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NEWS Students’ Union”, would Shamso spoke of the postgraduate representa- committee, the majority see the GSU President re- difficulties he had faced tion at Imperial”. He told of whom were voted in Fred Fyles ceiving an annual stipend as a result of taking on Felix that the President last month, the President Editor-in-Chief of £10,000. The money the GSU President role: is “placed under huge should “further student-re- would be funded by Im- “Spending a large amount amounts of pressure, not lated policy and influence The count-down perial’s Education Office, of my time on enriching only having to lead and decisions for the benefit The Graduate Students and would not come from the life of postgraduate motivate a committee of of Imperial College’s of best actresses Union President will be the Union itself. The po- students at Imperial has elected students, but also Postgraduate students”, begins paid an annual stipend sition would be part-time, had a costly effect on the having to deliver the PG “ensure that decisions and PAGE 20 in contrast to the seven progression of my PhD re- voice and opinion at many achievements of the GSU of £10,000, funded by paid sabbatical positions search...I will most likely College committees, some are clearly communicated the Graduate School. the Union offers, which stay beyond the 3-year of which are as senior as to the College”, and require students take a funding window, which Senate.” “represent the interests of year out. The proposal will add extra pressure on He said that it was the Postgraduate students FOOD he President of was initially put forward my financial health as an “absolutely imperative on decision-making the Graduate by Ahmed Shamso (the individual.” He said that that [the GSU President] committees within the Students’ Union 2016/17 GSU President) the changes should “help is not only incentivised to faculties, the College and (GSU) is to be and Luke McCrone (the alleviate these challenges carry out their work to a Imperial College Union”. Tremunerated for under- incumbent GSU Presi- for future Presidents.” respectable standard, but The result is a workload taking the role, the Grad- dent) with support from McCrone, who un- to also have the financial that occupies around two uate School announced the Union. dertook a full-time paid reassurance that they can full-time days a week. earlier this week. The move comes sabbatical role last year take time out of their PG When asked about how The plans, which the following concerns about as Deputy President (Ed- programme to fulfil their this would affect compe- Where’s the best College says were “made the impact the role has on ucation), and is currently role.” tition for the role in the jointly by the Education the President’s studies. doing a PhD, said that the The GSU President future, McCrone said “I place on campus Office, the Graduate In a statement sent out changes should help create has a range of roles: as am certain that the position to eat? School, and the Graduate by the Graduate School, a “sustainable model for well as coordinating their Cont. pg 3 PAGE 26 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1674

EDITORIAL NEWS [email protected] CONTENTS College reaches out to White City community with EDITORIAL 2 , what’s good? NEWS 3-4 – Fyles Felix E Invention Rooms nyone who’s red dit independent booksellers POLITICS 5 interested in F or and music stores. The The Felix Team campus politics article wasn’t even up NEWS Advanced Hackspace COMMENT 6-8 and changes online for 12 hours before Editor-in-Chief (ICAH). The ICAH, Fred Fyles Ato higher education will I got a voicemail and an • Fred Fyles which was founded in SCIENCE 9 have seen phrases like email from someone in Deputy Editor Editor-in-Chief 2014, provides access to ‘safe spaces’ bandied the Amazon press office, Joanna Wormald manufacturing equipment ARTS 10 around in the media like asking I get in touch with • for staff and students; there’s no tomorrow. The them as soon as possible. News Editor The centre is the latest one of their core aims is MUSIC 11-14 general idea – and I’m It seems they’d taken issue Joanna Wormald part of Imperial’s “to build a community of paraphrasing here – is with some of the things • like-minded makers and Politics Editors ambitious White City BOOKS 15-18 that the students of today we’d published, and asked Avi Banerjee Campus to be opened experimenters.” Professor are too soft, and too for clarifications. Divyen Vanniasegaram Oscar Ces, a member of FILM 20-23 mollycoddled, they’re The guy I spoke to was • to the public. the ICAH board, said ‘special snowflakes’ who perfectly nice, but the Science Editors that the new space would TV 24 don’t understand the ‘real whole thing was extreme- Chris Richardson new commu- “stimulate interaction and world’. You know the line ly unsettling – if they can Henry Bennie nity space collaboration, not just TRAVEL 25 of argument I’m talking get in touch less than 12 • was opened across the College, but Tech Editor about. hours after an article has Tom Mrazek at Imperial also with external partners, FOOD 26-27 While I generally think gone online, from a small • ACollege’s White City small and medium-sized this is a bullshit portrayal student paper (we’d like Comment Editors Campus last weekend. enterprises, industry, and C&S 29 of students, I do feel to any students who absolutely fantastic, Avi to big ourselves up, but Charlie Titmuss The Invention Rooms, strongly that Felix has a are outraged or upset describes the rise of tech hey, we’re small fry), then Alan Perfect which the College HANGMAN 30-31 vital role to play in any at things we publish: giants like Facebook and I doubt they’d have any • describes as “a unique “The space will The architects’ impression of what the White City campus will look like // Wadsworth 3D/PLP Architecture debate around free speech. please get involved! , and compares qualms about beginning Arts Editors space for community Indira Mallik also play host PUZZLES 32 A fundamental aspect of Drop us an email, write them to the monopolies litigation. The article has JJ Cheng innovation in White City”, “a beacon for communi- a positive impact in the Sciences Research Hub is has been campaigning a democratic society is a a response article, start a that existed in America since been taken down, Adam Gellatly were opened during a free to the Imperial ty-driven innovation”, and local area” around White set to open in 2018, and against the development free press – one in which conversation. Felix is only during the Gilded Age. pending amendments, but • public event last Saturday, said that “The impact of City, and wish to “work will provide a new home for the last six years, people have the right to biased in one way, and Back then, the dangers it will be back up very Books Editors 28th October. The venue College this will be transforma- together with White City for the Department of accusing the College of upset, or to make strong that’s towards those who of such powerful organ- soon, and I urge you all JJ Cheng includes the ‘Reach Out tive, boosting opportunity, residents, businesses, and Chemistry. acting like an “aggressive points on what the believe actually write for us – we isations was recognised, to check it out. In many Alice Peberdy Makerspace’, which Advanced aspiration and innovation organisations.” The campus is dominat- property developer when in. Just this past week, can’t promote your views and they were broken up, ways, this just proves • allows young people to in White City and beyond The Invention Rooms ed by a 35-storey tower, it comes to the planning Felix Office Music Editors Hackspace” Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road we’ve had a couple of if you don’t let us know but today we seem to be Avi’s point that the tech Andy Djaba have access to equipment for decades to come.” She are the latest section of the which saw its topping out and design of its buildings, London, SW7 2BB articles in our Comment what they are. sleepwalking into exactly giants could soon stifle Adrian LaMoury for design and manu- also highlighted the im- Imperial College White ceremony in September. and their impact on their Tel: 020 79548072 section that have prompted However, if you’re a the same situation. anything that resembles Henry Eshbaugh facturing, and will host portance of working with City Campus. Imperial The tower, whose £76.2 neighbours.” Email: [email protected] a very strong reaction. I multinational tech giant, One of the companies he criticism of their business • collaborative programmes the local community.” the community: “This College first bought land million contract was The Invention Rooms felixonline.co.uk think that this is a great then please stay out of mentioned was Amazon. practices. TV Editor with schools from the local Professor Maggie means listening to their in White City back in awarded to Laing O’Ro- will be expanded in spring @feliximperial thing – the reactions we my inbox. Earlier this You know, the place you In the meantime, I know Andrew Melville area, teaching them how Dallman, Associate needs, tapping into their 2009; the northern half of urke, will provide 133 2018, with the addition get to our Comment pieces week, we published an get all your worldly goods • to develop and produce an Provost (Academic talents, and – crucially – the campus was granted private housing units, and of new venue space and a Printed by Illifee Print where my Xmas presents Film Editors Cambridge, Winship Road, shows that the stereotype online-only long-read by from, who pay a miniscule are going to come from: idea. Partnerships), who is the opening our doors.” planning permission in 59 units available to Impe- café. Cambridge Michael Purdy of apathetic Imperial our Politics Editor Avi amount of tax in propor- my local independent Mikhail Demtchenko The Invention Rooms College’s academic lead On their website, the 2012, and construction rial ‘key workers’. The St Registered Newspaper students is not the case. Banerjee, about the rise tion to their size, and who shops, with nary a delivery will also play host to on Outreach Strategy, College say that they are has been progressing Helens Residents Associa- ISSN 1040-0711 Mark Aduol With that in mind, I of the tech monopolies. – I would argue – have drone in sight. Ashley Luckyram the Imperial College described the centre as “committed to making since then. The Molecular tion in North Kensington Copyright (c) Felix 2017 want to make an appeal In the piece, which is put extreme pressure on • Food Editors Andrada Balmez Alice Davage Chun Yuan Hii GSU stipend raises funding questions for other CUs • Listen to the Felix Podcast! Travel Editor NEWS and the Graduate Students’ Currently, the only paid exceeding the hours the discussions of my own Faculties.” Edita Pileckyte Union work in partnership positions are the GSU Union expects of a vol- with the Union and the Imperial’s Graduate • (cont.) with the College’s Grad- President, and the Im- unteer, making it hard to Faculty of Natural Scienc- School provides a number Puzzles Editor will be more hotly con- uate School to improve perial College School of hold down other part-time es to negotiate a similar of professional skills Felix have teamed up with IC Radio Hamish Beck tested in future, hopefully the experience of our Medicine Students Union jobs. Being paid ensures arrangement.” courses and coaching. • to bring you a weekly round-up of Sports Editor helping to attract better postgraduate members. (ICSMSU) President, who that the GSU President However, a Union They say they aim to Imraj Singh quality candidates.” The value of this collab- is an elected sabbatical can do their job to the best representative told Felix ensure “all postgraduate all the news, plus interviews with • The College said that oration is demonstrated officer. Felix spoke to a capacity without having that “neither Imperial students are provided with contributors and editors. Head Photographer this decision was made “in by the Graduate School’s number of CU Presidents, to compromise their own College Union or any excellent professional de- Joe O’Connell-Danes recognition of the valued commitment to provide an who said that they would personal life too much.” College faculties has velopment training com- • contribution that the GSU annual stipend to the GSU be interested to see what Michael Edwards, Presi- plans to make any other plementing their academic Copy Editors President makes to enrich President to enable them it means for their roles: dent of Royal College of Constituent Union roles studies and providing op- Ash Pattar Astrid Zong the experiences of post- to work even more effec- Claudia Caravello, Presi- Science Union (RCSU), paid at this time. We are portunity to develop skills Tune in at Selin Olenik graduate students, as well tively on behalf of their dent of the City and Guilds told Felix “I welcome always working to support for a range of careers.” https://www.mixcloud.com/ICRadioPodcasts/ Rhidian Thomas as the responsibility and members as well as con- College Union (CGCU) this development and our Constituent Unions They also undertake re- Ezgi Ozyilkan time-commitment that the tinue on their research.” said “I think it will be applaud the Union and as part of our ongoing search projects in higher Alexander Adler role involves.” It is not clear what this exciting to see how this Graduate School for this commitment to a strong education studies, which In a statement, a Union development will mean goes. While the position is vital change identifying a democracy and are excited guide College policy. representative told Felix: for the Presidents of other a voluntary role, it is very significant student leader. to see the conversations “Imperial College Union Constituent Unions (CU). time demanding, regularly I look forward to opening this may start with other 2 3 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

NEWS [email protected] Imperial Charity Week event cancelled after speaker accused of rape

NEWS at the last minute after a more. It’s too heavy to Facebook post emerged wear. It’s time for me to Joanna Wormald accusing Ramadan of tell the truth.” Two other Deputy Editor rape. women have since come Henda Ayari, leader forward, also accusing of the French feminist Ramadan of rape and Professor Tariq campaign group Les sexual assault. Ramadan was Libératrices, said that The event, run by Impe- scheduled to speak on she had remained quiet rial College Charity Week after the alleged attack and Imperial College the future of , but due to threats against her Islamic Society was part multiple women have of a fundraiser on behalf accused him of sexual of the international aid assault and rape. “Henda Ayari and development charity Islamic Relief, which said she had provides humanitarian lecture hosted aid around the world. The as part of remained Facebook event had at- Imperial Col- quiet due to tracted the interest of more lege’s charity than 400 people before it Aweek has been post- threats against was removed. The limited poned after the speaker run of tickets went on was accused of rape. her and her sale two weeks before Oxford Professor Tariq the event, and before the Ramadan was billed to children made accusations surfaced. appear in a talk entitled by Ramadan” Those who managed to ‘What could the future buy tickets online have hold for Islam in Europe?’ been fully refunded, with on Monday, 24th of and her children made by the Union apologising for October. However, it was Ramadan. She added: “I the inconvenience. Tariq Ramadan is a professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford // Wikimedia indefinitely postponed can’t keep this secret any In a statement, a Union representative told Felix: BuzzFeedNews: “Mr Tariq social media. “We support the decision Ramadan categorically Ramadan was born in of the Islamic Society to rejects all these false Geneva, and has been cancel the event featuring allegations.” A complaint teaching at Oxford Uni- Tariq Ramadan after these for slander and defama- versity since 2005. He is allegations were made tion has been filed against currently the Professor against him. We will work Ayari. of Contemporary Islamic with the society as it looks The accusations against Studies in the Faculty of to offer alternative events Ramadan have emerged Oriental Studies of St. An- for its members.” against the background of thony’s College, Oxford. Ayari first reported the Imperial College alleged rape in a book but Islamic Society runs the did not identify Ramadan “Ramadan’s Imperial component of as her assailant. She Charity Week annually in claimed that Ramadan lawyer said the last week of October. assaulted her in his hotel Last year’s campaign room in 2012 and “choked that ‘Mr Tariq raised more than £1 me so hard I thought I Ramadan million. Events this year was going to die”. Ayari included a discussion of further accused Ramadan categorically the mental health and of blaming the incident wellbeing of refugees and on her, as Ayari – then an rejects all a 15km adventure trail, adherent to the ultra-con- along with street collec- servative Salafist branch these false tions and black tie dinner. of Sunni Islam – was not allegations’ ” Neither Imperial wearing a veil at the time College Charity Week nor of the attack. Imperial College Islamic Ramadan has dismissed an outpouring of harass- Society responded to the accusations as a “cam- ment and sexual assault requests for comment. paign of slander clearly allegations from Westmin- Islamic Relief declined to orchestrated by my long- ster and Hollywood, as comment, saying that it term adversaries.” well as the the #MeToo and would be “inappropriate” Ramadan’s lawyer, #BalanceTonPorc (‘reveal to do so as it had not or- The event was postponed following accusations of rape on Facebook // Facebook Yassine Bouzrou, told your pig’) campaigns on ganised the event. 4 FELIX ISSUE 1674

POLITICS [email protected] The Balfour Declaration: a century on 100 years ago this week, the British government signed away land that was not theirs to pass on with the Balfour Declaration. The result of this poorly-worded document, which did not help Palestinians, nor those fleeing anti-Semitism? A century of conflict and misery.

