The Night Sky in December: The Planet-Packed Sky
Take five minutes out of your day from your desk and see if you can solve this simple puzzle: go to where you can see the most ancient thing.
What does it mean to be black?
What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to live black?
Climate Change: The Second Pandemic
Our planet is suffering from anthropogenic climate change, which can be defined as human-induced change in global or regional climate patterns largely attributed to carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels.
The Thing That Could Kill Us All
Food is something that is vital for human existence.
Hybrid Schools of the Future?
Space – one of the most impossible challenges in life, whether it would be the number of seats on a plane, the number of places in a school or even with the first manned space flight with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
DGSChapter wins Best Online at the Shine School Media Awards
The Dartford Grammar School Journalism Society was recognised at the annual Shine School Media Awards, winning the overall award for Best Online with four highly commended awards in the categories of Best Stand-Alone Piece, Best Cartoon, Best Homepage and Best Overall Content, for the school’s student publication DGSChapter.
Addressing the Youth Parliament of Pakistan’s International Youth Parliamentary Conference
This month, I had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of talking alongside fellow youth activists, outspoken politicians and media professionals on the topics of both the current humanitarian crisis in Kashmir and the role of youth voice in the COVID-19 pandemic, in my dual capacities as both a student journalist and youth activist.
The Stonewall Riots, a time of turbulence
A reflection on LGBTQ+ people of colour
‘Consciousness’
Eileen Gbagbo (OD 2016-18), who was a member of the DGS Journalism Society as a 6th Form Mentor, has penned her latest poem Consciousness, in the midst of the current calls for global solidarity to support the most vulnerable of communities.
Feminism - the undiluted truth
A controversy.
Is there room for strong women in religion?
This is a very prevalent question that has plagued humanity since worship was first conceptualised in human civilisation.
CoronaUnity to involve youth in efforts against isolation-induced loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic
The student-led non-profit organisation launches a telephone service to work alongside communities to combat the loneliness experienced by many of those in isolation.
Inspirational Dartford students join volunteer army of key workers fighting impacts of COVID-19
Young people across the world are standing united to support their communities at this time of global uncertainty
The Left Wing, Populism and Cancel Culture: How the Silent Majority Shaped a Political Decade
The past decade in politics has seen unprecedented shocks and some would say cataclysmic changes to political systems across the world, particularly in the UK and US.
Diaspora
“Wait, what’s Horrid Henry?” Second generation immigrants and the struggle to belong
Mind Over Matter?
Originating from “The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man” by Sir Charles Lyell, the famously-quoted idiom mind over matter has raised a plethora of philosophical questions which have puzzled the minds of quantum physicists and philosophical thinkers alike.
Countless Corruption Cases
Corruption is present in the high levels of society all over the world and commonly involves a person accepting bribes or benefits in exchange for allowing money-making schemes to play out within an organisation.
Nearly 30 months later - is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp worth playing?
The adorable mobile spin-off game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was initially met with critical acclaim when first released nearly thirty months ago – last week saw the launch of the next main instalment of the simulation game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
DGS Girls’ U18 Sports Tour to Cambridge
Self-confidence, teamwork and competitiveness – three of the key skills developed by aspiring and talented sportswomen from Dartford Grammar School’s netball and rugby squads on their annual Girls’ U18 Winter Sports Tour.
The English Development System and why it doesn’t work
There are thousands of football teams around the world, but only a few receive the professional spotlight that English teams do.