the new instonian 3rd issue

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Editorial 2
Curriculum 3
Current
Affairs
5
Technology 8
The Arts 10
Sport 12
The New InstonianA P R I L 2 0 1 5I S S U E 3
Many historians oŌen
speculate over the potenƟal
thrill of being a rebel during
the 1916 Easter Rising. Few,
however, get the
opportunity to actually live
out the events. This is not
the case, however for the
young historians of RBAI. On
February 10th
the upper sixth
history classes travelled by
coach from RBAI to the
centre of Dublin to
commence their experience
as rebels and to expand on
their knowledge of the
notorious Easter Rising. Our
guide for the day was
published Irish historian,
Clive Scoular (who was
dressed in complete bright
red aƫre!)
Upon exiƟng the coach, we
immediately began our tour
of the sites of the Rising. We
began by visiƟng the GPO.
This acted as the rebel
headquarters during the
Easter Week and it is where
Patrick Pearse read his
ProclamaƟon of the
Republic. AŌer a brief
history lesson from the
enthusiasƟc Clive, my fellow
rebels and I marched
straight to the Four Courts
where we were searched
before entering, unlike the
actual 1916 rebels who just
stormed the building.
AŌer some Ɵme walking and
stopping for brief chats with
the ever insighƞul Clive, we
made it to the RCSI (The
Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland.) During the rising
this building was captured
by Micheal Mallin. The
college was subject to vast
amounts of gun fire from
BriƟsh Soldiers, and the
bullet holes are visible sƟll to
this day. (Picture below)
Just across a rather busy road
is St Stephen’s Green, where
many trenches were dug
during the Rising. The ideology
behind this was to directly
compare events in Dublin with
WW1 that was currently being
fought by many Irish men in
France under the BriƟsh flag.
The Green was conquered by
Countess Constance
Markievicz who commanded
an esƟmated 200-250 men
and women. Clive informed us
that during the intense fighƟng
over the Green, a ceasefire
was held each day at midday
so that the park’s groundsman
could feed the ducks! In St
Stephens Green a memorial
has been built to honour
Markievicz, as shown in the
photograph to the leŌ.
(This arƟcle conƟnues
on page 3)
A Day in the Life of an Easter Rebel

By Robbie McKinney
The Editing Team:
Editor-
Jonathan Strain
Deputy Editors-
Robbie McKinney
Andrew Mallon
Tues 17th March
Rugby schools cup final.
Thurs 19th—Fri 20th
March
Spring Concert
Fri 20th—Sun 22nd
1st XI Hockey tour to
Taunton
Fri 27th March
Upper Sixth Formal
Fri 27th March
End ofTerm
Important School
Dates:
I’m not usually one to quote
movies, but there is one
parƟcular line from a certain
movie, about this guy who
skives school for a day that
notably stands out for me and
it’s that, “life moves preƩy
fast and if you don’t stop to
look around every now and
then, you might just miss it”.
Now I’m not saying that you
should stay off school for a
day, a move that is definitely
not recommended, but there
is some truth to this quote. I
myself sƟll can’t quite grasp
the idea that there are only
three months leŌ of school
before I’m shipped off to
university next year and at
Ɵmes like these, amongst the
English essays, the History
notes and the three hundred
or so pages of ICT coursework,
it helps to remember the wise
words of old Ferris Bueller.
You can’t spend all of you Ɵme
and effort on schoolwork and
it’s always recommended that
you take a break every now
and then; despite the colossal
amount of work.
The New Instonian is a great
example of how, amidst all the
schoolwork, you can sƟll have
fun during such a stressful
school period like this.
MeeƟng weekly during private
study Ɵme is always a relief
and gives you a chance to put
down the textbooks and talk
about what’s going on in the
world, both in and out of
school. It’s just one of the
many extra-curricular
acƟviƟes that the school offers
and, as this is the penulƟmate
issue, I can say that it’s been
a great experience so far.
Aside from this, further ways
in which the school helps to
make learning less
monotonous and more
intriguing is by the
implementaƟon of school
trips as a way of advancing
your learning. As I do A-Level
History I was able to take
part in the trip to Dublin this
past month and I must say it
was a fantasƟc day, giving us
great insight into the life of a
1916 Easter rebel. Ryan
Montgomery outlined the
whole trip in this issue’s
cover story and I recommend
giving the arƟcle a read as it
goes in depth on the day’s
events and talking points. It’s
a crucial part of our course
so being able to actually see
where the rebels fought and
follow the events of the
Rising locaƟon by locaƟon
was a great bonus, which
provided some clarity and
experƟse for the subject.