POLITICS it is true that Zionism is a being called an imperial- method through which the istic state – officially, they Aida Manzano Jewish people may escape were no longer colonising Kharman anti-Semitism, it does not Palestine themselves. It Politics Writer take into account the fact was the perfect method, that their homeland of not only for Britain but choice was already inhab- for Europe too, to avoid hen people ited by the Palestinians, making any effort to fight hear about and thus would require the ongoing anti-Semitism Palestine extensive ethnic cleansing that dated back to the and Israel, were it to become a solely 1400s and beyond – from Wthey usually know ‘some- Jewish state. the Spanish inquisition thing’s going on there’ but However, even when and persecution of few seem to understand they were giving away a Sephardic Jews, going what exactly is happening, land that was not theirs to through the infamous and most importantly how give in the first place, the Russian pogroms, and the conflict originated. British government was finally reaching breaking There are many factors, still vague and inconclu- point after the Holocaust. but it is widely agreed sive even in doing that: Jewish people have that the Palestinian-Israeli they also stated “nothing been through years of conflict can be traced back shall be done which may to the Balfour Declaration, prejudice the civil and which was signed 100 religious rights of existing “Yeah, it’s time years ago this week. And non-Jewish communities so, with a century passing in Palestine”. By taking for a big pull- since the beginning of a long and tragically painful quote. We love conflict, it might be about “With a century these things, time to actually take a step back and understand of conflict, it’s but don’t the repercussions of this three-paragraph long doc- time to take a forget to make ument and what it meant step back, and for world history and them short!” settler colonialism. understand the ‘So what exactly is the Balfour declaration?’ you repercussions may be asking yourself. Balfour’s signature set off a chain of events, which are still causing anger today // Wikimedia Well, it is quite literally of this a page-long document document” this document, and thus unjust persecution, and out any sort of meaningful signed by the British establishes precedent for “We let it is because of this that reflection on the situation, Foreign Secretary at the both involved parties to the Zionist ideology time, Sir Arthur Balfour, a look at the population argue that they are the down both blossomed. However, in which he states that his distribution in Palestine, ones that the imperialistic this persecution does not “100 years on, government “expresses we can see that, even up power is supporting. Palestinians justify the Israeli gov- sympathy with Jewish until 1945, the Jewish Despite the lack of and the Jewish ernment’s occupation of we have failed Zionist aspirations” and population was clearly awareness with which this Palestine, and the result- “view with favour the a minority, so the real situation was handled, this people fleeing ing ethnic cleansing and to carry out establishment in Palestine question is: how did declaration was not merely human rights violations a meaningful of a national home for the Britain intend to support a careless mistake made persecution that have been reported Jewish people”, essential- those who wished for the by the British government. by the United Nations, as reflection” ly signing off the land of ethnic cleansing of indig- Supporting the Zionist by failing to well as by Humans Right Palestine to Jewish people enous Palestinians, whilst cause and allowing the address anti- Watch. We let down both fleeing anti-Semitism and also ensuring the Pales- occupation of Palestine Palestinians and Jewish and the conflict remains in persecution in Europe, tinians’ civil and human (and hence the develop- Semitism, and people fleeing persecution a painful status quo. How despite Britain not owning rights were not com- ment of an apartheid state by failing to address the many more anniversaries this land in the first place. promised, and that they in the Middle East that by partitioning issue of anti-Semitism, will pass before we take This was vital to the were protected? Britain economically and politi- and by partitioning Pales- action? Zionist cause, which aims managed to support two cally depended on Britain) Palestine in tine in such an unaware to establish a safe, Jewish conflicting and mutually allowed them to maintain such a manner” manner. A century later, homeland. And although exclusive movements in control the area, without we have failed to carry 5 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1674

COMMENT [email protected] COMMENT [email protected] Let’s not politicise the modern pandemic of Self-help books are absolutely terrible, and mental health I’ll fight them to the death Jenny Eden argues that the rise in mental health problems amongst the young is nothing to do Even if self-help books are well-written, and their authors are people with good intentions, with politics and everything to do with the way we live our lives thinking you know the best way I should live my life is offensive

COMMENT fault. Yes, more could be COMMENT lives. This was the 50’s want to say that calling done by her government so it’s filled with lots of these books literature Jenny Eden to mitigate the damaging Anonymous lovely Freudian bollocks is misleading, since it Comment Writer impacts of modern life. Comment Writer that naturally passed as implies that they’re worth But if there is to be a “call common-sense at the time. reading, but I have no to arms” against anyone, All this is to say that doubt that some of them uring the surely it would be against n my three years at while I would love to go are well written. Labour Party the Silicon Valley giants? Imperial I have had on a rant about how all I do however have one conference last Of course, Silicon many opportunities self-help books are written quite justified gripe with month, sixteen Valley can’t be held re- to be triggered by sinister people who self-help books, and that Dyear old Lauren Stocks sponsible for every case Iby Felix’s Comment wish to make money from is that they imply that delivered a speech on the of depression or anxiety. section — Brexit, two other people’s misery, I you are not living your state of mental health in Nobody could have antic- general elections, and life correctly: ‘are you de- pupils studying for their ipated the adverse effects numerous terrorist attacks pressed?’ they ask, ‘well GCSE’s. She was bold technology and increased have produced articles that “If someone that’s because you’re not and passionate; she stirred interconnectivity can have managed to properly rustle doing it right, you should the audience, received a on a person. Equally, the my jimmies. The piece in tells you they be meditating and trying standing ovation, and later governments of devel- last week’s issue, howev- to live in the moment. the video of her speech oped countries cannot be er, extolling the virtues of know how Read my book and I’ll let went viral. She was cer- demonised for failing to self-help books managed you should be you in on THE secret.’ tainly much braver than grasp the full scale of the to push me over the edge, This annoys me on one me aged sixteen: to stand problem. This is a new and I felt compelled to living your life, level because I dislike Don’t you fucking tell me what to do books // Flickr/GoToVan up in front hundreds of global issue which needs respond. people who are too sure people and communicate to be tackled by politi- I must confess that the they almost of themselves. If someone time with my family, Tibetan monasteries. her views with such raw only self-help book I have tells you they know how reading, or doing sports, “The feeling While I doubt the author emotion is something that read from cover to cover certainly don’t” you should be living your the feeling that I should was serious about making has to be commended. “Ultimately was Bertrand Russell’s life, they almost certainly be doing something inev- I should be self-help books compul- However, while her con- The Conquest of Happi- don’t and are, in all likeli- itably makes me sad. Self- sory reading at Imperial, victions are honest, she there need not ness, arguably the first don’t know much about hood, a terrible person. help books feed on this, living my life for the reasons outlined I missed the point. of its kind. Like all good any of these authors. I But more importantly, creating a vicious cycle of differently would fight such a move She described “seas of be political self-help authors, Bertrand wish I could froth with I dislike this because making you feel bad about to the death if needs be. spaced out, stressed out, polarisation Russell struggled with rage describing the pseu- feeling like I should be not doing something, and is the main Thankfully that won’t depressed kids” where a depression for most of do-scientific bollocks living my life differently then selling you the cure to happen, so I can continue “good half, if not more” of over mental his life and decided that, that riddles the pages of is the number one cause your unhappiness, which cause of my reading Private Eye and them have a mental illness. having overcome it, he these awful books, but I of me being unhappy. you inevitably don’t do being miserable. This, she thought, is for health” was qualified to tell other have only skimmed over Whether I feel like I because not everyone has unhappiness” the most part down to the people how to live their a couple of them. I really should be spending more time to go to retreats in new GCSE system, with numbered grades, tougher cians, spanning all parties, material, Ofsted, and of The inability to put down your phone can have a serious negative impact // Flickr/Donna Cleveland who have a better working course – the government. knowledge of modern The Tories are out to ruin What she completely 416 million to 615 million Japan faces suicide rates her fellow 21st century mental health. children’s lives for the bypassed is that the rise worldwide. That’s 8.1% of 70 per day. In South classmates, I would argue Ultimately there need many political gains that of mental health problems of the world’s population Korea, a country which it’s the internet, more not be political polarisa- will come of doing so. She (that being a broad burdened with one of has fanatically adopted the specifically social media, tion over the matter, no made a “call to arms” on umbrella term for such a these health issues in western lifestyle, suicide making them miserable. “call to arms” as Stocks the matter. Sharpen your multitude of issues) is a 2013. No doubt that figure is the leading cause of No one finishes a day would urge. We need pitch forks and burn an global phenomenon, not is higher now, but perhaps death for anyone between of staring at their phone to be cooperating – not effigy of Theresa May, just for children in formal most telling is the fact the ages of 10 to 30. with a sense of accom- just from left to right, that kind of thing. education but across that many of the nations European mental illness plishment. Satisfaction but on an international Phoenix is the arts magazine of Imperial, and we’re looking for Editors! Phoenix is released every term, and the entire demographic blighted with these par- accounts for 20% of total maybe, but certainly not level – to encourage more displays the best in student poetry, prose, essay-writing, photography, and visual art. Phoenix Editors would need spectrum. Depression and ticular illnesses are those health problems. This, happiness. collaborative research into to gather contributions, select which will go in the magazine, and lay out the final product. This year, we also “The increase anxiety in particular have which generally have high therefore, is a pandemic Stocks blames the the detrimental impacts seen the sharpest increase living standards. Those and it is affecting the most government for her gener- of the internet and the have the Blyth Gallery for 6 weeks, meaning you’d get the chance to curate an exhibition. in mental in recorded cases. which should, theoreti- developed, modernised ation’s unhappiness, when vessels through which it health issues According to the World cally, have the happiest nations first. in fact this is something reaches people. We need If you’re interested, please email a short description of yourself (<250 words), detailing any previous experience, Health Organisation, populations. America is We all have a vague far beyond the scope of to be helping those school and any ideas you have for the magazine, is a global between 1990 and 2013 the ultimate example; the idea of the causes – social current policy. The rise of pupils, as described by the number of people world’s largest economy, media, poor diet, 24 hour social media, social pres- Lauren Stocks, to cope in phenomenon” suffering with anxiety or yet 1 in 5 adults have news to name a few. In the sures, social anxiety, is the online world in which Applications close noon, Friday 10th November depression increased from mental health condition. case of Lauren Stocks and not really Theresa May’s they have grown up. 6 7 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

COMMENT [email protected] Want to make the world a better place? Become an effective altruist Effective altruism is an approach to doing good that will help you maximise your impact on your charitable goals

COMMENT reason to look for the best or hour of work on top of ways of helping others. In what each cause already Louie Terrill other words, if altruism is receives. This is much Comment Writer the idea that you should do more useful to individuals good, effective altruism is deciding what to do with the idea that you should do their own contributions. It ost of us as much good as possible, can be easy to assume that want to make based on the best informa- any do-gooding is good a difference tion available to you. enough, but by taking and have Effective altruists the time to consider the Ma positive impact. Even consider a variety of things options you can achieve the most selfish, mon- when trying to achieve this so much more. ey-and-status-seeking lofty goal. It seems trivial For example, if you care student has issues they to point out, but high-im- about improving people’s care about. However, in pact causes that make a health, it’s much easier to such a complicated world bigger difference, all else prevent well-understood it’s hard to know where being equal, are obviously to start. You may have a preferable. Similarly, good heart, but without causes in which progress “Using direction you might end is easier to achieve are scientific up donating to the first better than ones where the charity fundraiser who ap- same achievements will evidence to proaches you on the street. take longer and cost more. Next time someone corners you outside SK station, ask about effective altruism // While this is definitely In general, causes which evaluate your Flickr/Gary Knight well-intended, it’s not are more neglected may always the best option, as be better opportunities donations can widely available. ities assume that our that it is very important to some charities can do far to do good, as they will make a big For these reasons, the top priority should be preserve human civilisa- more good than others. be further from the point Schistosomiasis Control the health and physical tion. Depending on your There are clearly other of reaching diminishing difference” Initiative (SCI) here at well-being of people alive evaluation of the different approaches to channelling returns. Imperial is considered by today. Perhaps a key dis- threats and your own your good intentions, and A key theme here is that many charity evaluators tinction between effective talents, this could involve currently one of the most in order to do the most conditions, and much to be one of the most altruism and other social working with emerging successful ones is effec- good, one must first ask cheaper to focus on doing cost-effective charities movements is that EA technologies in order to tive altruism. Effective how much good can be so in the developing world in the world – 1000s of doesn’t dictate the values guide their development, altruism is a movement done “on the margin”, by where cheap medicine and times more cost-effective you should hold. Instead, finding a job in gov- that applies evidence and adding another donation health care aren’t already than the average charity. the focus is on helping ernment where you can They provide deworming you to further your own improve prevention and pills donated by pharma- values, whatever they may responses to pandemics, ceutical manufacturers to be. or limiting catastrophic the regions that suffer the If you think animal climate change through most from this neglected lives are also worth pre- policy work. tropical disease. This serving and improving, In order to do the most intervention has been the then you may find that good you possibly can, subject of multiple studies, the best way you can do you must first decide on and the SCI are committed good is by working to end your goals. Once you’ve to rigorously evaluating its factory farming, which done that, using scientific effectiveness. causes suffering on an evidence effectively to That’s not to say that industrial scale. Beyond inform your decisions can donating to SCI is definite- persuading people to go make a big difference in ly the best way to do good: vegetarian, one promising how much good you do, for example, the Against option is to develop better whether it’s by consider- Malaria Foundation is also meat substitutes that can ing which career paths can believed to have cost-ef- be produced much more have the most impact, or fectiveness in the same humanely and outcompete by comparing the charities order of magnitude, but the farmed equivalent. that attempt to achieve it’s challenging to make On the other hand, if you your goals. The effective these estimates precise think the lives of people in altruism movement can and reliable enough to tell the future are also worth allow you to save more which charity is definitive- considering, in addition lives and help more people ly better. to everyone alive today, than you could ever have The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) is one of the most effective charities // SCI Both of these char- a common conclusion is managed otherwise. 8 FELIX ISSUE 1674

SCIENCE [email protected] The darker side of human data What are the implications of a near future in which humans will be rated on their behaviour and relationships?

