By Melita Jose Mary’s Meals grew out of a charity called Scottish International Relief (SIR). SIR was set up after Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow and his brother Fergus took aid from their home in Scotland to Bosnia-Herzegovina during the conflict in 1992. Over the next 10 years, SIR expanded, building homes for abandoned children in Romania, helping […]
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The UK’s First Remote Robotic Surgery
By Ruth Perkins A historic medical moment On the 4th of March, Paul Buxton became the UK’s first patient of remote robot telesurgery. He was treated in St Bernard’s Hospital in Gibraltar by world-leading urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta, who performed the surgery through a robot at The London Clinic, 2,400 km away. Mr Buxton […]
Is the Largest Iceberg on Earth Facing Its End?
By Sze Wing Ng History The A23a iceberg is famously known as the largest iceberg in the world, proven by visible data and thermal imagery. It has a surface area of 3,500 square kilometres, twice the size of Greater London, and reaches 40 metres above sea level. Its history dates back around 40 years to […]
Pen to Processor: How AI is changing books
By Esinam Asima The rise of Ai books poses an issue for creativity and society As AI begins writing stories, what happens to human creativity? “Predictable, generic, and, frankly, boring” – this is how the Greenleaf Book Group described books written by AI. With the rise of artificial intelligence and its rapid implementation across almost […]
Book of the Week: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen
By Deirdre Liebman Jane Austen, who was born in Hampshire, England, on December 16,1775, the seventh child of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, Cassandra, is one of Britain’s most celebrated authors. Despite dying at the young age of 41, she wrote six romantic novels in her lifetime, two of which, Northanger Abbey and […]
Inside GCSE Art at St Augustine’s Priory
By Eliza Hoyer Millar Year 11 Art Ambassador for Year 11, Eliza Hoyer Miller, reflects on the artwork of the GCSE Art students this term Last term in GCSE Art, we focused on finishing our Component 1 coursework. I had the following themes: natural forms, contrast, and human beings. At first, I felt unsure about […]
The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
By Aline Vandergoten Pelayo Around 2,900 athletes competed from 96 countries in this year’s Winter Olympics held in Milano Cortina in 16 Olympic disciplines and there were over 1.3 million spectator tickets sold. Milano Cortina has set new expectations for gender equality in sports, having 47% of all athlete quota places female, the highest proportion […]
Bad Bunny at Superbowl 60
By Amelia Campbell Bad Bunny leads a celebration of cultural diversity in ground-breaking Super Bowl halftime show Sunday the 9th of February saw a series of milestones accomplished during Super Bowl 60. Not only did the Seahawks win their second ever Super Bowl title, but the first Venezuelan athlete, Andrés Borregales, competed in the match. […]
Breaking Barriers: The Rise of Japan’s First Female Prime Minister
By Ruth Johnson Who is Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s recently elected Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is the country’s first female Prime Minister and the first female president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She represents what many see as a seismic shift towards a more right-wing political ideology. As a conservative leader, […]
Is 2026 the New 2016?
by Aneet Kaur Trends from 2016 are resurfacing among young people Scroll through TikTok, Instagram or YouTube today, and it’s hard to ignore the phrase “2026 is the new 2016.” From fashion to music to viral trends, a decade-old vibe is creeping back and for a lot of young people, it’s kind of fun. Clothes […]