Issue 1564

Confessions of a GTA: Part Seven

A new and slightly more awkward year

IC Fencing win in Oxford

The first fencing premiership BUCS tournament was held in Oxford in December, where the home crew, as well as Cambridge, UCL, Bristol and the mighty Imperial crossed swords once again.

Director masterclass: David Lynch

Lynch is the master of creating unsettling dreamlike visions and the surreal. He has written and directed cult classics such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).

A story of loss and beauty

Vithulan Patkunan reviews Donna Tartt’s latest masterpiece

Consumer Electronics Show

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is an annual technology and consumer products show held every January in Las Vegas. Being the global stage that attracts next generation innovations and electronics, CES is the largest of its kind, showcasing over 3000...

Republic of the Moon

Fred Fyles takes a trip to the new Earth-based Lunar Embassy

Funding for poorest students threatened

Government refuses to rule out cuts to the Student Opportunity Allocation fund

Here we go again

Dwarves are useless and can’t do anything, whilst Wood Elves and their fluid, slick gymnastic movements are awesome and humans haven’t yet had the chance to shine: that’s the message to take away from Desolation of Smaug, the second entry to Peter Jackson’s overblown Hobbit trilogy.

AMS album of the week - Warpaint

Warpoint by Warpoint

Steelseries 9H Tournament Headset

With a bewildering array of gaming accessories on the market, it can be difficult to find out which one is best to purchase for your particular needs and the Steelseries 9H is a good start

Alan Turing Pardoned at Christmas

December 24th: World War Two Codebreaker Alan Turing finally receives Posthomous royal pardon 61 years after being convicted for “homosexuality”.

An epic poem of everyday Gods

Brand New Ancients is a storm of a performance, says Lily Le