SCIENCE no effect. It resembles a loyalty scheme more than Henry Alman a social credit system. Science Writer The implication, however, is that it could consider these factors, and that the n 2014, the State governmental system will. Council of Data is drawn from announced the devel- a variety of sources: opment of a digital China’s corporate giants I‘citizen rating system’ to are worlds apart from their determine each citizen, western counterparts. SC company, and local alone draws information government’s “trustwor- from all of Alibaba’s thiness”, with the intent of branches, from shopping building social trust and to taxi services to Alipay, crushing China’s rampant China’s ubiquitous online counterfeiting and fraud payment platform. Alipay issues. is used for everything To Westerners it may from bills to bus tickets, sound like an Orwellian and so Sesame Credit dystopia. For the Chinese, always knows where you however, it is soon to be a are and what you buy. Big reality, and participation data is simply a fact of will be compulsory by Chinese life. 2020. The idea is already The government has being implemented by access to all of this infor- eight private Chinese mation, atop of that from companies, one of whom is the financial wing of Alibaba, China’s largest “Your personal online shopping platform. Although the form of score will Even Charlie Brooker might call the developments in China a bit trite // Creative Commons the government system is uncertain, cues can have tangible from buying plane or train governmental transparen- on friends or family, and Chinese government wish be taken from Alibaba’s consequences tickets and limiting the cy. China rewards loyal the fact that any dissenter to try regardless is telling. system, Sesame Credit purchase of luxury goods. citizens, too: hundreds of will drag down the scores They have many options (SC). Users are given in reality” Internet access or social thousands of honours and of those around them en- to consider as remedies for a score based on five media accounts are often titles are given every year, courages ditching ‘risky’ social mistrust, an issue factors: credit history, ful- suspended for expressing along with other benefits. friendships. filment capacity, personal other mega-corporations, dissent. However, the criteria The issue with the information, behaviour due to the Chinese gov- Amplified by their for these are arbitrarily second is that a human can “The and preferences, and in- ernment’s long-standing big-data rating system, decided by officials: at apply context to a situa- terpersonal relationships. history of demanding the potential for absolute tion, whereas an algorithm technological The first three may sound users’ personal data from totalitarian control is real. cannot. Under China’s familiar: they are similar private companies. Technological tampering “Amplified by automatic digital rating limitations of to a credit score, and are Your personal score will is also a threat: if the their big-data system, missing a bill such a system based on financial infor- have tangible consequenc- security of the system is due to being in hospital mation and basic personal es in reality. Those with ever breached, the damage rating system, and missing a bill due to are important” details. high SC scores can book caused by hackers could unreliability are counted The last two are factors hotels without a deposit, ruin lives. the potential as exactly the same. currently unaccounted or even get fast-tracked Despite this, the system The technological lim- originally caused by the for in western big data for visas. The future is being welcomed by for absolute itations of such a system government’s intolerance systems. They indicate government system would many Chinese citizens. control is real” are important. Black of any external institution that what you – or your even incorporate punish- China lacks the widespread market score manipula- that might enforce ac- friends – buy online or say ment: a 2016 document credit score systems that tion, by buying different countability. on social media can and says that low scores could are well-established else- least a rating system personal details, or the use Rather than allow for in- will affect your “trustwor- result in ineligibility for where, making it difficult would rely on a suppos- of VPNs for undetected dependent watchdogs and thiness rating”. certain jobs, lower internet to obtain loans. Fraud and edly-predictable algorithm online activity, would increased transparency, SC scores do not take speeds, and barring from counterfeiting are daily with defined criteria. tamper with the data. The they instead opt for greater content into account: certain restaurants. grievances. The Chinese Both points have their data and analysis on which control. As put by Foreign using Alibaba’s services, China already severely are sick of the absence of counterarguments. For one’s score is based could Policy, the government or having friends who punishes dissenters: 6.3 reliability in their society. the first, the new system be flawed: nobody knows is “ensuring that the only use SC, will increase million people who defied Furthermore, there are undermines trust in other whether the suggested monitor will, once and your score, but what is court orders are on a public those that argue that the ways – there will be system is really feasible. forever, be itself.” actually bought or said has blacklist, banning them new system offers more rewards for informing The fact that the 9 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

ARTS [email protected] Cézanne Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery For the first time, the National Portrait Gallery presents an exhibition devoted entirely to the works of Paul Cézanne. But does the collection provide insight into a pioneering genius, or an overrated leftover of Impressionism?

ARTS style. The intense colors colours they are normal CÉZANNE PORTRAITS are weighed down by people portrayed as their more gentle brush strokes true selves. The wish to than seen before. It creates create a realistic inter- a more impressionistic pretation of his models feeling which is not only becomes clear in the por- Where? The National Por- by chance: during this traits of Hortense Fiquet, trait Gallery period of his life Cézanne more commonly known as encountered several soon- Madame Cézanne. Several When? Until 11th February to-be famous Impres- canvases are dedicated 2018 sionist painters such as to her quite grumpy face. Pissarro and Monet. Their She is not being painted How Much? £18; £16.50 influence on Cézanne’s as a muse, not idolized or students work is clear, with the embellished. We can see brush strokes and colors Cézanne’s objectivity in Sandra Engardt going from earthy and these portraits as they lack Arts Writer harsh to light, graphic, and any tendency of facial expressions or emotions. This objectivity follows o be honest, “Beneath the through in all of his work: I’ve never really unlike his colors and understood the technique technique the faces remain greatness of and colours, plain. Cézanne is known TCézanne. Another big for his still life paintings, male artist, but with an Cézanne’s and the way he has chosen Impressionist style not as to portray his models is fairy-like as Monet and a portraits reveal more like how you would technique not as cubistic portray a bowl of fruit as Picasso. An in between people as their rather than a human being. – someone who never Instead of focusing on the really dedicated himself to true selves” face, the emphasis is on any specific style. the details around: a pipe, Without any expecta- hat, or a not-fully-painted tions to have my mind flamboyant. The palette skirt are all details that changed I enter phase is over, but attract the eye – the details National Portrait Gallery the geometrical shapes that make the audience and the first thing I can’t that he used to create with search and look around for help but notice is the them live on as blocks of more. grandness of the museum. color. The playfulness and I have always believed I find my way to the Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair, 1888-90 by Paul Cézanne // Wilson L. Mead Fund, The beauty in this part of the that Cézanne’s work is exhibition and walk in. Art Institute of Chicago exhibition can easily be just plain and boring. This Crisp white walls, high appreciated, even by those has been proved wrong. arches, and staff walking his portraits, people who time. Most importantly, the paintings feel pretty dragged here by their After visiting the National around in black uniforms, have been there for longer we meet an ever changing brown and colorless, but grandmothers. Portrait Gallery I have making sure that no one and for shorter periods of Cézanne – from rough as you step closer to the Cézanne’s later years come to realize that he is takes a photograph nor portraits in earthy colors frame a palette full of color were filled with hardships, much more than an in-be- touches the art. The halls to paintings full of play- starts to reveal itself. Blue, as reflected in the last tween: he paved the way are not only filled with art, “In the fulness. The exhibition green, and yellow, all room, where portraits in for the Cubist movement they are also filled with starts off with some of his perfectly clear and distinct dark colors and self-por- with his graphic and people. People of all ages, exhibition, earlier works, paintings at a near distance but traits of an elderly, gloomy geometrical technique, of different styles and na- we meet an that are characterized by from afar creating a unity. version of his old self inspired Expressionism tionalities. It did not take fast strokes made with a There is something wild in all contribute to a more with his palette knife long for me to realize that ever-changing palette knife. The tech- this way of painting; the obscure atmosphere. phase, and is still consid- it’s not just any exhibition nique that he developed movements of the knife Cézanne did not want ered an Impressionist. But I’m entering – rather, it’s Cézanne – during this phase of his life are easily distinguished to flatter people in his there is also a curiosity, a an exhibition of one of the is often referred to as one and create a storm of dull portraits, and he refused playfulness, and a desire biggest artists of the 19th from rough of the major contributing colors. to paint anyone who to keep trying new things century. early portraits factors to the Expressionist The color palette in- expected an improved in all of his paintings. It is We walk through movement, characterized tensifies as we continue version of themselves. The the small details, the half Cézanne’s life and artistic to playful by magnified emotional our tour to the next people in his portraits are painted skirt, the pipe, development. We meet expressions, often com- room. Portraits in bright not exceptionally beautiful and the hat, that reveal the more and less important paintings” municated through colors turquoise, pink, and red or interesting to look at. curious artist in search of people in his life through and shapes. At first glance show a distinct change in Beneath the technique and expression. 10 FELIX ISSUE 1674

MUSIC [email protected] Krept & Konan abandon the London underground in their new mixtapes 7 Days and 7 Nights The new work shows they’re shifting towards the mainstream, but they haven’t chosen the right direction.

MUSIC underground London rap to return to London with 7 DAYS scene. Their lyrics were their original flow, with 7 NIGHTS smart and the wordplay the respect and weight of was clever, referencing having made it globally. more and more obscure In fact, you get some parts of London culture, impression of this on 7 Artist: Krept & Konan. endearing them to people Days: the track ‘Robbery’, Label: Virgin EMI. Top sympathetic to their released last summer, felt Tracks: Last Night in LA; struggle. They received a lot like their old tracks. Robbery; Same Shit. For a lot of attention through The play on ‘Jack in the Fans Of: ; ; YouTube channels like Box’ in the first verse . 78 minutes SBTV, and through their and even the reference to early mixtapes, some of their first mixtape were Alex Montgomerie- which attained notoriety reminiscent of Krept’s Corcoran in the mainstream. clever, cheeky wordplay. Music Writer What really helped And when that came out, it them blow up was the felt like they had a sort of track ‘Don’t Waste My godfather status, putting rept and Konan, Time’, in particular the this unknown rapper Abra the established line “Excuse my French, Cadabra on, and surround- rap duo from I ain’t worried ‘bout ing themselves with the South London, nothin’”, which brought best in the scene. The Kput out a pair of on an all-star remix with penultimate track, ‘Last two weeks ago in their Coke Boys. The song Night In LA’ (which is my first major releases since favourite on the , their return to the London also released a year ago), music scene. The albums “While some had the sense that these are drastically different in legends had returned to style: 7 Days feels more tracks mark a their domain, equipped like a compilation of with better production and their attempts at different return to their a taste of fame. Konan genres (with a few bangers original flow, talks about their progres- thrown in), while 7 Nights sion from the road to the is a collection of R&B the remainder stage, referencing the The ting goes skrrrrrr... // Virgin EMI slow jams. These albums people he made it with and demonstrate a commit- of 7 Days even the beef with Church on current trends, or just this sense, it feels very lost with these albums is the ment to their departure Road. churning out generic and empty as an album fact that they have aban- from the underground doesn’t make Unfortunately, the tracks because it’s easy, – more like a top 11 UK doned the London under- scene to pursue main- sense” rest of the album doesn’t music compilation. ground scene to pursue stream success. make sense. Krept starts 7 Nights is more fame. It seems that they For background, the in a silly Vybz “Maybe Krept together: the PARTYNEX- want to change directions pair started out in the brought them worldwide Kartel style accent on TDOOR vibe combined as artists to something London rap scene – a attention, with the likes of the ‘Controlla’-sounding & Konan are with Nines-style vocals more suitable for main- couple of youngers in polo , YG, and dancehall track ‘For Me’, runs throughout. Actually, stream, although they shirts rapping about gang looking to col- which I don’t think he’s trying to it does feel a lot like Nines’ haven’t really chosen the life in Thornton Heath. laborate. From there, they ever done before, and is hedge their ‘One Foot Out’, even fea- exact direction yet. It’s a These early tracks and signed with Def Jam and certainly not known for. turing the same vocalist shame as they are amazing freestyles were angry and did a heavily trap-inspired And ‘WoWoWo’, which bets on current Hudson East heavily on lyricists, and it’s frus- gritty; although not being album, with features from they are trying to push as both albums (which feels trating that they chose to heavily involved in gang loads of American rappers, one of the main bangers trends, but it like a betrayal to their limit their talent in a trade activities, they shared slowing down their flow to of the album, has such area). And the topics of off for catchy hooks and experiences and stories of appeal to their global fans. a dull, plain hook; even doesn’t feel the tracks depart from the palatable verses. They are the people around them. And this worked for them in the verses they keep like they care usual grimy gang stories to definitely still in it for the And these raw lyrics in terms of popularity: the repeating those three stories of ladies and their hustle, which is admirable, (often set to an American track ‘’ meaningless syllables. for the quality promiscuous relationships and they have achieved a hip-hop beat, or, very was blowing up every- The whole album feels with them. None of the tremendous amount from rarely, a grime instrumen- where, even if the signa- like they’re just trying to of the music” tracks particularly stand humble beginnings. But tal) connected with some, ture flow create bangers in every out, but the consistent hopefully we’ll still see and shocked others. The wasn’t that prominent. genre possible: trap, theme and interesting them on those Link Up TV duo gained notoriety and See, I thought after drill, dancehall, afrobeat. but it certainly doesn’t features don’t make it a features now and then. eventually became one of the previous album in the Anything. Maybe they’re feel like they care for the terrible album. the biggest names in the States, they were going trying to hedge their bets quality of the music. So in I guess my main issue 11 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1674

