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A New Leaf for the Looking Glass 2026/27

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...

Andrew Tate: Love or Hate (Lunch Time Talks Ep1)

SHUN KEI JONATHAN TANG (U6) This video is the first in an upcoming series of podcasts called 'Lunch Time Talks', hearing our students' opinions on current affairs. I sit down with some of the lads from Watford Boys and discuss the controversial and polarising internet sensation of Andrew Tate. Is he good or bad? Do you love him or hate him?

North Korea: Ideal, or Illusion?

  ARYAN KAUL (U6) Introduction When we hear the words “North Korea”, What comes to mind? An isolated country with a strict Communist regime? A country run by a brutal dictator with a cult of personality? A country whose frequent missile launches and nuclear tests we should be afraid of?  During its seventy-four year history, North Korea has been the subject of much speculation. The West has condemned North Korea for its nuclear tests and human rights abuses, and North Korea is perhaps best known for its family of mysterious and wealthy supreme leaders - the Kims. In this regard, North Korea could either be perceived as an ideal society, or an illusion altogether. An ideal society, because of its Communist principles and their totalitarian application by the Kim dictators, and due to the fact that it was built on the scars of the Korean War. This in turn gives it an ethos that promotes its self-interest, while treating the West with contempt. On the other hand, North Korea coul...