On adaptations and dragons
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seem The Hobbit yet, stop reading
Opinion
This section covers student experience and is a place where contributors can publish their own views, either relating to Imperial or to broader events.
Email: comment.felix@imperial.ac.uk
The Role of Role Models
I will confess now that I have never really understood the appeal of role models. It has always seemed slightly ridiculous to treat someone as if they were an exemplary figure, and with a little maturity I also came to recognise the symbolic violence in raising that someone above...
There’s an east wind coming...
Felix catches up with events...
Now is the winter of our discontent
Christy Kelly takes on the world
Confessions of a GTA: Part Seven
A new and slightly more awkward year
Opinion: h-bar – Revisiting the Holland Club
The Holland Club was so popular because it was a unique facility within the College offering a traditional ‘local’ pub ambience for staff and postgraduates to relax and socialise in. The bar was carpeted and comfortably furnished, the lighting sympathetic, the atmosphere warm and friendly. The new bar in no
Student Protests in Ukraine
The dramatic events in Ukraine in recent weeks have again brought the country into the headlines. The mainly student protests in Kiev are about reneged promises over further integration with the EU...
Christmas Confessions of a GTA
There will come a time when you don’t have to work at Christmas
How to procrastinate at Christmas
And not feel (too) guilty about it
Ramblings on Personal Legend
Paul Coelho’s best-selling novel, The Alchemist, reminds us to be true to ourselves and to seek out our ‘personal legend’. A king advises Santiago, the chief protagonist, that, “when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.”
Silvio Berlusconi: Down and Out
On the 27th of November 2013 at 17:43 Silvio Berlusconi was expelled from the Senate of the Italian Republic; he no longer represents anyone but himself. He cannot abuse his parliamentary seat anymore to avoid his legal troubles. He cannot run for office and may even be tried for his various crimes
Exhibition Ode: Fenton Reflects
"I’ll never again get to live in South Kensington. More precisely, I’ll never again get to live beside Exhibition Road. I’ll miss it."