What’s that in the background?
What are paintings all about anyway?
Issue 1575
9th May 2014
Ukraine Revisited
Christy Kelly offers useful insight on the politics behind the current situation in Ukraine
This week’s food for thought
Procrastinating from work, I found myself looking at my Instagram stream, and I was quite surprised how many photos of food I had in my history.
The Lego Movie: Imperial College Cinema
The announcement that a movie based around everyone’s favourite line of construction toys was met with rants about the extent of consumerism in cinema.
The Great Cover Up
Rhian Jones discusses the depiction of the male nude in Western art
Tell me friends, what is your Secret?
Rory Fenton reveals (almost) all with a look at the hot new “Secret” app.
Student Media and Union Censorship
Editor-Elect Philippa Skett ponders the relationship between student publications and free speech
Something important and totally worth reading all the way through
Sometimes, there are really busy weeks, and sometimes there are quiet weeks.
Rise of the machine
No one likes a know-it-all. But for Evelyn Castor (Rebecca Hall), her significant other, her partner in science and in life, Will Castor (Johnny Depp) really does know it all. This is after a deadly assassination attempt with a bullet laced in radiation slowly starts to shut down his body.
Postgraduate Graduation ceremony in Royal Albert Hall
This week 2,700 students graduated from various postgraduate course in the Royal Albert Hall.
Oxford Union President Arrested
According to the Tab Oxford, this week the Oxford Union President Ben Sullivan was arrested by Police and questioned concerning allegations over an incident of rape and another of attempted rape. Sullivan was woken up by police at 7.10 AM Wednesday morning and was released on bail until June 18.
On the hunt for young blood
Matilda Hays discusses the anti-aging properties of transfusions for mice