The Organ is an unofficial newspaper, widely distributed at St Christopher School in Letchworth, known as "The Asylum Times".
It was created by a group of friends who were pupils at St Christopher School from 1990 to 2001. This newspaper rarely reported anything true or sensible, it mostly stuck to publishing satirical nonsense instead.
Over the years the satire sharpened as the paper's popularity and cult following grew enough to seriously rival the official school newspaper, "The Voice". Much of the satire bordered on the offensive and personal.
The teachers, many of whom have taught at the school for decades and most old scholars will recognise, were picked on by michevious reporters. In most modern schools, especially stuffy public schools, such behaviour
would have led to the immediate explusion of all of the students involved. At St Christopher school the staff reacted in a very different way; they joined in. More information can be found under the "history"
section accessed by clicking here.
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The Asylum is our affectionate name of St Christopher School, a private, liberal and progressive school located in Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire.
I shalln't bore you with the history and philosophy of St Christopher School, but I will say this. It was a very strange place and it drew a very strange crowd. The kids didn't wear a school uniform, everybody addressed
eachother on first name terms (hence we will always refer to our headmaster as "Colin"), boarders lived in courtyard cells, the catering was completely vegetarian, the governance was heavily influenced by a relatively
strong staff / student council which was alarming as some of the staff are self proclaimed Stalinists! Students were treated to a broad, world class education; everyone had to learn how to play lacross, how to make compost, and how to argue about
the virtues of current buns! In short, it was a madhouse and we miss it very much! Click here for more about St Chris.
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