Photo by Séamus Carroll Sitting in a cafe, on a bus, on a park bench, and virtually anywhere else there are people around. You begin to notice what people are doing. Not subscribing to any wider philosophy other than to … Continue reading People watching, by a people watcher Searching for the everyday extraordinary
Photo by Nikita Kachanovsky on Unsplash. As far back as I can remember, I have been playing video games. While I have come to accept the grim reality of being labelled a ‘gamer’, a term mashed through ten layers of … Continue reading The Games That Made My Childhood the earliest game that I remember playing wasn’t on a console. It was an unhinged game named Bush Royal Rampage, in which you played as both George W. Bush and the Queen of England smashing through London taking down terrorists shooting-gallery style.
Art by Linde Vergeylen. The first time I got Covid, I was just barely, barely emerging from my first heartbreak. That week, serendipitously, the one in between Christmas and New Year’s, was the best thing that could have happened to … Continue reading Unconditional Love A Personal Essay on Finding the Strength to Do the Work that Matters
Still from Love is the Message, the Message is Death by Arthur Jafa. Image provided courtesy of the artist and the Douglas Hyde Gallery. “We must disrupt the assumption that the assertion of love is something that does not … Continue reading Love is the Message, the Message is Death by Arthur Jafa Annabelle Frockt Reviews the Irish Premiere of Arthur Jafa’s Film.
Image provided courtesy of the artist and A4 Sounds. Walk backwards out of the dream Where a clutch of bare twigs shattered the face of the moon (Your instinct insists it can’t happen) Peer down through dayless dim At the … Continue reading Story/Telling Emma Fitzgerald Reviews AN TIONSCADAL DROMCHLA EXHIBITION 00 by Lydia MacBride
Image provided courtesy of the artist and Kerlin Gallery. Established in 1988, the Kerlin Gallery is a hidden gem in Dublin’s art scene. On the second floor of their Anne’s Lane building, I recently encountered a haunting and emotive collection … Continue reading IS AND IS NOT by Willie Doherty Isabelle Doyle and Kate Moloney Review ‘IS AND IS NOT’ by Willie Doherty.
Image courtesy of Pixabay. E-books have been presented as the replacement for paper in a more environmentally conscious, efficient future. In the midst of a climate crisis, the e-reader would seem to be the more environmentally friendly option. E-books … Continue reading Romanticising Reading and Old-Fashioned Nostalgia: the Paper Versus E-Book Debate Anna Rice ponders why we still favour paper books over e-books.
Photo by Robbie Mullins. I was invited to witness a fantastic play of joy, distress, and kindness, told through the medium of dance. The show took place in The Complex, situated on 21- 25 Arran Street East. The space opened … Continue reading Anatomy of a Night // Live review Last night I took part in a performance of queer autonomy, self expression, and the kind of transcendence that can only be found on the dance floor
I am a big fan of comfort media. The playlists you constantly return to when you’re alone on the train. The movies you watch when you’re sick or it’s a rainy day. The books you reread again and again … Continue reading Forever Games
Originally appeared in print, April 2020. Illustrations by Emily Stevenson. Late one Tuesday night my flatmate comes running into the kitchen, barely holding in her excitement. “It’s BeReal time!” Before I can give her the very embarrassing news that … Continue reading Can we really BeReal?
Originally appeared in print, April 2020. Illustration by Ellecia Vaughan. The sun peeks through your blinds early in the morning. Peace and serenity creep into your body as birds chirp outside your window; the world is beginning to wake. … Continue reading The Truth About Having Seven Flatmates
Originally Published in Print, April 2022 Art by Linde Vergeylen “String figures are like stories; they propose and enact patterns for participants to inhabit, somehow, on a vulnerable and wounded earth… In the face of unrelenting historically specific surplus … Continue reading The ‘Bee Bricks’ Philosophy Taking modest yet innovative steps towards sustainability and environmental recovery