, body horror, and maturing as an…
Long Fling
Long Fling is the collaborative project of Willem Smit, frontman of Personal Trainer, and Pip Blom of, predictably, Pip Blom. Across ten years in their relationship, they wrote and recorded…
A Critique of Sequels: Let Dead Things Lie
Only blissful ignorance could shield you from what film nerds are describing as the “sequel epidemic”. Year after year, the biggest media conglomerates hold conventions announcing the reprises of long-standing…
Good for the Soul: Gans Gig Review
The day I saw Gans, the wind was biting and the rain was indecisive, so to hide for a while in the sanctuary under the station was a relief. There,…
Mad Women and the Legacy of Female ‘Insanity’ in Literature
There is a particular kind of woman who appears, again and again, in literature: beautiful, untameable, and mad. She is Bertha in Jane Eyre, confined to an attic. She is…
From Pages to Person: How What We Read Changes Us
University isn’t just about lectures and deadlines, it’s also about the stories that stay with us. In this article, four Badger writers share the books they discovered during their time…
Kymara at Casablanca: 22nd August 2025
Congratulations to Kymara, who just started her first residency at Casablanca. I had the privilege of attending her opening night, and it quickly became clear to me that this was…
Luuk Van Dijk at Patterns: In Defense of House Music
Luuk Van Dijk appeared onstage at one a.m., having just arrived from a house festival in East London. That must have been where his most loyal crowd was, because in…
Gender Inclusivity in Video Games: What Needs to Change?
Video games have become a more accepted hobby over the years, but playing video games is still often considered a man’s hobby. According to the 2023 Global Gamer Study, 45%…
Album Review: The Clearing by Wolf Alice
When a mysterious man going by the name of ‘Cheek’, promises you a link to the new Wolf Alice album, it’s a bit like a man appearing on your doorstep…
Electra at the Brighton Open Air Theatre Review
4 STARS After enjoying success at the Brighton Fringe Festival, winning the outstanding theatre award, The Conor Baum Company’s production of Electra came to the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)…
Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
5 STARS It is no secret that Tom Cruise is regarded as the last Hollywood movie star. The title is often mentioned; he has worked with some of the most…
Addison Rae and her Meticulous Masterplan to Pop Stardom
Addison Rae is a household name among Gen Z. Since the beginning of doom scrolling, Rae has been promoting herself on TikTok by lip-syncing and dancing to trending songs. To…