Objects of Substance - Looking in and looking out - the Insights editions

It would be impossible to single out the articles that touched my heart, made me think and laugh, caused me to reflect, so perhaps it is politic to avoid that minefield. The professional and credentialed staff of Grammar are diverse, deep, and professional thinkers. What they produced was thoughtful, potent, and relevant. Perhaps this is why, after a break of five years, 2024 sees the reintroduction of this concept with a regular BGGS News item, this time entitled “Reflections”. The first of these was written by Jo Genders, Director of English – and what a compelling and fascinating article it proved to be. There was a wonderful synthesis of the demise of Hamlet as a Year 12 text and the abdication of Queen Marguerite of Denmark. In many ways, this is what the Insights articles did, as well. They were able to choose often “fairly esoteric (often subject-specific) interests and craft articles that were interesting and relatable”. (Fogarty, 2024)

Year 12 students, Jasmin Burgess (12E) and Emily Crosisca (12M) peruse Stephen Fogarty’s 2017 Insights article.