Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas
Comment writer, Lynetta Wang, reflects on Freshers’ Week friendships, and what they teach us about ourselves.
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An interview with Tom Gordon, Deputy President for Activities
Tom Gordon walks into the Felix office with an Imperial College Symphony Orchestra (ICSO) sweater. I wear a Felix hoodie. The game is on. Before his election as Deputy President for Activities (DPA), Tom was very involved with student societies. A member of now-defunct Comedy Soc in his first year,
The internet has broken reading
Over the summer I started reading Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka. The book assesses how algorithms have skewed and skewered out culture. More on that in a future issue. Filterworld helped me create awareness about my existence as someone who has grown up with the internet as
Imperial, Two Years After October 7
The Israeli and Palestinian societies at Imperial reflect on their experiences over the past two years.
One Battle After Another
A war film that wins technical battles but loses the emotional war
250 connections between Imperial and fossil fuel companies
Imperial Climate Action compiled a database of ties between fossil fuel companies and the College
Shell We Innovate?
Sea shells aren’t just waste or decoration: from biomaterials to construction, they offer serious opportunities in sustainability and innovation.
A trip toward new mental health treatment
Imperial’s Psychedelic Research Centre explores the use of psychedelics for several mental health conditions
So You Want to Work in Clean Tech Venture Capital?
Himanshu Sharma, Head of Investment at Theia Ventures, tells Felix about India’s unique clean tech investment ecosystem and how aspiring VCs can succeed in the space
Activist demonstrations rock graduation ceremony again
Three graduands displayed banners condemning the alleged involvement of Imperial in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza during the graduation ceremony of Commemoration Day, on Wednesday 8th October. In three separate incidents, the activists took out messages concealed in their robes onstage, and were swiftly forced off the graduation stage by
This Week in Science 10/10/2025
Kidney with modified O-blood type transplanted into a human for the first time
Dishes under 30 minutes
Perfect if you are in a rush!
Issue 1877
Glocalisation – blending trends and culture
From McBurritos to Vuitton’s Kusama dots, exploring the ways that make global feel more local
News
Hot Imperial startup ceases operations
Carbon capture startup Cyanoskin announced on Tuesday 7th October that it was “closing its doors”, citing “a misalignment between the product’s performance and the commercial requirements”. Cyanoskin was co-founded in 2023 by Antoinette Nothomb, then a MSc Management student at the Imperial Business School, and Emma Money from the
News
Rocky start for Imperial team in first University Challenge round
Despite losing in narrow 160 points to Churchill College, Cambridge’s 175, team still qualify for second round.
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Imperial Professor Jason Hallett wins Royal Society Mullard Medal
The award recognizes Hallett's work in biorefining and the circular economy.
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Royal Society awards Imperial Professor Sir Martin Hairer the Sylvester Medal
The award recognizes Hairer’s work with stochastic partial differential equations.
News
Royal Society awards Copley Medal to Imperial Professor Sir John Pendry
The award recognizes Pendry’s extensive work with metamaterials and transformation optics
Opinion
Mind Race: Neurotechnology amid Competing Nations
Comment Writer Apollo reflects on how the human race for neurotechnology has turned inward to the human mind
News
Picket lines and marches mark the first two days of industrial action
Members of the Joint Trades Union (JTU) formed picket lines around campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, as part of a first wave of strike action following a dispute with the College over its most recent pay award. In September, Imperial’s three recognised labour unions, which together form the JTU,
Books
The Beautiful and Damned
There is something to be said about the way F. Scott Fitzgerald’s sophomore novel The Beautiful and Damned appears to mirror its own contents. Its prose is nothing short of beautiful, full of sparkling phrases and sentences that don’t have a word out of step. It’s eloquent
Opinion
Mocking the Manosphere won’t make it go away: in conversation with Dr. Simon Copland
The Manosphere thrives on men’s feelings of loneliness and insecurity. Dr. Simon Copland believes the answer is not ridicule or rejection, but finding common ground and alternative spaces for connection.
Food
Weekday dishes
Nutritious and delicious!
Business
Imperial’s WE Innovate goes national
How WE Innovate helps women entrepreneurs, supporting startups from flushable pads to farming pods