Artist Focus: Alice Kirkwood
Alice Kirkwood is a second-year Fashion Undergraduate student at the University of Brighton. A budding fashion designer, Alice spoke to me about her future aspirations, throwing yourself into the deep…
Review: MAHALIA’s Love & Compromise
Mahalia’s rise to alternative R&B supremacy comes as no surprise. Atlantic saw the potential in her when she was only 13 and in 2012 she released her first EP, Head…
El Camino Review: Hit or Meth?
El Camino- Breaking Bad. I have to start by saying that if you watch this movie out of context you probably won’t like it. The story has suspense, vendettas, friendships,…
Joker Review: Phoenix is on fire!
I cannot have been the only one worried about “Joker”. With our most recent cinematic Joker being disastrous in Suicide Squad, a director (Todd Phillips) best known for the mixed-bag…
Artist Focus: Zarya Austen-Fell
Graduating from the University of Brighton with a Fine Art Critical Practice degree in 2018, Norfolk-born Zarya Austen-Fell resides in Brighton as a multi-media artist, whose work focuses on the…
‘Numb’ and ‘Three Fifths Human’ – Black History Month poems by Shaznay Martin
‘Numb’ I’m numb at this point Literally, I can’t feel my joints. My body is an empty vessel My mind is absent – I’m tired of the hassle. My heart…
Musicians vs Politicians
By Louis Johnson – Comment Sub-Editor Why should we value music? In an age of identity politics where empathy appears to have been cast to the dustbin of history; music…
Steve Coogan: From Student Life to Stardom
The last time I was in Lewes, somebody attempted to blind me. Looking for friends at the Bonfire festival, and exhausted by miles of walking, I’d crouched at the kerb…
Review: BROCKHAMPTON’s Ginger
Released earlier this summer, BROCKHAMPTON followed 2018’s ‘Iridescence’ with their fifth studio album ‘Ginger’. Since Iridescence, the self-proclaimed greatest boyband since one direction has faced chaos and separation, but out…
Should we still listen to Michael Jackson’s music?
YES Alice Gledhill Sometimes, bad people create great things. This does not redeem them, but nor does it reduce the quality of their art. Michael Jackson, who died in 2009,…
A note on graphic novels: A guide to some of the best graphic novels on the market now
The term ‘graphic novel’ has, for a long time, been used loosely around the fringes of the literary society. While in the world of comics certain graphic novels throw titian…
Is music journalism a total minefield?
By Stella Cooper My friends are still sharing videos, no matter how messy, of pure summer festival carnage. Whether that’s in the shape of music, or campsite antics, it still…
‘The Goldfinch’: are some novels best left untouched?
First published in 2013, Donna Tartt’s epic coming-of-age novel has attracted a large literary following. The Goldfinch was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 and was selected as…
Saving The Music Video
The last year has seen the release of significant musical projects on Netflix. A television platform by nature, this convergence of media could signal the start of something great, a…
‘Stand-Up History Brighton’ – A Review?
I feel a particular ambivalence toward review and criticism. While I have used them in the past to filter my consumption, I’ve also found myself incredulous at what has appeared,…
Katy Perry’s latest controversy captures contemporary Pop’s key problems
In July, a six-year-old song struck a chord in pop culture for all the wrong reasons. Following a four-year legal battle, a Los Angeles jury declared that Katy Perry’s 2013…
Elf Lyons interview – Don’t shop, adopt!
Elf Lyons is a nuanced performer whose show ‘Love Songs to Guinea Pigs’ is coming to Brighton Komedia on the 9th of October 2019. I had the pleasure of meeting…
Stranger Things 3: Russian Spies, sailors and teen angst
Another year brings in the new season of Stranger Things, with Eleven, Mike, and the rest of the gang taking on the latest threat from the dreaded Upside-Down – provided…
What Fresh Meat taught me about University life
With not only the biggest monthly viewership of any online streaming service in the United kingdom, but also the largest increase in audience over the last year (45%) Netflix has…
5 alternative campus study spaces
During term time, it can often be difficult to find a study space on campus, especially during the lead up to exams and assessment periods. Although the library is the…