Lower School Spotlight: Interview with Panos Karnezis

23rd June 2023

I am Olivia Karnezis, and I will be interviewing my father Panos Karnezis, who is a professional author. He grew up in Greece and moved to England at the age of 25. He studied engineering at Oxford university, but after taking a creative writing course he decided his passion for books and writing was dominant and published his first book (written in English, despite Greek being his native language) in 2002 after 10 years of living in England.

Lower School Spotlight: Interview with Panos Karnezis

The Story of Thalidomide

23rd June 2023

There is no doubt that our current medical knowledge has both prolonged and improved the quality of many lives across the world. However the road to this version of medicine has not been such smooth sailing with many lives being lost to techniques that were medically inaccurate (as we know them today) as well as failed human trials (such as the death of the first penicillin patient). The story focussed on here is the story of thalidomide, something that is sometimes viewed as the largest man-made medical disaster in history

The Story of Thalidomide

Rehabilitating ‘Like’

23rd June 2023

‘Like’: one of the most frequently spoken words in the English language. It’s clear that the reputation of ‘Like’ is tarnished by its overuse. But maybe it’s time to reform our impression of it. Perhaps it is not merely the ‘lazy linguistic filler’ of the present day – why not give it a chance.

Rehabilitating ‘Like’

Chemistry: The Building Blocks of Medicine

16th June 2023

Although biology may be the subject, we all think of when it comes to medicine, when we zoom into the bigger picture, chemistry is what provides the building blocks for the foundation of medicine. This pertains to both our understanding of the body itself, but it also helps us create new treatments in order to figure out how they will react with humans once used. The below is by no means an exhaustive list but will hopefully provide an insight into the vast array of uses it has.

Chemistry: The Building Blocks of Medicine