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The winter was cold and unforgiving. The cold had bitten away at the crops and now food was scarce... at least for the poor. However, the rich could indulge in luxurious food, all at their command. I sat in my usual spot, watching people pass by. Very few people noticed me, or simply didn't care …
I awoke from my slumber as the fairy lights were slowly coming into focus - flickering and almost out of battery due to the fact I’d put them up in the middle of November in a rush of festive excitement. A week to go, and I had already opened all the windows in my advent …
Nature's Entity I could see the bare trees, stripped back, with nothing left to hide behind. Their leaves were an orange dust, scattered over the ground. Empty. The trees, standing still above the ground, looked haunted; the sky was a blanket, covering the world. The wind was like the sea, a gentle wave hitting me …
The rain always poured. It never drizzled, never spat, never just rained. It poured down as if the plates of the earth were tipped upside down and the oceans themselves were falling from the heavens. The sheer force of the rain drove away cheap, colourful paint until it flowed down the street, a running rainbow …
Cozy evenings, warm hugs, wooly jumpers, pretty mugs. Â Oh Autumn dear I love you so, I can't bear it when you go. So I will try to save my cheer, and wait for you another year. Â Harsh mornings, cold rain, chapped lips, aching pain. Â Oh Autumn dear I hate you so, I …
It's been a while since Marvel’s epic finale was released, so this article is long overdue. So here it is: the Endgame review. WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! First of all, this movie was great, as most of my fellow Marvel fans will agree. It featured appearances of many of our favourite heroes and heroines, brought …
Earlier this year, Georgina Melia, a past student of Soham Village College, set up a creative writing competition in which student had to meet the following brief: Time- Write a short story or poem set in a different era.  This could be the past or what you imagine the future to be… It could be from …
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Earlier this year, Georgina Melia, a past student of Soham Village College, set up a creative writing competition in which students had to meet the following brief: Time - Write a short story or poem set in a different era.  This could be the past or what you imagine the future to be… It could be from …
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I woke up to the same old bitter day, and the same old bitter world. Slowly, I pulled back the curtains; not that it would help - it would be a miracle for any remaining light to find its way through the daunting maze of air pollution. I gazed dismally into the everlasting horizon of …
Many students struggle to decide what they want to be when they leave school and it’s even harder to bring your own passion into a career that will one-day need to pay the bills. For a group of year 8 students though, it’s a little bit easier to imagine with the Young Author Project. The …
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