By Sofia Diaz Lasting over an hour long, Rishi Sunak addressed the nation, highlighting key topics from the halt of HS2 leg to Manchester, to a gradual ban on smoking to boon the NHS and even the aim for abandonment of A- and T- levels. Despite these debatable proposals, a subject that caused widespread discourse […]
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An Exciting Opportunity For All Cartoon Enthusiasts!
By Arlo Lo Calling all aspiring cartoonists in the senior school! From political humour to fantasy short stories, if you want to showcase your talents, here’s your chance. Please send in a cartoon or comic of your choice by the 23rd of October, and we will begin posting them up in the newspaper after that […]
Cheating or World-Beating? ChatGPT at St Augustine’s Priory
By Lucia McQuillan-Puccetti and Natalie Hartley The Veritas Times team has recently asked for the opinions of teachers and students on the new AI chat box, ChatGPT, which was launched last year in November 2022. First of all, what is ChatGPT and why is it causing concern? ChatGPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, and it […]
The Titan Submersible’s Descent and Further Implosion
By Regine Tan On the 18th June 2023, five people were aboard what is known as the ‘Titan submersible’ for a trip to the Titanic shipwreck within the far depths of the ocean. A submersible is a support that is dropped into the waters unlike a submarine which can completely function by itself. Less than […]
St. Michael’s Triumph Again: Senior Sports Day Review
By Lucia McQuillan-Puccetti and Simar Anand These couple of weeks have been especially eventful for all students at St Augustine’s Priory. Senior sports day took place on Monday 26th of June and was a key highlight of the week. There were a wide range of field and track activities; from 100m, hurdles, javelin, tug of […]
Gustav Klimt Painting Sold for £85.3 Million
By Sophie Robinson On June 27th, a record was broken at a Sotheby’s auction – when a painting called ‘Lady with a Fan’ by Gustav Klimt sold for £85.3 million. It was bought by Patti Wong, who was acting on behalf of an art collector from Hong-Kong. This selling price was way higher than anticipated, […]
The LAMDA Showcase
By Eve Ward On Wednesday the 28th of June a LAMDA showcase took place in Saint Augustine’s Priory Hall. This event showcased the LAMDA talents and skills of years ranging from Year One all the way up to Year 10, and it was a marvellous experience. The audience was able to see a range of […]
Run for Cancer
By Homare Yomada There are only a few days to go before our school gets involved with the organisation called ‘Race for Life’. This organisation funds scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner. In our community, there are many people who have friends or family members that have cancer. It is a great […]
The Victims of the Titan Submersible
By Natalie Hartley On Friday, the 16th of June, The Titan submersible set off on its expedition from Canada. It was a submersible that was designed to bring five people to 4,000 metre depths for data collection, testing of hardware and software at such deep levels and to inspect the site. One of the occupants, […]
Is the Advancement of AI Happening at too Great a Pace?
By Lucia McQuillan-Puccetti