by Charlie AlbueryInt. A dark room, like seriously, crazily dark, there are random plants and Chesterfield sofas dotted around; it smells of own-brand Hollister deodorant and pretension.Our young, dashing hero, Charlie, enters through an unnecessary porch and an entrance irritatingly marked ‘Dudes’ – he notes the other entrance is marked ‘Betties’ and proceeds to curmudgeonly mutter; this continues throughout the scene.Charlie – Why did we have to come in here?Charlie’s cousin (who is far too brand-aware for his own good) – Because I want a Hollister...
Monday, September 16, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
by Zoe RundleGareth Bale (Wiki commons)Ok, so if you arrive in Madrid with an £85 million price tag you've clearly got some sort of talent. But when you're just a young lad from Wales who grew up under the influence of father Frank, a school caretaker, and mother Debbie, an operations manager, you must be pretty special. For Gareth Bale, the boy from Whitchurch, transferring over to Real Madrid for a world-record fee can only be described as a dream...
by Sampad SenguptaA fallacy is a mistaken belief, one based on unsound argument. It may be an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false. Now, in mathematics, a proof is an argument, a deductive argument for a mathematical statement. It may use statements which are already established, i.e. theorems, and logic; a proof can be made by mathematical induction, contradiction, exhaustion, and many other...
by Charlie HendersonEarly on the Monday of the second week of the summer holidays, thirty cadets from the Navy and Air Force sections of PGS' CCF, set off for the Brecon Beacons, in Wales. Each cadet would go caving, canoeing and gorge walking. Our first activity was caving in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. One of the first things you notice on entering a cave is the drop in temperature (from 30°c to about 6°c). As we descended into the gloom,...
by Louisa DassowJohn Cooper Clarke (right)(24.media.tumbler.com)Overly excited on the morning of the 9th September, I sat arguing with my laptop that my iPod was connected. Of course I was attempting to download "AM", the new Arctic Monkeys album before I had to scramble to get ready for school. Now I'd like to imagine that this frantic downloading experience was the reason that my brain made no immediate connection with the final song of the album,...
Saturday, September 14, 2013
by Isabel StarkI’m in love.Not with a person, but with a country. That country is Sweden.T/S Gunilla(wiki commons)For the past two years, when the T/S Gunilla has made berth, my sister and I waited with bated breath to find out which of the students from Öckerö Gymnasieskola we would host. Each year we became charmed with the effervescent personality of the Swedes; this year was no different.Hanna, Jenny and now Jonna- each individuals in their own...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
by Ben SchofieldI am writing in response to the previous article, "Why Abortion Should Not Remain Legal", which I strongly oppose for reasons that I will list in detail below. I invite the writer to write and defend his position accordingly. 1. The article began with the bold claim: "Abortion is bad. This should be the start of any discussion about this sensitive issue." At the same time as calling it a sensitive issue, this statement is in itself insensitive. Rather than presenting this as the opinion it obviously is, the writer delivered it as...
Daniel Rollins writes in response to Grace Gawn's article "Why Abortion Should Remain Legal", published previously on the blog and in Portsmouth Point magazine.Abortion is bad. This should be the start of any discussion about this sensitive issue. However you feel about access to abortion and the personhood of a foetus, the killing of a potential human being is not something. Why then has abortion changed from a last resort for mothers whose health is in danger or are unable to look after a baby to a considered option for many pregnancies? ...
Monday, September 9, 2013
by Tim MacBainI can be, in many ways, classified as a nerd. Or a geek. Never understood the difference, so I think it’s a good idea to cover both bases. I play Xbox and computer games, I love fantasy fiction, especially epic/high fantasy, and I actually enjoy doing homework. Of course, that last fact is a moot point, since I will never be given work titled homework again, but hey-ho. It is through this classification, and the title of this article,...
Sunday, September 8, 2013
by Gregory Walton-GreenMy classI was somewhat reluctant to relinquish two weeks of my holiday this summer, which I could have spent lounging around the house and the beach, to go to a summer school in Ancient Greek at Bryanston School, Dorset. Now, having gone and with time to reflect, I am so glad I did sign up for it. It can’t be denied that there was a lot of work to do: each student had three one-hour lessons most days of the week, and we...
Saturday, September 7, 2013
by Will WallaceWill Tony Abbott (left) replace Kevin Rudd (right)as Australian Prime Minister today?(source: resources1.news.com.au)Today, voters are being met with a choice about the future of their nation, and it is a very clear decision: change or continuity? It’s the same question that we face at every election, but for Australians, it is particularly important that they don’t make the wrong choice. Today is a turning point in that country’s...
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