MUSIC [email protected] MUSIC [email protected] Felix Music recommends…October: our guide to all the hottest releases that dropped this month

MUSIC Aurelia Smith proves collaborative release they’re not just instru- with Invisible Church. “John Maus Josh Lawrence ments for chin-stroking ac- Crisp drums and synths Music Writer ademics. The accessibility are replaced with liquid provides a of The Kid is impressive, electronics and crackling retro-futuristic particularly when Smith’s percussion. Synths swell ctober has been weapon of choice remains to give the impression protest against full of fantastic her Buchla synthesiser. of drowning. Davidson’s releases: from The machine’s organic vocals haunt the tracks, hypercapitalism” synth pop to textures are melded into often being elongated Ohip hop, from indie labels a psychedelic pop-opera or reversed, creating an as a bedrock for Screen to industry juggernauts, tracing out a cycle of birth, ambient techno sound too Memories. Maus’ music from distinguished artists life and death, all in the unsettling to be relaxing. often sounds like in-uni- to new talent. Pay no mind space of less than an hour. verse pop music from a to anyone who claims trashy 80s cyberpunk TV “there is no good music MNESTIC serial. But he deftly uses PRESSURE anymore”. At Felix we un- LIL’ PUMP this minimalist new-wave fortunately don’t have the sound to provide a time to review everything Artist: Lee Gamble. Label: retro-futuristic protest good that comes out, Artist: Lil’ Pump. Label: Hyperdub. For Fans Of: against our own dystopian so curated here are ten Tha Lights Global/Warner Burial; Actress; Special shade of hypercapitalism. fantastic releases from the Bros. For Fans Of: Lil’ Request. Release Date: Because is our reality last month that you can Yachty; Lil’ Uzi Vert; Chief October 26th. 43 minutes really that different from judge for yourself. Keef. Release Date: October 80s science-fiction at this 6th. 36 minutes point? Despite a disappointing TAKE ME APART live set (reviewed in last Mumble/Cloud/Sound- week’s edition), Lee PLUNGE cloud rap may have a Gamble has put together Artist: Kelela. Label: Warp. reputation for trashy bars a fantastic album, tying For Fans Of: Arca; FKA and rushed beats… but together over 30 years of Artist: Fever Ray. Label: Twigs; Jessy Lanza. Release that doesn’t necessarily the UK underground. The . For Fans Date: October 6th. 54 minutes mean it’s bad. Lil’ Pump music flutters between Of: Alice Glass; Björk; is crammed with guilty a variety of bass-driven Röyksopp. Release Date: pleasures. Gucci Gang styles. Dark ambient melts October 27th. 47 minutes If you travelled back to contains the lyric “My into dub techno which the 90s and told a Warp fan lean costs more than your accelerates into jungle. All that their favourite label rent”. What more do you of these elements are glued Karin Dreijer’s has would be releasing R&B need to know? together by Gamble’s dominated the sounds of they’d laugh you back peculiar approach to 21st century pop simply by to the present. Although, U FEEL texture, increasing the being herself. Her twisted after one listen of Take ANYTHING? accessibility of his album electropop compositions, Me Apart it’s obvious the without damaging its both as brother-sister duo album is a perfect fit for Artist: Ziúr. Label: Planet “Kaitlyn RATIO (12”) Analogue synths wobble experimentalism. ‘Ghost’, The Knife and as solo act the IDM powerhouse. Mu/Objects Ltd. For Fans THE OOZ over a pulsing beat. The with its masterful chops, Fever Ray, have made pop Kelela’s voice cuts Of: Ellen Allien; Ash Aurelia Smith track constantly leaps may stand as one of the weird again. Plunge serves through a rumble of drum Koosha; Steffi. Release Artist: Floating Points. forwards, anxious to reach greatest jungle tracks as just another bullet point machines and sub-bass to Date: October 6th. 41 minutes Artist: . Label: melds organic Label: Pluto. For Fans Of: the next bar. A fantastic released in the last decade. on an already impeccable carry messages about sex, True Panther/XL. For Fans textures into Four Tet; Caribou; James piece to round off any CV. Moving away from love, and the difficulties Of: The Pop Group; PJ Holden. Release Date: great night-out. the themes of isolationism they create. Take Me Apart Techno tends to stick Harvey; Fela Kuti. Release a psychedelic October 19th. 19 minutes SCREEN and motherhood of her is a classic in the making. to repetitive kick drums Date: October 13th. 66 MEMORIES self-titled debut, Fever for a reason. Having a minutes pop-opera, WHATEVER MAKES Ray’s sophomore release YOU FEEL SAFE (EP) rigid skeleton means tracing out the In 2015 Floating Points Artist: John Maus. Label: is an exclaimed worship THE KID you can experiment with released Alaenia, a metic- Ribbon Music. For Fans Of: of all things kinky. Sex, texture until your ears Archy Marshall cycle of life and ulously engineered mas- Artist: Invisible Church Ariel Pink; Molly Nilsson; flesh and leather are- or bleed, but you’re always (a.k.a. King Krule, a.k.a. terpiece divorced from & Marie Davidson. Label: Tonstartssbandht. Release chestrated as pitch-shifted Artist: Kaitlyn Aurelia going to find someone Zookid, a.k.a. Edgar the death” time. Ratio sees him take Yerevan Tapes. For Fans Date: October 27th. 38 layers of vocals, frantic ar- Smith. Label: Western Vinyl. willing to dance to it. Ziúr Beatmaker, a.k.a. DJ JD the experimentalism he’s Of: Umfang; Karen Gwyer; minutes peggiators, and bombastic For Fans Of: Suzanne Ciani; throws this mantra out the Sport, a.k.a. The Return of OOZ further broadens this focused on from Alaenia Wolfgang Voigt. Release percussion. Lyrics about Animal Collective; Holly window, instead opting Pimp Shrimp) is a unique scope of influences, but onwards, honing it into Date: October 20th. 19 the mundanities of life are Herndon. Release Date: for cascades of sampled voice in contemporary still sounds greater than a spectacular club opus. minutes Six years on from replaced with expressions October 6th. 51 minutes crashes, hisses and UK music. Raised in the sum of its influences. (Clockwise from top left) Kelela’s Take Me Apart; Kaitlyn (Clockwise from top right) Fever Ray’s Plunge; Lee Gam- The expansive 19 minute his last album, John of carnal desire which scratches. Guest vocalists Peckham, his tales of woe Few artists can carve out Aurelia Smith’s The Kid; Ziúr’s U Feel Anything?; King ble’s Mnestic Pressure; Floating Point’s Ratio; Invisible single carves out a middle Maus has built his own Dreijer somehow makes Do you like analog sometimes coast atop this in life and love are trans- a unique sound nowadays, Krule’s The OOZ; Lil’ Pump’s eponymous release // Warp; Church and Marie Davidson’s Whatever Makes You Feel ground between his earlier Quebec native Marie modular synthesiser sound deeply moving. If synths? The correct answer to add to the chaos, com- lated through the sounds but Marshall has proved Western Vinyl; Tha Lights Global/Warner; Planet Mu/Objects Safe; John Maus’ Screen Memories. // Rabid/Mute; Hyper- dusty house tracks and Davidson takes a turn and completed a PhD in there’s one album from is yes, and on her latest pleting a release certain to of punk, jazz, hip-hop, himself capable of this Ltd.; True Panther/XL dub; Pluto; Yerevan Tapes; Ribbon Music his more recent jazz-fu- away from her starker political philosophy. Both this year worth hearing, release composer Kaitlyn shake-up the Berlin scene. blues, and afrobeat. The time and time again. sion experimentations. EBM-revivalism on this of these advances serve Plunge is undoubtedly it. 12 13 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

MUSIC [email protected] Future Hndrxx Tour: an enjoyable, if not all that memorable, performance Following on from the surprise release of two albums within a week, Future heads to the O2 Arena, for a greatest hits set, whose energy levels sometimes slip.

MUSIC ites ‘Thought It was a in the arena but, instead, Drought’, ‘Stick Talk’, Future bombarded us with Andy Djaba and ‘Sh!t’. high energy bangers all Music Editor Although this show night. There were times was supposedly in support when Future appeared of his two 2017 albums, to be lacking energy n February, Atlanta Future effectively turned but he performed with rapper Future it into a showcase of his four dancers who hyped surprised fans greatest hits, stretching all the crowd during those by releasing his the way back to the start periods when he was Ieponymous fifth studio of his career. It was dis- struggling to keep up. He album with little advance appointing that he didn’t also brought Rich The warning. FUTURE is Kid, Stefflon Don, and a seventeen-track trap out during his set, offering that went straight “There with Wizkid in particular to number one in its receiving a rapturous first week. However, were times reception. Future returned although Future’s fans to perform ‘Mask Off’, were satisfied, Future was when Future his viral smash hit off of not. A mere seven days appeared to FUTURE and ended his later, Future went on to set with ‘March Madness’ do the unheard of and be lacking (arguably the best song dropped his sixth album, Future keeping the vibe alive at the O2 // Andy Djaba of all time). Overall, the HNDRXX. Future shows energy, but show was fun but there his more sensitive side on by announcing the Future by the time Future took to mixtapes and albums at an were times when the HNDRXX and the album Hndrxx Tour, which con- (20 minutes late, alarmingly rapid rate over he performed energy felt a bit lifeless also debuted atop the cluded in London’s O2 I might add). However, the last 5 years. There was with dancers and it raises the question Billboard charts. In having Arena last Monday. Future turned things also a period when Future of whether it’s worth two different albums Future had Zoey Dollaz, around with his strong was hip-hop’s go-to guy who hyped the seeing artists like Future, debut at number one in Rich The Kid, and Stefflon opening performance for a hook or feature and, who have countless high consecutive weeks, Future Don in support but all of FUTURE album cut, as a result, the man simply crowd” energy bangers but whose accomplished a feat that three acts failed to suffi- ‘Draco’. Future has built has an insurmountable music arguably lacks sub- no other artist in music ciently raise the crowd’s a reputation as an artist mass of music to perform. perform any of HNDRXX stance, in concert. In this history has. He swiftly energy levels. The crowd with a seemingly tireless He had the whole arena as this would have been case, I would have to say followed up this success was subsequently restless work ethic, dropping rocking with fan favour- a welcome switch of vibe no – save your £55.

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BOOKS [email protected] In defence of ‘difficult’ books Is a book ‘bad’ because it is ‘too difficult’ to read? Felix writer Ned Summers thinks the issue is in our approach.

