After a summer spent waiting with anticipation for a return to campus come September, and a very abnormal past academic year, many of us have taken to reading Trinity-based novels to help us imagine walking around Front Square, studying in …
Arts & Culture
A round-up of Culture Night 2021 in Dublin
Ella-Bleu Kiely reflects on Dublin’s most magical Culture Night yet
Culture Night Dublin made its return on Friday, September 17 with a colourful bang, including over 200 participating venues and more than 250 in-person and online events for audiences to enjoy across the county. As what could be called the …
Hertta Kiiski wants young people to stay hopeful about climate change
Oona Kauppi interviews Finnish artist Hertta Kiiski on her work Milky Way for PhotoIreland Festival 2021
In the midst of climate-induced anxiety, Hertta Kiiski’s artwork stands out like a beacon. The Finnish artist’s colourful installations combine photography, film, live performance and textiles, yet broach some of the more pressing issues of our age. I sat down …
New academic year, New Perspectives
Elena McCrory walks us through the National Gallery of Ireland’s New Perspectives, Acquisitions 2011-2020 exhibition
New Perspectives, Acquisitions 2011-2020 made me nostalgic. Walking through the corridors of our beloved National Gallery (NGI) after its long enclosure gave me a sense of reunification. These new acquisitions were displayed, some for the very first time, from May …
Artists in Conversation – ELOISE and Tertia
The Trinity-based DJ and singer sit down with Maisie McGregor to discuss their work, creative processes, and relationships to the term “artist”
I begin my Zoom call with Eloise and Tertia and am immediately filled with holiday envy; Eloise sits on board a houseboat in Amsterdam where she is currently working and living, whilst Tertia lounges, notably sunkissed, on a sofa in …
Samuel Beckett and Dublin’s Pan Pan Theatre come to London!
Maisie McGregor reviews the production of Beckett’s 1963 radio play Cascando at the Barbican Centre
The Dublin-based Pan Pan Theatre company brought Samuel Beckett to London this July with their innovative take on his radio play, Cascando. The play, written by Beckett in 1963 and first broadcast in England the following year, is as impenetrable …
Travelling The Wild Atlantic Way the eco-friendly way
Ella-Bleu Kiely talks to Conrad Opperman about his 1500km journey
In 2019, Conrad Oppermann went camping with his father and friends and a conversation arose surrounding the capabilities of electric cars. The others said that electric cars were too expensive, had no range, and there was nowhere to charge them, …
Sheela-na-gigs unveiled: the sculptures boldly challenging centuries-old stigma
Ella Sloane examines Project Sheela, a street art project that celebrates women’s rights, sexuality, and power
Project Sheela, an enigmatic street art project that has caused eruptions online, has been dubbed a celebration of women’s rights, female sexuality, and empowerment by its creators, two anonymous Dublin-based artists. Launched on International Women’s Day 2020, the project pays …
The 8th: a masterful and poignant glimpse into the Irish abortion crisis
Oona Kauppi reviews Ireland’s documented campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment
In today’s world, 24 out of 195 countries prohibit abortion. Prohibited there, too, are abortions carried out to save a woman’s life. An additional 42 countries, including Brazil and Mexico, allow abortion if the circumstances are life-threatening. These are facts. …
The Morning Coffee writing competition is back again!
Flora Moreau explores the literary initiative aimed at raising money for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
Now into their second year of raising funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), the organisers of Morning Coffee hope to inspire and encourage new submissions with a writing competition committed to highlighting the small joys in life.
For …