On 6 April, the English Department held the annual Interpretation of Text Competition for Years 7 and 8.  It was an impressive show of poetry appreciation and vocal expression from the young students, who treated the audience to a wide variation of pre-1940 poems, from Robert Browning to Rudyard Kipling. The judges faced a challenging task as they selected the winners. Theodore Stevenson won ‘Best Overall’ when he regaled the audience with an Australian poem, Mulga Bill’s Bicycle, Emily Snow won ‘Best Year 7’ with Fireworks by James Reeves, Joshua Deans won ‘Best Year 8’ with The Soldier by Rupert Brooke, Samuel Johnson won ‘Most Moving’ with Funeral Blues by W H Auden, and ‘Most Promising’ went to James Watt for his interpretation of Prince Kano by Edward Lowbury. The English Department would like to thank the judges for completing, with great grace, the tough job of deciding the winners and the audience for showing such appreciation and support.