Even The Muppets can take on Dickens – why shouldn’t you? // L. B. Lippincott Co.;Penguin Books;Disney

BOOKS self-congratulating. My books that stretch the defi- ones that were not right, issues you do not care ‘easy’ novel. hope is to show that often nitions of a novel but these at that time, for me. These about, have overlooked or The relationship Ned Summers these are not bad books but are often books where books either challenge our struggles you do not un- between book and reader Books Writer they instead reveal fault in difficulty is necessary in expectations of writing or derstand. In One Hundred is deeply personal and our way of reading them. their aims. challenge our expectations Years of Solitude, Gabriel difficult to deconstruct. Each of these descrip- There are bad books but of the world. García Márquez grants us Our fault, as readers, is here is no criti- tions veil a common in many cases the difficult No one can read Harry insight into the Colombian in expecting books to cism more widely criticism: difficulty. To book is not written poorly. Potter and Oliver Twist culture rarely discussed conform to what we want levelled against say a book is dull is to say The fault often lies with in the same way. To in the UK. He opens a them to be before opening book and author that it is harder to absorb us in our approach to expect to breeze through door for insight, but that them, instead of allowing Tthan that of difficulty. I yourself in reading than reading these books. For Dickens at the pace you requires empathy from a them to suggest different was prompted to write this in other media. Many old this I return to my angry would read Rowling is to reader too. Books dealing approaches. The perfect article because of a one- books are dated. Dickens’ Pynchon review which set yourself up for disap- with issues of oppression, relationship is that of star Goodreads review of vocabulary is unusual, ends with: pointment. He is not so like institutional racism, compromise, where you Thomas Pynchon’s The his settings Victorian, and ‘If you enjoy art that hard when you read him, are often written for those allow a book to change Crying of Lot 49. It began: his ghosts are far from makes a statement, try as originally intended, in within the community. your perspective and “A classic English frightening but his stories this book. If you enjoy an environment without Those of us outside the sit- grow from it. Sometimes, majors only book, aka resonate today as they did books for the story they other distractions, such as uation who attempt to read however, as with rela- people like talking about one hundred and ninety tell and the messages you to pass the time on Sunday them should be aware that tionships between people, this book and that they years ago – A Christmas can extract from that story, afternoons. The reviewer these works are not always compromise is difficult. It ‘get it’ make you feel like Carol was even adapted avoid this book. It’s up to above likes to read other written for us. These can is important to remember their intellectual inferior.” into a movie by The you.’ things and writes that be the most difficult books that often compatibility Readers and non-read- Muppets! So datedness Given the great diversity Pynchon is a bad writer to read. A book is not bad isn’t possible even when ers alike may describe is not in itself a criticism of authors and their books, for writing differently. for challenging your base the other has few objective books as dull; some refuse but instead hides the fear the greatest determining He may indeed be a bad beliefs, nor for asking faults. Sometimes, the to approach ‘classics’ that it is too difficult to factor for our enjoyment is writer, but it would not be you to empathize with timing is just wrong. since they are dated distill Dickens’ stories how well our expectations because of the difficulties characters different to whilst others, like our from his language. Many match the book we end up this reviewer had. yourself. When read con- reviewer, will not touch modern classics are reading. The books I’ve Finally, there are books siderately, these books can modern literature because overcomplicated. Authors found most difficult have that weren’t written for be far more enlightening it is overcomplicated and like Pynchon have written not been bad ones but you: books addressing and memorable than any 15

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BOOKS [email protected] Immerse yourself in the tumultuous sea of this 20th century historical drama Books writer Pavan Inguva explains why Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy is an exciting blend of history, personal experience and philosophy.

BOOKS empress of Japan and fashion. Runaway also being reported as Horses was published Pavan Inguva bisexual. His sexuality in 1969, more than a Books Writer was explored in his other year before Mishima’s work, Confessions of a own suicide, giving the Mask, though his wife impression that Mishima lot of great liter- consistently denied this had foreshadowed his ature has served charge. Within the Sea own death. as excellent of Fertility tetralogy, The series also snapshots into elements of his own contains a strong phil- Athe culture and attitudes romantic experiences osophical bent, with of the society that the are quite evidently used Mishima exploring author describes. Yukio in developing the plot of human nature through Mishima’s Sea of Fertility the first book where Ki- the characters and how Tetralogy is a perfect yoaki’s romantic interest they react to the events example of that. The te- was betrothed to a prince unfolding. Honda for tralogy consists of Spring in the royal family which example was initially Snow, Runaway Horses, then catalysed his own characterised as a highly The Temple of Dawn, and passion. As is with such logical person, which The Decay of the Angel, fiery passions, it even- manifested itself in his in that order, and while I tually consumed him, choice to pursue law. have sadly only read two resulting in his death. However, when con- of the four thus far, that Mishima’s own fronted with Kiyoaki’s was enough to leave a pro- thoughts and ideologies reincarnation, his person found impression on me. more significantly shape was profoundly altered Mishima constructs the narrative of the and his thought process a narrative centred second book. Mishima was well documented around the characters held strongly national- throughout. Aspects of of Shigekuni Honda, an istic views and firmly Zen Buddhism and the aspiring law student who believed in the divinity philosophy of reincar- becomes a respected of the Emperor of nation, among other lawyer then judge, and Japan. He also felt that complex ideas, are Kiyoaki Matsugae, who modern developments of explored, particularly appears in the first book industry had pernicious in the third book – I as a fellow student born effects on Japan. am very excited to get to an aristocratic family, After submitting started on that. but is reincarnated as Mishima speaking at the University of Tokyo // KYODO the final chapters of Admittedly, I am various other characters the entire series to his unable to do justice to in subsequent books. In significant change to the ters in the entire series of flux of 20th century publishers, Mishima the intellectual force of constructing the story, fabric of Japanese society besides Kiyoaki and Japan. proceeded to attempt a the series in this short what I found remark- through modernisation Honda, and these char- Mishima’s own life is coup d’état to inspire review but I hope Mishi- able is how Mishima and the increasing influ- acters and their own at- also quite fascinating, restoration of power ma’s own words will weaves both strands of ence of Western thought. titudes and actions shed to say the least, and to the Emperor on the speak for themselves: his own personal life The details and broader light on the spectrum of this translates into his same day. Ostensibly the “If we look on idly, and the flavour of Japan analysis of the Meiji opinions held towards writing. He was born coup failed and Mishima heaven and earth will throughout the 20th era are well explored the zeitgeist of the series’ into an upper mid- proceeded to commit never be joined. To century into a sublime and documented in setting (1912-1975). For dle-class family and ritual suicide after join heaven and earth, read. Mishima’s prolific various works, but any instance, we can see had a strong footing in giving a speech to troops some decisive deed of output of great works meaningful discussion how Kiyoaki’s father, the samurai ethos. The in a Japanese military purity is necessary. To and standing have led of it would be beyond Marquis Matsugae, setting for first book was base that his militant accomplish so resolute to him being nominated this review. However, initially a preeminent in his own alma mater, group had occupied. In an action, you have to for the Nobel Prize in I encourage interested nobleman in Spring the Peers School, and Runaway Horses, Ki- stake your life, giving Literature twice and readers to review 20th Snow, goes on to occupy Kiyoaki’s proclivities yoaki’s reincarnate, Isao no thought to personal the Mishima award was century Japanese history a much humbler status to ‘beauty’ in existing Iinuma, also develops a gain or loss. You have named in his honour. for their own pleasure in Runaway Horses and are clear references to similarly strong nation- to turn into a dragon Spring Snow was set and perhaps an enhanced subsequently even loses his own life. Mishima’s alistic fervour and plots and stir up a whirlwind, in 1912 – the beginning appreciation of the his estate, demonstrating romantic life was not to launch a campaign to tear the dark, brooding of the Taisho period, series. the changing fortunes so straightforward, ‘purify Japan’, failing clouds asunder and soar which followed on from Mishima developed of different characters having been temporarily which Isao also commits up into the azure-blue the Meiji era, a time of an ensemble of charac- and reflecting the state involved with the current suicide in a dramatic sky.” –Runaway Horses 18 Your Union events Friday 3 November BPM Rnb, Deep House, EDM, DnB & more

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FILM [email protected] FILM [email protected] complished performance two teaming up on Days of artist, Tilda Swinton is Being Wild, Ashes of Time, Wonder Women: who rules the silver screen? a remarkable talent who In the Mood for Love, and will likely never gain the 2046. Though she has acclaim she deserves, worked very infrequently Inspired by the discussion on who will succeed Sir Daniel Day-Lewis as the best in the world, we look at the but so long as she keeps this century, she makes making bold choices and this list on the strength of greatest actresses on the planet. Our first part is this week – tune in next week to see who made it to number one! delivering smolderingly the few projects she does intense performances, take. Cheung acts with we’ll keep tuning in to her grace and fire in equal recognisable face. measures, and it is always spellbinding to watch her 8. Maggie Cheung balance these elements in each one of her delicate Best Performances: performances. In the Mood for Love, Clean, Days of Being 7. Naomi Watts Wild, 2046, Hero Best Performances: Raised in Britain and Mulholland Dr., 21 Hong Kong, Cheung’s Grams, Eastern Prom- inclusion on this list is ises, Funny Games, somewhat controversial The Ring 10. Natalie Portman household name and rec- considering that she has performance alone is inated for a terrific perfor- ognisable face. She is best not acted in a film since English Watts struggled good enough to warrant mance in Arrival last year Best Performances: known for her Academy 2010, and it is unclear to gain any traction in the a place on this list. Since while Meryl Streep was Black Swan, Jackie, Award-winning turn in if she will be returning. entertainment industry then she has been best once again invited to the Closer Black Swan, but was There are rumours that until her thirties. Her early in her Oscar-nominated Dolby Theatre for singing equally as mesmerising in she will be returning for career consisted mainly turns in 21 Grams and badly in Florence Foster Bursting onto the last year’s Jackie. Wong Kar Wai’s next of Australian television The Impossible, as well Jenkins, a film where she scene aged 13 in Luc project, Blossoms, and spots, including a recur- as under the wing of great was heavily outshone by Besson’s cult thriller 9. Tilda Swinton going off that, she is ring stint on Home and directors David Cronen- Hugh Grant. To be fair, Léon: The Professional, included. Anyone who has Away, and a number of berg and Michael Haneke she has always been up Portman is one of those Best Performances: seen the best of Cheung, near misses, including au- in Eastern Promises and against solid opposition, few child who has We Need to Talk About a woman renowned for ditioning five times for the Funny Games respective- losing to the likes of Cate managed to maintain a Kevin, Michael Clay- her elegant portrayals female lead in Meet the ly. Yet it is her character Blanchett, Penelope Cruz, constant stream of work ton, Orlando, Burn Af- of fierce women in sim- Parents before being told in Mulholland Dr. that Rachel Weisz, and Melissa From ravishing romance to unsettling intensity // Universal; BBC Films; Universal; Fox Searchlight; The Weinstein Company well into adulthood, and ter Reading, Only Lov- mering dramas, would be she was ‘not sexy enough’ will stick long in the Leo. That being said, she she has done so to great ers Left Alive somewhat surprised that (ugh). Then, at the turn of memory, demonstrating should surely have won FILM It has been posited lead performance in years unjustly beaten again – many times we see these formers, the industry will acclaim. She has worked at the beginning of her the century, the legendary a truly remarkable range, for her tremendously by some that awards gone by. Take last year you can’t escape fuck-ups incredible talents have to soon be left with no choice with a number of notable Though Brit actress career she was typecast David Lynch picked up and making one think that controlled performance in Ashley Luckyram for acting should not be – the two best lead perfor- by the Academy even in play second fiddle to their but to bow down and give filmmakers, including Swinton’s career spans in comedic roles as weak Watts’ headshot, and in a Watts could convince in The Master ahead of Anne Film Editor divided by gender, in the mances by some distance the hypothetical realm). male colleagues, often them the significant roles Besson, Michael Mann, back to the mid 80s, she and clumsy women. That turn of events that eerily any role. Hathaway in Les Misera- same way that they are not were Isabelle Huppert in It is difficult to de- submissively portraying they deserve, and have Wong Kar Wai, George has only really began to be all changed when she was resembles a famous scene bles. Though Adams has for directing or writing, or Elle and Casey Affleck in termine whether this the object of love and lust, deserved for a very long Lucas, Terrence Malick, noticed in the 21st century cast in Wong’s As Tears in his surrealist neo-noir 6. Amy Adams dabbled in blockbuster ollowing the re- any other category for that Manchester by the Sea (if prominence is down to rather than a fully fleshed time. Darren Aronofsky, Pablo when she began taking Go By, a moment Cheung psychological thriller fayre in her role as Lois lease of the trailer matter. The only reason in this hypothetical situa- a particular purple patch out human being with (Note: This is a list of Larrain, , supporting roles in more herself cites as the true masterpiece, cast Watts Best Performances: Lane in the Superman for Sir Daniel the divide stills exists is tion there were still only for women acting in film, their own ideas, thoughts the best actresses working , Tim Burton, mainstream films. Even beginning of her serious as the lead in Mulholland The Master, Junebug, films, she has largely stuck Day-Lewis’ final five nominees then the rest in the sense that many today. It was incredibly Anthony Minghella, then, she only truly came acting career. This would Dr. Watts is astonishing Doubt, American Hus- to working with artistic Ffilm,Phantom Thread, last of the field may well be have emerged together difficult to whittle it down into the public eye with be the start of a fruitful in what is an incredible tle, The Fighter, Arrival auteurs, such as Paul week, I looked at who may “We are in a made up by actresses con- by chance, or whether “Far too many to just ten, and the differ- her Oscar-winning sup- collaboration, with the film, and this dichotomous Thomas Anderson, David attempt to fill his enor- sidering the accomplish- there have always been ence between some on this “Tilda porting role as a ruthless O. Russell, , golden age for times, these mous boots as the finest ments of Natalie Portman vast quantities of great list is negligible. That is a Swinton is far lawyer on the verge of Born in Italy, American Mike Nichols, Denis Vil- actor in the world. There actresses, with in Jackie, Annette Bening actresses, and that in the incredible testament to the astound- a mental breakdown in Amy Adams’ entire leneuve, and Tom Ford. So were a number of excel- in 20th Century Women, past we were only able to ing talent of the women more than a Michael Clayton. Make no filmography is from the long as she continues this lent candidates, and in the the number Sonia Braga in Aquarius see a few due to limited talents play on screen that we have the mistake though – Swinton 21st century, with her career path, surely she will end Day-Lewis’ fellow and Sandra Huller in Toni opportunities in a histor- pleasure of watching work. supporting is far more than a sup- first major role coming one day get up on stage Paul Thomas Anderson of elite female Erdmann, though Adam ically sexist industry. It second fiddle ” Honourable mentions: porting character actress, in Spielberg’s Catch Me to collect a golden statue. collaborator Joaquin Driver was a delight in could be argued that were Jessica Chastain, Viola character well capable of seizing If You Can. However, she Her next opportunity will Phoenix came out on top. stars quite Paterson). An intriguing there more substantial Davis, Kate Winslet, the reigns as a lead, best became unemployed a come in Adam McKay’s While thankfully there is battle, and as devastatingly roles written for women and feelings; their own Saoirse Ronan, Michelle actress” demonstrated in Lynne year later, and her break- 2018 Dick Cheney biopic no such retirement from probably good Affleck is at commu- over the past fifty years, story. I think this time of Williams, Rooney Mara, Ramsay’s We Need to through role didn’t arrive Backseat, starring Chris- our female thespians to outnumbering nicating emotional turmoil we could have seen twenty great actresses has arisen Kristen Stewart, Juliette Talk About Kevin and Jim until 2005’s Junebug, for tian Bale. spark a similar discussion, in his stooped posture and Hepburns instead of just due to a combination of Binoche, Penelope Cruz, Mike Nichols and Miloš Jarmusch’s Only Lovers which she garnered his I have decided to pose the their male mumbled speech, Hup- two. Or more contempo- good fortune providing Meryl Streep, Charlize Forman. Her ability to mix Left Alive. A rock star, an first Oscar nomination. We will be concluding question nonetheless. We pert’s performance was a raries to the likes of Taylor, us with more talented Theron, Judi Dench, powerful performances unfulfilled wife searching Since then, these nods our countdown of the are in a golden age for counterparts ” tour de force that surely Bergman and Leigh. Our artists than ever before, Scarlett Johansson, Laura in the work of critical for more, a vampire rec- have been a regular greatest actresses working actresses, with the number would have come out on pig-headed discrimination and meatier parts finally Linney, Laura Dern, Greta darlings with lighter roles onciling with her partner, occurrence, and yet for today in next week’s issue of elite female screen stars top (although considering by gender has robbed us of beginning to appear, Gerwig, Rachel Weisz, in commercial blockbust- a mother battling to love some reason the Academy of Felix at the very least matching, tradition. It is interesting to she lost the actual real-life great art. That is not to say allowing a platform for Jacki Weaver, Charlotte ers, including the Star her strange child – Swin- seems to hate the extreme- and quite probably out- consider what would have Academy Award to Emma that enough female char- them to showcase their Gainsbourg, Kirsten Wars prequel trilogy and ton’s filmography is one ly likeable Adams. Five numbering the quantity of happened were there just Stone for La La Land, acters are being scripted abilities. With so many Dunst, Elle Fanning, and the first two Thor films, of the most diverse in nominations and no wins. their male counterparts. one Academy Award for she would probably be in the present day. Far too phenomenal female per- Annette Bening) has made Portman a the industry. Also an ac- And she wasn’t even nom- 20 21 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1674

