Arts & Humanities

“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Marcus Woodhouse and was a joint winner of the RGS 2023/24 4000 Characters essay competition. In this competition, students had to submit an essay of no more than 4000 characters (including spaces!) inspired by the quote ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’. Part I…

The Influence of Classics on White Supremacy

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Jasper Morris as an Independent Learning Assignment (ILA). It was the winning submission in the Arts/ Humanities category of the 2023 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short introduction to the full essay: The Classics, the study of Ancient Greek and Roman civilisations, have long…

Smart Cities: The Future of Mankind?

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Oliver Godkin as an Independent Learning Assignment (ILA). It was shortlisted for the 2023 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short introduction to the full essay: We’ve all heard the word smart added as a prefix to everything nowadays – smart speaker, smart businesses, smart…

Assess the origins and effectiveness of the 1869 Habitual Criminals act.

This essay was written by Peter Jansen for the 2023 Cambridge Fitzwilliam History essay competition on the topic of criminal law in 1869, which was the year that the college was founded. Peter received a Certificate of Commendation for his essay. 1869 to 1871 was a period of significant change for the judicial system in…

In the twenty-first century, what is monarchy for?

This long-read article was written by Edward Eves for the 2022 Robinson College essay competition, and was highly commended. Estimated read time of essay: 15 minutes The twentieth century was a disaster for royalty. In July 1900, King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated at Monza and in July 1946, his son, Vittorio Emmanuele III,…

Did racism exist in the ancient world?

This long-read article was written by upper sixth former Sebastian Norris.

Estimated read time of introduction: 1 minute

Estimated read time of essay: 11 minutes

What does the future hold for town centres?

This long-read article was written by lower-sixth former Ollie Robinson, and shortlisted for the 2020 Fifth Form Transitional Research Project. The following provides a short abstract to his full essay, which can be found at the bottom.

Estimated read time of abstract: 2 minutes.

Estimated read time of essay: 12 minutes.

In living colour: how colour has impacted the advertisement industry.

This long-read article was written by lower-sixth former Alejandro Scholfield-Pérez, and shortlisted for the 2020 Fifth Form Transitional Research Project.. The following provides a short abstract to his full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 2 minutes.

Estimated read time of essay: 12 minutes.

The New Cold War – Rising Tensions in the Arctic Circle

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Cameron Philp, and a finalist for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 1 minute

Estimated read time of essay: 45 minutes

Tonally Confused

This essay was written by lower-sixth former Ronan Lenane, and shortlisted for the 2020 Fifth Form Transitional Research Project. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 1 minute

Estimated read time of essay: 45-60 minutes

Ways of Seeing

This article was written by Dr McEwan of the RGS English Department

Estimated read time: 6 minutes

What Colour is the Moon?

This poem was written by upper sixth-former Hugh Jones

Estimated read time: <1 minute

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