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The Kite Runner Preview

Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is a novel about change. It chronicles the progression of two inseparable friends, Amir and Hassan, and how their relationship is forever altered after an…

Thor Ragnarok: Review

It is fair to say that out of all the Marvel superheroes, Thor has not had the best run, commonly seen as having the worst solo outings. However, that all…

Mindhunter Review: A New Kind of Darkness

You might think, given the 13 whole seasons of Criminal Minds already in existence, that the last thing we need in 2017 is another serial-killer-drama. But Netflix drama Mindhunter somehow…

Sexy Preview

With Sexy, Vanessa Kisuule arrives at the Brighton Dome ready to ask some probing questions; what do you find sexy, are you sexy, and what does sexy even mean anyway?…

A Number Review

Identity politics is a pertinent issue in today’s society, and A Number exposes the struggle of defining identity in a categorically saturated world. In a futuristic narrative where cloning is…

BONER KILLER Review

On the 26th October I had the chance to go see Erin Markey’s BONER KILLER at The Marlborough. I wasn’t sure what to expect from a show with such an…

The Badger Meets…Coasts

On Friday 20th October, that institution of the Brighton music scene, The Haunt, played host to up-and-coming indie band Coasts, touring the UK in promotion of their second studio album…

King Nun: The Should-of-Been Headliners

King Nun and BLOXX opened for headliner INHEAVEN at The Haunt on the 18th in the last show on the UK leg of the top-billed band’s tour. And if we…

Forgotten Music: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

One album that does not get the recognition it deserves is Elton John’s Album ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’. I know Elton John is not unheard of. In…

Nick Mulvey at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

It’s Thursday night, and me and a couple of hundred others are spending our evening watching the closing night of Nick Mulvey’s Wake Up Now tour at the De La…

Will audiences be the key to changing the mainstream film industry?

Content warning: sexual harassment To an extent, we are all complicit in maintaining the established power structures at the core of the Western film industry. Hollywood has been scrutinised, in…

Visual masterpiece and cult classic: a tribute to Drive

Usually after hearing nothing but positive reviews of a film, I watch it with a slight scepticism; scepticism that my reaction won’t match the high expectation set, but Nicholas Winding…

Theatre: A Woman’s Place?

The origins of theatre can be traced as far back as 532 BC during the classical Greek and Roman times. For most of that, it was men who were involved…

Thinking Queer: Bloomsbury Group Preview

The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) will be hosting a discussion centring around the influential intellectuals of the Bloomsbury Group on Friday 10 November. In partnership with the…

The Badger Speaks To… Wolf Alice

Wolf Alice have been a busy band touring for the past couple of months around the UK and America doing in-store gigs. They show us that performing live is still…

Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life

Wolf Alice’s punk, 80s synth-pop, grunge, and folk influences meld together to form something original and non-imitative. ‘VOAL’ is bolder with lyrics that reach down to a more personal space…

“Merging science experiments and gawky comedy” – You Can’t Polish A Nerd Preview

Comedy-science trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd are heading to The Old Market as part of their UK tour: You Can’t Polish A Nerd. Merging science experiments and gawky comedy,…

Séance Review

In darkness: twenty minutes, twenty participants, twenty headphones, and one container – Séance is an audio performance that will send chills down your spine. As a Halloween special, writer Glen…

Man Booker Prize – Just another prize to be Americanised?

After the much-heated debate in 2014, the rules for the Man Booker took a 360-degree turn from a solely British enterprise to an internationally global one. The rules made it…

Dracula: The Bloody Truth Review

At Hove’s The Old Market, the stage was spectacularly set for a ghoulish night of horror (and light-hearted entertainment) for fast-approaching Halloween. Unfortunately, Le Navet Bet’s performance of Dracula: The…