We are delighted to present ‘Timelapse’ – a creative writing collaboration between NHEHS and Harrow School. 

Year 10 and 11 students from both schools were allocated groups to create a series of short pieces of writing. Each group chose one photograph that they had seen during lockdown as the starting point for their writing. The copyright free image could be of a popular tourist location, such as an empty Trafalgar Square, or something more local, like an empty high street. 

Once the image had been chosen, each group then had to produce three pieces of writing inspired by the photograph. One set in the past, one in the present and one in the future and each piece of writing no longer than 1000 words. The form could take whatever the students preferred – poetry, prose or drama.  Each piece could be told from the same person’s perspective, from the perspective of an inanimate object or taking a more descriptive slant – all to be discussed within the group, with no bounds on creativity!

This is the first of what will hopefully be many projects and below is our finished journal – we hope you enjoy reading it.