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21st Mar 2014
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Hating headlines that tell you how to feel

Hating headlines that tell you how to feel

Old people have always had it in for BBC3. Unlike the sleepy old BBC4, home of gentle documentaries presented by the lovely Lucy Worsley, BBC3 is an overactive puppy, full of rebellion and naïve excitement that spends most of its spare time engaged in an act of passion with the

By James Bezer Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com26 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com3 min read
August EP650 Headphones

August EP650 Headphones

Maximilian Eggl, on another beautiful encounter with Bluetooth

By Maximilian Eggl Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com26 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com5 min read
Alien in Scotland

Alien in Scotland

Grating noise over a blackout. A pinprick of light. The noise intensifies, the light grows. More. More. The light spills out, begin to refract. Colours seep through.

By Jack Steadman Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com26 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com2 min read
A 5-star hotel experience

A 5-star hotel experience

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a tricky film to review. Put quite simply: it’s a Wes Anderson film. In every conceivable way, as with all of his films before it, it is the essence of its predecessors mixed up, distilled, and delivered to the silver screen in a blast of pure, surreal, bittersweet joy.

By Jack Steadman Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com26 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com3 min read

Tell Me it’s O-Kaye

The most controversial of next year’s sabbatical officers is, no doubt, Chris Kaye. In an online media outlet that may never be named, we are told that the incoming Deputy President (Welfare) ran on a platform of a scaled back and cost-effective union, but is that really what we voted for?

By Nicholas Farmer Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com2 min read

New Head of Chemistry Department Appointed

In an email to Chemistry students sent on 19 March, Professor Alan Armstrong has been named as the new head of the Chemistry Department.

By Philip Kent Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com1 min read
House of Cards from the House of Lords

House of Cards from the House of Lords

Diana Lucaci and Alexander Morton talk to Lord Dobbs, creator of the House of Cards series

By Alexander Morton and Diana Lucaci Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com11 min read
Face to Face with Abdulla Sheikh

Face to Face with Abdulla Sheikh

This week I interviewed Abdulla Sheikh. He is a MSc student at Imperial who has recently started a business and is currently organising TedX Imperial as well as working on a number of other exciting projects.

By Nida Mahmud Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com5 min read
Controversy as Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis visits Imperial

Controversy as Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis visits Imperial

Eleftherios Apostolakis reports from Sunday’s talk

By Lef Apostolakis Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com7 min read

Chemical Engineering PhD receives award

Dr Maria Fernanda Jimenez Solomon was awarded the prize; which is awarded to excellent PhD students who are doing research that helps solve industrial problems.

By Nida Mahmud Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com24 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com1 min read
Imperial Student Success in Cyber Security Challenge

Imperial Student Success in Cyber Security Challenge

A first year Imperial computing student has taken the second place prize at this year’s Cyber Security Challenge. Luke Granger-Brown was one of 42 finalists taking part in the final round of the competition – the Cyber Security Masterclass, this year taking place in the old Cabinet War Rooms. The

By Maciej Matuszewski Calendar Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com21 Mar 2014 Clock Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com3 min read
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