I’ve already outlined how
much I’ve enjoyed working
on the paper this year,
reporƟng on stories and
voicing your opinions in this
fashion is a great
introducƟon for anyone
looking to follow a career in
journalism. As we’re a very
small, mostly student-run,
newspaper, we represent the
student’s freedom of speech,
so it hits close to home when
we hear the terrible news of
the journalists of saƟrical
newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Where in, professionals were
targeted and fiercely
aƩacked for using their right
of free speech. These
atrociƟes, carried out by
Islamist terrorist group Al-
Qaeda, are completely unjust
and abhorrent. However, we
can always take comfort in
the fact that, following the
heinous acts of terror, the
next issue of Charlie Hebdo
print ran 7.95 million copies.
Also phrase ‘Je Suis Charlie’
was popularized through
social media and rallies
proving that at the end of the
day public freedom of speech
can never be silenced.
I’ve always possessed the
opinion that everyone is born
equal, so It’s sad to hear
about religion driven aƩacks
like this. However, when I do
hear these tragedies, I find it
hard not to draw parallels
with the race driven aƩacks
that sƟll take place to this
day. I’m a die hard Chelsea
fan and I would hope that,
like me, the majority of our
fans would agree with this
stance. But the news of
Chelsea supporters refusing a
black man’s entrance to the
Paris Metro aŌer our 1-1
draw with Paris Saint-
Germain in the Champions
League is very discerning. It’s
a shame to see that these
discriminaƟons are sƟll
taking place in the modern
world and I just hope that
they can be weeded out for
the younger generaƟon.
Editorial

P A G E 3
Academic Successes of 2014
(ArƟcle conƟnued from
page 1)
AŌer our lunch break we
made our way to our last
significant site of the day,
the Cathal Brugha Barracks.
The Barracks, now a
museum of Irish history,
housed the Asgard ship that
was used to smuggle
weapons into Howth for the
Irish Volunteers. The ship
was well preserve.
However, with the name
‘Asgard’ one would expect a
complete mammoth of a
boat, but in reality it was
smaller than I had
anƟcipated.
AŌer this, we headed back
to our coach to begin our
journey back to RBAI. On
the coach, it became
apparent that even some of
RBAI’s finest were not
equipped to survive as
rebels as they were soon to
driŌ off into deep sleeps
aŌer a hard day’s walking.
To conclude, I can whole-
heartedly say that it proved
both tremendously fun and
hugely informaƟve and it is
definitely something for
future generaƟons of RBAI
historians to look forward
to.
By Ryan Montgomery
and Ben McConkey,
gained 34.5 points in
their GCSEs. Omar
Helmy topped the year
with 12 A* grades and is
also ranked joint 3rd in
Northern Ireland in GCSE
Biology and Physics,
which is an astonishing
achievement.
The class of 2014 built on
their achievements from
the previous AS year and
produced phenomenal
results. Robert McGibbon
is top of his class with
4A* in Chemistry, Mathe-
maƟcs, Further Maths
and Physics and an A in
Biology. His peers en-
joyed similar levels of
success, the edited high-
lights including: Andrew
Ruddell (3A*s and 1A),
Daniel Clements (1A*
and 3A’s), Cameron
Black and Mark
Stewart (4A’s), Tom
Coyle (2A*s and 2A’s),
Kyle Walsh, Dylan Car-
gill, Daniel PlaƩ and
David Trimble (1A* and
2A’s).
The Lower Sixth have
raised the bar at (A-C),
maintaining the
upward trend in
standards and whole
school performance.
Ted Mackey did
excepƟonally well with
5 A’s across a range of
subjects.
Let’s hope next years
exam classes achieve
the same gliƩering
accolades!
By Ethan Redpath
Curriculum
Section Editor-
Ryan Montgomery
(Article on page)
Section Writers-
Kurtis Conville
Stephen Beattie
(Article on page 4)
Ethan Redpath
(Article on this page)
THE NEW INSTONIAN
Where to start? Last
year’s exams results
were out of this world,
as always! Although
everybody did well,
there were a few
excepƟonal GCSE, AS
and A2 results that are
worthy of menƟon.
Three boys from last
year’s year 12, Omar
Helmy, Charlie Bedi

P A G E 4
THE NEW INSTONIAN
The Success of the 2015 Open Day!
