As the Summer break is in full swing for most UK pupils, we’ve swapped this month’s teaching resource for a brief look back at how previous generations of children spent their holidays - as captured in images from the GNM Archive.
It was all about getting those gold stars!
If school days are supposed to be amongst the happiest of your life then why do so many kids look so awkward in their yearbook photos?
Authro Gail Carriger discusses the use of the chatelaine in Victorian history and for lady spies in her Finishing School series.
Our parents weren't always parents. Yes, I know, that sounds self-explanatory, but let that sink in. Before these people were changing our diapers, they were young, wild, and free to do whatever they desired. In many cases, their old lives were even more impressive than our current ones. Building motorcycles, stopping bank robberies... It's one thing to hear those stories, but it's another to see photographic proof.
The warm autumn sunlight falls through the windows and creates the perfect condition for these ferns to flourish.
Trip to Chernobyl & Kiev
All hell broke loose when the first girl in your class had sex.
On our way to high school recently, I asked my friend, “Do you consider yourself a feminist?” After a slight hesitation, she responded, “Well, I support women’s rights and all, […]
Fall is around the corner! As a fall aesthetic girl who goes crazy for pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters, this is my ultimate autumn aesthetic guide to get ready to fall.
Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, high salaries and breezing by on ‘easy mode’ when you’re a man. No matter your gender, life is challenging. Your purpose isn’t handed to you on a silver platter. And happiness isn’t a guarantee if you don’t strive to move toward it. And there are a lot of things that guys would love everyone to know about what it’s actually like to be a man. Though, sometimes, we’re far too shy to say them out loud.
I did not know how people do it. Participate in a thousand extracurricular activities and get the highest grades in the classroom. In my seventeen years of living I have been trying to balance ever…
When most of us grew up with films, shows, and stories that all indicated that college professors were these intellectual dynamos, unparalleled wits who had mastered the ins and outs of their field, the reality of actually going to school has shown that is quite often not the case at all.
