HNC Echo Winter 21

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ISSUE 16

The thrills, spills and smashes Our resident Sports Reporter Jacob Elomri reviews the highs and lows of the F1 season Pg. 12

11 The tragic decline of OneNation Toryism

Our resident Politics expert Nicholas Budgen takes a look the parallels between Disraeli and current PM Boris Johnson

16 What’s the story?

Felix Lock reviews the remake of a film classic West Side Story

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issue 16 Welcome to the latest edition of the HNC Echo. Our students have continued to get creative and explore a wide range of topics.

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Here we share our top three entries from our Review Club! Our overall winning entry is from Paulina - congratulations!

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S T R A H C E H T F O P TO top rated e Talia Hill reviews th shares books of 2021, and ht want which reads you mig to start 2022 with

You and Me on Vacation - Emily Henry (2021)

Here are my favourite reads of 2021, three new and one that was initially published in 2016, but has recirculated in 2021 and is now #1 on the NY times bestseller list.

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Sixth form colleges represent a vital supply pipeline of talented artists of the future. In order to advance the arts in education, to recognise and celebrate excellence in sixth form colleges, and to stimulate our thinking about the world this summer, SFCA will hold

its annual National Art Exhibition in June 2022. This year the exhibition will once again be limited to photography and will be an online event.

SFCA would like you to submit photographs of your work, whether that be photography mediums or a photo of a painting/sculpture etc. You will also need to supply 2/3 sentences about what the artwork represents and how it responds to the brief and illustrates your personal feelings about the theme.

Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 entries.

1st place: £20 Love2shop voucher 2nd place: £10 Love2shop voucher 3rd place: £10 Love2shop voucher

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fe awards 2019

Winner

Sixth form college of the year