On the first Saturday aŌer
the Christmas Break, as it
is every year, RBAI held its
annual Open Morning. As
in previous years, the 2015
Open Morning was an
enormous success, both in
terms of the numbers of
primary school children in
aƩendance and the
recepƟon the school
received. The enormous
common hall (which, mind
you, seats all 1050
students of RBAI and the
50 members of teaching
staff) was limited to
standing room only. Each
and every booth for the
extra-curricular had a
lengthy cue of children,
eager and joyous to
invesƟgate the many
different clubs and
socieƟes Inst has to offer.
From the Community
Service Group to the CCF
conƟngent, everyone had
their hands full from start
to finish. Being so
overcrowded, many
primary school boys and
their parents were not
able to aƩend the annual
open morning, and so a
second Open AŌernoon
was held on the 4th
February, and was likewise
a huge success in terms of
numbers in aƩendance
and response from the
parents and primary
pupils.
The success of these clubs
and the academic prowess
of last year’s FiŌh and
Sixth form was one of the
many things the Principal
menƟoned in her address
to the children and their
parents. She spoke of the
successes of the various
sports in school such as
the Rugby, Hockey and
Cricket clubs, as well as
other non-sporƟng
socieƟes such as the
Scouts, CCF, Community
Service and Angling
Society. Ms Williamson
spoke also of her pride at
the academic achievement
of the school. As she does
every year, the Principal
was able to comment with
glowing enthusiasm how
our GCSE and A level pass
rate has risen yet again
from last year, reaching a
peak of over 95% grades
A*- C in the academic year
2013/2014. Among other
things, Ms Williamson also
menƟoned the aƫtude of
the current student body,
on their commitment and
dedicaƟon to the school
and their own
achievements, and what
would be expected of the
primary school boys
should they come to RBAI.
However, the Principal
also explained the passion,
enthusiasm and work ethic
of the students that
potenƟal year 8s would
undoubtedly know in years
to come. And to top it all
off, the Principal was able
to confirm that everyone’s
hard work to make the
Open Day the success it
was had paid off, and
noted how she had
overheard praise for the
school from every corner
of the room.
By Stephan Beaƫe

P A G E 5
The Ukrainian Crisis
The Pro-Russian separaƟst
leader Alexander
Zakharchenko has claimed
that the rebels aim to boost
their forces to 100,000 men,
as the conflict between the
separaƟsts and the
Ukrainian military
intensifies.
The reason for the
rekindling of this conflict
was the failure of the
aƩempted truce in late 2014
when the rebel negoƟators
failed to turn up. This has
led to the ceasefire, which
was agreed in early
September 2014, to collapse
due to the rebels aƩack on
several Ukrainian
government posiƟons and
their seizure of the Donetsk
Airport.
The main aim for the Pro-
Russian SeparaƟsts is to
push the government forces
out of Eastern Ukraine.
However, even though the
rebels have been brutal in
their aƩempts to reclaim
various towns throughout
Eastern Ukraine, it must be
noted that the Ukrainian
forces have been equally
brutal and have been
blamed for the deadly
aƩacks on Donetsk city in
January. Due to this
conflict Zakharchenko has
stated that the
mobilisaƟon of rebel
troops was “urgent”.
He stated that “This will
increase our army to
100,000 people”. Many
however, doubt the rebel’s
ability to mobilise that
many men and so as
Christopher Millar states it
would be more likely that
this would be “a disguise
to bring in more Russian
volunteers”.
In fact the Ukrainian
Government has claimed
that the Pro-Russian
Rebels are being helped by
up to 9,000 Russian
servicemen, a claim which
Moscow denies.
In response to this the
Ukrainian government has
announced their own
mobilisaƟon of troops to
bring the number in their
armed forces to 200,000
men. The conflict at present
is based around the town of
Debaltseve which the
separaƟsts have been trying
to encircle for five days. This
has resulted in the deaths of
60 people in a weekend of
heavy violence in the regions
of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The conflict in Ukraine has
had major implicaƟons on
the people of Ukraine. Since
the outbreak of conflict in
April 2014 more than 5,000
people have been killed and
more than 1.2 million have
been made homeless,
following the Russian
annexaƟon of Crimea.
