I believe that everyone loves travelling. It always brings joy and fun to us and we never want to leave at the end of the trip. During the half term, I went to France with my family for 4 days, and it was the first time in my entire life! I was
Anne Naysmith was born at Southend-On-Sea in 1937. Since she was young a successful musical career was ahead of her as by the age of 18 she already held a place at the Royal Academy of Music. By 1960, the pianist was greatly acknowledged, having
Modern life is full of rushing about to fulfil our many roles and responsibilities. This means any minor slowdowns and annoyances can be very frustrating. And nothing in contemporary life is as annoying as the plague of learners that has descended
On Thursday and Friday the 5th and 6th of March, Waldegrave School For Girls will be opening their new creative arts block with two performances of a long anticipated production of 'The Wizard Of Oz'. The new building features a performance hall
Life begins when you put down your phone. Caitlin Fensham We are prepared to pay for a concert, yet we spend the whole time, at the concert, recording it though our phones. We have 700 friends on Facebook, but 2 who you trust with your
Love Hurts! On the twelfth of February, I had the chance of meeting one of my favourite authors Patrick Ness and three others: Catherine Johnson, James Dawson and Malorie Blackman. All four are successful authors with many young adult books published
Women in Mathematics Event On 26th February, I attended a women in mathematics event at the Royal Institution. In case you couldn't tell, it was based on celebrating women's achievements in maths to escape the thought that only male mathematicians
Brentford boss Mark Warburton insisted his men are not out of the Championship promotion race, providing his men bounce back from defeat at Birmingham City with a win. The Bees slumped to a 1-0- defeat - care of a James Tarkowski own goal - at
The 25th February saw the opening of the store ‘B&M Bargains’ on the Tolworth Broadway: a new shop sporting the slogan ‘Big Brands Big Savings’. Occupying the former Budgens supermarket space, B&M Bargains adds its name to the extensive range
Crystal Palace Diving Club’s Kyle Kothari has Rio 2016 in his sights as he pushes the difficulty levels of his routines in order to challenge the senior ranks this year. The 17-year-old enjoyed a stellar 2014 as he won gold at the European Junior
AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley pulled no punches and slammed his players after a 1-0 defeat at bottom of the table Hartlepool. A late Ryan Bird goal sealed the points for the relegation fighters, who remain bottom of League Two, while Dons dropped
Behaviour in football grounds has improved massively over the years but they can still be a pretty unforgiving place, writes John Payne. The England midfielder Alan Lallana may have been with Southampton for half of his life, but that didn't stop
The sporting stars of tomorrow can now register to be part of a tournament pitting youngsters from all over Surrey against each other. The P&G Surrey Youth Games takes place on June 20 and 21, and Team Epsom & Ewell is now looking to add
A Kingston nursery that opened on the site of a former drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre has called on Ofsted inspectors to pop in to give its official stamp of approval as soon as possible. Monkey Puzzle opened at the former Kaleidoscope
On Thursday 5th February, to Harry Potter fanatics’ pleasure, Sutton Library hosted a Harry Potter day, organised by young library volunteers. In the evening, stalls had been set up and people were welcome to take part in the event that volunteers
On my 7hr flight to Boston I wondered what really possessed me, a girl who has about as much luck as Bridget Jones to go on a skiing holiday. Well, I thought can’t do anything about it now. On the first day, we had to get all our hiring equipment
ISIS started of, like the rest, as a rebel group fighting the tyrant Bashar Al-Assad. However over the years they have changed their name as well as their purpose. They are no longer fighting the Syrian regime alone, but have also turns against the
I absolutely hate the film and book series ’50 Shades of Grey. It is nothing but vile, abusive and an incorrectly staged BDSM and Dominance/submission relationship. In my eyes, Christian Grey would be in jail by now if he were not as attractive or as
Dress Sense: Dress debate takes over the internet The internet has suddenly been filled with pictures of a black and blue dress, or is it white and gold? People are seeing many variations and even looking again to find the dress colour has changed
On the 12th of February, the day before the last day of this half term for Sutton High, 31 girls had more reason than others to be anticipating Friday due to the New York ski trip for the whole of half term. The girls arrived on Friday morning, excited
A few weeks ago, Sir William Perkins’s School organised a Shakespeare festival which ran for five days at lunchtimes. Despite the cold weather, many came to watch the daily lunchtime performances from both students and teachers. (Many even wore Elizabethan
To understand the current tension between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Western powers, we have to refer right back to the events of 2012. In 2014, Barack Obama commented on the situation and said that ‘Russia has deliberately and repeatedly
“When you’re out alone, always be aware of your surroundings,” they say, “always walk home from school in pairs.” Teenage girls like me have been told things like that for most of our lives. We’re even told not to wear our school skirts too short,
The debate on whether the UK should leave the EU is a long and heated one which has been ongoing since the initial mention of a referendum and the recent rise of UKIP. Although considered a glorified pressure group among many, UKIP have continued to
With this year’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans-- for anyone curious) History Month focusing on the theme of “Hidden Histories and Coded Lives” (according to lgbthistorymonth.org.uk) it was a refreshing to see Museum of Croydon put on a LGBT History
Young Reporter: Sutton High heads to New York Nadia Gokcemen, Sutton High School On the 13th of February 32 Sutton High Girls accompanied by three teachers set off from Heathrow airport bound for New York where a 4 hour drive took us to our
On Thursday 5th February, to Harry Potter fanatics’ pleasure, Sutton Library hosted a Harry Potter day, organised by young library volunteers. In the evening, stalls had been set up and people were welcome to take part in the event that volunteers
Are London’s streets a minefield for cyclist accidents? Thousands of people commute all over London, every day to work and many of these people choose to cycle to their destination. Over the last few years there have been huge increases in road
What do balloons symbolise to you? Is it the childhood nightmares where the unanticipated ‘bang’ emitted a frightful sound, so damaging it shook the Earth? Or the elation balloons brought to friends’ birthday parties? The experimenting of static