FILM [email protected] FILM [email protected] Luca Guadagnino serves us up a shimmering slice of An exercise in unremitting tension and horror young desire returns with The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which cements his reputation as a master of unease

Hotly-tipped for success at this year’s Academy Awards, Call Me by Your Name is a heady tour-de-force of love and FILM creates with writer and watchful eye of Lanthi- delivers a horrifying piece nerve-wrenching intensity on the role of Artemis, THE KILLING OF A frequent collaborator mos’ camera. He is playing of news to him: either he that set the teeth on edge in reality he is more akin passion in the north of Italy. SACRED DEER Efthymis Filippou. It may Steven, a cardiac surgeon, must kill one of his family perhaps, but comedies to the Greek chorus, be described as detached, who lives in a beautiful members, or they will all none the less – The Killing commenting on the action cerebral, or, perhaps, detached house with his begin to wither away and of a Sacred Deer veers without influencing it. FILM at the house of Emma ‘clinical’. In The Killing of ophthalmologist wife die before his very eyes. much closer to horror. Steven may believe that CALL ME BY YOUR Recchi, a Russian emigre Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos. a Sacred Deer, Lanthimos Anna (Nicole Kidman), The choice is his. There may be comedic bluster and brute force NAME to Milan who has married Script: Yorgos Lanthimos; picks up this descriptor and their two children, Kidman, who has for elements, most notably in may allow his family to into a wealthy industrial Efthymis Filippou. and runs with it, opening Kim (Raffy Cassidy) and a number of years been Filippou’s script, but at its escape their curse, but in family. The film then takes Starring: Colin Farrell; the film with a direct shot Bob (Sunny Suljic). perfecting an exacting, heart the film is an exercise reality there is only one us through a technicolour Nicole Kidman; Barry into the chest cavity of However, things are glacial persona (which in relentless tension and solution: an inescapable Dir: Luca Guadagnino. whirlwind of delicate Keoghan; Raffey Cassidy a man undergoing open not all right in paradise, she has the skill to turn body horror. This intensity ethical decision whose Script: Luca Guadagnino; dishes, which serve both 121 minutes heart surgery; his ribs are and soon Martin (Barry off at any minute – see her is aided and abetted by the endpoint is a bullet, lodged ; Walter as drivers of the plot and cracked open, jacked apart Keoghan) comes onto performance in last year’s soundtrack, built heavily in the sternum of a family Fasano. Starring: Timothée as conveyors of sensuality, Fred Fyles with a retractor, revealing the scene – a strange and Lion for proof), comes around the haunting works member. Chalamet; Armie Hammer; as Emma begins an affair Editor-in-Chief a grotesquely pumping into her own in the role of Russian composer Sofia In many ways, The Michael Stuhlbarg; Amira with a chef, Antonio. heart, almost obscene in of Anna. Lanthimos pulls Gubaidulina, which are Killing of a Sacred Deer Casar. 130 minutes Food took on lesser but its perpetual motion. The “Kidman, who off a similar trick to what reliant on shrieking strings reminds me of Jonathan still central role in his t seems that for Greek whole scene, in classic he achieved with Rachel and ratcheting stabs of Glazer’s Under the Skin, Fred Fyles follow-up, A Bigger director Yorgos Lanthimos fashion, is has perfected Weisz in , accordions. not only for the similari- Editor-in-Chief Splash, where Guadagni- Lanthimos, who soundtracked to Schubert. limiting an actor’s emo- In The Killing of a ties in the score – although no swapped out the bustle directed Dogtooth The bloody gowns a glacial tional palette so they must Sacred Deer, Lanthimos Gubaidulina’s work is far of the city for sun-baked Iand The Alps before and gloves are removed, persona, go deep rather than broad. is drawing on a deeper more intense – but in the rom Maggie island of Pantelleria, making his move into revealing Colin Farrell, Keoghan is similarly and darker wellspring way both films reflect Cheung slipping located between Sicily English-language cinema in a spotless button-down comes into her affecting, delivering a per- of inspiration than ever human behaviour back at out onto the Hong and Tunisia. However, with 2015’s The Lobster, and fancy watch. But this formance with an uncanny before. The title refers to the audience, in a way that Kong streets in A Bigger Splash, which the term ‘clinical’ may is not the warm Farrell own as Anna” sense of otherness and the Greek tragedy of King causes a profound discom- Fher cheongsam, looking took its inspiration from be a compliment. Since of Winter’s Tale, nor the naturalism: he is here to Agamemnon, who – upon fort. In Lanthimos’ work, for some noodles to eat Jacques Deray’s thriller La his breakout feature gruff and grizzled Farrell disrupt simply because killing a deer and angering the dialogue appears like in In the Mood for Love, Piscine, was a dry piece back in 2009, Lanthimos of The Beguiled or In off-putting teenager, who that is in his nature. the goddess Artemis – a paranoiac’s imitation of to the sparks illuminating of filmmaking, as flat and has ploughed the same Bruges, oh no. This is the crashes down on the family While Dogtooth must kill his daughter if he human speech; it’s like a the faces of the Danish sun-baked as its island furrow, excelling in cold, quietly rational Farrell of like a giant, menacing and The Lobster were wants his ships to sail to funhouse mirror project- ascetics in Babette’s Feast setting. flat affect and a unique- The Lobster, a figure who cuckoo. He is intimately broadly comedies – jet- Troy. Lanthimos is telling ing back a simulacrum of as they are served the meal “I saw Armie Hamer was wearing a Star of David pendant, so I bought a Star of David pendant” // Sony Pictures Classics ly-awkward dialogue he only comes out under the linked to Steven, and black comedies with a language. of a lifetime, cinema and If Greek drama can food have always been “As in villa to assist Elio’s father native take on his haunting cast is small, but Michael a year in which he argues “The tension teach us anything, it is a powerful combination. Lyle (Michael Stuhlbarg) track Futile Devices, Stuhlbarg is captivating as “the ’70s are killed, when that violence rarely means Food can serve as a pro- Guadagnino’s in research. adding to the affective Elio’s father, delivering an everything that was great is aided and the end of the story: in cess of mourning, as it Food again takes on a atmosphere. emotive speech at the end about the ’70s is definitely The Oresteia, Aeschylus’ does for Rooney Mara’s previous work, starring role, standing in Hammer continues the of the film that forms the shut down.” And thus abetted by the retelling of the story of character in A Ghost food takes on a for thwarted desires and indie run he has enjoyed heart of the two-hour-long the summer of Call Me soundtrack, Iphigenia, Agamemnon’s Story, who devours a pie tempestuous attraction, with Free Fire and Noc- work. by Your Name must also actions result in his death in its entirety following starring role” taking on a fetishistic-like turnal Animals, delivering In a number of ways, inevitably come to an end, which draws at the hands of his wife the death of her husband quality: soft-boiled eggs a performance that is Call Me By Your Name, with a winter scene at Clytemnestra, who is before throwing it back spray bright orange yolk brimming with confidence with its sun-dappled, the end of the film that is heavily on the killed in turn by their son up; it can be a source of in- In comparison, Call across starched tablecloths and energy, yet conceals northern Italian location, astonishing in its intensity. Orestes. While Lanthimos dependence and strength, Me by Your Name, which whilst mounds of ripe hidden depths. Even more and its air of insouciance With Call Me by Your work of Sofia does not end the film with as it is for Penélope Cruz’s is based on the novel by apricots pile up in bowls, engaging, however, is and endless days, brings Name, Guadagnino Gubaidulina” more overt violence, it character in Almodóvar’s André Aciman and forms to say nothing of a certain Chalamet’s turn in the to mind Vittorio de Sica’s returns to the northern is clear that the events of Volver; and it can also be the final instalment of scene involving a peach, film; his Elio is sensitive The Garden of the Fin- Italian climate where his the film will exact a form a source of sexual tension, Guadagnino’s ‘Desire’ which set the internet and vulnerable, tentatively zi-Continis, adapted from inspiration grows best. It’s a tale as old as human of psychic pain upon the as anyone who saw Adèle trilogy, is near-obscene chattering last month. caught between adoles- Giorgio Bassani’s 1962 a coming-of-age tale that civilization, of outcomes family. Similar feelings Exarchopoulos in Blue is in its fecund vibrancy. Music also plays a key cence and adulthood. Cha- novel. While Call Me by avoids all the trite cliches predestined to occur, of will be evoked in the the Warmest Colour can Taking as its setting a element in Call Me by lamet’s features perfectly Your Name doesn’t have found in other films; an ad- inescapable fated to which audience. The Killing attest. As Fellini report- sumptuous villa in the Your Name, as it did in resemble those of Greek the ominous threat of aptation of a much-loved characters are drawn with of a Sacred Deer is not edly said: “Never trust a northern Italian country- his last two films: John statuary, but any concerns Fascism in the background book that has managed to a steady inevitability. an enjoyable watch, but woman who doesn’t like side during an early-80s Adams returns, evoking that he might have been – which draws shadows retain all the wonder that Like many protagonists in the most interesting to eat. She is probably summer, Call Me by Your the marriage between his chosen for his looks rather across the life of the made Guadagnino one to of Classical drama, Steven and – paradoxically – en- lousy in bed.” Name tells of the growing minimalist bombast and than his skill are quickly Jewish family in de Sica’s watch when he released I is a man blinded by joyable way. It does what Luca Guadagnino is attraction between Elio Guadagnino’s well-tem- dashed away, as he delivers film – there are similar Am Love. It’s a postcard cowardice and a sense of all great horror films do, a filmmaker well versed (Timothée Chalamet), a pered camera that caused an emotionally-rich themes centring around from an eternal summer, self-importance, refusing and delivers a shock, one in the erotic qualities of precocious 17-year-old great effect in I Am Love, performance. Both have the loss of innocence: the kind that you only to tell his wife about the akin to being left in an food and eating: his 2009 with a talent for music, and but the soundtrack on the been tipped for Academy Guadagnino has spoken of miss once it’s gone – rich terrifying prophecy until icy bath: while the initial breakthrough I am Love Oliver (Armie Hammer), whole is softer, and more Award success later in the decision to transpose and heady and full of raw both his children are made chill might fade, the cold begins with an elaborate a graduate student in his piano-led. Sufjan Stevens the year, and for good the events of the original emotion. bed-bound. While some remains in the marrow, dinner being prepared mid-20s, who comes to the contributes with an alter- reason. The supporting novel from 1987 to 1983, Nicole Kidman is one BAMF // A24 may see Martin as taking deep inside the viewer. 22 23 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

TELEVISION [email protected] Mindhunter – true crime binge TV Producer David Fincher’s influences are enough to keep this gritty cross section of 70s police culture moving forward.

