Gateway 4 November 2022
Iceland Trip, Alumnae webinars, Diwali celebrations, Bikeability and more...
Ideas + Passion
A major element of The Abbey’s curriculum is all the activity we are bringing together under our Ideas + Passion Programme: the wonderful,…
I contain multitudes
This heavily memed mantra of the Internet age originates from American poet Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself, 51’. The poem’s most famous…
Gateway 20 October 2022
House Music and Drama, Golfing Success, Alumnae Drinks, Lower Prep Workshop and more...
The power of humility
Girls don’t want to be leaders. So ran a headline in The Observer last Sunday, based on a survey of 1,358 girls aged from 9-18. ‘The…
Gateway 14 October 2022
Iceberg Club, Knitting and Stitching Show, Music Recitals, Chess Championships and more...
Gateway 7 October 2022
National Youth Orchestra, Social Enterprise, Debating Workshop, European Champion and more...
An opportunity, a solace, a thrill
I have always loved the back-to-school rituals of the autumn term. They present a blank slate, full of promise. As students, we move into a…
Gateway 30 September 2022
Gothia Youth World Cup, Musical Moments, Oxford Trip, Walking Tour of Reading and more...
Hope
December 26, 1920. A huge crowd arrives at Goodison Park for a Boxing Day football fixture. The ground has 53,000 seats. It sells out fast.…