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news

Imperial hospitals face £650m repair bill

The three hospitals with the biggest urgent repair bills are all part of the Imperial College Trust

By Andy Djaba

Imperial to launch arts fellowship

The Blyth Art Fellowship will provide sustained creative Fine Art support for current Imperial...

By Andy Djaba

Luna Terra Sol

Heavenly bodies: Imperial’s annual Charity Fashion Show hailed stellar success

By Helen Money-Kyrle

Sir Michael Barber visits Imperial

By Andy Djaba

politics

London is at knife’s edge: fatal stabbings at record high

How can we handle the situation?

By Aaron Hadley

Lefty YouTubers event draws large crowds

Last Tuesday’s ‘Politics in the Age of YouTube’ event demonstrated the political progressivism...

By Juan Rubio Gorrochategui

The World’s Largest Election in History - and no one is talking about it!

900 million people are going to the polls for parliamentary elections in India to determine who...

By Avirup Banerjee

Breaking Down Brexit: A Strong And Stable Analysis

No time for a deal or a people’s vote, what options are left?

By Aaron Hadley

comment

Union Reform has only just begun – now we need you

This week comment writer Ansh Bhatnagar argues for your support for far reaching and enduring Union...

By Ansh Bhatnagar

Voluntourism: wasting time abroad

Comment writer Sara Ahmed thinks that voluntourism is coming to a well-deserved end.

By Sara Ahmed

Fashion is not a real thing

This week’s grumpy bastard’s cynicism falls heavy on the industry, almost as heavy as the Supreme...

By Grumpy Bastard

Why I’m proposing a complete restructure of the Union

Students have been complaining for years that the Union makes decisions without consulting its...

By Ansh Bhatnagar

science

What next for Science in a No-Deal Brexit

With more than £0.5 billion a year of research funding at stake, a no-deal Brexit could have...

By Eyad Abuelgasim

Facing the facts: Botulinum toxin in aesthetic medicine

With more than 3.5 million botulinum toxin procedures worldwide in 2014, the global botulinum toxin...

By Maya Kaushik

Mother’s smoking during pregnancy changes baby’s DNA

By Eyad Abuelgasim

Getting under the skin: a new hope for cancer treatment

By Maya Kaushik

arts

The brilliant mess of the Birmingham pantomime

By Sam Welton

Cougar at the Orange Tree Theatre

Sexual politics and climate change aren’t two themes I’d naturally put together, but this play is...

By Shivani Gangadia

Dark Laughs from ‘Pinter 7’

A Slight Ache and The Dumb Waiter explore dark themes of fear and betrayal with a light-hearted...

By Tesni Haddon-Mcmillan

Folk tales of an anti-facist working-class hero

By Calvin Nesbitt

film

Memory Loss, Chopping off fingers, and Erotic musical numbers: A Perfect Valentine Trio

After the dust settles from your Valentines dates, cuddle up with your new boo or alone with a tub...

By Aidan Chan

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, yet another Sony Spider-Man reboot, but it’s actually good?

Spider-man's long running career of Tobey Maguire awkwardly dancing, Andrew Garfield being...

By Sam Welton

The (Oscars’) Favourite

Film Writer Rowan Dixon reviews The Favourite, a serious awards contender. Are mainstream critics...

By Rowan Dixon

Roma: a triumph of cinema or the pinnacle of home viewing?

A ‘Netflix Original’ by nature— it’s a monumental shame that most will not discover this gem on the...

By Sung Soo Moon

tv

Nailed It!, Netflix, and the death of modern TV

Netflix and other streaming services have brought with them a new raft of options for TV...

By Fred S Fyles

Felix recommends the perfect TV for exam season

We give you our top picks for what to watch when you’re taking a ‘quick’ study break in Central...

By Fred S Fyles

American Vandal: A detective mockumentary that goes beyond dick jokes

American Vandal, one of Netflix’s latest offerings, has flown under the radar of many viewers, but...

By Saad Ahmed

Behind the curtain of Hollywood

If you head to Los Angeles, as well as seeing the Hollywood sign, you should try and check out the...

By Edita Pileckyte

music

Kendrick vs Kendrick: To Pimp A Butterfly or good kid m.A.A.d city?

As the end of a decade in which Kendrick Lamar has dominated approaches, which of his records is...

