On Thursday 28th November, Etone College once again hosted the annual Historical Association’s ‘Great Debate’ competition. Entrants from right across the Midlands attended, including 2 of our own Year 12 students. Each student was required to make a five minute speech for the question “How can your local history tell a global story?” followed by two questions from the judging panel. We were particularly proud of our student entries, who spoke about the significance of two local historical figures, one from Birmingham, and the other an enslaved person taken from Nevis who was ultimately buried in Oxhill, Warwickshire.

It was a great night all round for our student orators, who demonstrated key employability skills – particularly effective communication, and later organisation when answering questions from the judges. The winner of this regional heat will now go on to the next round, the national semi-finals. Well done and thank you to everyone involved!