elcome to South Circular , a new publication from the DC English department that contains some of the best writing produced in lessons at the College this year. In any academic term, boys from all age groups and all corners of the school create an enormous quantity of fantastic writing, yet too often this exceptional output remains trapped inside the pages of exercise books or the hard drive of a computer. This magazine, which we hope will be produced annually for Founder’s Day, attempts to ensure that the range and quality of the work going on in the English Department can be recognised, shared and celebrated. The pieces included in these pages range from nature poetry to chilling short fiction; persuasive speeches to academic essays. The short stories from Year 9 were generated as part of the ‘Creative Portfolio’, a new part of the curriculum that encourages boys to respond to what they are reading through creative writing and that counts towards their end-of-year examination. All of the work printed here, however, reflects the diversity of what is read and discussed at Dulwich. We hope you enjoy this snapshot of the year’s newwriting, and that reading it inspires other boys to keep writing – they could well find their work published here next year. Finally, we would like to thank the boys published here for their hard work, and all our colleagues in the English department, to whom we are deeply indebted for the imaginative, dedicated teaching that inspired the following pieces. W
RWHF, AEH and TWBG
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