Amy Winehouse’s sophomore album, Back to black, is a rare breed of work. From its defiant, hellraising opening single: Rehab to the final few chords of Sam Cooke’s ska standard Cupid, it it is blatantly obvious that immense creativity flourishes under immense pain. A distinct break from her neo-jazz 2003 debut Frank, it has all the […]
Month: November 2017
A wonderful collection of Freedom poems by Emily, India, Jess, Ben, Brooke, Seb, Mila, Sophia, Amba, Maddy & Elise.
Emily Morris Free Leaves To me, the cars are bears People are giants And houses are planets The other oak trees are my neighbours And I am one of many leaves. Gushing winds blow us around most of the time And some of my family and friends Fly off and land […]
Elise (Y12) reflects on her ‘language journey’ – from counting to ten at 18 months old to writing for ‘Stamford Living’ at 16.
I was born in the North West of England on the Wirral where I lived until I was seven. My close family are from the Wirral, Liverpool, Wales and Bangladesh so I grew up hearing a range of different accents. Therefore, with my mixed blood and all my family’s different accents I always had quite […]
Skipper Holly blogs sailing on Rutland Water.
Great training session on Saturday with some very close racing against Oundle School. We won two out of three races being especially successful on the downwind leg of the course. I think the pictures say it all really! Thanks, as ever to Dr C! Holly Jones (Sailing team captain)
Izzy blogs about all the opportunities of The Medical Society.
The Medical Society is a group of hopeful Medics, headed by Mrs Furby, who meet up every Saturday morning. We learn what a future in medicine would entail and practice skills needed to get into Medical School. Last Saturday, the MedSoc team had an intense morning! With everyone having sent off their applications for medicine […]
Sailing Team Captain Holly Blogs about the Firefly Inland Nationals.
Last weekend members of Stamford Sailing Team including, Frankie Nicholson, Issy Leetch, Alice Lucy, Ollie Fraser, Holly Jones, Ellie Hattam and Ewan McAnally competed in the Firefly Inland Nationals. The team had two great days of racing in challenging, windy conditions, racing against a large fleet containing several firefly national champions. The weekend was very […]
Isabella Blogs about The London Fashion Festival.
LONDON FASHION WEEKEND FESTIVAL 2017 The London Fashion Festival was held at The Strand, from the 21st to the 24th of September. The Fashion Week was first launched in 1984 and has remained a pinnacle for home grown and international Designers ever since. The Weekend Festival has opened up the world of London Fashion to […]
Remember how you wish to be remembered and live your life accordingly, Blogs OS Angus Norriss (92)
I must apologise for the delay I have taken to write this entry. I have been trying to find and remember philosophical lines of guidance that may inspire you. Well, in that time I stumbled across a hallmark of inspiration which binds, me, you and Stamford School. It is Remembrance Weekend. As you all know […]
Kasia blogs Bravery not Perfection
Bravery, Not Perfection We all know how stereotypes work. You know that girls like pink, and boys like blue. You know that girls wear dresses, not boys. We have grown up in a society where these stereotypes, right or wrong, exist all around us, so, to have them ingrained in our minds is completely understandable. […]
Finn Corbett (Y12) reports and reflects on a series of debates at the Cambridge Union on 9th November.
On Thursday the 9th of November at 5:45, our small group of debating enthusiasts departed for Cambridge. We were lucky enough to hear two debates that day, one emergency debate and then the full debate, which ran from about 8.00 to 9:30. The motion of the emergency debate was “This house believes that if you […]