By Deyan Nikolic (Year 8) On February 15th, Newington had its latest summer sports House Competition Day. All the houses fought valiantly for the #1 spot, with Moulton came first with Manton at their heels. This house comp day was remarkably close, as 4th place was just 20 points off […]
Long Live Test Cricket: A New Direction for the Great Game
by Fintan Daly Test cricket is the greatest storyteller. Better than any book, movie or production. It produces tales that would awe anyone, even those who do not follow the game closely. And only in test cricket would there be two thrilling matches finishing on the same day, one with […]
The Aussie Summer Tests
Sam Eyers Sadly for Australia, the women’s international test summer only consisted of one match against India. Captain Alyssa Healy has pointed out this flaw and called for a change in the number of white-ball cricket games that are played now, compared to the dying test cricket. The test started […]
Arsenal 0-1 Porto Champions League Ro16 First Leg 22/2
Arun Sandaradura On February 22nd, the stage was set for an intense battle. The first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 clash, between Arsenal and Porto. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were riding high after a string of impressive performances in the Premier League, scoring 21 goals in their last five […]
What is Sora AI?
Sora AI is the latest and most advanced release of Artificial Intelligence. From the company that also created ChatGPT and DALL-E (named OpenAI), Sora AI brings forth numerous questions and ideas that must be addressed. What is Sora AI? Above shows video AI in the past vs now. In a […]
The Snowy Mountains in Summer
By Sam Eyers From mountain biking to tobogganing, from bushwalking to swimming in the snowy river, the variety and sheer brilliance of the activities offered at the snowy mountains is just stunning. In the summer school holidays, I travelled to Jindabyne, a town 30 minutes’ drive away from Thredbo village. […]
AUS vs NZT20 – A Run Chase for the History Books
By Sam Campion On the 21st of February, debatably one of the greatest run chases in T20 cricket history took place at Sky Stadium in Wellington. This run chase (the side batting last needs to score a certain number of runs to win) went down to the last over of […]
Smashing Success: Recapping the Cricket World Cup
By Sam Eyers It was a humid day in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The stadium of 120,000, was a sea of blue, with the occasional dot of yellow here and there. The Australians were heavily outnumbered and clear underdogs. Only a miracle would prove Australia the win. India batted first […]
A Multiverse of Possibilities
A Multiverse of Possibilities Warning: This article contains spoilers for Marvel movies and shows What’s the Deal Marvel Studios is a global production company that is loved by many fans young and old. Throughout my childhood, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been my absolute favourite movie series. Since the […]
The Senior play Danny Fisher – a review
By Michael Korompay Walking into the drama theatre, with the warm lighting and jazz music, an immersive world was created, drawing the audience into the world of ‘Danny Fisher.’ Adapting Matthew Ryan’s play, Ms James’ captures the feeling of Australia in the 1940s, presenting a realistic and lived-in depiction of […]