Jinkx Monsoon on Together Again, Again, on LGBTQ+ and non-binary issues and on returning to RuPaul’s Drag Race
Editor-in-Chief Chris Ahjem sits down with RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon to discuss their new show, LGBTQ+ issues and whether they'd return to Drag Race.
Inspirational story weakened by lacklustre directing – Just Mercy Review
A story that is sadly all too common, a crime is committed, a corrupt, racist and desperate police force need a criminal, and so a black person is arrested, falsely…
Breaking down the 2020 Oscar Nominations
The Oscars, whilst being far from perfect, do stand to promote and award the year’s best cinema. However, with a controversial comic-book origin story, two Netflix originals and a small…
Exhibition Focus: Pre-Raphaelite Sisters
One hundred and seventy years after the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood first exhibited their paintings, London’s National Portrait Gallery are celebrating the divine feminine muses of this historic art movement this Winter,…
My Top 10 Albums Of 2019
It’s been a great year for music, with many new artists releasing strong debut albums and promises of a prosperous career. We’re only a few weeks away from entering a…
Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
Words by Rosanna Weber On October 4th, Nick Cave released his latest album Ghosteen, a double album, his first since Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus in 2004. Unlike the kitschy album…
Live Review: Temples @ Komedia
Words by Luke Edison This Monday 2nd December, Komedia’s doors opened to Temples, a psychedelic rock band originating from Kettering, Northamptonshire. Having heard about their mesmerizing live performances and stellar…
‘Never Cross A Picket Line’ – Three Songs of Solidarity and Struggle
Words by Ryan Bridgewater As our lecturers go on strike from Monday to defend their pensions, now is the perfect time to reflect on the history of workers’ and trade…
Live Review: Jordan Rakei @ Concorde 2
On Wednesday the 16th of October, Concorde 2 once again reinforced its position as Brighton’s ‘crème de la crème’ of music venues. Having hosted Afla Mist and Laura Misch a…
Artist Focus: Charlotte Guérard
Charlotte Guérard is a third-year undergraduate at the University of Brighton, studying Fine Art Painting. Guérard creates large-scale pieces which are saturated in bright splashes of colour, pieces in which…
Carpets, Coffee and Mental Health: In Conversation with Will Young
University students today live in a world of pres and posts. Culture-changing events come quick and without warning, leaving us in aftermaths where the world before is a ghost. Students…
Child-ish – Why children’s books aren’t just for kids.
As writers for a student publication, we are often wont to demonstrate a literary prowess. The desire to flex some scholarly muscle often floats through in the discussions around literature…
CINECITY PRESENTS: The Nightingale
The Nightingale (2018) is the second feature from Jessica Kent, who made waves back in 2014 with her debut film The Babadook. Unlike her previous film, which centred on the…
CINECITY PRESENTS – ‘Judy and Punch’ – A Swing and a Miss
The last time I attempted a review I all but disowned the medium – as if I’d ever owned it in the first place. What was written was an apology…
CINECITY PRESENTS: ‘Cubby’
Written, co-directed and produced by the film’s star Mark Blane, Cubby is a film shot on 16mm Kodak that comes in at just under 90 minutes that highlights homosexuality, anxiety,…
CINECITY PRESENTS: ‘Waves’ – A Rewarding Piece
In Waves, Trey Edward Shults portrays a 21st Century African-American family in an intense and redeeming narrative that explores masculinity, family, and isolation. Formed of two parts that oppose each…
The LaFontaines: An Interview
By Payton Dembs On Monday 7th October, before Patterns could be filled with 150 people chanting “The La, The La, The LaFontaines”, I was offered to watch soundcheck and sit…
Leaving Us Breathless, Talking with Inhaler
On the day I meet Inhaler, Brighton is one interminable cloud. I’m beckoned to them relatively late, and from the other side of town, and so pass along the seafront…
“The piano is an extension of my head”
Melissa Rosalind White On stage, Espen Berg captivates the audience with apparently effortless precision. His fingers fly over the keys of the piano, but not only his technical versatility makes…
The Music of The Shining
Words by Ryan Bridgewater From its opening helicopter shots of the Rocky Mountains scored by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, music is fundamental to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The…