However, we see that plot device allowing us to these interviews detailing see how Groff’s character the heinous crimes have a changes from an upstand- large psychological toll on ing member of the agency his character, leading his to somebody who has family life to be strained, gotten in too deep with the and even causing him psyche of the serial killer. to take a break from the However, this is clunkily interviews. The idea that implemented into the this seemingly granite show and it sometimes felt that these scenes were just jammed in as time fillers. “The This is perhaps because the viewer just sees her as introduction of Ford’s student girlfriend rather than a complex Holdon Ford’s character of her own. relationship The show approaches its setting and time period with Debbie quite well, giving an au- thentic feel of a time when is clunkily there was much hostility towards the FBI in the implemented, USA. It also shows how and sometimes the agency wanted to shed its image of ‘Hoover’s feels like a time boys’ to a world leading highly successful special filler” police force. It deals with “Shit, did I leave the oven on?” // Netflix the stigma of homosexu- ality within government TELEVISION were perfect in Fincher’s Torv), a Boston University to do well is the intense, character is ground down agencies at the time Zodiac. Jonathan Groff social sciences professor, intimate interview scenes by these interviews is well through Wendy’s charac- MINDHUNTER plays Holden Ford, an FBI and further characters ap- with the serial killers the executed over the course ter as she is led to live a SEASON 1 agent who is motivated to pearing later in the series. agents are studying. Most of the series and adds an double life at home and at understand why it is that There is an over-arching notably, the recurring extra dimension to the work. A lot of the scenes criminals act the way they plot at the beginning of character and real-life rough, military types we exhibit the film-making do, and the motivations of every episode showing killer, Edmund Kemper, are used to watching in techniques perfected by Creator: Joe Penhall. serial killers in particular. an unknown serial portrayed brilliantly these scenarios. Fincher in this genre in Starring: Jonathan Groff; This leads to Ford joining killer (well, unknown to by Cameron Britton. On the other hand, Seven and Zodiac, but at Holt McCallany; Hannah up with the behavioural Britton’s portrayal of the Holden Ford seems to take no point do they feel like Gross; Anna Torv. sciences solo unit at the sociopathic killer is well an emotionless approach a stale rehash of these FBI, run by Bill Tench “Mindhunter executed and probably the to the grisly world he has works. The offices scenes, (Holt McCallany). Agents stand out performance of thrown himself into. He cold and dimly lit, are James T. Smith Ford and Tench want displays an the series, with the effects is reminiscent of a film what Fincher does best, TV Writer to expand the unit from of his visceral explana- noir detective, working and Mindhunter is no being just “profiling road ambition to tions of his crimes causing his way through crimes different. school” to a scientific in- have enough psychological damage to coolly and calmly whilst Mindhunter’s first indhunter is quiry of what causes these the agents investigating he leads these interviews. season promises to set a gritty 10 random killings. There is plot to last him throughout the series. Yet he seems to slowly in motion an interesting part Netflix constant internal scrutiny This is not to mention the pick up the characteristics crime drama, which has crime drama from the FBI about the several striking resemblance that of these characters and great potential to go on Mset in 1977, based on worth of this unit from Britton holds to the man, incorporates them into his to be one of Fincher’s John E. Douglas and their boss, Shepard (Cotter seasons” proving that casting is a own personality which classics. However, some Mark Olshaker’s book of Smith). The series then fol- crucial element of a good climaxes in the season’s of the episodes were stale the same name. Listing lows these characters try biopic. final episode. and focused too much on Charlize Theron and to learn why ‘spree killers’ agent Ford and Tench), Tench is a highly mas- Early in the series FBI bureaucracy rather David Fincher among exist, and to understand preparing to commit the culinised agent, visiting he starts a relationship than focusing on what its producers, the show the psychology of their ac- murders, displaying the local police departments with a girl called Debbie is obviously the show’s takes tips from both stars’ tions by interviewing them show’s ambition to have to teach them techniques, (Hannah Gross) whom he strongest asset: the thrill- previous work, most in prison. Subsequently, enough plot to last several but mainly socialising meets in a cliché bar scene. ing interview scenes with notably the camera work the team expands, with the seasons. and having a laid-back She is seemingly put in the psycho-killers. and atmosphere, which unit hiring Wendy (Anna What Mindhunter seems approach to the job. series to act purely as a 24 FELIX ISSUE 1674

TRAVEL [email protected] When in Rome: a weekend-getaway in the Eternal City Travel Editor Edita Pileckyte takes us through her guide to a whirlwind tour of Rome

entry to the Roman Forum variety of delicious pizzas. and Palatine Hill. I also It’s more popular amongst visited the Museum of the the locals than tourists and Risorgimento that offers is therefore cheaper. Since a mesmerising panorama this place was close to the of the city. Since I had River Tiber, I completed some time left, I walked my trip by taking a walk the lively streets in the along the river and back to city centre, and visited the the Coliseum, which was famous Trevi fountain and beautifully lit up for the the Pantheon on my way. evening. However, the visit BEWARE: tourist traps! I cannot stress this enough. Street sellers are “I completed very persistent and will do anything to get your my trip by money. During my visit, many were pestering the taking a walk tourists in the queue to along the river the Coliseum, offering the overpriced ‘jump- Tiber after a the-line’ tickets, when the entry was free that The Eternal City, as viewed from upon high // Edita Pileckyte slice of pizza, day anyway. Though the tours were real, it’s still a TRAVEL fascinating cities I’ve place was closed for sight- tour wasn’t really worth it and back to huge rip-off. But the most visited. I went there on seeing on Sunday, I rushed (or at least I was unlucky). the Coliseum, infamous example is the Edita Pileckyte a cold weekend in early to see everything on the The guide would just people aggressively trying Travel Editor December last year. Well, short Saturday afternoon mumble something, which was to sell flowers, souvenirs, it was cold in London, I had left. Unfortunately, which was impossible toys, and whatnot to but Rome welcomed me being a still-inexperienced to hear most of the time, beautifully lit anyone passing by. If you mong all the with mild Mediterranean tourist, I managed to fall and still didn’t manage to touch any of that, you’ll deadlines and weather and unforgettable straight into a tourist trap. show us everything in the up” be pressured to pay. Some stress, we de- sights. What amazed me It was one of those guided museums. So coming in might even start a friendly serve some time the most were the majestic walking tours, advertised late and without a guide to Italy wouldn’t be conversation with you, try Aoff, so we can recharge and remains of ancient on the street: I was told might have been the same complete without feasting to shake your hand and stay happy, healthy, and buildings, distributed all the lines to Vatican are experience, only much on pasta and pizza. I was slip something in it, and productive. And travelling across the modern city and very long and there was no cheaper! Regardless, the recommended a bakery then demand money. So be is one of the best ways responsible for its charm. way I could see everything Vatican was very pretty called Antico Forno vigilant and stay safe! to do that, am I right? I Impossibly grand, they by the closing time. So I and well worth seeing, Roscioli that offers a assume you agree since were built without any especially if you’re into you’re reading the Travel modern technology and art. You can also partici- section. Well, lucky for us managed to survive for “I arrived pate in Sunday Mass with travellers, it’s possible to centuries. the Pope in St. Peter’s visit most European cities Since I arrived in Rome in Rome on Basilica or Square. The in just one weekend, since on a Saturday afternoon tickets are free but need the distances are relatively and had to leave Sunday Saturday, and to be collected at the short and flights are af- night, I didn’t have much left on Sunday, ticket office in advance. fordable. Just earlier last time to explore the city. However, the museums week, Ryanair released But I was determined so I was are closed on Sundays, tickets between the UK to make the most of it except for the last Sunday and some European desti- and committed to a busy determined of every month, when the nations starting from just weekend. I wasn’t going entry is also free. £5 one way. The offer was to miss out on anything to make the But my Sunday was valid until midnight only, – this might be my first most of a busy dedicated to sightseeing but Ryanair releases such and only time in Rome in Rome. Coincidentally, deals from time to time, so for all I know! The very weekend” I was there on the first it’s possible to score cheap first place I visited was the weekend of the month, tickets if you keep an eye Vatican City – the smallest when entry to Coliseum out. country in the world gave in and bought a €40 is free. The queue was There are plenty of and home to the Pope. It tour instead, which was very long but moved quite interesting weekend-trip boasts St. Peter’s Basilica, supposed to let me cut the swiftly. The Coliseum was destinations, but this the Sistine Chapel, and line and give me enough worth the wait anyway, time let’s talk about museums with famous time to look around especially given the free Rome – one of the most works of art. Since the properly. However, the entry, which also included St. Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican // Edita Pileckyte 25 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1674

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Grub’s up! Felix Food’s guide to campus food 11. BEIT: 568/UNION BAR 10. COLLEGE CAFÉ They sell a large range of food from curries to burritos. The cheesy curly fries have The overflow café for business It’s just gone midday, campus is heaving, and you’ve got a fiver burning a hole in your pocket. Let our Food Editors a cult following. Members of arts societies that rehearse in Beit practically live off school students when they want to them. It was actually suggested that I write “An Ode to Curly Fries” to accompany branch out from their underground Alice Davage and Chun Yuan Hii take you on a culinary tour of where to get some decent food. this article; not this week I’m afraid, but watch this space. The nachos come covered in Business School Café next to a mountain of dip and cheese. I am rarely able to finish the nachos-for-one myself, and the metal cylinder. It has outside usually end up sharing it with friends who eagerly reach for the bowl when I admit defeat, seating on Dalby Court, which is so I can’t imagine how big the nachos-for-two is. How do they fit it in a bowl? well-used when the sun is shining 1. JCR Remember your table number when you go to the bar to order and bring your ID card. They will ask to and therefore not very often. Good see it and it is no fun pushing back through groups of people in order to fetch it from your bag, just to dive barista coffee. The canteen with blue tables has a standard deli selling fancy baguettes and a back through the throngs to return to the bar. canteen with all the normal lunch grub (boxed sandwiches, crisps, etc.). Pieminster sells gourmet pie and mash. A little pricey but sometimes they do discounts so look out for those. They offer a range of gravy, including vege- tarian and red wine flavoured. Apparently, “the mash is lit” – not my words. 9. FUSION 54 I pretty much survived off the steamed buns that Far East sold for £1.80ish during first year. Cheap, filling, and healthy. So popular that it always had a What’s that queue for? You might have never heard of it before, but I ridiculously long queue at lunchtime filled with loyal customers. I am sad to bet you’ve seen the long queue snaking out of a little outlet right opposite say that Tanpopo has now replaced it, which is good in its own right, but just the Union shop, squeezed between JCR and SCR. Aptly called Fusion, not the same. The snacks, such as Gyoza (Japanese dumplings), will set you this shop sells a variety of Western and Eastern food with a heavy Indian back about £2.50. For a more filling lunch you can pick up some Katsu curry or note. Meal options include pasta, fried rice, and biryani rice. If you’re a teriyaki salmon, which of course is more pricey than the snacks, but perhaps worth it vegetarian, fret not: vegetarian dishes are served every day, varying from if you’re a big Katsu fan. Tanpopo also display their menu on TV screens: how high-tech of them. arrabbiata penne to pilau rice with lentil curry. The menu changes every 11 day so you’ll never get bored! A box costs £3.95 and you can mix and match whichever dishes tickle your fancy, even if it’s pouring a spoonful of chicken curry over the creamy pasta. No judgement at all. Sandwiches and wraps are also available and will be toasted on order. Favourites include beef pasta bake, coconut rice, and shashlik wraps. 2. LIBRARY CAFÉ One of the few locations on campus that actually serves barista coffee. Perfect for those all night study sessions when the instant (well, automatic-machine produced) coffee that is most commonly found on campus just doesn’t satisfy the needs of the 8. QUEENS TOWER ROOMS caffeine addicts. They are easily spotted in a crowd: look out for the people that walk 10 around campus like zombies if denied their daily fix. Thank God the Library Café is open until 23:00 on weekdays. Lots of last minute lab reports and group work would 2-course meal for £6? suffer were it not. 3 Queens Tower Room is famed for its value for money – where Their range of sugary treats is also surprisingly good. My personal 4 9 1 7 else could you get a main, a side, a drink and a dessert/soup for favourite is the red velvet cheesecake. It is, however, deceptively named: it is in fact 8 under a tenner? There are several counters: Wok, Main, and Copper a (delicious) red velvet cake with the buttery biscuit base of a cheesecake (subtle Pots, where they sell differently themed food. Quick review: Wok is throwback to that vintage meme). Admittedly, the name ‘red velvet cake:cheese- 6 edible but meh, rice from Copper is disgusting, criss cross fries are cake hybrid’ may be too long to fit on a label, so I’ll forgive the mislabelling on this amazing. The desserts are the best part – all the cakes and fruit bowls occasion and praise the culinary creativity instead. The triangular chocolaty, nutty, 2 you can choose from. QTR’s daily menus are posted on Imperial’s fruity, caramelly things are also yummy. website and a great way to try to stay awake in a boring lecture is If you find yourself staying back unexpectedly late on campus (poor you), you browsing through them. Thinking about lunch will keep you awake. may be heading to the Library Café to fill a hole in your rumbling stomach. For best Wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea… value for money, opt for a jacket potato. Warming, filling, and cheaper than buying 5 a sandwich if you choose to only have butter with it (costing just over £1). The full meals are far more expensive, costing in excess of £4. Shout-out to the staff who make an effort to decorate the place for special occasions. This week you will find a real Halloween pumpkin on top of the dessert glass cabinet and spider web paper chains hanging up. Cheers for that.

