Preparing for winter by becoming an Ironman
Ned spends so much time running and cycling that he probably doesn't have a degree to come back to... all for charity, so, worth it?
Glimpses of the past – the Imperial Institute
A look at our campus as it once was
Alternative Fashion
The venue was old Spitalfields market; the creative energy courtesy of the young British designers of the future. This fifth year of the Alternative Fashion Week was as vibrant and dynamic as ever, in its attempt to make fashion a valued part of British culture. There were interesting collections by
And on the seventh day...
For seven days during April, Federal Court 23C in Sydney, Australia was packed out for a civil trial over alleged breaches of fair trading laws. The unusual size of the audience was not because of any huge sums involved; the company being sued had gone into voluntary liquidation a week
Incest
Incest. This word never fails to conjure up strong emotions, normally those of revulsion. But why? What a stupid question to ask I hear you say. Nonetheless it is noteworthy that nine times out of ten, the only argument against this ‘mother of all taboos’ is of the genre, "
Planet Science
Earlier this month, New Scientist magazine relaunched its world wide web site, Planet Science. The new ‘improved’ look is very different, all the colourful icons that used to welcome you to Planet Science have gone. In their place is an image of the front cover from the latest issue, and
The 1997 General Election Drinking Game
This game must be played whilst watching the BBC’s coverage on the night. Decide beforehand how much alcohol each ‘penalty’ is worth, depending on an estimate of your personal drinking prowess. Traditionally, one penalty is one ‘finger’ of beer, milk or whatever you intend to see the night through
Political Feature: What happened last time and what’s going to happen this time?
While the 1992 General Election was run with very different constituencies to those that are being used this time round, their results are presented here for comparative purposes. The main change is that the ‘Kensington’ constituency has been broken up, the majority of which has been added to Sir Nicholas
Political Feature: New Labour’s Kate Green
I was educated in Scotland and went to university in the end in Edinburgh, where I graduated in law, which is absolutely no use down here at all because it’s Scots law and it’s completely different, and then I came down to London to work for Barclays. What
National Science Week: Baysday
Set97 was launched in Imperial College on the morning of Friday 14th March. Ian Taylor, Minister for Science and Technology and HRH the Duke of Kent were both present to open the 1997 Technology at Work Exhibition tent on the Queen’s Lawn. The red and white marquees were also
Ents: Easter Carnival preview
Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun ? It only seems two minutes ago that I was telling you all about the Christmas Carnival, and here I am again laying the delights of the Easter Carnival in front of you! Following on from the massive successes of christmas and
String 'em up?: Anti
This is right and proper, for the foundations of our society has to be tested continuously. However, in some parts of our global society legitimate governments have discarded the advances of thousands of years of civilisation and taken themselves as low as the perpetrators of murderous crime by the use