SHIFT Day is one of four campaigns the Student Union have this year to spread awareness about ‘Sexual Health Information For Trinity.’ When students come to Trinity, they can be sexually active for the first time, and the Welfare Office … Continue reading Communication, Consent and Confidence: Get the SHIFT Sex is pleasure, and pleasure is a renewable resource.
I grew up on a different ocean / it lashed against me and bore its salt into my brown skin / I stole anchors from its waves and dug them into my flesh / blood will flow for anything if … Continue reading “How to Build a Nation”
Final year International Languages student Marguerite Walsh perfectly styles the oversized jumper trend which dominated the runways of Autumn/Winter 2017. Appearing in every form, from cable knit at Sonia Rykeil, stripes at Alberta Ferretti and polonecks at Balenciaga, it’s a … Continue reading Trends of Front Square Fashion Comfortable, cosy and chic.
This summer Sugarglass Theatre takes residence in TCD’s own Samuel Beckett Theatre, carrying their production of David Greig’s Outlying Islands across the pond from its 2016 run in New York. The play tells the story of two Cambridge-educated naturalists who … Continue reading “Outlying Islands” is an Outlier Beautiful, visceral and sensual, balancing severe sexual tension with themes such as isolation, youth and institutionalism.
It sounds like something out of a crime drama: a pop star is groped at a meet ‘n greet, and then the groper turns around to sue his victim for defamation of character. But this isn’t the latest Law & … Continue reading Swift Justice There was Bad Blood in the courtroom when Taylor Swift countersued the DJ who groped her back in 2015. Her legal victory contributes to the important conversation about rape culture and bodily autonomy: Maia Mathieu explains why we can’t just Shake It Off.
Listening to three 30-year-old teachers in towels talking about how much they hated their lives at four in the morning was not my typical idea of a Wednesday night. Temple Bar’s gay sauna, The Boilerhouse, had long been a … Continue reading Bed, Bath and Beyond What draws people to Temple Bar’s gay sauna, The Boilerhouse?
●●●●○ Released in cinemas 23 June 2017 Twice Shy is writer and director Tom Ryan’s most recent independent work following Trampoline (2013). The film mainly focuses on the relationship between Maggie (Iseult Casey) and Andy (Shane Murray-Corcoran), two new university … Continue reading Twice Shy – review
Walking through the doors and into Front Square, ‘The Volunteers’ by Joe Caslin is nothing but eye catching. Massive in size and seeming to dominate the section of building it’s placed on, you’re left with no other choice than to … Continue reading The Walls We Build: ‘The Volunteer’ Mural by Joe Caslin
After Sfera Con Sfera, the golden ball that resides outside the Berkeley Library, Apples and Atoms is perhaps the most recognisable piece of art on the Trinity campus. Erected in 2013, the sculpture was commissioned to honour Trinity alumnus Ernest … Continue reading Art on Campus: Apples and Atoms
It can sometimes be easy to mistake the Reclining Connected Forms sculpture by Henry Moore for a very well-shaped shrub. However this bronze figure has stood firmly in the Library Square behind the Campanile since 1971, it’s smooth … Continue reading Jumble: Art on Campus – Henry Moore’s ‘Reclining Connected Forms’
Name: Harry Hutchinson. Studying: Art History. Age: 32. Spotify user name: Harry Hutchinson. Best playlist: Mostly Girls. If you were a song: Unison by Björk. If Trinity were a song: So Many Men, So Little Time by Miquel Brown. Song … Continue reading Jumble: Sounds of Front Square – Harry Hutchinson
David Donovan is a Junior Sophister English student whose eye for style is quite literally as sharp as his jawline. Take note kids, this outfit is a masterclass in the art of sartorial strategy. By coupling a nonchalant black cotton, … Continue reading Jumble: Front Square Fashion – David Donovan