I don’t usually read a lot of contemporary literary fiction but I’m always looking to broaden my horizons and so I happily picked up Emma Donoghue’s Room when it was ...
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How do I describe a work like Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast Trilogy? The series, by its very nature, seems to resist description. While often classed as fantasy, and while it is ...
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The results of the 2012 Science Challenge were announced at a reception at the House of Lords on 22 March. The Science Challenge, run annually by Imperial’s Royal College of ...
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The latest meeting of the Student Union Council was held this Tuesday. One of the issues which dominated the meeting were the changes to the teaching day announced by the ...
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While hard SF writers such as Asimov are some of the best known names in science fiction I feel that the sub-genre has been somewhat neglected of late. There are ...
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Voting in the Union’s “Big Elections” opened on Monday. As well as the Sabbatical, Student Trustee and Faculty Union Executive positions students can also use the Union’s online system to ...
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I have somewhat of a fondness for amusing lists. They’re a quick read and perfect whether you want to you want to wind down or just procrastinate. I was therefore ...
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Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale often appears on people’s lists of recommended novels. Unfortunately, I have a somewhat bad record at reading must-read books so I only picked it up ...
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