Economics: Will inflation solve itself in the next year?
Winner of the Economics category of the DGS 2023 Philosophy, Politics and Economics essay competition: Hugh, 12D. Read the winning essay here!
Politics: “Is it unacceptable to hold back the growth of developing countries in the name of climate change?”
Winner of the Politics category of the DGS 2023 Philosophy, Politics and Economics essay competition: Hugh, 12D. Read the winning essay here!
Philosophy: There is no reason to be good
Winner of the Philosophy category of the DGS 2023 Philosophy, Politics and Economics essay competition: Sahib, 7B. Read the winning essay here!
PPE: Is there no good reason to be good?
Overall winner of the DGS 2023 Philosophy, Politics and Economics essay: Ibrahim. Read his essay here!
Debunking myths about communism
We set out to understand what communism is, correct misinformation and common myths surrounding it in a simple way.
Does education prepare students for the real world?
For all students, attending school is a fundamental part of life, a necessity in preparing us for experiences in years to come, product of the hours upon hours of often arduous exercises and experiences spent inside a classroom.
“I Bet You’re Good at Maths”
This title above is one of the endless, and quite frankly, insulting stereotypes regarding Asian people all over the world.
Is single-sex education effective?
Single-sex education, a practice involving teaching boys and girls separately, is an old approach that is gaining newfound momentum.
Erdogan: Turkey’s New Era of Imperialism
Gazing out across the Istanbul landscape is the Çamlıca Mosque.
The Threat of the Supreme Court
After four tense days of checking and rechecking election results, Biden’s victory was a relief to millions, and had much of New York celebrating in the streets.
What does it mean to be black?
What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to live black?
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
Feminism - the undiluted truth
A controversy.
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.