Books to inspire you on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than sitting down and reading some truly inspiring feminist literature? Over the years, there have been so many women…
ELIZA live at Patterns – Preview
Catch ELIZA at Patterns for an evening filled with classy RnB tunes. The London-based singer, who was previously known as Eliza Doolittle, has recently released her latest album A Real…
Jazz Club: Tenderlonious presents Ruby Rushton at Patterns – Preview
The Brighton Jazz scene has never been more alive. Pattern’s Jazz Club constantly brings some of the best underground names in the business, and it doesn’t stop there, frequently affiliating…
In Conversation with Eva Riley
Brighton based filmmaker Eva Riley sat down with The Badger to talk about her upcoming debut feature ‘Perfect 10’ and the things that inspire her in her creative process. This…
Two Nobel prizes in literature to be awarded this year
After the 2018 Nobel prize in literature was postponed, following a sexual scandal within the Swedish Academy, the organisation who award the Nobel prize in literature, both the 2018 and…
Get ready for World Book Day 2019
This year’s World Book Day will take place on Thursday 7 March, with schools all around Brighton participating in this annual event. I think every person in the United Kingdom…
‘It requires you’: Blak Whyte Gray
Our conversation starts with a journey. From an primary school in England, to the North of Ghana, down to the south and the region of the Ga, and finally to…
Stand-up for comedy: a Brighton Dome experience
If you happen to be like me, a creature of comfort that enjoys the company of a good book or would rather develop an emotional attachment with Netflix specials rather…
In Conversation with Ferris & Sylvester
Ferris & Sylvester are an up and coming Americana band consisting of Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester. They began their first ever headline tour at the beginning of 2019, and…
Touki Bouki; The meeting point of Senegal, Godard, and Beyonce
Restored to digital format in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation (WCF), Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973) deserves to be recognised as a global classic. Scorsese was on…
Artist Focus: Tsai Tung Li
Tsai Tung Li is a Taiwanese illustrator currently living in Brighton. We met while she was showcasing her work at the Brighton Illustration Fair 2018, after completing her Master’s studies…
Fighting with…the conventions of biopic filmmaking
Nine years since he made his cinematic directorial debut with Cemetery Junction, Stephen Merchant has returned to the big-screen to direct and write Fighting with My Family, a comedic biopic…
Ferris and Sylvester at The Prince Albert
Having already seen Ferris & Sylvester once before when they were supporting Jade Bird at The Haunt back in November 2018, I felt very excited. Back then, they had managed…
Childhoods are shattered in Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum
Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum begins with a shocking scene – a streetwise twelve year old Zain sues his parents for bringing him into this world. And although the retrospectives that follow…
Fall in Love with Heartbreak: If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins describes his latest feature as a series of “memories, dreams and nightmares”. Adapted from James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name, If Beale Street Could Talk follows…
Fyre Festival: What can the music industry learn?
Last month, Netflix released its latest original documentary, ‘Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened’. It interrogates the story of Fyre Festival held (if you can say it was held…
Local creatives shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 is fast approaching and the shortlist has been announced for this yearly children’s fiction award. There will be some local talent present at the…
Vintage Sunday: that Breakfast at Tiffany’s feeling
The film Breakfast at Tiffany’s has captivated romantics since it was first shown in cinemas in 1961. The American Rom-Com classic directed by Blake Edward has stood the test of…
White Lies – five review: ‘A weaker amalgamation of their previous four albums’
Renowned for their dark demeanour, the London three-piece have again attempted to lose these connotations with their fifth studio album five. Despite the decision to emphasise the number five, the…
Artist Focus: Rupert Tuesday
Rupert Tuesday is a fine artist and performance artist from South East London, performing under the stage name CHUB RUB. Rupert uses He/Him pronouns. He is currently in his third…