"Keep the Cat Free"

22.05.2012

FELIX

The student voice of Imperial College London since 1949

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There’s a New Girl on Channel 4!

Blue Monday (the statistically most depressing day of the year) is approaching. The weather is ever gloomier. Work starts to pile up.  Festive feelings slowly disintegrate into utter misery. In ...
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  • Thursday January 12, 2012

This is an official announcement

I am a great admirer of Charlie Brooker. He is a master of satire and biting social commentary and so I had very high expectations of his latest work – ...
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  • Thursday December 8, 2011

Louie: like Seinfeld, but with swearing

Louie is directed, written, edited by, and starring Louis C.K. The show is basically him; in fact, I’ve heard an interview that says he helps with the cinematography as well. ...
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  • Thursday December 1, 2011

Modern Family – A Family Portrait

I have a completely insane family. So when I heard about Modern Family, I didn’t think much of it. The advert on TV just made me cringe. That was until ...
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So bad it’s good – Waterloo Road

I don’t normally watch shows in the ‘so bad it’s good’ category – there are far too many genuinely good programmes which I can devote my time to. The one ...
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  • Thursday November 24, 2011

Time to deal, innit bruv

Welcome to Summerhouse, fam. Here, food (the kind you smoke) is sold on the streets by 10-year olds, snakes (traitors) get stabbed and adults run farms (not the kind that ...
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  • Thursday November 17, 2011

Feeling under the weather? This’ll make you right as rain

Watching this week’s BBC Weather, the viewer is immediately gifted with the presence of the pride of the meteorological arena: Alex Deakin. A physics graduate (thanked, apparently, in S. F. ...
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  • Thursday November 17, 2011

Sometimes answers just lead to more questions

Writing reviews on shows I love is something I have found to be quite difficult. When I try to persuade someone to watch something I like, it generally ends with ...
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  • Thursday October 13, 2011

Frozen Planet – a true masterpiece

The advent of digital satellite broadcasting brought with it a torrent of mind-numbing programs (including certain controversial chat shows…) aimed at an audience with the collective sentient ability of a ...
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  • Thursday November 10, 2011

The Food Hospital is better than hospital food

Channel 4’s latest culinary offering is a scientific blend of classics such as don’t-watch-it-with-your-parents Embarrassing Bodies and Supersize vs Superskinny. All three programmes feature C4’s basic ingredients of Grand Design-esque ...
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  • Thursday November 3, 2011