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A CALL TO CREATIVITY

Hello and welcome to The Looking Glass, WBGS' very own Academic Blog.  This year we are planning to breathe new life into this amazing blog as the Academic Head Boy team for 2025- 2026! However, at the Looking Glass we need your help to catapult this blog into it's GOLDEN AGE.  We need your articles, your essays, your opinions and your finest work to MAKE THE LOOKING GLASS GREAT AGAIN! If you have read something interesting or watched something that sparked a thought on social media -  WRITE ABOUT IT! If you entered a competition, however big or small - WRITE ABOUT IT! If you are interested in a specific field, issue or period - WRITE ABOUT IT! If you have produced artwork, a piece of music or creative writing - WE WILL PUBLISH IT! Your creative skills have been called to action - now we must muster to create, discover and explore.  You are the creative minds of the future. The Plato's, the Newtons, the Angelo's, the Nietzsche's. This is your calling.  This is Y...
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A Locked Room


CHRISTOPHER TANG

A Locked Room
My room,
these four walls,
a square that
defines me.

A shape that
is drawn into
memory,
a calculation
of uncertainty
and sleep deprivation.

And I’ll never leave.
Draw the curtains,
lock the door.
I’m not coming out,
even if the walls
around me crumble.

Because I’m locked in
my own head anyway.

A prison that confines me.

By Christopher Tang
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