Why Do We Momentarily Forget How to Speak and Lose Control over Our Words?

27th November 2025

We’ve all been there: speaking confidently mid-conversation, making perfect sense… and suddenly your mouth hits a pothole. A word trips, your tongue scrambles, and you produce a sound that can only be described as verbal static. You don’t have a stutter, you’re not panicking, and yet somehow, you’ve just forgotten how to speak like a functioning human being. It’s almost like a broken record, glitching and repeating the same three words ‘you can’t speak’, forcing you to just stand up and simply just walk away from the conversation.
So why does this happen?

Why Do We Momentarily Forget How to Speak and Lose Control over Our Words?

Is Aeneas a Stoic Hero?

21st November 2025

Last Friday, some Sixth Form Classics students had the privilege to attend a conference at the Harrodian School. Richard Jenkyns spoke about heroism in Homer and Virgil, and in passing raised an intriguing question: could Aeneas be seen as a Stoic hero? The idea stayed with me. The familiar complaint that Aeneas is colourless, passive, and merely a pawn of fate has never quite convinced me. Yet his moments of irrational furor also fail to define a character who is, at his core, devoted, pious, and deeply reflective.

Is Aeneas a Stoic Hero?

Why Do We Feel Dizzy When We Get Up Too Quickly?

21st November 2025

Some of you may be thinking, well the answer is simple: when you stand up quickly, gravity loans all your blood to your legs for a moment, and your body needs time to pump it back up to your brain. That’s why everything suddenly feels like it’s tilting, your ears ring, and your vision fades a little – your brain isn’t getting enough blood yet. 
Well, it isn’t that simple.

Why Do We Feel Dizzy When We Get Up Too Quickly?

Hidden Costs of Growing Up Too Fast

21st November 2025

Growing up has always been a slow, uneven process – a long journey shaped by mistakes, curiosity, boredom, and discovery. But today, that journey feels like it’s been sped up, and those memorable, offline moments, stolen. The world expects young people to be older, wiser, and more accomplished long before adulthood actually arrives. And while some take pride in being “ahead” and “mature” at an early age, there are hidden costs to a childhood cut short. 

Hidden Costs of Growing Up Too Fast

Sky Sports Halo: Inclusivity or misogyny? 

21st November 2025

Sky Sports Halo was launched originally as Sky Sports’ “lil sis”, a safe and positive platform for female sports fans. However Halo received so much backlash that it had to be axed after just three days. With the account removed, we can question whether it was an honest attempt at trying to reach a new audience, or a way of patronising female fans. 

Sky Sports Halo: Inclusivity or misogyny?