By Zara Karimi (18A01A)
Photographs courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society
What do illegal parking, invented languages, and ethical dilemmas all have in common? Superficially speaking, absolutely nothing. And yet, plays featuring these three completely unrelated subjects were a part of Raffles Players’ J1 Production: One-Two-Many, held at the Theatre Studies and Drama Room from 9–11 November.
Continue reading “One-Two-Many: Raffles Players’ J1 Production”
By Ashley Tan (18A13A)
“I hate PW.”
I can’t recall how many times these words have played in my mind. I had previously heard of Project Work (PW) “horror stories” from seniors, but always thought to myself, “How hard can completing work for a H1 subject with the help of group mates really be?” How asinine I was to harbour such beliefs.
Continue reading “Staying Afloat: Reflections on the Perils of Project Work”
By Adri Faris (18A13A)
Photos courtesy of Sun Jia Ying (18A01D)
When the word “artist” is mentioned in a casual conversation, images of a beret-donning, mediocrity-fearing, sketchbook-carrying creative inevitably spring to mind. This creative is believed to be living in a dream world, and he only hangs out with his fellow creatives who lead decadent lifestyles.
But this depiction of the “artist” as an exclusive, pretentious creative is far from accurate. It does not even come close to describing the artists that make up the H2 Art Batch of 2018 in Raffles. When I entered the Art Studio on Friday, 27th October, I was warmly greeted by passionate art students who were eager to take me through their works.
Continue reading “Finding Beauty in the Banal – The Laboratory: ArtShow 2017”
By Abigail Ang (18S06B) and Soh Ying Qi (18A01C), with guest writer Lim Tian Jiao (18A01C)
Disclaimer: All information provided here is as of the time of writing and may not be wholly accurate now.
This article is the ninth and last part in Raffles Press’ series, Please Mind the Platform Gap: The Road Less Taken, about non-traditional A-level subjects offered in RI. For our previous feature on H2 TLL, please click here. For our last feature on H2 ELL, click here.
Continue reading “The ELLoquence of English: Taking H2 ELL in JC (Please Mind the Platform Gap)”
By Angus Yip (18A01A), Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) and Nicki Chan (18S03C)
Raffles Press is back with the third instalment of our collaboration with BooksActually reviewing local literature! The school term is (finally!) drawing to a close, so we have picked out three candidates for your holiday reading.
