The View From the Window on World Book Day
Common Room Observations
15th March 2024
‘Damsel’: I was in Distress
15th March 2024
On International Women’s Day this year, Netflix graced our screens with a brand-new film ‘Damsel,’ featuring Millie Bobby Brown, ostensibly a film of feminist subversion and empowerment for young women. The movie follows the story of Princess Elodie, set in some suitably vague Ye Olde Kingdom, who is married off to a prince, before the revelation that the marriage is a sham, set up so Elodie can be part of a ritualistic sacrificial pact with a dragon that terrifies the kingdom.
Myth-busting Women’s Prisons
15th March 2024
There are many misunderstandings circulating about the criminal justice system and the prisoners which inhabit it. For example, as a young child you may have learnt that prison makes society safer: somewhat true, but also very much not. As part of the HMP Downview partnership, which focuses on educating ourselves and others about women in the criminal justice system, we are here to help bust some of common myths about prisons.
22 Thoughts we had while watching the King’s vs Wimbledon Netball Match
15th March 2024
As of the day of this article being written, it is the day of the annual netball match, pitting together the finest netball talent of Wimbledon High, with the best of the King’s rugby players. The following report is a live commentary of the game, including all of the best SLT opinions on the game.
Repatriating art has become more about image and less about moral obligations
8th March 2024
‘Cutting the Mona Lisa in half’ is how Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the Elgin Marbles being housed in the British Museum (away from the Parthenon from which they were taken). His comment was made towards the end of November 2023 during Mitsotakis’ trip to the UK. Soon after, a dispute broke out between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Mitsotakis as a result of the comment. Sunak subsequently refused to attend a planned meeting for the two, leading to much confusion over why he was taking such a hard stance on the matter.