Downside English

"Conscious also of love and the joy of things and the power of going beyond and above the limits of the nagging hour."

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We’ve started studying Beowulf in the 3rd Form. We discussed national epics like El Cid, Journey to the West and La Araucana. We looked at kennings, short two lies poetic forms from Beowulf, then illustrated and labelled a monster using these. @downsideschool

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Neo-gothic architecture and a brilliant tour of the Abbey for students from @HolyroodAcademy and @WellswaySchool as a part of today’s Gothic Visions conference @downsideschool

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Gothic Conference tour of the Abbey Church led by Father James. Talking about cloisters, transepts, Gilbert Scott and the neo-gothic revival @HolyroodAcademy @WellswaySchool @downsideschool

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“There is something at work in my soul that I do not understand.”

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The Outsiders! Stay Gold!

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...wind wielded blade - light, luminous black and emerald,
Flexing like the lens of a mad eye...

The weather is here.

@tedhughessoc @downsideschool

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Aristotelian unity in The Tempest via the medium of maps... @downsideschool #iloveboarding

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Fog everywhere...chance people peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all around them, as if they were up in a balloon, and hanging in the misty clouds... @downsideschool #iloveboarding

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@countrygate @downsideschool ...i am sent with broom before, to sweep the dust behind the door

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What is this quintessence of dust? Oh just Mr Jones’ English lesson. #Iloveboarding @downsideschool

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Lesson decamp to the Petre Library today for some serious essay writing about Jo Shapcott’s poetry #iloveboarding @downsideschool

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3f discuss whether Caliban is a hero or villain, whilst also wading into representations of race and colonialism. We love The Tempest! #thisisleisfullofnoises

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Free Writing challenge in Writers’ Club today! Pick a line and carry on!

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Jo Shapcott, London, joyousness and things being a bit meta. We love these poems @RoyalHolloway

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Thrilled to have Gillian Lewis in school today, the brilliant author of lots of brilliant books, talking about writing to our 3rd Form...

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"A sentence should feel alive, but not stupidly hyperactive", says Joe Moran. Sage advice for our student editorial team.

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Here is the @guardian's top 100 books of the century including novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Peter Carey and Sebastian Barry. Which books would you add to the list?
https://t.co/rUf4pBiZ0e

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Today we have mostly been reading "The Birthday Boys" by the brilliant Beryl Bainbridge. Thus far, the book is less alliterative than the title @littlebrown

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We always recommend Svetlana Alexievich to everyone. "The Unwomanly Face of War" is brilliant, awe-inspiring and humbling.

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Congratulations to #Chernobyl on winning three #Emmys last night.🎊

If the show has left you wanting to know more about the nuclear incident, pick up one of these brilliant books, which cover everything from moment-by-moment accounts to oral histories from those who survived.

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Self-criticism, Hamlet-style: "I am pigeon-livered".