The Absurdity of Modern Politics
It is fair to say that we are living in troubled times. Not only troubled though, they are becoming increasingly absurd, this absurdity personified by Donald Trump and his ridiculous…
The Power Of Two
The surge of musical duos rising to fame in recent years has enveloped all genres. It is often the simplicity and rawness of their music that attracts people to a…
Review: Bestival 2016
Miriam Steiner It feels a lot like you’re cheating, going to a festival as press. With access to two clean press portaloos and charging points, and bumping in to two…
Cast Iron Theatre’s ‘Six and a Bit Plays’: Review
By: Sydney Jennett On a side of Brighton few students go, though a mere twenty minute walk from the clubs of Old Steine, is a small pub and B&B, named…
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Review
By: Becca Hafford & Emma Taylor This adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic 1958 novella, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, brought by Nikolai Foster has arrived in Brighton. Every seat in The Theatre…
Black Artists Snubbed At The Awards
Lauren Wade Music Editor In celebration of Black History Month, we explore the struggles black artists and musicians have faced in the past when it comes to fitting in and…
Interview: Deap Vally
Lauren Wade Music Editor In an age where music is taking serious inspiration from decades gone by, sometimes it’s refreshing to see a rock duo who strip it back with…
Antonios Kotsonias – ‘Transporting Hope’
Antonio Kotsonia is a third year Media Practice student at Sussex. Antonios’ interest for photography started at the age of seventeen. At a time when he was trying to find…
My Scientology Movie: Review
Much-loved British journalist, Louis Theroux made his big screen debut recently with his feature-length documentary My Scientology Movie. In the wake of Theroux’s turn to darker subject matter – such…
October @ Patterns
Patterns brushed aside Brighton’s summer hangover with a stellar first week of October, countering the shortening hours of sunshine with a vibrant seven days of gigs and DJ nights. Julio…
Rise of the Champagne Student
With the Which? University survey 2016 placing Sussex in the top four most politically active universities in the country alongside SOAS, Oxford and LSE; previous hurrahs such as the protests…
The Cow Restaurant Review
Taking a break from the roast-dinner-rush of Sunday lunchtime, The Cow, a spacious bar/ restaurant in the heart of Seven Dials transforms their evening kitchen into a cheap and cheerful…
Homeland Season 5
Premiered on October 2015, the fifth season of the award winning Showtime series Homeland, once again left us hanging as Carrie Mathisen looks into the light of the opening door…
Jamie-T at the O2 Brixton
Ten minutes before the doors opened at seven, the queue for Jamie-T’s Sunday concert went around the street and more, as crowds of people arrived in what seemed to be…
Art for Art’s Sake
In a culture where we are inundated with information about celebrities and the fairly private aspects of their personal lives, should we let this information and scandal influence our experience…
Trailer Trash
With our youth unemployment at staggering lows and our financial security in jeopardy, now is a time where we need to find solace in the escapist wonders of cinema. Unfortunately,…
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Bridget Jones’ Baby is a warm brain massage of a film. The film begins with Bridget on her 43rd birthday with “all by myself” playing yet again as we immediately…
The Royale Heading for The Tabernacle
Based loosely on the story of boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, The Royale will be gracing the stage at The Tabernacle this November. The…
Wine, Women and Richard Burton, and a lot of laughs….
If you take a walk past Churchill Square and into the more regal location of Hove, you may stumble on The Iron Duke Hotel. Immediately inside is a homely pub…
Kate Tempest Speaking Against The Grain
Spoken word is an art form that often evades definition or categorisation, and that is no bad thing. Regularly viewed as distinct from, although closely associated with, written poetry, it…
