If you've ever been on the internet, it is improbable that you haven't heard a TED talk. TED-Ed provides an opportunity for people to share their stories, whether these stories are inspiring, humorous or educational; if you have a good story and can…
Tareq Rajab Docent Programme: First meeting for the year 2019/2020 - The Tareq Rajab Programme is the first of its kind in the Middle East. It gives NES students an opportunity to pursue their interests in the humanities such as history, geography,…
The superhero with the power to help save the earth... Except, we all have that power. Greta Thunberg is a 16 year old climate activist from Sweden who has always had a dream. A dream of a wonderful future. A dream that…
Mental Health Sticky Notes Project If you took a look at the sixth form common room any day of the week, it would look like a typical adolescent school space: you’d see kids studying, eating instant ramen noodles and passing around popcorn, card…
Introduction “The Mona Lisa was stolen? What?!” I know this sounds a bit new... not literally though. If you thought something along these lines, then this article is definitely for you. On the 21st of August 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia entered the Louvre museum…
Zang zang milk tea What is boba and why is it so popular? Boba tea, or as some may call it, ‘bubble’, is a drink that originated in Taiwan in the 1980’s. It became known as ‘bubble tea’ or ‘boba’ because of…
Ingredients 2 boxes of Digestive Biscuits 200g of butter 20 cubes of Kiri cheese Milk White sugar A minimum of 1 (red coloured) box of gelatin (preferably ‘JELL-O’) A can of strawberry puree First, break the biscuits into small bits and put…
What do you think the world’s best computer is? Now, before you think of one of those huge computers that have to be stored in a basement, I mean one that you can have on your desktop. Alienware? Predator? An iMac? Well, if…
The new iPhones were released on the 10th of September and were shipped around the world on the 20th of September. Apple released 3 brand new iPhones: the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and Iphone Pro max. So, what's new on these…
The Watcher Case: 657 Boulevard Westfield, New Jersey is known to be an address that struck most modern-day detectives with fear and curiosity, and the public owes that to “The Watcher,'' an unknown stalker that left the public speechless after writing his…
We’ve all integrated Artificial Intelligence into parts of our lives, whether we realise it or not. Be it Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Echo, Samsung’s Bixby, or Apple’s well-loved Siri, pretty much everyone has interacted with an AI assistant at least once in their…
“Boy meets girl. Girl changes everything.” We’ve all read sappy romance novels where the girl meets the boy and both their lives change forever. So what makes this book different? Well, firstly, it’s not a romance novel. Romance is only a…
Internet trends are what everyone talks about. Trends are basically things or concepts that expand for a period of time; and an internet trend is, quite simply, something that has gained its popularity via the internet. Some of these trends may turn into…
The Mysterious Story Of Lady Jane Grey: The Queen Who Only Reigned For Nine Days https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Lady-Jane-Grey/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Jane-Grey Most people know her as “The Nine Days Queen” or “The Queen That Was Executed”, but I believe she was much more than…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Heist Introduction: In 1901, The Gardner Museum, located in Boston, Massachusetts, was built to show the 1500+ art pieces collected by Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). On the 18th of March, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from…
