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...
by Joseph Evans L6P The year is 1660. The ‘Tenures Abolition Act’ has just been passed by the Convention Parliament. It abolishes feudalism, frees everyone from paying fees to the crown to live, frees men from forced conscription, and paves the way for the competition-driven Industrial Revolution. Now in 2024, feudalism is again rearing its ugly head, as inequalities in wealth widen the gap between rich and poor to such an extent as to return to the social conditions of the Middle Ages. Following the 2008/2009 financial crisis, the drop in interest rates to 0.5% should have encouraged borrowing and spending. Borrowing and spending cause growth, and therefore interest rates should have come back up. The best economists in the country predicted an interest rate rise in the next few years, maybe by 2014 at the latest. They remained below 1% for the next 14 years. But why? Surely people should have been spending? Surely growth should have been happening? No. Because the vast majority of th...