Hot Wuk Review – 28th September
Olivia Verghese On Friday the 28th of September ‘HOT WUK’, the UK’s maddest bashment party graced Brighton at Concorde 2 and was a night of utter carnage. The atmosphere was…
Phillippa Gregory's 'The Kingmaker's Daughter'
Hannah Cooke The widely perceived image of Richard III is a murderer, tyrant and usurper of the English throne. In Phillippa Gregory’s most recent novel The Kingmaker’s Daughter, she humanizes…
No eligible bachelors for me?
Anton Smirnoff It wasn’t nerves about meeting all those guys, really, just concern that I wouldn’t be able to keep that spag bol down. Having Metallica’s Ride the Lightning banging…
My games maker experience
Ashni Lakhani The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was a sporting event that people all around the world stopped to watch. World records were broken and feelings of national…
A Clockwork Orange: A history of ultra-violence
Charlie Jones When A Clockwork Orange burst onto the world cinema stage in 1971 it became an instant cult classic; shocking its audience with its brutal monochrome vision of a…
Is iPad art the death of art as we know it?
In recent years ‘i’ art has been filtering into the mainstream. Art practitioners are increasingly looking to modern technology in their creative ventures. David Hockney, one of the worlds most…
Coachella Festival: Tupac reborn
Coachella; one of the hottest tickets of the festival season. This year saw established artists such as The Black Keys, Swedish House Mafia and Florence and The Machine play with…
Thug after-Life
Despite being a hip-hop fan, Tupac’s charm has always eluded me. Not entirely, “California love” and “Do for love” have featured in my Top 25 Most Played lists in the…
Vogue Paris in English
Last Monday saw the prestigious Vogue Paris, known for their highfashion editorials and Parisian pride, make a big addition to their online presence. Via their Twitter page, @vogueparis, the Gallic…
Damien Hirst at Tate Modern
Damien Hirst. The world’s richest living artist. The man that encrusted a human skull with 8, 061 diamonds and sold it for £50 Million.The man that creates art out of…
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
It seems hard to believe that a mere five months have passed since Lana Del Rey put the dreamy, unabashedly nostalgic clip for ‘Video Games’ onto YouTube, leading to a…
Visual Arts: 'Gathering' at Fabrica
Upon entering Fabrica, an alternative art exhibition space in the heart of Brighton, I was initially overwhelmed by the vast scale of the building and its eerie atmosphere. As a…
Lacuna Coil Interview
With a promise to come back to the Brighton, Lacuna Coil’s Cristiano Mozzati sat down and talked to the Badger about their ‘Trip to the Darkness Tour’ and their upcoming…
My Week with Marilyn
‘My Week with Marilyn’ is the new British drama from director Simon Curtis and stars the up-and-coming actor Eddie Redmayne (The Other Boleyn Girl, Glorious 39) and the American actress…
Students remain in ‘Wild Card’ Moviefest contest
Students from Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) have progressed to the next round of the ‘Wild Card’ section of the Campus Moviefest (CMF) film festival. The ‘GH12 Crew’ created…
2012: the year in preview
After a year which left us in the glorious wake of such films as ‘Black Swan’ and ‘The King’s Speech’, 2012 has a lot to live up to in the…
Music preview 2012
2012 has arrived and The Badger has been keeping its ear close to the ground over the past few months to find out the best in new music for early…