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Recipe for Dal Baati Churma
By Deeva, Year 10 Deeva gives us a recipe for Dal Baati Churma, a traditional dish originating in Rajasthan, India. Dal Baati Churma is a signature dish from Rajasthan, a state in northwestern India. The dish consists of three main components: dal, a flavorful lentil curry; baati, baked wheat flour balls; and churma, a sweet… Read more
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Le mythe de qu’ils mangents de la brioche
By Anya, Year 12 In this piece, Anya debunks the myth of Marie Antoinette and the “Let them eat cake” story, and contextualises the events of the French revolution. L’expression « Qu’ils mangent de la brioche » est un dicton très bien connu dans le monde entier. Néanmoins, ce que la plupart des personnes ne savent pas,… Read more
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Glorious trip to Riga
Kavya (Y13) is last year’s recipient of the Suzy Sharland Travel Prize here at NLCS. A keen Russianist who will be studying the language at university, she chose to visit Latvia. Read all about the wonderful experiences the prize afforded her. Last year, as I was given the exciting opportunity to visit Riga, the dynamic… Read more
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Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
An account of an Italian trip to the opera! Il 5 dicembre, le studenti italiani hanno avuto la fortuna di andare al Royal Opera House per guardare le opere ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ di Pietro Mascagni e ‘Pagliacci’ di Ruggero Leoncavallo accompagnato dalla preside, Signora Bingham! Entrambe opera seguono lo stilo del movimento artistico, ‘il verismo’, popolare… Read more
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L’Évolution Créatrice: Une Exploration de l’Élan Vital et l’Intuition
L’Évolution Créatrice : Une Exploration de l’Élan Vital et l’Intuition Amber (Year 10) explores Henri Bergson’s ‘Creative Evolution’ in this piece, delving into two concepts: the vital momentum and intuition to gain a deeper understanding of Bergson’s ideas of orthogenesis and the vital impulse of humanity that drives evolution. L’Évolution créatrice est un livre écrit… Read more
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Fables, folklore and fairy tales
The annual Modern Languages Symposium during MFL Week was an absolute highlight. We were lucky enough to welcome DPhil student Ms Marie Marine from Oxford with her engaging talk on the ‘Mermaid Myths Across Oceans and Eras’ which provided insight into the cultural significance of the figure of the mermaid across the Globe and throughout… Read more
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