1^st William Powell, St John Rigby College, Greater Manchester

2^nd Sophie Moody-Stuart, Benenden School, Kent

3^rd Mathieu Yap, King’s College Wimbledon, London

Highly commended:

Nye Steele, D’Overbroecks, Oxford

James Wellings, Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, Borehamwood

Jemima McDuell, Newstead Wood School, Orpington

Olivia Stephens, Colchester County High School for Girls

Saskia Edwards, King’s College Wimbledon, London

Chloe Lam, Cheltenham Ladies’ College

Commended:

George Thomas, Tonbridge School

Conrad Chung, Abingdon School

Andrew Sergeef, Tonbridge School

Henry Collins, Tonbridge School

Max Lee, Highgate School

Yusuf Khand, The Liverpool Bluecoat School

Ethan Penny, The Blue Coat School, Oldham

Congratulations to all who completed their essays. To have done that is an achievement in itself.

The awards ceremony took place at the Athenaeum Club in London in the late afternoon of 4^th May, 2022. 

The essays were anonymised before the judges saw them. The judges did not know who wrote the essays or which school they attended. This was to prevent any unconscious bias. The judges included the director of the Stasi Museum in Berlin.