Opting to cook a proper meal instead of the usual pasta has left you with a mountain of dishes, a messy counter and now you’re too full to move. But music can help fix anything! It can hardly be called … Continue reading Music For… Blaring While You Clean the Kitchen It can hardly be called a chore when you have a bangin’ playlist to accompany you.
“Stories” 12th May 2017 A pickled orange is not a fruit, unless you tell me so. These lines along the sky carve heavenly spheres into the backs of fallen titans, hollow and soft. Feeble blackbirds will arrange a noose for … Continue reading Poetry Corner: “Stories”
Who They Are: Founded in 1984, Rough Magic is now one of Ireland’s leading theatre companies. The company was founded by a small group of Trinity College graduates and presented its first season in Players Theatre in August, 1984. Over … Continue reading Dublin Theatre Companies: Rough Magic Theatre Company
Quinoa, chia, amaranth… you would be forgiven for being overwhelmed by the onslaught of seeds pouring into your health store with names that sound like characters from a bad YA novel. Dubbed ‘ancient grains’ by the food industry’s marketing team, … Continue reading Are Chia Seeds Worth the Hype? Chia seeds are a clear winner in fibre content — not just in the grains category.
This famous catchphrase hails from the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the moon, brought to the silver screen in the thrilling 1995 adaptation from Ron Howard. Two days into the voyage, an equipment failure crippled the vessel and plunged … Continue reading The Power of the Catchphrase: “Houston, we have a problem.” With that interplanetary silence only punctuated by the buzzing of alarm systems, Tom Hanks delivers the chilling, immortal message.
Some days, it all feels like too much. Tiny things, otherwise insignificant, build up just long enough to cause the mother of all meltdowns. As the college term picks up pace, it’s very easy to collapse in a big way. … Continue reading Relatable Character of the Month: Twin Peak’s Road Rage Lady “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WE’RE TRYING TO GET HOME… WHY IS THIS HAPPENING????”
●●●○○ Rupi Kaur’s highly anticipated new collection, the sun and her flowers (2017), was published by Simon & Schuster at the beginning of the month. Kaur documents, in characteristically sparse free verse, journeys of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. … Continue reading We’re Reading Rupi Kaur’s “the sun and her flowers” Sarah Upton reviews the newest collection by everyone’s favourite Instapoet.
You got through Freshers’ weekend flitting around each others’ apartments, but now that you’ve started to get a gang together, it’s your turn to host. You’ve been trying to gauge the vibes music-wise at other gaffs, but it’s been carnage … Continue reading Music For . . . Your Hall’s Prinks’ Playlist Getting the perfect pre-drinks vibe can be a toughie.
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” Stand By Me (1986) opens with a man hunched over a typewriter, writing a novel about his childhood adventures. The … Continue reading Defining the Decade – 1980’s: Stand By Me
As George Santayana once wrote, those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. In the recently published American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division, Michael A. Cohen argues convincingly that the 1968 presidential … Continue reading Stranger than Fiction: American Maelstrom
Grab Somebody Spooky Tell Them Hey! It’s Halloween. Maybe you’re looking to cuddle up close with that special pumpkin. Or maybe you’re wondering why you would bother going out when you can get cosy and binge watch some top quality … Continue reading Jumble: Netflix Picks Vol 2- Spooky Netflix Picks
The 1930s was a decade of political instability in Europe, culminating in the continent going to war just twenty years after the last great conflict had ended. While there is no shortage of films dealing with social and political unrest … Continue reading Jumble: Decade Defining Film- La règle du jeu (Rules of the Game)