Readers Inc: The Orange Prize
Virginia Woolf argued in her essay A Room of One’s Own, that a woman must possess an ‘incandescent and androgynous’ mind if she is to succeed; that the piece of…
Brighton Fringe Festival: Small Space
Small Space was not set in Gala Bingo Car Park at all. A fact that was rather confusing on first arrival when the reception had no knowledge of any fringe…
Brighton Festival Fringe: Anima
Anima was about light and darkness as metaphors for life. How exposed are we or why do we chose to stay in the darkness? What does each of them bring…
Brighton Festival Fringe: This Time Tomorrow
This Time Tomorrow was quite possibly the best performance I have ever seen. Comprised of four fifteen minute vignettes taking place in four cars in Hanover Community Centre it was…
Brighton Festival Fringe: This Is Just To Say
Apologising is one of the most distinctively British things out there. In a culture where one is taught to say sorry from a very early age, it has quickly become…
Brighton Festival Fringe: Front
There is something novel about a performance in a shop window. Not quite as novel as it would have been a decade ago, since then the concept of watching a…
Food for thought: The Politics and Pleasures of Food
As a keen reader of the Observer Food Monthly, I was excited to be attending this event – especially to see restaurant critic Jay Rayner and chef Yottam Ottolenghi, two…
The Charleston Festival
The idyllic cottage, Charleston, which was once home to members of the Bloomsbury group, plays host this summer to a wide range of literary and artistic treats at the annual…
Sussex student campaigns against unpaid internships
A student at the University of Sussex has launched a campaign against unpaid internships. Following a series of unpaid internships in London, Rachel Fordham, 20, set up a Facebook group…
RESULTS ANNOUCNED! Next year's part-time officers are revealed…
The election results for the new part-time officers of the University of Sussex Students’ Union came out on Thursday 19 May. Voting was conducted online, at Falmer House and the…
Lewes Climate Camp activists are handed eviction notice
The Climate Camp activists in Lewes are to be evicted after Judge Richard Hayward granted East Sussex County council permission to do so at Brighton County court. The activists had…
End of battle over Taj
The protest over Taj the grocers has finally come to an end as building work begins at the site. The ‘Sabotaj’ protest hoped to stop the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s opening…
Student Life Centre leaks identities of student visitors
An email providing a list of the email addresses of attendees of the Student Life Centre has left students feeling outraged at the privacy infringement. The data was leaked on…
Israel boycott referendum will be held in week seven
The Students’ Union has announced this week that a referendum on the boycotting of Israeli goods on campus will go ahead in week seven of the summer term. To some…
Hove MP presents squatting petition
Hove MP Michael Weatherley has presented a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for squatting to be criminalised. Squatting is currently considered a civil matter, not a criminal one, and…
Campus nursery is saved by Co-Op
The future of nursery and pre-school provision on campus is nearly secure after an agreement was reached with an external childcare provider. The University has been in talks with Mid…
Student killed in tragic rail accident at Falmer station
A Sussex student died last week after falling onto a live rail line at Falmer Station. The first-year business student Nicholas Howells, 20, was reportedly on his way home from…
Save our service! The Big Lemon raises over £200 in benefit gig
The battle to save the Big Lemon bus gained steam last Monday night in a Brighton bar. The environmentally-friendly and award-winning bus company held a benefit gig at the Latest…
Brighton Fringe Festival
This year is the Brighton Fringe Festival’s fifth anniversary, and it’s back and bigger than ever! Setting out to “stimulate, educate and entertain a wide audience by providing a showcase…
Rise in university fees may affect Brighton’s economy
Increasing university fees could damage Brighton’s economy. A recent report has suggested that a dramatic increase in tuition fees could damage Brighton and the surrounding area’s economy. The report, from…