The Stage, Witchcraft & Ritual
Words by Ali Arief Witchcraft and the Occult are subjects that I study earnestly. Throughout my years of studying these fascinating subjects, I have discovered incredible overlaps between the Occult…
What ‘Girls’ taught me about my OCD
An examination of how television has the power to heal the scars of mental illness Words by Issy Anthony I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when I was 14.…
Artist Focus: AFLO. the poet
Words by Éloïse Armary AFLO. the poet is a spoken word artist. She started performing in 2019 and now is a strong knot in the black poetry scene in Brighton.…
What the New Gossip Girl is Missing
Words by Issy Anthony Money, mayhem and a sex drive that just won’t quit can only mean one thing: Gossip Girl is back on our screens. As part two of…
Romanticising the Real: Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love (2018)
Words by Megan Whitehead, Staff Writer If I was ever forced onto a desert island and only had one item to bring with me, I would pick Dolly Alderton’s ‘Everything…
Revolutionary Theatre: Les Misérables
Words my Molly Openshaw Looking at the journey of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, we can see how revolutionary it has been in the process of developing a novel into a…
Euphoria, Skins and Teenage Angst
Words by Emma Norris Trigger warning: mention of drugs, rape/abuse and mental illness The release of series two of Euphoria, timed alongside the finishing of my assessment period, led to…
Blending Romance and Realism (in progress)
Words by Molly Openshaw Over Christmas, I was the lucky recipient of a positive Covid test, leaving me susceptible to binge-watching Netflix and obsessively rereading novels. One of these shows…
Pip Millett Live at the Islington Assembly Hall
Music Editor, Dylan Bryant, reviews an incredible show from the rising R&B star Pip Millett. *Trigger Warning – Offensive language* Despite the freezing cold weather mixed with the post-Christmas come…
New year, same beautiful you: Sashay away, diet culture
Words by Alice Stevens Content Warning: dieting and eating disorders Body image is a funny one in January. The first month of the year should be a space for reflection…
Poetry: We all share an ‘e’ at least by J-Day
The image of a wordI don’t want to be a letterI ask people not to conjure me when they speakNot existing on a fabricated planeWith others of my kinThere is…
‘Comparisons’ by Dylan Bryant and Charlie Batten
‘Comparisons’ is a song that we wrote based around the insecurities of not knowing who or where you want to be in life. When discussing the topic of ‘identity and…
Poetry: God are you listening, it’s me…is he? by Issy Anthony
God I would like to ask if this is it? Maybe you could send someone, Gabriel will do, to tell me if this okay-ness is the whole point Then I…
Poetry: Us, the stardust residuals by Rob Barrie
We are not stemmed from two, not a cell, not a particle, no lineage exists to respond, for there is no beauty in divinity and no wonder in the beyond.…
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
Words by Daisy Holbrook , Staff Writer Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, follows the story of the creation of the final edition of the eponymous publication. Set in…
Review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Words by Lucy Atwood If you like reading in bed, late at night then I’m Thinking of Ending Things might not be the book for you. It’s a unique, unsettling,…
Words about the little things by Eloise Armary
Words by Eloise Armary ‘Feel the early morning sun on her skin, the soft, warm wind in her hair, and smell the sweet touch of grass and lavender in the…
Artist Focus: Tamara Kramar
Tamara Kramar is a musician, singer-songwriter studying at our very own University of Sussex. She moved from Bratislava to Brighton to start her degree in Neuroscience, but because of Covid,…
Poetry: What I Wouldn’t Do by Simon Hauwaerts
he’s sitting on the couch & he’s white & cis & straight & ablebodied &&&&cetera(you know how it is and oh how original so does he) and that’s why he…
Image and Identity – Music, My Family and Me
Words by Dylan Bryant Music fascinates me. How does an accumulation of dots on a page have the power to bring total strangers together and move someone to tears? Obviously,…