INS IDE THIS

I SSUE :

Editorial 2

Curriculum 3

Current

Affairs

5

Technology 8

The Arts 10

Sport 12

The New Instonian A P R I L 2 0 1 5 I S S U E 3

Many historians oen

speculate over the potenal

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 a.re!)

Upon exing the coach, we

immediately began our tour

of the sites of the Rising. We

began by vising the GPO.

This acted as the rebel

headquarters during the

Easter Week and it is where

Patrick Pearse read his

Proclamaon of the

Republic. Aer a brief

history lesson from the

enthusiasc 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.

Aer some me walking and

stopping for brief chats with

the ever insigh7ul 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

Brish Soldiers, and the

bullet holes are visible sll 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 Brish flag.

The Green was conquered by

Countess Constance

Markievicz who commanded

an esmated 200-250 men

and women. Clive informed us

that during the intense fighng

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 le.

(This arcle connues

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 of Term

Important School Dates:

I’m not usually one to quote

movies, but there is one

parcular 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 preAy

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 sll can’t quite grasp

the idea that there are only

three months le of school

before I’m shipped off to

university next year and at

mes 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 me

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 sll have

fun during such a stressful

school period like this.

Meeng weekly during private

study me 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

acvies that the school offers

and, as this is the penulmate

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

implementaon 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 fantasc 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 arcle 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 locaon by locaon

was a great bonus, which

provided some clarity and

experse for the subject.

I’ve already outlined how

much I’ve enjoyed working

on the paper this year,

reporng on stories and

voicing your opinions in this

fashion is a great

introducon 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 sarical

newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Where in, professionals were

targeted and fiercely

aAacked for using their right

of free speech. These

atrocies, 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 aAacks

like this. However, when I do

hear these tragedies, I find it

hard not to draw parallels

with the race driven aAacks

that sll 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 aer our 1-1

draw with Paris Saint-

Germain in the Champions

League is very discerning. It’s

a shame to see that these

discriminaons are sll

taking place in the modern

world and I just hope that

they can be weeded out for

the younger generaon.

Editorial

P A G E 3

Academic Successes of 2014

(Arcle connued from

page 1)

Aer 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

ancipated.

Aer 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

dri off into deep sleeps

aer a hard day’s walking.

To conclude, I can whole-

heartedly say that it proved

both tremendously fun and

hugely informave and it is

definitely something for

future generaons 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-

macs, 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 PlaA 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

exceponally well with

5 A’s across a range of

subjects.

Let’s hope next years

exam classes achieve

the same gliAering

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

exceponal GCSE, AS

and A2 results that are

worthy of menon.

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 aer

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

aAendance and the

recepon 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

invesgate the many

different clubs and

sociees Inst has to offer.

From the Community

Service Group to the CCF

conngent, everyone had

their hands full from start

to finish. Being so

overcrowded, many

primary school boys and

their parents were not

able to aAend the annual

open morning, and so a

second Open Aernoon

was held on the 4th

February, and was likewise

a huge success in terms of

numbers in aAendance

and response from the

parents and primary

pupils.

The success of these clubs

and the academic prowess

of last year’s Fih and

Sixth form was one of the

many things the Principal

menoned 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-sporng

sociees 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

menoned the a.tude of

the current student body,

on their commitment and

dedicaon 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

potenal 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 Bea.e

P A G E 5

The Ukrainian Crisis The Pro-Russian separast

leader Alexander

Zakharchenko has claimed

that the rebels aim to boost

their forces to 100,000 men,

as the conflict between the

separasts and the

Ukrainian military

intensifies.

The reason for the

rekindling of this conflict

was the failure of the

aAempted truce in late 2014

when the rebel negoators

failed to turn up. This has

led to the ceasefire, which

was agreed in early

September 2014, to collapse

due to the rebels aAack on

several Ukrainian

government posions and

their seizure of the Donetsk

Airport.

The main aim for the Pro-

Russian Separasts is to

push the government forces

out of Eastern Ukraine.

