Societies
The 93% Club is back
Felix spoke to the team of students running Imperial’s chapter of one of the largest social mobility clubs in the UK at their first event.
Latest
Drug Survey 2026
DS26: Nicotine
Of the 370 students who completed the nicotine section of the survey, a third reported a consumption of nicotine, either regularly or in social contexts only. Among these, 77% smoke cigarettes, 54% vape, and 42% take snus or nicotine pouches. Nationally, the share of youths that report using nicotine pouches
Drug Survey 2026
DS26: Who answered our survey?
The total sample size was 429 people, of which 242 answered all questions. Respondents were given the option to skip any question. 40% of respondents were women, slightly lower than Imperial’s 44%, but in line with the average for undergraduate courses (6:4 men-to-women ratio). The faculty of Natural
Culture
The Firebird at the Southbank Centre
Saturday 18th saw the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre play Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird, his first of many orchestral pieces commissioned by the Ballets Russes, and my personal favourite. Being something of a classical music fan, I went along to my first major performance of
Culture
Who gets to design the world?
Design and Disability: a probing V&A exhibit interrogating design justice
Drug Survey 2026
Presenting: the 2026 Felix Drug Survey
After a long wait, it is our pleasure to present Felix’s first Drug Survey results. Keen to diversify this newspaper’s survey topics (currently, just sex) into more highbrow issues, last May the team launched a survey interrogating Imperial students’ consumption of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other psychoactive substances.
Sport
A €3 billion legacy
Is the regional model the answer to the Olympic urbanisation dilemma?
Sport
Engineering a legacy: What happens after the Olympic Flame goes out?
When the Olympic flame is extinguished, the world usually stops looking. As the global spotlight dims, the athletes who enflamed the world with their prowess return home, and the medals stop shining under the flashes of photographs, host cities are left in the cold light of reality. They find themselves
Sport
Security without trust?
The debate over ICE in Milan and Cortina.
Business
From the UK to Milan: The post-Brexit wealth migration and its social costs
London’s loss is Milan’s gain when it comes to ultra-wealthy Europeans displaced by Brexit.
Science
Behind Imperial's Names
What are the stories behind the scientists, statesmen and engineers Imperial is named for?
Opinion
Minneapolis is its own event.
There is a danger in collapsing distinct violences into a single moral language.