We Need to Talk About Putin: Book Review By Chloe Smyth, Year 12. Upon researching more into Russia’s politics, I came across a book written by Mark Galeotti, a professor of politics and international relations who has taught and continues to teach in Russia, Prague and in New York. Notorious for his knowledge on […]
Month: August 2019
James Pridgeon blogs about Dissociative Identity Disorder.
A review of the controversial film split and the causes of dissociative identity disorder Class schoolmates, Casey, Claire, and Marcia are about to embark on a journey into pure nightmare when a birthday party at a mall ends up in an abduction in broad daylight. 23 suppressed personalities reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb, a shattered man […]
Chloe Smyth blogs her review of ‘The Spy and the Traitor’.
Over the past week, I have spent my time being utterly engrossed not by the surrounding views of the white sandy beaches of the Dominican Republic where I am currently on holiday, but by the thrilling tail of Oleg Gordievsky’s life in Ben Macintyre’s perfectly written biography The Spy and the Traitor.Throughout this book, Macintyre […]
Luisa Queiros blogs on the contemporary relevance of ‘Measure for Measure’
The RSC’s latest production of ‘Measure for Measure’ shows the 17th century classic remains astoundingly topical ‘Who will believe thee, Isabel?’, asks a smartly suited Angelo to the young nun that squirms under his grip beneath a burning spotlight. ‘Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite’, he warns, ‘Or, by the affection that now […]
Thomas Watson blogs on asymmetry in the early universe
Asymmetry in the early universe One of the biggest un-solved problems in physics is why there is more matter than anti-matter. The mere fact that matter exists shows us that we do not know what happened in the early universe – in those first few seconds. It is theorised that in the early universe the […]