The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell previews the upcoming Brighton Hammer and Tongue: Grand Slam Final at the Komedia. As the year of 2016 reaches its climax, Brighton Hammer and Tongue are going out with a slam to rap it up! Down at the Komedia on the 1st of December, every slam […]
Poetry & Literature
The Verse’s Matt Simmons shares his Trumpty Dumpty poem in light of recent events… Trumpty Dumpty shocked us all, When Hilary Clinton took a great fall. Republican congress, his army of men, Plan to make America ‘great’ again. Trumpty Dumpty wanted a wall, His fascist bigotry is taking […]
What the EL is ‘E.L.M’? You may start to see this enchanting tree around your campus or online, but what exactly is it, and why should you care? Well, we can answer that question with another question: why are we here? We’re here to gain qualifications and life experience to […]
Following ‘An evening with Irvine Welsh‘ at the University of Brighton, we review his latest novel, The Blade Artist. The Blade Artist is Irvine Welsh’s 11th novel, and we find it returning to the familiar faces and stomping grounds of his first, Trainspotting. Frank Begbie, the unrepentant and ultraviolent psychopath […]
A mixed, but typically boisterous crowd are gathered in the Sallis Benney Theatre for the arrival of one of Britain’s most iconic authors of the last 20 years, Irvine Welsh. He’s here this evening to discuss the re-emergence of one of his most incendiary characters, one Francis Begbie. Joining him […]
