That’s How it Ends: LCD Soundsystem and the Student Experience
A look at LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends and what it means to graduate. Playing In My Head Every day has a soundtrack, every moment has a score, but sometimes…
How British Standards Gave Late Night Comedy a New Face
A Look at the Continuing Rise of “Saturday Night Live UK” Murmurs of a British version of the hit late-night comedy show, Saturday Night Live, broadcast around the world from…
About Time: Romantic Romp or Shamelessly Sinister?
It was at a Cocktail Night celebrating The Badger’s National award nominations that I finally got a chance to get to know our features editor, Marni. Despite working on the…
Pop’s Fascination with Plath
Sylvia Plath lives on after her death, at least the symbol of a talented poet with a tragic ending does. Plath is a much acclaimed American writer, known for her…
Best bookshops in Brighton
Books for Amnesty Located in North Laine, Books for Amnesty has much to offer as a second-hand bookshop. This distinctive, vibrant pink shop offers a wide array of books, focusing…
Are we too Old or This?
With the sheer number of reboots that have come out in recent years, it’s understandable to believe that entertainment companies have been trying to bring back the attention of the…
Saving Grace: Project Hail Mary and How It Has Hit the Box Office
With every passing year, the likelihood of a film topping the domestic box office that is not part of a major franchise, a remake of a classic tale, or a…
Queerness, Music, and Church Dominations: An Interview with Bella Artois
Bella Artois is a five-piece made up of Bella (rhythm guitar, singer), Vi (bass), James (saxophone), Daniel (guitar), and Olly (drums). We interviewed the band just before they played a…
Nostalgic Indie Rock Finds a Modern Vessel in Florentenes
Florentenes Live Review – Patterns – 09/04/2026 Florentenes leapt onto the scene in 2023, when they released their debut single ‘Gone’, and have already supported big names like Jamie Webster…
How Covid has Impacted Music’s Sound
When you ask someone about music and Coronavirus, they might recall awkward celebrity covers of ‘Imagine’, or trendy TikTok audios like ‘Say So’. But the true effects of an isolating…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On Living Where Virginia Woolf Could Not
I was born on the same day Virginia Woolf was born.25 January. For many years, this felt like a literary coincidence, a slightly unsettling detail I would mention in passing,…
Ticket Resales? No Thanks.
If you’ve ever been to a gig, then you are probably familiar with this- your favourite band just released a new album and announced that they’re going on tour. Great!…
50 Years of University Radio Falmer
It has been 50 years since University Radio Falmer (URF) was founded. To celebrate, URF is doing various events, including a celebratory gig at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts…