You Should Be Reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
With the New Year having ushered in 2021, Noah Gassas promotes Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations as the perfect book to begin the year and better yourself.
Heathcote – 100 Days On
For our first video of the academic year, the Berkeley Squares Bite is returning with our much anticipated interview with Mr Heathcote, the new Headmaster of QEH, celebrating his first 100 days at the school. Mr Heathcote’s first term has been an unusual one to
A look at QEH Year 13’s listening trends of 2020
I sent out a survey to anyone in Year 13 with a mild interest in music to fill in, asking for their top 5 Artists, songs, and their minutes listened, and here are the results:
Review: The Flip Side by James Bailey
The Flip Side by debut author James Bailey is a wonderfully crafted romantic comedy, following the hilarious and tragically unfortunate Josh as he slogs through life. When all goes wrong, he turns to a single 50p coin to decide his fate, because how could his
The story behind Cicada 3301 and what ARGs are
An ARG is an alternate reality game, which is defined as an “interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by players”. In simple terms, they are a game that
The Berkeley Squares Fantasy Premier League update #2
Another month has passed, and the Premier League has gone into another international break, so the Berkeley Squares team are back again to give their takes on how FPL has gone for them over the last couple of weeks.
Democracy: Losing Faith
Why has the internet age caused many in the west to lose faith in democracy?
Azerbaijan and Armenia’s New Cold War
Ever since the 1920s, the reigon of Nagorno-Karabakh has caused conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. However in recent years, that conflict has broken out into violence, with neither side dangerously eager to maintaining peace. Ishan Goyal reviews the situation.
Are International Affairs Dying At The Hands of Rising Populism?
When Donald Trump spoke at the UN in New York, 2019, to a crowd of international leaders and diplomats, and declared that “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations”, it signalled the
Takashi Murakami is Taking Contemporary Art to New Heights
With works that revel in their colour, complexity, and contradictions, Takashi Murakami uses every medium and inspiration available to constantly redefine his own style. Furthermore, the cultural significance of his works and ideas are unrivaled in the current art sphere. In this introduction to the artist, learn about the what, why, and how of his unique creative output.