Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
Rupert's Article won the WBGS Witold Pilecki History Essay competition in the KS3 category, in response to the question “‘ Victory in war always goes to the side with the better leadership.’ To what extent do you agree with this claim? ” RUPERT ZABIHI The great military strategist Sun Tzu stated that the art of war is “governed by five constant factors to be taken into account ” , with ‘The Commander’ as one of these points to consider. This view is believed to have emerged between 475 and 221 B.C. - a time known as the Warring States period, an epoch where heavy conflict was witnessed between states that would later form China. Still, to this day, the quality of leadership of any side has had the capability to bolster a side’s chances of winning, proving the significance of a fine leader and proving Sun Tzu’s statement to be correct. However, it has only ever served as an advantage: not a means of definite success. This essay will argue three notions supporting th...