Medusa: The portrayal of modern issues
The image of Medusa has always been that of a hideous monster, but what if, within her story and recent adaptations, there are suggestions of modern-day issues such as the ridiculous beauty standards towards women and physical assault? The original story follows a beautiful woman named Medusa who wants to Continue Reading
Michael Rosen EXCLUSIVE interview
The Young Journalist Academy was given the exclusive opportunity to interview Michael Rosen about his book ‘The Missing’ and find out about the creation of the book and the stories behind it. Michael was appearing in Newark as part of the 2024 Newark Book Festival. Our team of reporters headed Continue Reading
Author Visit: Matt Dickinson
The well-known author named Matt Dickinson came to our school last week. Before I tell you about what he said and tips he gave to us at BHS I will explain who he is and his career and also about his son. Matt Dickinson is an author, film-maker and writer Continue Reading
Who’s Holly…?
Holly Jackson is an author who has written ‘A Good Girls Guide to Murder’, ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’, ‘As Good as Dead’, ‘Five Survive’,’ Kill Joy’ and soon coming ‘The Reappearance of Rachel Price’. Her agency ‘RCW Literary Agency’ explained that Holly grew up in Buckinghamshire and started writing stories Continue Reading
The Reappearance of … Holly Jackson
Holly Jackson is releasing a new book ‘ The Reappearance Of Rachel Price’ which will be available to the public on the 2nd April 2024. Jackson wrote the bestselling series ‘A Good Girls Guide To Murder’ which has sold over 400 thousand copies on only the first book in the Continue Reading
‘Worlds Oldest Dog’ is a Guinness World Record holder
The world’s oldest dog, Bobi a Portuguese Mastiff, dies aged 31 ( 217 in dog years). Bobi’s whole life was a miracle when he and his 3 brothers were born his current owners could not afford to take care of them. The owners decided to sell all the puppies and Continue Reading
Wonka: Hit or miss?
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming Wonka film starring Timothee Chalamet. Wonka is an upcoming musical fantasy film that is set to hit the cinemas on December 8th. The film tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, the main character in Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel, Charlie and Continue Reading
The Hunger Games: The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes!
The iconic dystopian trilogy, The Hunger Games, is a series of novels, focusing on a corrupt government. The wealthier region known as the Capitol, and the 12 Districts, picking 24 random children, (who they call tributes) to be put in an arena for a fight to the death. With a Continue Reading
Falling Hard For The Royal Guard
Today we interviewed Megan Clawson, the author of ‘Falling Hard for The Royal Guard’ who came to our school for an interview, sign books, autographs and the occasional selfie! Megan Clawson is an inspirational story writer and actor known for her new novel “Falling Hard For The Royal Guard”. She Continue Reading
Anime Cosplay
The word ‘Cosplay’ was created from the words “costume” and “playing” because people dress up for fun. Cosplaying is a popular hobby across the world. Cosplayers love dressing up as their favourite character and even acting out their personalities. Anime is animated Japanese movies which most of the time contain Continue Reading