The issue now is that NATO is
contemplaƟng providing
weapons to the Ukrainian
military in Kiev. This acƟon,
although made with the
intenƟon of ending the
conflict in Ukraine may in
fact create a new one. As the
Russians will more than likely
side with the Pro-Russian
Rebels, thus creaƟng a
division between the United
States and Russia not seen
since the Cold War.
Philip StarreƩ
Current
Affairs
Section Editor-
Phillip Starret
Section Writers-
Declan Hoyt
Caelan Tyler
(Article on page 7)
Josh Floyd
Michael Nicholl
(Article on next page)
THE NEW INSTONIAN

P A G E 6
Liberty under attack!
France is in mourning
aŌer a number of aƩacks
carried out by Islamic
extremists. The final
death toll stands at 17;
12 at the offices of the
saƟrical magazine Charlie
Hebdo, a police officer at
Montrouge and 4
hostages at a kosher
supermarket at Porte de
Vincennes in east Paris.
The series of events
began on 7 January when
masked gunmen aƩacked
the offices of the saƟrical
magazine Charlie Hebdo
in broad daylight. They
killed 12 people in all and
injured 11 others. Video
footage shows the men
shouƟng “God is great” in
Arabic and claiming that
the “Prophet had been
avenged”, the aƩackers
were later named as Saïd
Kouachi and Chérif
Kouachi.
The magazine had
previously caused
controversy in 2011 by
publishing a cartoon by a
Danish arƟst mocking the
Islamic Prophet
Muhammad. The
caricature caused outcry
in the Muslim world and
the magazine's offices
were petrol bombed.
Many of the senior
editors and arƟsts of the
publicaƟon received
death threats, with
several receiving police
protecƟon. The French
Government also had to
close embassies and
consulates in Muslim
countries for fear of
diplomaƟc staff being
aƩacked.
The magazine, which
commonly mocks all
religion as well as
poliƟcians of all poliƟcal
persuasion, conƟnued
undeterred with the
magazine's Editor in Chief
Stéphane Charbonnier
(Charb) commenƟng in
2011: "I am not afraid of
reprisals, I have no
children, no wife, no car,
no debt. It might sound a
bit pompous, but I'd
prefer to die on my feet
rather than living on my
knees.” One of Charb’s
last illustraƟons before
his death eerily alludes to a
terrorist aƩack happening
in France in January.
During the manhunt that
followed, five more
innocent civilians lost their
lives. On 8 January, Amedy
Coulibaly shot and killed
police officer Clarissa Jean-
Philippe in Montrouge, a
southern suburb of Paris.
The same suspect from the
Montrouge shooƟng later
killed four people and held
a number of hostages in a
kosher supermarket at
Porte de Vincennes in east
Paris. The ordeal finally
ended on 9 January when
French police advanced on
both the supermarket and
the locaƟon of the two
main aƩackers.
Seen as striking at the heart
of the values of liberty that
the French Republic hold
dear, vigils were held across
the Western world with the
saying “Je suis Charlie”
featuring prominently in
the aŌermath on social
media. Media outlets on
both sides of the poliƟcal
spectrum in France
supported the magazine.
Current
Affairs
THE NEW INSTONIAN Continued on next page

P A G E 7
Liberty under attack!
Many held a minute silence to
recognize the day that freedom of
the press was aƩacked, these include
The Guardian and AFP. Online
outlets, such as The Huffington Post
and Buzzfeed made the decision to
publish some of the cartoons that
triggered the aƩack. The remaining
staff of Charlie Hebdo have
commented that the magazine will
conƟnue to be published as usual,
the next issue is to be printed 1
million Ɵmes, a huge increase from
the usual esƟmated circulaƟon of
65,000. Unity marches were held
in France over the weekend
following the aƩacks. Police
esƟmated over 3 million took to
the streets in what was the
biggest rally since the liberaƟon of
Paris during World War II.
The media in some Islamic
countries has not been as quick to
condemn the acƟons as those in
the West. Two Islamist
newspapers in Turkey ran
headlines that were seen by some
as jusƟfying the aƩack. The Yeni
Akit newspaper ran an arƟcle
enƟtled "AƩack on the magazine
that provoked Muslims", and
Türkiye, a newspaper close to the
government, ran an arƟcle
enƟtled "AƩack on the magazine
that insulted our Prophet". Iranian
state funded Press TV also refused
to condemn the aƩacks on TwiƩer.
A rally was held in Peshawar,
Pakistan to praise the killers, with a
local cleric holding a funeral for the
killers, lionizing them as "heroes of
Islam."