However, even though the

rebels have been brutal in

their aAempts 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

aAacks on Donetsk city in

January. Due to this

conflict Zakharchenko has

stated that the

mobilisaon 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

mobilisaon 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

separasts 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 implicaons 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

annexaon of Crimea.

The issue now is that NATO is

contemplang providing

weapons to the Ukrainian

military in Kiev. This acon,

although made with the

intenon 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 creang a

division between the United

States and Russia not seen

since the Cold War.

Philip StarreA

Current Affairs

Section Editor- Phillip Starret (Article on this page) 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

aer a number of aAacks

carried out by Islamic

extremists. The final

death toll stands at 17;

12 at the offices of the

sarical 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 aAacked

the offices of the sarical

magazine Charlie Hebdo

in broad daylight. They

killed 12 people in all and

injured 11 others. Video

footage shows the men

shoung “God is great” in

Arabic and claiming that

the “Prophet had been

avenged”, the aAackers

were later named as Saïd

Kouachi and Chérif

Kouachi.

The magazine had

previously caused

controversy in 2011 by

publishing a cartoon by a

Danish arst 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 arsts of the

publicaon received

death threats, with

several receiving police

protecon. The French

Government also had to

close embassies and

consulates in Muslim

countries for fear of

diplomac staff being

aAacked.

The magazine, which

commonly mocks all

religion as well as

policians of all polical

persuasion, connued

undeterred with the

magazine's Editor in Chief

Stéphane Charbonnier

(Charb) commenng 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 illustraons before

his death eerily alludes to a

terrorist aAack 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 shoong 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 locaon of the two

main aAackers.

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 aermath on social

media. Media outlets on

both sides of the polical

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 aAacked, 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 aAack. The remaining

staff of Charlie Hebdo have

commented that the magazine will

connue to be published as usual,

the next issue is to be printed 1

million mes, a huge increase from

the usual esmated circulaon of

65,000. Unity marches were held

in France over the weekend

following the aAacks. Police

esmated over 3 million took to

the streets in what was the

biggest rally since the liberaon of

Paris during World War II.

The media in some Islamic

countries has not been as quick to

condemn the acons as those in

the West. Two Islamist

newspapers in Turkey ran

headlines that were seen by some

as jusfying the aAack. The Yeni

Akit newspaper ran an arcle

entled "AAack on the magazine

that provoked Muslims", and

Türkiye, a newspaper close to the

government, ran an arcle

entled "AAack on the magazine

that insulted our Prophet". Iranian

state funded Press TV also refused

to condemn the aAacks on TwiAer.

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 queson

mulculturalism 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 cizens, their hand forced

by extremists and theocrac 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 aAacks in recent

years like the killing of Brish soldier

Lee Rigby in London, the murder of

Canadian soldier Corporal Nathan

Cirillo at Parliament Hill in OAawa,

and the recent aAack and murder of

Charlie Hebdo staff at the sarical

magazine’s headquarters in Paris,

security has been greatly heightened

across Europe with armed guards

posted in many cies.

Governments and security services

across the world have begun

discussions on whether or not emails

and private communicaons should

be more carefully monitored in order

to prevent further aAacks. 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 liAle power to prevent

security agencies from spying on

their every conversaon online.

The queson being raised by this

arcle 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 protecng

something that will basically cease

to exist by protecng 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 acons really protecng our

freedom? Or is it just subjecng 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

maAer and energy accounts

for some 95% of all maAer

in the universe. Billions of

their parcles pass through

your body every second.

And yet we know almost

nothing of this mysterious

enty that is all around us.

We cannot even directly

observe the phenomenon

and only recently have

sciensts been able to

detect it. The true

significance of dark maAer

is largely unknown however

it is theorised that without

the gravitaonal 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 maAer is without

a doubt imperave to the

development of our

universe. We just don't

know how, or why. The

detectors used to try and

find dark maAer are so

technologically advanced

they resemble an item

belonging in science ficon.

