Category: History

21 June 18

After an early start during the Easter holidays, a group of excited M5 girls arrived in Berlin for what proved to be an incredible trip. We had unseasonably great weather, so our walking tour of the city was really enjoyable and we saw some of the city’s historic landmarks – such as the Brandenburg Gate…

24 April 18

Congratulations to Mira, the first winner of the Anna Komnene Cup, Mira wrote an outstanding essay on Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratory Strike of 1976. The Anna Komnene Cup is named after the famous Byzantine historian and daughter of the Basileos Alexios Komnenos and will be awarded annually to a student producing…

26 January 18

Natasha in L4 writes about her year’s recent trip to St Albans. On 29 November, a very excited L4 boarded the coaches to St Albans Cathedral. With the prospect of taking our phones on a trip for the first time and visiting a Christmas Market, there were high hopes for this trip, and it did…