These events have now kick started
a debate that spans further than
France, but also into the rest of
Europe. It calls into quesƟon
mulƟculturalism and more
importantly the right of freedom of
expression and speech. It now looks
likely that other liberal democracies
are going to increase surveillance on
their own ciƟzens, their hand forced
by extremists and theocraƟc states
who aim to destroy everything the
west stands for.
By Michael Nicholl
THE NEW INSTONIAN
Freedom of speech...
Is it worth it?
In wake of the terror aƩacks in recent
years like the killing of BriƟsh soldier
Lee Rigby in London, the murder of
Canadian soldier Corporal Nathan
Cirillo at Parliament Hill in OƩawa,
and the recent aƩack and murder of
Charlie Hebdo staff at the saƟrical
magazine’s headquarters in Paris,
security has been greatly heightened
across Europe with armed guards
posted in many ciƟes.
Governments and security services
across the world have begun
discussions on whether or not emails
and private communicaƟons should
be more carefully monitored in order
to prevent further aƩacks. If these
new measures were put in place,
it would give governments the
legal ability to monitor the public’s
private messages such as emails,
text messages and Facebook
messages (amongst other things).
This will make what the NSA has
been doing for years in America,
legal in the UK. This will give the
public very liƩle power to prevent
security agencies from spying on
their every conversaƟon online.
The quesƟon being raised by this
arƟcle is, ‘Is it worth it?’ Our
governments will be invading our
privacy without a care for our
freedom of speech in order to
protect, our freedom of speech.
So what is the point in protecƟng
something that will basically cease
to exist by protecƟng it? It’s a bit
of a paradox and is an issue that is
being raised by many in light of
recent events. Is monitoring all of
our acƟons really protecƟng our
freedom? Or is it just subjecƟng us
to the will of our governments for
the sake of ‘safer streets’?
Declan Hoyt.

P A G E 8
Dark Matter: The Veil of the Shadowy Universe
We live in a day and age
where our understanding of
our vast, infinitely
perplexing cosmos is
growing at an ever-
increasing rate. However, it
seems as we uncover more
about astral bodies,
quantum mechanics and the
forces that hold us together
we delve ever deeper into
the rabbit hole of the
unknown, and the weird.
Ever present in miasmic
fashion through this dive
into the unknown are two
of the greatest enigmas of
our strange existence. Dark
maƩer and energy accounts
for some 95% of all maƩer
in the universe. Billions of
their parƟcles pass through
your body every second.
And yet we know almost
nothing of this mysterious
enƟty that is all around us.
We cannot even directly
observe the phenomenon
and only recently have
scienƟsts been able to
detect it. The true
significance of dark maƩer
is largely unknown however
it is theorised that without
the gravitaƟonal effects it
produces the primordial
debris that makes up our
galaxies and systems could
never have gathered in such
a way as to produce the
structures we call home.
Like an invisible, intangible
glue dark maƩer is without
a doubt imperaƟve to the
development of our
universe. We just don't
know how, or why. The
detectors used to try and
find dark maƩer are so
technologically advanced
they resemble an item
belonging in science ficƟon.
They have to be located
deep underground to avoid
interference from incoming
cosmic parƟcles and are
shielded by several layers of
materials from polyethylene
to lead and copper. In 2013
America's Large Xenon
Detector began operaƟons
only to come up empty-
handed in its search. Other
such endeavours have
produced only spectral
traces that don't consƟtute
direct evidence. The Large
Hadron Collider is set to
resume operaƟons
following maintenance and
upgrade in March 2015. It is
hoped that there they shall
achieve energy levels
sufficient to produce dark
maƩer parƟcles. If dark
maƩer was not a puzzle
enough by itself, there
exists in conjuncƟon with it
what has been described as
the 'central problem for
physics'. The phantasmic
dark energy haunts the
minds of theoreƟcal
physicists everywhere. This
term was coined in the late
'90s when scienƟsts
discovered, to their
immeasurable dismay, that
the rate at which the
universe is expanding is in
fact acceleraƟng. This fact
means that there must be
some unknown form of
energy propelling the
universe's ballooning state.
This mystery brings to the
fore once again the age-old
feud between Einstein's
theory of General RelaƟvity
and the more recent theory
of Quantum Mechanics.
These shrouded forces are
just two of the many
mysteries that plague the
brightest minds on our
planet. But as Ɵme wears on
we are filling the cracks in
our knowledge and paving
the way for the
enlightenment of the
future.