They have to be located

deep underground to avoid

interference from incoming

cosmic parcles and are

shielded by several layers of

materials from polyethylene

to lead and copper. In 2013

America's Large Xenon

Detector began operaons

only to come up empty-

handed in its search. Other

such endeavours have

produced only spectral

traces that don't constute

direct evidence. The Large

Hadron Collider is set to

resume operaons

following maintenance and

upgrade in March 2015. It is

hoped that there they shall

achieve energy levels

sufficient to produce dark

maAer parcles. If dark

maAer was not a puzzle

enough by itself, there

exists in conjuncon with it

what has been described as

the 'central problem for

physics'. The phantasmic

dark energy haunts the

minds of theorecal

physicists everywhere. This

term was coined in the late

'90s when sciensts

discovered, to their

immeasurable dismay, that

the rate at which the

universe is expanding is in

fact accelerang. 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 Relavity

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 me 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 (Article on next page) Matthew Young Conor Hanley

THE NEW INSTONIAN

P A G E 9

Microsoft Making A Comeback? Compung giant

Microso has just

announced the release

of an updated,

streamline operang

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 Microso to

concentrate on the

development of mul-

pla7orm applicaons

much like Apple’s IOS

system. Users of the

popular operang

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. Microso

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 queson

on whether Microso

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 polical views,

especially in the western

world. This clear expression

of polical acvism 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 policians, it

seems our fashion does not

promote polical acvism,

but polical dormancy.

This polical dormancy can

be seen throughout the age

groups of this generaon.

From the new “hipster”

trends that try to emphasise

how liAle effort they put

into their appearance. This

outer persona to convey

their unwillingness to care

about the trends in society,

is oen fed by celebries,

such as Russell Brand.

Although Russell may be

trying to start a

“revoluon”, people only

hear, “Don’t vote”. Also the

new innovaon of “swag”

which promotes bright

colours and vague words

on t-shirts, “obey”, ”dope”

and other meaningless

drivel, promong the new

found “lad culture”. It

thrusts celebries 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 menoned.

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 perspecve,

emphasised by the

SuffrageAe movement in

1919.

We also have the other

group I highlighted, Punks.

Usually stereotyped being

more ’le’ in their polical

stance and can be spoAed

in their ripped jeans,

chains and unusual

hairstyles. Although,

thought of as socialists or

“leies”, Punks come from

all corners of the polical

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 polical ideologies. It is

my hope that fashion within

our generaon begins to

highlight polical views

further and involve a greater

number of people of all ages.

By Cameron Powell

The Arts

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Mr Leathley’s Recommendations

Album— No Cities To Love

Film-Inherent Vice

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

energec 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

ScoA 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 ra 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

crics with Metacric scoring

it 3/5 stars and IMDb rang it

a 7.1/10.

Personally I think this movie is

a triumph of modern cinema.

With a stunning acng 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.

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African Cup of Nations The African Cup of Naons

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

ge.ng a win aer a ght

match with South Africa.

This saw both of the

eventual finalists barely

topping their group. The

African Cup of Naons was

proving to be a ghtly

fought compeon with

everyone having potenal

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, aer a ght

group stage, Ghana won

3-0 to connue 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

pu.ng 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

Democrac 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-me 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 compeon.

With Equatorial Guinea

hosng the compeon,

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,

pu.ng them in a

comfortable posing. 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 aAendance 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 - me was enough to

break the deadlock. The

game went to penales,

which proved excing with a

total of 22 penales being

taken. Even though Ivory

Coast missed their first two

penales, they went on to

win 9-8 in the penalty shoot

-out, and win their first

African Cup of Naons since

1992.

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The Six Nations The six naons have already

kicked off and there's inial

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 aer 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

me 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. Penales later

in the match gave England

the perfect start to the 6

Naons. 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

Naons 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 me. They started the

second half much brighter

and found a try aer 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 aer they added

another try aer 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

Naons and possibly the

World Cup. An even opening

period saw each side score

penales, with France going 9-

3 up just before a Sco.sh try.

Aer good play from Hogg on

the le hand side, the ball is

played out to the opposite

side where Fife scored the try.

Another two penales 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

compeve 6 Naons and one

that may provide the

foundaons 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

Naons. Finally, the

championship could come

down to the wire when

England play France. France

have always been there and

about in any compeve

tournament, and England look

to be a very strong side.

By Andrew Mould