Coco Chanel is currently a household name having shaped our perception of fashion for the past century, but her life holds many controversial secrets. Coco was born as Gabrielle in Saumur, France, whe...
Jason Howk’s Skeptics Talk: The Decline of Religion
Last Tuesday, Blair Academy welcomed Jason Howk, the founder of Global Friends of Afghanistan and the publisher of an acclaimed translation of The Quran, to offer an explanation for the slow decline o...
Keep Your Arse in the Chair: Colum McCann’s Writing Journey and Advice
On Tuesday, October 5, the great world spun as Blair welcomed award-winning author Colum McCann to a discussion with AP Literature students about one of his books, Let the Great World Spin (indeed), a...
Pretty Little Liars: An Example of Why Shows get Worse The Longer They Run
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Pretty Little Liars We’ve all been there. We’ve found a show that finally sounds interesting, binge-watched the first and second season when, suddenly, the ...
Reading Like a Fish
Dear reader, the ultimate goal of this pages-long whimsical jest is to explore what literature is, and to argue that there’s no intrinsic difference between a reader and a fish. Let me begin by asking...
Free Verse 2
I’m high on life. Like a bird, soaring, A beast, running, A whale, swimming, doing what it was meant to do. What am I meant to do? To work? To grind? To endlessly chase the mobile finish line that is ...
Video Game Review: Lobotomy Corporation
Lobotomy Corporation is a 2D management-type game created by an indie studio in Korea called Project Moon. In Lobotomy Corporation, the player is hired by the Lobotomy Corporation to manage employees ...
How Makeup Can be A Hobby
Recently across many places around the world makeup has become more than just enhancement and become a canvas for artistic expression and a big hobby for many. Makeup enthusiasts have embraced it as a...
The Blair Community’s Thoughts on Revisit Day 2024
April 2, 2024 was revisit day at Blair Academy. On revisit day, new incoming students come to campus to experience what Blair life is like. On this day, more than 100 new students visited campu...
Top 5 Fast Food Fries
The Top 5 Fast Food Fries Today I will tackle the impossible task of providing a proper ranking for this polarizing issue. It is safe to say that a fast food establishment can be properly judge...
Corteiz Rules The World
What is Corteiz? If you were asked to name the most popular streetwear brands among UK teens nowadays, Corteiz would for sure come up. Launched in 2017, Corteiz has implemented unorthodox marke...
Whims That Shed Tears
In the land where the sun does dwell, nature’s whims begin to rebel. From heavens high falls a darkened shroud bead curtains hang from high-up clouds. The clouds weep in pitter-patters, f...