By Jack Crone
Technology
Section Editor-
Jack Crone
(Article on page)
Section Writers-
Bailie Thompson
Matthew Young
Conor Hanley
THE NEW INSTONIAN

P A G E 9
Microsoft Making A Comeback?
CompuƟng giant
MicrosoŌ has just
announced the release
of an updated,
streamline operaƟng
system - Windows 10. It
will be free for Windows
8.1 users and on a
yearly trial basis for
Windows 7 users. This
will allow everyone to
exit the dark ages of
Windows Vista, as the
system is centralised
and allows MicrosoŌ to
concentrate on the
development of mulƟ-
plaƞorm applicaƟons
much like Apple’s IOS
system. Users of the
popular operaƟng
system will see several
changes including the
largely hated and
ridiculed Internet
Explorer being replaced
by a new search engine
named “Spartan”, and
an AI feature on the
latest Windows Phone
designed to act as a
personal assistant. It is
clear for many
technology companies,
that centralizing their
users onto one system is
the most eﬃcient and
consumer-friendly way
forward, and that
people are more willing
to buy into cheap or
free systems. MicrosoŌ
have gradually
broadened their width
of technological
interests, purchasing
Nokia in a $9bn deal
and transferring games
from the popular Xbox
360 and Xbox one
consoles to PC. This will
again raise the quesƟon
on whether MicrosoŌ
can overtake Apple.
Its ability to make its
biggest selling item free
for users clearly shows
that the technology
giant can no longer rely
on Windows alone.
However one thing this
clearly demonstrates is
that technology is
advancing in such a way
as to become easier to
obtain and access on a
universal basis, and who
can argue with that?
By Bailie Thompson
Technology
THE NEW INSTONIAN

P A G E 1 0
Does Fashion Express Political Ideas?
Throughout the past
century, it is clear that
fashion has been a way to
express our poliƟcal views,
especially in the western
world. This clear expression
of poliƟcal acƟvism is shown
through groups such as
Punks, who originated
around the 1970s and the
Flappers, in the 1920s.
However, within this new
millennium, although a lot
of emphasis is put upon the
Prime Minister and other
high ranking poliƟcians, it
seems our fashion does not
promote poliƟcal acƟvism,
but poliƟcal dormancy.
This poliƟcal dormancy can
be seen throughout the age
groups of this generaƟon.
From the new “hipster”
trends that try to emphasise
how liƩle effort they put
into their appearance. This
outer persona to convey
their unwillingness to care
about the trends in society,
is oŌen fed by celebriƟes,
such as Russell Brand.
Although Russell may be
trying to start a
“revoluƟon”, people only
hear, “Don’t vote”. Also the
new innovaƟon of “swag”
which promotes bright
colours and vague words
on t-shirts, “obey”, ”dope”
and other meaningless
drivel, promoƟng the new
found “lad culture”. It
thrusts celebriƟes into role
models for teenagers who
the only seem to think
about primal urges rather
than the society around
them.
This seems somewhat
different to the previous
decades I’ve menƟoned.
Flappers coming about,
not just in America, but
throughout Europe in the
1920’s dressed to show
their equality to men.
Loose clothes and short
hair showed their
ideological perspecƟve,
emphasised by the
SuffrageƩe movement in
1919.
We also have the other
group I highlighted, Punks.
Usually stereotyped being
more ’leŌ’ in their poliƟcal
stance and can be spoƩed
in their ripped jeans,
chains and unusual
hairstyles. Although,
thought of as socialists or
“leŌies”, Punks come from
all corners of the poliƟcal
spectrum, many of you will
have heard of the “punk-rock
libertarians”.
Fashion has always been a
clear way in which some
people choose to convey
their poliƟcal ideologies. It is
my hope that fashion within
our generaƟon begins to
highlight poliƟcal views
further and involve a greater
number of people of all ages.
By Cameron Powell
The Arts
Section Editor-
Ethan Maginnes
Section Writers-
Connor Beattie
Alex O’Hare
Cameron Powell
Ross McCully
Matthew Percy
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Mr Leathley’s
Recommendations
Album—
No Cities To Love
Film-InherentVice
Book—
The Adventures of
Luther Arkwright
RBAI’s jazz evening took
place on the 27th of
February and delivered on
its promise to be a an
energeƟc and funky night.