By Miles Gulliford

NeighbourHOOD Grammys 2019

Editor-in-Chief, Andy Djaba, is joined by the NeighbourHOOD Grammys Committee, Walé Osikomaiya,...

By Andy Djaba

Noonday Dream revisited: How one gig opened my eyes to the full beauty of Ben Howard’s latest album

Released back in June 2018, Ben Howard’s Noonday Dream was drastically unlike any of his previous...

By Alex Large

Bad luck for Ben Howard fans

By Alex Large

games

Resident Evil 2 Remake- Mr. X Gon Give It To Ya

Taking notes from the past two remakes of RE0 and RE1, RE2 remake is a true crowd pleaser that not...

By Connor Winzar

Smash Corner-Pokémon Trainer - Gotta Play ‘Em All

Did you have trouble choosing what to wear this morning? Or deciding what to eat for lunch today?...

By Michael Cognet

Best Controllers For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Conner Flynn from GadgetReview.com reviews some of the latest Smash controllers available on the...

By Conner Flynn

Cultist Simulator devs come to Imperial for ICSF convention, Picocon

Cultist Simulator is a triumph and Weather Factory is a studio worth keeping tabs on!

By Harry Black

food

Biff’s Jack Shack: turning jackfruit into fast food is not just for the vegans

In an effort to stay current and #OnTrend, resident Felix treehuggers Simran and Rhid try out the...

By Rhidian Thomas

Naked Dough: the good, the bad and the ugly

Have always wanted to try cookie dough but never gotten around to it? Fear not, we’re back with a...

By Julia Dabrowska

Fuwa Fuwa: an exact soufflé science

If you like delicious flavours and something different to fill your belly (and your Instagram feed)...

By Farhat Eamon

Tapioca: your favourite bubble tea ingredient explained!

Bubble tea, pudding, pancakes, cakes and everything in between, here’s the low-down on everything...

By Julia Dabrowska

travel

A Kabylie wedding: stories of volunteering abroad!

This week Felix Travel features Marco, who is sharing some experiences he was lucky enough to have,...

By Marco Rodrigues

Weekend getaways: Poland

Let me tell you why you’re missing out on some of Europe’s best kept secrets!

By Joana Correia

LISBON - is the hype real?

By Joana Correia

Flutes, Flights and Fire-Breathing Dragons

IC Wind Band takes Slovenia by storm!

By Lorenzo Silvestri

sport

Hyde Park Relays returns with aplomb

By Henry Hart

IC Squash: It was a Roller! (coaster weekend)

Great Expectations were weighing heavily on the shoulders of IC Squash as they returned to this...

By David Newman

Imperial Sailing invades Warwick and takes on the Turtle

Imperial Sailing brings half of the club to the sailing competition in Draycote Water, beats the...

By Marta Nunes De Abreu

Super Bowl LIII: GOAT defeats Rams

The events that took place on 03/02/2019 will not go down in history, well at least not for any good...

By Imraj Singh

books

Left Off the Shelf

Despite increasing diversity in many industries, the literary scene is still white-dominated. Books...

By Rahul Mehta

Ferrante Reviewed

Books writer, Indira Mallik, reflects on The Neapolitan Quartet - My Brilliant Friend, The Story of...

By Indira Mallik

Mary Oliver: a poet that speaks to all

In light of the passing of one of America’s best-loved poets, Books Editor Jingjie Cheng reflects on...

By Jingjie Cheng

How science got women wrong

Angela Saini shared her views on the new research that is rewriting the story of gender in her new...

By Hiu Wai Lee

tech

Are we nearing the last stages of the Apple wave?

Apple sells fewer iPhones every year despite consistent revenue growth

By Krithika Balaji

A power shift?

The digital transformation in the oil industry

By Sharada Joshi

Medical Devices under the Spotlight

This week in the tech section: The ICIJ investigation into how and why the medical device industry...

By Aline Buat

Network - the new student exclusive application that is rethinking the university experience

The student exclusive application that is rethinking the university experience

By Erald Veliaj

longread

Felix investigates sexism at Imperial

Following our Campus Sexism Survey, Felix look at the results, in our six-page report on misogyny on...

By Fred S Fyles

The making of a modern monopoly

How the tech industry exemplifies the danger of monopolies – and what lessons history can teach us

By Avirup Banerjee

Sabbotage: A look inside the Union

Felix speaks to this year's sabbatical officers about their plans for the year

By Fred S Fyles