AUTHOR: SARAH PALMER In a small diner not far from an entrance to the London Underground, two beings were sharing a simple lunch. This establishment’s only window, adorned with a substantive layer of fingerprints and nonspecific grease, functioned much like a confessional through its sheer mundanity. The location itself, with only a few rickety tables, […]
Creative Writing Piece – The Hidden Elf
AUTHOR: SARAH PALMER I stood at the mirror, fidgeting with the fabric around my waist, and sighed. The dress glittered in the sun, and it was more than comfortable. The yellow tones complimented my hair, and the belt brought out my eyes. Even though the hem reached the floor, it was short enough not to […]
Fiction for the Future — An exciting new creative writing competition for the Senior School
AUTHOR: IRIS LEACH DOWE The future is approaching for Generation Z, and its arrival brings creative inspiration and new challenges. A new creative writing competition, titled “Fiction for the Future” was launched at the end of last term to challenge students to look at what awaits them in their future. The competition, with this year’s […]
Creative Writing Piece – The Life of Death
AUTHOR: EMILIÉ ROSE Secluded as it is at the edge of a haggard clifface, far from the reach of imposing souls, a little cottage fit to support the presence of just one resident sits quiet and distant. Its easy gaze overlooks the endless dark sea before it, enjoying the roaring of boastful waves crashing against […]
Creative Writing Piece – The Guardian
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Rain had followed Poppy throughout her entire life, the background track to all the monumentalmoments that ended up making her, well, her.Poppy lost her first tooth in the rain. She had been playing outside during a storm, yellowgumboots sticky with mud and sunflower-patterned raincoat the only thing providing her warmthwhen she had […]