The school jazz band have
been known to be very
strong in recent years and
linked up with many past
pupils of RBAI who have
went on to become jazz
legends. Past pupils, David
Howell, Linley Hamilton and
ScoƩ Flannigan played a
relaxed set featuring some
wonderful solos and then
ended with a memorable
version of the school song.
This exclusive event showed
off the showed of the talent
and soulfulness of RBAI’s
jazz in order to raise funds in
the support of the BOLA
Centenary Fund. This
event directly benefits our
pupils and development of
the School.
Some of the pieces played at
the evening classic jazz such
as ‘Boogie Wonderland’ and
‘Let’s Groove’ by 70’s funk
group Earth, Wind & Fire.
All the way to contemporary
pop music with ‘Locked Out
of Heaven’ by Bruno Mars,
played with a jazz twist.
This event turned out to be a
great night for all to join up
to appreciate RBAI’s bright
future in jazz . It also
brought with it a much
needed chance for old boys,
pupils, teachers, friends and
family to chill out to some
funky tunes.
By Ross McCully
All That Jazz
Unbroken Movie Review
This movie is based on the
book by Laura Hillenbrand
and the true story of former
Olympic athlete and US
Airman Louis “Louie”
Zamperini during the Second
World War. The movie
follows his struggle of being
shot down while on a mission
over the pacific, surviving on
a raŌ for 47 days with 2 of his
downed comrades on
thousands of miles of Open
Ocean and eventually being
captured by the Imperial
Army of Japan. He spent the
rest of the war in a
series of P.O.W. camps.
Throughout Zamperini’s
struggle in these camps he
showed tremendous
courage in the face of
adversity. Directed and
produced by Angelina Jolie –
she was inspired by
Zamperini’s tale of defiance,
endurance and resilience
against his cruel captors. The
film had its world premiere in
Sydney on November 17th
2014 and received a wide
release in the United States on
December 25 2014. The film
received mixed reviews from
criƟcs with MetacriƟc scoring
it 3/5 stars and IMDb raƟng it
a 7.1/10.
Personally I think this movie is
a triumph of modern cinema.
With a stunning acƟng cast
including Jack O’Connell and
Takamasa Ishihara who paint a
vivid picture of the harrowing
events that occurred in a
brutal prisoner of war camp
during WWII.
By Ethan Maginnes

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Sport
Section Editor-
Ross McAuley
Section Writers-
Andrew Mould
Brandon Anderson
Ethan Taggart
(Article on page)
Philip Moneypenny
William Creighton
THE NEW INSTONIAN
African Cup of Nations
The African Cup of NaƟons
Final had seen Ghana take
on Ivory Coast at the
Estadio de Bata stadium on
the 8th of February 2015.
The tournament started for
Ghana on the 19th of
January against a tough
Senegalese side. Ghana,
being one of the favourites
to win the tournament,
were looking to start their
2015 AFCON experience
with a win and put them on
their way to success.
However, a hard fought
match seen them beat 2-1
by the Senegalese side and
things were not looking
good.
For the Ivory Coast, the
tournament began on the
20th of January against
eventual semi-finalists
Guinea at the Estadio de
Malabo. This match seen a
1-1 draw, which was also
not what the Ivory Coast, a
strong side, was looking for.
However, although both
teams had a bad start to the
tournament, they both
passed through the group
stages, and into the knock-
out stage, with Ivory coast
scraping a victory over
Cameroon and Ghana
geƫng a win aŌer a Ɵght
match with South Africa.
This saw both of the
eventual finalists barely
topping their group. The
African Cup of NaƟons was
proving to be a Ɵghtly
fought compeƟƟon with
everyone having potenƟal
to do well.
The quarter finals
had seen Ghana play
Guinea on the 1st of
February, who had
drawn against the
Ivory Coast in the
group stage. The strengths
of the stronger teams
were now beginning to
show as, aŌer a Ɵght
group stage, Ghana won
3-0 to conƟnue and
advanced to the semi-
finals. The Ivory Coast, also
playing on the 1st of
February, had seen a
tougher match against
Algeria. They were
drawing late into the game
when Bony, their highly
rated striker who had
recently signed for
Premier League champions
Manchester City, got his
second goal of the game
puƫng them into the lead.
They then went onto win
the match 3-1 and also
advance onto the semi-
finals.
Ivory Coast began their
Semi-Final against the
DemocraƟc Republic of
Congo, who were ranked
56 in the FIFA world
rankings, on the 4th of
February. Ivory Coast took
the lead through their
captain, Yaya Toure, with a
thunderous strike from
just outside the box but
the game was level 4
minutes later through a
penalty from Mbokani.
