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 Rhys Doshi L6C Neuroferritinopathy is a severe neurological disorder, which is triggered when there is a gradual accumulation of iron in the brain [1] . Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) refers to a group of rare diseases that share clinical characteristics associated with excessive iron accumulation in the basal ganglia as well as progressive neurological deficits, such as chorea, dystonia, parkinsonism and cognitive impairment. Neuroferritinopathy is a form of NBIA caused by mutations in the ferritin light chain (FTL1) gene on chromosome 19q13.3.The build-up of iron can be caused by several factors, including increased blood-brain barrier permeability, inflammation, redistribution of iron within the brain and changes in iron homoeostasis [2] . The most common initial clinical manifestations of Neuroferritinopathy are chorea and dystonia, and only six patients have been described who initially presented with tremors [3] . A 27-year-old woman visited a...