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The sell-out Christmas Concert again took place near the end of term, just before Christmas - this year on the 12th of December. After the stress of rehearsal upon rehearsal, dodging exams in order to get the pieces perfect and the days slipping past in the run up to Christmas, everything went to plan. Once …
Screaming voices, desperate prayers and the burning flames; as if they were snakes squeezing the life out of every victim. It had been just an hour earlier that I’d heard it. The fatal sound that brought thundering whispers of chaos tearing through the town. Looking through the window, I watched a cloud of blazing evil …
A couple of summers ago, I decided to take up cricket. At 40 years old, and never having played it before, it was a little bit daunting; however, undeterred, I put my best foot forward, spent far too much money on acquiring all the gear, and abandoned my wife every Sunday from April to September. …
It bit at my mind, like a monster. It became me. It defined me. It was me. I could feel its deadly hunger, burning red in my eyes. Black spots filled my vision - filled my mind’s eye. Why wouldn’t they leave me be? They must know that insanity is the best medicine. The medicine, …
The sky was painted gold. The fluffy clouds slowly drifted towards us while I held Beth’s hand. Everything was perfect. “Let’s go a little bit further - beyond the great pyramids, beyond where we’re supposed to go. I know that there, you can witness some of the world’s most breath-taking views,” I explained as a …
By Ellis Bowers Homophobia: (Noun) ‘A fear or dislike of gay people’ - Cambridge dictionary. It is ingrained into our society: the assumption that everyone is heterosexual and cisgender, and that those who are not are ‘different’ and ‘delusional’. LGBTQ+ people have been assailed by claims of abnormality despite residing in our culture for thousands …
By Zosia Senska So I come from Poland and have, evidently, visited the country many times. This year, however, felt more distinctive and that is due to several factors. Firstly, the journey in itself was… different. It began on a Monday morning; my mum and I took a train to Cambridge, where we took a …
A poem by Jenny Hall. Deutsch Wenn ich eine farbe wäre, würde ich rot sein. Rot wie eine leckere Erdbeere. Wenn ich eine farbe wäre, würde ich orange sein. Orange wie der warme Sonnenuntergang. Wenn ich eine farbe wäre, würde ich gelb sein. Gelb wie ein Vermögen. Wenn ich eine farbe wäre, würde ich grün …
by Katie Hawkins What is Stress? From a psychological perspective, stress is a response to encountering a threat (or stressor) that we do not feel prepared for. You may feel stress when preparing for exams or put into a difficult situation or even just having a lot on your plate.When your body is stressed a small region in …
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