However, the favourites
again took the lead just
before half-Ɵme and then
furthered their lead in the
68th minute, booking their
place in the Final.
On the 5th of February,
Ghana played Equatorial
Guinea in the other semi-
final of the compeƟƟon.
With Equatorial Guinea
hosƟng the compeƟƟon,
they had the home support
on their side. But this
proved to be overthrown by
the quality of football
shown by Ghana. They took
the lead through Jordan
Ayew’s penalty and doubled
this within 5 minutes,
puƫng them in a
comfortable posiƟng. Ghana
then finished the game off
with a third goal from Andre
Ayew and therefore
advancing to the final.
The final then saw the two
favourites go head to head
at the Estadio De Bata, with
an aƩendance of 38,000.
Both teams proved worthy
finalists having being on fine
form coming into the game,
each scoring six goals in the
knockout stages. They were
well matched, and not even
extra - Ɵme was enough to
break the deadlock. The
game went to penalƟes,
which proved exciƟng with a
total of 22 penalƟes being
taken. Even though Ivory
Coast missed their first two
penalƟes, they went on to
win 9-8 in the penalty shoot
-out, and win their first
African Cup of NaƟons since
1992.
By Ethan Taggart

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THE NEW INSTONIAN
The Six Nations
The six naƟons have already
kicked off and there's iniƟal
talk of how teams will do in
the World Cup later this year.
A bit early isn’t? This
tournament may not have
any bearing in terms of how
teams play, but it may affect
the side psychologically.
The tournament started with
a mouth-watering fixture,
Wales v England. Many
would have went for Wales
as they were at home, but
I’m sure not many expected
England’s second half
showing. The game started
quickly with Leigh Halfpenny
scoring a penalty to put
Wales ahead. A few minutes
later Wales added to this
lead with a try. Faletau
picked the ball up, holding off
Haskell, and offloading to
Webb. However, England
fired right back with a try of
their own aŌer Mike Brown
grubber kicked it into the
path of Watson who dived
onto the ball to score. Ford
however missed the
conversion and Wales were
leading 10-5 only 15 minutes
in. A penalty for either side
and a drop goal for Wale
meant they went in at half
Ɵme with a 16-8 lead.
England came out of the
blocks straight away in the
second half with a try from
Joseph in the 45th minute.
Good footwork and strength
allowed him to squeeze past
two Welsh players and get an
important try. PenalƟes later
in the match gave England
the perfect start to the 6
NaƟons. This can be seen as
a psychological blow for the
Welsh, especially as they play
England in the pool stage at
the World Cup.
The defending champions
Ireland faced a trip to Italy to
start their campaign. Ireland
will be hoping that a good 6
NaƟons can give the team
momentum to build upon
going into the World Cup
later in the year. However, it
wasn’t the start Ireland
would have hoped for as
they found it difficult to
break down a resolute Italian
defence. Nonetheless, they
found themselves 9-3 up at
half Ɵme. They started the
second half much brighter
and found a try aŌer 25
minutes of constant
pressure. It came from a line-
out where Connor Murray
forced his way over the line
and give Ireland a 19-3 lead.
Shortly aŌer they added
another try aŌer Tommy
O’Donnell ran onto a pass
from Henshaw. This gave
Ireland the victory and a
winning start to the campaign.
Scotland started their
campaign against France, one
of the sides who are among
the favourites to win the 6
NaƟons and possibly the
World Cup. An even opening
period saw each side score
penalƟes, with France going 9-
3 up just before a Scoƫsh try.
AŌer good play from Hogg on
the leŌ hand side, the ball is
played out to the opposite
side where Fife scored the try.
Another two penalƟes meant
France won the game 15-8.
Although there are no clear
indicators as how each side
will fare in the World Cup, the
first round of matches have
shown that it will be a
compeƟƟve 6 NaƟons and one
that may provide the
foundaƟons for a winner in
the autumn of 2015.
Some of the games to look out
for could be Ireland v France
in round 2, with the looser
possibly out of the running for
the championship. Ireland v
England is for many the
deciding match as they are
the two favourites for the 6
NaƟons. Finally, the
championship could come
down to the wire when
England play France. France
have always been there and
about in any compeƟƟve
tournament, and England look
to be a very strong side.
By Andrew Mould

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