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Transporting the audience to the beaches of Brazil, student-favourite pub the Caroline of Brunswick collaborated with upcoming events company Gainstage Promotions to host a memorable night of Latin American music. The lively event showcased a diverse range of Brazilian genres, commemorating rich cultural sounds within the intimate concert space. I attended the event with my […] The post A…
It’s that time of year again – a new cohort of full-time officers has been elected to represent students at the University of Sussex. Six officers are now preparing to shape student life over the coming academic year. While three familiar faces, Ella Goodchild (Sports, Societies and Events), Annie McEntee (Wellbeing) and Lyds Knowles (Diversity, […] The post Your New Full-time Officers: A Q&A…
Filmmaker Orla Smith unpacks her thoughts on DIY documentaries and radical emotional honesty An exciting documentary project by independent filmmakers Orla Smith and Kimia Ipakchi will be making its Brighton debut at Pink Moon on Monday 13th July. This personal project explores how filmmaking can be used as a form of therapy while celebrating the […] The post ‘Tube Film’ Stations Itself at Pink…
More than three decades after its publication, The Beauty Myth continues to resonate in a world where social media and influencer culture have evolved the pressures surrounding physical appearance. What once appeared to be a critique of 1990s magazine culture now reads as a prescient analysis of a more pervasive digital system, in which images […] The post ‘‘The Beauty Myth’’ in the Digital Age:…
Phoebe Bridgers is back, and fans have been waiting desperately for this moment. For an artist whose music lingers long after the final note fades, her relative silence following the boygenius hiatus has felt particularly conspicuous. Following boygenius’ seminal 2023 run, Bridgers stepped out of the spotlight while her bandmates – Lucy Dacus and Julien […] The post Phoebe Bridgers is Back (and…
Ralf Rangnick, formerly the manager of RB Leipzig and Manchester United, has been at the helm of the Austria Men’s National Team since 2022. This year, he is taking ‘Das Team’ to their first World Cup since 1998. Formation in Sussex In 1979, a 21-year old Rangnick spent a year at the University of Sussex, […] The post Sussex Alumnus Leads Austria to the 2026 World Cup first appeared on The Badger…
The by-election in the constituency of Makerfield was held on Thursday 18th June with a head-to-head fight between the Labour Party and Reform UK. Many outlets, amongst them The Telegraph, labelled it as “the most remarkable by-election for over a hundred years”. In many ways, this is because Labour MP Josh Simons, who stood down […] The post It’s Makerfield or Breakerfield for the Labour Party…
The sun had returned to the Brighton streets – amongst other things – and I wasn’t dressed appropriately for a protest. Wielding my laptop and a water bottle so large it could weigh down a small hot air balloon – I was on the way to join the counter demonstration at Saturday’s Carnival Against Fascism. As part of a small crowd that had inadvertently gathered under the train station underpass, I…
A look at LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends and what it means to graduate. Playing In My Head Every day has a soundtrack, every moment has a score, but sometimes a musical motif or track can sit with you for a while. As the chapter of my undergraduate degree comes to a close this summer, […] The post That’s How it Ends: LCD Soundsystem and the Student Experience first appeared on The Badger .
A Look at the Continuing Rise of “Saturday Night Live UK” Murmurs of a British version of the hit late-night comedy show, Saturday Night Live, broadcast around the world from 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the last 51 years, have been circulating since 2021. Last April, the show was confirmed for Sky, with longtime executive producer […] The post How British Standards Gave Late Night Comedy a New Face…