3. SCR 5. SAF CAFÉ 6. FARMER’S MARKET 7. EASTSIDE Unfortunately, the farmer’s market only takes over the area around the Queen’s Tower People are still bitter about the A popular lunch venue for students of all disciplines, not just the medics and life scientists (yes, it is their building on Tuesdays, but I thought it deserved a mention regardless. Calling it a “farmer’s” removal of cooked breakfast. Similar to the union but with too). Although, this is mainly due to the lack of needing an ID card to enter the building and the comfy sofas market is a bit of a stretch as it doesn’t sell very much fresh farm produce i.e. fruit a classier vibe and a bit more hidden behind the staircase. Its popularity has led to massive queues at lunchtime. So a word of advice, buy your and veg. Instead, it sells fancy lunch street food (similar to the food markets found expensive. If you fancy a break food before the stampede of medic freshers descend the front staircase at 12 o’clock and please, oh please, have at Camden Lock and by the live music venue on Portobello Road), which we all from the chaos of the union and your ID card ready at the till. probably prefer anyway, so no harm done. Like most trendy markets, there is a bias have the urge to eat somewhere 4. H-BAR The coffee machines have had an upgrade since last year and with it comes an upgrade in prices too. Personal- towards organic, vegan, and gluten free food. with a more defined restau- ly, I think the fancier machines are worth the slight added cost. The coffee tastes better and the cappuccinos have It can at first seem a bit expensive, but most of the portion sizes for meals are big, rant-like ordering system, then Just for postgrads, so sadly better foam. Plus, the hot chocolate, weirdly named ‘dark chocolate’, is very rich and therefore better than most particularly for the curries, paella, and other foods cooked in a wok. So either go hungry Eastside may just be the place I have never eaten here. Appar- machine hot chocolates, which can be tasteless/taste of powder, if powder can have a taste. or share with a friend is my advice. It also offers seasonal food, for instance the autumnal for you. ently, the lecturers eat here to avoid For the healthier amongst you, the SAF Café also sells a range of smoothies. One of them features kale. No pumpkin lasagne, which has an oddly sweet edge but is balanced with savoury parmesan cheese which bumping into their students over surprises there really. somehow works. The pizza is tasty but messy, so get a paper plate and sit down; otherwise, you are going lunch. Fair enough. A friend of mine made the following bold claim, “the cheese Cornish pasty is better than Greggs.” to end up with toppings all over your t-shirt.

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Documentary screening: Club, Society & Project The Refugee Diaries Accreditation Scheme Focus Group

MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2017 | 18:15 - 19:30 WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2017 | 17:00 - 18:30 Blackett/Physics LT2 Meeting Room 4, Union Building, Beit Quad

We are screening the BBC documentary series The Refugee Diaries Introducing Student Activities’ pilot scheme for 2017/18 - the Club, with FREE BEN AND JERRYS ice cream!!! Society & Project Accreditation Scheme!

After his home was bombed, Thaer fled civil war in Syria searching Due to be launched in the Autumn term we are looking for volunteers to for a safer life. After a terrifying journey across Europe, and months in provide feedback and input on the scheme including: the Calais Jungle, he eventually made it to the UK. BBC Three follows • Criteria Thaer and his dream to restart his studies that were cut off by the • Branding war. • Rewards • Promotion • Timescales Please sign up here: https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/whats-on/ event/5388 if you wish to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Please note: sign ups close Tuesday 07 November, 12.00 PM

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES [email protected] More information for the (https://goo.gl/vAV4TN) and you are free to join social can be found on the has all the most up to date at any point in term. We event page (https://goo.gl/ information so definitely have our own Christmas BeNbfq). check it out. Let’s get concert in December and Classes can be bought Imperial dancing! perform at other Christ- online in advance from the mas concerts inside and Union website as well as § outside of Imperial. Later on the door! DI members in the year, we take part get reduced rates, and IC GOSPEL CHOIR in the annual University best of all membership Gospel Choir of the Year to DI is free, so join to Imperial College competition, have our take advantage of cheaper Gospel Choir is an en- Easter concert, and also classes. The pricing for the ergetic and fun-loving perform at culture society workshop is as follows: family. We are a non-audi- shows. So, if you are keen Student taught class: tioned choir and no formal to challenge yourself and £3 (DI member) / £4 singing experience is nec- perform, you are welcome, (non-member) essary. All we ask is that but if you just want the Student taught 5 class you bring your passion community and to build up pass: £12 (DI member) / and enthusiasm – we can your confidence singing, £16 (non-member) help with the rest. We you are also welcome. IC Gospel Choir feeling the spirit at My Old Dutch // IC Gospel Choir Professional taught are also looking for band You can email gospel. class: £5 (DI member) / £7 members, so if you play [email protected] to BAKING SOCIETY And last but not least, you with a weekend full of (non-member) an instrument and want to join our mailing list or if ‘Creative, Spontaneous amazing classes. Professional pass: accompany a choir, we’d you have any questions. Imagination, enthu- Baking’ (CSB) is also In addition to normal £16 (DI member) / £20 love to have you. You can also like our siasm, and happiness encouraged – ever thought classes taught by Imperial (non-member) - covers Rehearsals are on Facebook page (Imperial are at the heart of Bake of just making up your students, we’re lucky ALL classes taught by Monday evenings from College Gospel Choir) and Soc. We are a friendly, own recipe from scratch? enough to have profes- professionals 18:30 – 20:30 (venue follow us on Instagram (@ social society welcoming 130g flour or 200g? 4 sional instructors for The Facebook event included in weekly emails) icgospelchoir). students of all abilities eggs or 5? Now’s the Beginners Belly Dance, – from those who have time to experiment! The K-Pop, Charleston, and never used the oven to best original recipes by West Coast Swing. This those who are ready to members of the club will is a great chance to attend enter the Great British be featured in the official professionally taught Bake Off! We host fort- Bake Soc recipe book at classes at a bargain price. nightly, themed potlucks the end of the year. Join Come to as many where you can meet new us and get baking! And if classes as you like, you people, share recipes, and you have any questions, can drop in and out, go to eat an assortment of tasty feel free to contact us at your regular classes and treats, as well as monthly baking-society@imperial. try out new styles. outings to bakeries around ac.uk ! Plus if all that dancing London. There will also wasn’t enough, on the be exciting workshops § Saturday we have a social from gelato production to DANCE IMPERIAL with FREE PIZZA from cookie chaos! WORKSHOP 8pm and drinks at the We always welcome WEEKEND union after that. You must ideas from members so have attended at least one whether you want to go Dance Imperial’s (DI) class to be eligible for to a chocolate factory or Workshop Weekend is the free food, but with go on a bakery crawl, just back. This year EIGHT the classes being such speak to us and we’ll see different societies have good value for money what we can whip up! come together to provide it is definitely worth it! Watch out for them on the next series of GBBO! // IC Bake Soc

YOUR WEEK MONDAY 6TH TUESDAY 7TH WEDNESDAY 8TH THURSDAY 9TH FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER AHEAD NOVEMBER NOVEMBER DOCUMENTARY: THE SEMINAR: DR. PATRIK CHORAL EVENSONG IMPERIAL COLLEGE H-BAR BIRTHDAY REFUGEE DIARIES JONES SPEAKERS MEETING Nothing planned other IC Chamber Choir ICU Student Action for Refugees Synthetic Biology Society IC Speakers Club than writing up lab 17.30-18.30, Holy Trinity 18.00-01.00, h-bar reports and shovelling 18.15-19.30 18.00-20.00, CAGB LT300 Church (Prince Consort Road) 18.15-20.15, Huxley 140 (naturally) Blackett LT2 curly fries into your Dr. Patrik Jones will be IC Chamber Choir will Imperial College Speakers Your favourite place to go mouth? Student Action for Refu- giving a fascinating talk be partaking in a choral Toastmasters Club helps when you’ve had enough gees is screening the BBC on the development of ad- evensong at Holy Trinity undergraduate and post- of undergrads turns 4 this documentary series The vanced biofuels. Beer and Church. Come along for graduate students improve week! Come and cele- Then why not check Refugee Diaries, which pizza will be served! an evening of quiet reflec- their public speaking, brate with a silent disco out some of the cool documents one man’s tion – admission is free, critical listening, and and birthday cake! stuff that’s on this journey to the UK. Free and all are welcome. interpersonal skills! week! Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. Free for guests!

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HANGMAN [email protected] Hangman College to cut down on hours of sunlight at campus HANGMAN three: sunlight will “numerous studies have be available between found that students will NegaFelix 10-11am and 2-4pm each innately seek warmth and Editor-in-Chief day. In a statement ac- comfort. By reducing both companying details of the the levels of sunlight and changes, the College made the temperature across With lab reports and it clear that “since our in- campus, students will be deadlines looming, ception, Imperial has not driven by instinct towards students are turning to made any direct money the warmest place on out of the sun, so we are campus: Imperial Central the void for emotional excited for this new devel- Library, which will be support. opment.” They also stated floodlit at all times. We that the new solar panel predict that these changes arlier this week, would “provide all the will result in a sharp Imperial College energy needed to power improvement in exam announced our world-class research, results.” wide-ranging An artist’s impression of what Imperial’s sun-disk would look like // Flickr while also allowing us to The Deputy President Echanges to their Campus divest from fossil fuels.” (Welfare) will be distrib- Sunlight policy, which last Sunday, a number of artificially manipulating perpetually hover above Felix spoke to Harry uting vitamin D tablets will come into play at the changes are being made to the weather – reported the South Kensington Thibault, Vice Provost to all Constituent Union end of this month. sunlight hours and micro- that Imperial has finished campus. (Cloud-Seeding and Presidents later this week, As well as ending climates across Imperial construction on its sun- As a result of the sun- Sunshine), who explained to avoid another outbreak British Summer Time, campuses. Sunlight disk: a large circular solar disk, the College will that the reduction in of rickets across campus. which reset the clocks to Services – the branch of panel, measuring 1.2 km be cutting the available daylight hours would Greenwich Mean Time College that deals with in diameter, which will sunlight hours down to be a benefit to students:

Crowds at the lecture were shouting “give me das Nichts, or give me death” before being removed // Flickr Existential Dread Society event evacuated after ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO This week you are This week the barista This week you are the This week you attempt This week interest rates This week you hear a Constituent Union in the library cafe shows horoscope writer, and to use what you’ve picked go up, so you phone your everyone talking excitedly overcrowding mascot, and you just off his latte art skills and a joke made last week up in the first month of friend in the Business about a new hack-space in want to be left in peace draws you a little love about the library cafe a chemistry degree to School to explain what White City. You wonder to slowly rust in a corner. heart. Enjoy it, it’s as closing leads to countless make your own fireworks. this means for prices in why they changed the HANGMAN entitled “Why your life has that around 500 students we do ever really matters.” really get it. Now that I’ve inspired by Simone de Please. close to intimacy as you’ll panicked emails. You You’re only slightly SAF Café. Big mistake, venue of Union Council. no meaning, and nobody turned up to the event, One attendant Felix handed in my first lab Beauvoir’s headwear. get. revel in your power. singed, but it’ll take a you can’t get them to shut NegaFelix will really remember your resulting in overcrowding; spoke to said that the report though, I can see the Not everyone was happy while for your eyebrows up. Editor-in-Chief name”, proved so popular two students required lecture had inspired her endless abyss stretching with the society’s success, to grow back. that precautions had to be medical assistance after to change her working out before me, extending however: we spoke to one taken to prevent injuries. overheating and/or having habits: “before I was to the horizon.” member of Union Council, With lab reports and Eye-witnesses report an existential crisis. taking everything very Existential Dread Soc who was deeply distressed deadlines looming, We spoke to Timothée seriously,” she said, “but was formed early last by the events. “Everyone students are turning to Lyons, Chair of Existential now I’ve been reading academic year, and has is putting forward papers “As people are Dread Soc, who thought lots of Heidegger, and spent the past 12 months about how democracy the void for emotional the large attendance was I’ve realised: my degree is in the Union’s New Ac- is a shallow facade, de- support. beginning to a reflection of mounting only part of the everyday tivities Incubator – Lyons signed to hide the futile pressures this term: “We chatter, the gerede, which described the wait to be an scratching at life’s surface get snowed didn’t have a massive keeps me from being able independent club as “an we all engage in on a ampus security under with lab amount of interest during to see the void that exists excruciating torment of daily basis,” he said, “but LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES had to be called Freshers’ Fair – people at the centre of life. So nothingness.” nobody will take the time to the Union reports, they looked at our name I’ve stopped going to lec- The society are capi- to review my update to the This week you hear This week you decide This week you find This week you hear This week you decide This week you’re Dining Hall and presumed we were tures. I’m now much more talising on this renewed Mascotry Policy.” about the plans to pay the to relive your fresher out that your Constituent about the Alumni Visitor to start taking divestment a multinational Clast night, after a huge want to hear just another consulting content about my insig- interest by reaching out Existential Dread GSU President, and try to experience and move back Union mascot is a giant Centre, and how you can seriously, beginning by organisation, and you number of people at- company. However, as nificance in the universe, to other student societies Society will be running a make your own claim for into halls. The student thermometer, and you feel get free Rubicon, but then not turning up for your get upset that an article tended Existential Dread an hour-long people are beginning to which puts the 2:2s I’m across campus: DramSoc ‘Kierkegaardians on tour’ remuneration, citing ‘an hub lose your application, deeply, deeply ashamed. you find out you don’t 9am lectures. These a student paper has Society’s first event of explaination get snowed under with lab getting into perspective.” have already started trip to Denmark early next invaluable contribution to so you spend a week count as an alumnus if buses aren’t good for the published might hurt your the term. reports and coursework, A fresher who spoke rehearsals on a season year. Activities include student life’. The Union sleeping in the library. you were kicked out. environment, ya’know. reputation. Don’t worry, The event, a lecture of why nothing it’s understandable that so to us said, “I bought my of Sartre and Beckett, discussions about what tell you your meme pages Still a better commute we already all think from Dr Michael Chalet, many people would want membership in the first while Fashion and Design pain can teach us, medi- don’t count. than Woodward. you’re evil. Professor of Continental we do matters” to hear an hour-long ex- week because I thought it Society have begun work ations on the meaning of Philosophy at UCL, planation of why nothing sounded cool, but I didn’t on a capsule collection angst, and paddle-boating. 30 31 FR IDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2017 FELIX

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