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Designated Survivor: Review

By: Mwenya Lumbwe I’m a big fan political dramas and was looking for something new to watch and I stumbled across ABC’s Designated Survivor when browsing through my Netflix. I…

SUDS’s Social Critique That Engages and Entertains: Fragments From Your Workplace

On the evening of 9th of November, The Sussex University Drama Society (SUDS) presented its first performance of this academic year: Fragments From Your Workplace. The 40-minute piece, written by…

Obama’s Legacy in American Film

Now that the US election is over and Barack Obama is passing the baton to a demagogue, we must regrettably begin to speak of his presidency in the past tense.…

The Crown: Review

With many attempts to recreate Queen Elizabeth II’s early years as sovereign, few have succeeded in hitting the mark and portraying history as it happened. Netflix’s £130 million television 6-part…

Preview: Jess Glynne – Brighton Centre

Lauren Wade Music Editor This Sunday the Brighton Centre will play host to pop superstar, Jess Glynne. The artist’s career kicked off on a mild evening in 2003 after her…

The People v. O.J. Simpson: Review

American crime television seemed to have been in a rut until these past couple years. Shows like the 2015 docudrama Making a Murderer, 2014’s How To Get Away with Murder…

Sanjay Noonan – Poetry

Sanjay Noonan is a 3rd year Medicine student at Sussex. ” I started writing poetry when I was 14, although it has never been something I have shared . It…

Becky Murray – Drawings and Photography Collage

Becky Murray is a 2nd Year Neuroscience student at Sussex. Becky has always been very secretive about her many talents. It took me two years of sharing a house with…

Miles Fagge – Poetry

Miles Fagge is a 3rd year English Literature student, as well as our Theatre Editor here at The Badger ! ” For me poetry does not always have to be…

Sherwin Wong – ‘PingYao Romance’

Sherwin Wong is a 3rd year Media Practice student at Sussex. ” I have been doing photography for 7 years, and I am particularly interested in film photography. Most of…

Stefania Chihaia – Photopoetry

Stefania Chihaia is a 3rd year Media and Communications student. ”I started writing poetry a year ago, and discovered that the words would just come flowing out of me. Ever…

Nathalie Ratcliff and Archie Mustow – A shared passion for Drawing

Nathalie Ratcliffe is a 2nd year Art History student. ” I have always loved painting and drawing as a past time and it really relaxes me so I often turn…

J. J. FARNDON – ‘LAYERS OF SKIN’

Jasmine is a third year English Literature and History student here at Sussex. L.A : When did you start writing/ taking photos? J.F : ”I have kept diaries off and…

Lady Chatterley’s Lover Review

Image Credit: Mark Douet Lady Chatterley’s Lover started its life as a “banned book”: a novel that was published in Britain in 1960, over thirty years after its initial publication…

Review: A$AP Rocky Cosy Tapes Vol One, Friends

For one of 2016’s most anticipated projects, Cosy Tapes Vol One: Friends has enjoyed a fittingly tantalising prelude. A scattering of singles, a visual project directed by A$AP Rocky that’s…

UniTV Does Black Mirror: Auditions

UniTV, our resident TV station are looking for actors and actresses for their new project, inspired by the hit Sci-Fi series Black Mirror. Casting takes place on Friday 18th November…

Boys in the Band Review

Written by Kristian Harris and Sarah Kingsmill Image Credit: Darren Bell Boys in the Band is a play originally written by Mart Crowley, and was first shown in 1968, where…

Kings Of Leon, WALLS: Review

By: Daniel Parker Seasoned rockers Kings of Leon triumphantly return with their seventh studio album that experiments with the traditional and the unconventional as the Kings battle to shape themselves…

U.S. Colleges: Student Utopias or Microcosms of a Troubled Nation?

By: Felix Thompson From first-hand experience, I can tell you it’s true, it’s all true. It’s just like in the movies. The American college experience really is all beer pong…

Presidetial Debate Spoofs

Every Presidential election gets a lot of media coverage, but this time around viewers actually broke audience records. The first Republican debate on August 4th — starring the one and…