The Young Arts and Humanities Journal is an opportunity for students outside of STEM (already covered by the Young Scientist Journal) to extend themselves beyond the curriculum, promote Arts, Humanities, and Languages subjects, and show everyone what our pupils and students can do – particularly in areas where subjects combine. At Sixth Form level there has been the opportunity to do this more formally through the Extended Project Qualification, but it has been some time (since the days of the old Headmaster’s Challenge) that this opportunity had been formally extended to the whole school.

It was time for a change to all of that.

So we decided to turn the first edition into a showcase for the Foundation Day Essay Competition prize-winners, writing on either a book they feel changed the world or a book that changed their world. This makes them the first contributors, setting the initial bar high, and inviting future contributors to sample a slice of what they can be a part of in future editions.

Cambridge has the Apostles, Oxford has the Inklings, and now LGS has the YAHJ…

We hope you enjoy!