Students raise concerns over Central Library toilets
Several students contacted Felix this week reporting overflowing sanitary bins, blood on floors and walls, and out of order facilities.
Issue 1691
4th May 2018
Science and eternity – perspectives on immortality
Immortality is turning into one of the most interesting debates of modern science.
Out of season in North America’s national parks
Recent Imperial graduate Konstantin Holzner has been touring the Americas in an old fire engine. Felix has just caught up with him to hear about the perks of off-season travel to North American national parks.
Let’s talk about sex(ual health)
It's never been more important to speak honestly and frankly about sexual health.
Lab-grown heart used for drug safety testing
New scientific developments could help put concerns of expecting mothers to rest.
Grid of Points – A ambient meditation on silence and absence
Grouper’s latest album, recorded in the middle of a cold snap, sees them moving more towards piano and vocals, in a guarded display of intimacy.
Grand Canyon and Death Valley: the pride of South-West USA
Travel Editor Edita Pileckyte continues on the topic of North America’s famous national parks, with pros & cons of guided tours as an alternative to travelling by rental car.
Connect with conservation – the scandal of Sudan
The last male northern white rhinoceros might be gone, but it's important to keep our focus on all five species of rhino.
American Dream: Dirty Computer is the truth Janelle Monáe no longer wants to hide
Monáe steps out of Cindy Mayweather’s shadow in her most powerful album yet.
A wrong, mostly short history of punk rock, part III
Hank finally got his shit together sufficiently to write the third and final installment of Felix Music’s history of the nittiest, grittiest genre that’s ever graced a recording booth. Unfortunately, he still can’t write consistent titles.
The photographer as painter, sculptor, artist
Tate Modern’s Shape of Light exhibition is a great history lesson in abstract photography, but neglects contemporary post-1970s technology and artwork.
The Devil’s Dance – dancing on the border between imagination and reality
Uzbek exile novelist Hamid Ismailov’s novel draws from rich Central Asian culture and poetic tradition, in an exploration of what it means to be a writer.