The invention of vibrators...
What’s in a name? Probably some erotica, as the name is “The Vibrator Play”...
Issue 1563
6th Dec 2013
The Government Inspector
DramSoc’s winter play this year is Nikolai Gogol’s satirical comedy The Government Inspector. Banned by the tsarist government of Imperial Russia on its first publication, the play makes a mockery of the stupidity, greed and corruption of the officials of a small provincial town
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...
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On the 27th of November 2013 at 17:43 Silvio Berlusconi was expelled from the Senate of the Italian Republic; he no longer represents anyone but himself.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
Serpentine Double Whammy
Visiting the Serpentine Gallery, situated in the middle of Hyde Park, usually constitutes a pleasant lunchtime distraction...
Scientific sound art at GV Art
Kamil McClelland talks to Mendel Kaelen, an Imperial PhD student whose artwork is on display in the GV Art Gallery in London
Science Challenge’s Original Aim Exposed
John Sanderson, former President of the Royal College of Science Association (RCSA) on the origins of the Science Challenge
RCS Union Launches 2014 Science Challenge Competition and Questions
On Tuesday the RCSU (Royal College of Science Union) celebrated the introduction to the next RCSU Science Challenge Competition with a launch event in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building.
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.”
Interview: Adam Kay, Musical Comedy
Jonathan Pratt speaks to Adam KAy about music, Imperial and medicine: The deadly combination.
How to procrastinate at Christmas
And not feel (too) guilty about it
Gender differences? It’s all in our head
New research has shown that the brains of females and males have different patterns of connectivity, possibly alluding as to why men may not behave the same as women. In this impressively large study published by PNAS...