Happy Birthday Felix!

Monday 9th December will mark the 75th anniversary of Felix. This humble newspaper has seen many design changes, editorial changes, budget changes, and more. Scores of editors, writers, photographers, illustrators, and paid copyeditors have worked on the paper, ensuring that Imperial's student, staff and alumni are informed of what is happening across its campuses. Readerships, tastes and more have changed over the years as Felix has constantly evolved to remain relevant as a campus mainstay, whilst other papers, such as the controversial RAG Mag and Broadsheet, the Royal College of Science's newspaper, have died out. The post-war world of 1949 seems alien now, as the student body has become more diverse, with more students from backgrounds that would seem inconceivable in the late 1940s.

But Felix lives on. It's incredibly humbling to be part of a newspaper that has won awards, broken stories that have caught the interest both nationally and internationally, and resulted in the careers of some fantastic journalists.

We have computers more powerful than the systems that took us to the Moon in our pockets now. Our lives, diets and perspectives are enriched with profound novel experiences in the comforts of our homes.

75 years is a long time. It's cause to celebrate that student journalism at an institution such as Imperial, typically apolitical and disengaged with such things, still support our efforts.

We've decided to make a "fake" newspaper to celebrate. Students enjoy our Catnip (formerly Hangman, Coffee Break, FUCKWIT) section and we thought we would treat you to a bonus few articles this week. We have taken the time to look into the archive, and written more about some of the section that make Felix Felix, as well as analysing what Felix writes about all the time. Enjoy!

What does it mean to be a Felix Editor?

I had a little game-plan for my editorials this year, and for my year as editor as a whole. I knew the 75th Anniversary was coming up, and so I wanted my year to be a return to Felix form, in a sense. We’ve had some fantastic editors over the

FelixMohammad Majlisi

ALERT gets ROTUND

New Christmas installation to iconic statue revealed as College seeks to “fix the last few art cock-ups.”

FelixBarnaby Hilton-Royce

Felix revealed to be 64 monkeys in West Basement

Felix Newspaper announced its strict no artificial intelligence policy to protect the “integrity of journalism and its creatives” in a statement on Instagram last year. However, this week it has been revealed why the College newspaper felt no need to dabble in ChatGPT – they have an office of 64 monkeys

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Elon Musk buys Imperial newspaper, renames FelX

Billionaire could only afford FelX (formerly Felix) following losses on X (formerly Twitter), paying child support, and spending millions on Trump’s campaign.

FelixGuillaume Felix

ESG initiative mandates burning of all books

In a bold push towards sustainability, the Labour Government has unveiled its latest environmental policy to reduce the waste caused by the paper industry. On Sunday 1st December, Labour MP Feb Senton announced plans to “burn all books” in an effort to “cure sustainability” and expedite the UK’s transition to

FelixAditi Mehta

Did someone say katsu curry?

Every outlet in South Ken forced to sell katsu in Imperial’s newest initiative to boost the student lunch experience

FelixEmily Jacobi

The origin of the Centrefold

Felix’s nude centrefolds are now notorious amongst sports teams and freshers who still get squeamish about nudity. First introduced in 2005 after some trial runs in the years prior, the centrefold started as a way to advertise yourself, before becoming a sports team tradition by the late 2010s. However,

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Mens III’s unlikely success

Imperial College’s third football team has earned a place in the third round of the FA Cup. The new manager, Feb Senton, has employed a 4-4-2 strategy influenced by experience mostly limited to Football Manager 24 in the computing suite of the Huxley Building. This is the first year the

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Impfluencers — a look into the big names on the My Imperial Campus app

The My Imperial Campus app has skyrocketed to seventh place on the Google Play and Apple App Store charts under the social media category. This surprising influx of downloads and engagement comes after a major update, introducing new features that allow users to create content like other social media giants,

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Despite the grand name, Mother Nature is just another petulant teenager

Representatives from long-time sponsors of Imperial, BP and Shell, confirmed that they had spoken with the Earth herself in “A Convenient Truth”, a documentary released on Netflix last weekend. They explained that rather than the rational being they had expected, she was actually an irritable teen whose tantrums were causing

FelixOscar Mitcham

How is Felix printed?

One of the questions I am asked quite regularly as Editor is “How is Felix printed?” Most people have the misconception that we still do everything in our office, from writing, to copyediting, to laying out, to printing, and distribution. We don’t. We have an external printer in Cambridgeshire; you

FelixMohammad Majlisi