The Wall_Spring 2023_Issue 9

Dear Reader,

The team here at TheWALL are thrilled to release the 2023 edition of our magazine. Our intention was to create a unique and diverse collection of work which celebrates the talent which our school has to offer. From biomedical breakthroughs to the truth of the Confederacy, this magazine covers it all. Through this publication, we hope to ensure that the world is being viewed ‘in the round,’ with a variety of perspectives and viewpoints acknowledged. While themes in previous years have been argued to restrict the individuality and imagination of our student writers, this year we chose a theme that will spur everyone’s creativity: Time. The theme of time encourages a revision of past “truths”, the analysis of modern events and predictions for what our changing world will bring. As we had hoped, this theme has truly brought the originality of our writers to the fore, allowing unique and previously little-spoken topics to be debated. The art in our magazine was hand-drawn by students in our school ranging from Year 7 all the way to Year 13. Our art style, which has been adored in previous issues, has come back to give our magazine the splash it de serves. You can find many different pieces, from caricatures to provocative drawings that invite you to ponder their meaning in relation to our society.

Our digital team put together podcasts, which became a massive hit on our school campus and even reached beyond our gates. We advertised our magazine through social media and set up a website from scratch using YouTube videos and tutorials, to greatly increase the exposure of our publication. We hope that the time, sweat and tears it took to put this magazine together, from the writing to the artwork to the editing, creates a worthwhile read for you and lets you learn something new about our world. Above all, we wish this magazine to be a testament to the creativity and passion of our editorial team and the wider pupil body at IPS.

The Editors

Odessa Lidstrom Deputy + History Editor

Yeva Kebabdjian Editor in Charge

Tymon Zbierski Deputy Editor

Charlie Tebbutt Managing + Layout Editor

Olivia Arbour Deputy + Politics Editor

Sienna Harriss Head of Layout + Art Editor

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