Issue 1565

The epigenetic revolution

Keir Little on research that redefines our knowledge of inheritance

The Secret Photographers

Fred Fyles gets a glimpse of the works of Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch

A very long walk indeed

In putting such an iconic, widely beloved figure to the screen, the pressure is most definitely on. The film shouldn’t offend, nor should it be an unbiasedly kind portrayal, as even the most celebrated people have flaws to speak of.

Confessions of a GTA: Part 8

Sometimes saying no doesn’t get you out of demonstrating

Black Metal and a Crywank

Forrest Seiwald and Stuart Masson report back on a very mixed bill

Imperial Debating comes in top 16 at the World University Debating Championships

Imperial Debating saw success at the World University Debating Championships.

MDMA - a new high in research?

Philippa Skett discusses the benefits of ecstasy, and the laws limiting science

Time to dream big

The Secret life of Walter Mitty is a Ben Stiller film based on the short of the same name written by James Thurber for the New Yorker in 1942.

Union Concert Hall refurbished with £220,000 grant

Plans have been announced for a major refurbishment of the Imperial College Union Concert Hall, to be funded by a grant from the Harlington Trust.

NHS Data Sale: Ramifications?

All members of the broadly defined ‘left’ occasionally fall into the trap Yeats left us when he said ‘the best lack all conviction whilst the worst are filled with passionate intensity’.

I Break Horses Break No New Ground

Swedish act I Break Horses released their debut album, Hearts, back in 2011.

US Energy Secretary visits Imperial

Imperial College was visited last week by US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. In a talk on Friday, January 17, at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change Dr Moniz outlined the US government’s current energy policy and its plans for achieving a low carbon future.