As February progresses, what is a hapless Trinity student to do? Whether you are becoming increasingly stressed, bored, blue, green, or even an alarming shade of neon purple, Trinity News is here to help. I encourage you to take a …
Arts & Culture
Cultural Heritage Unveiled at the DIFF: Accidental Anthropologist
Aoife Dalton discusses the 2023 Dublin International Film Festival participant, Accidental Anthropologist
The 23rd of February, marked the first day of the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) 2023. The festival itself was established twenty years ago by Michael Dwyer, international film critic, and David McLoughlin; film producer and Trinity alumnus. The festival …
“On my deathbed, I will go back to nights like that”
Cat Grogan talks to Dublin band Le Boom about touring, writing, and plans for the future
Le Boom performs for the crowd but their love for music is no performance. “If ye weren’t here, we’d be doing this ourselves anyway,” are the words spoken to the audience by frontman Christy between sets at their December gig …
Re-engaging with nature through sustainable crafting
Matthew James Hodgson speaks with recent College graduate Maggie O’Shea about foraging, skip hunting, and the therapeutic effects of DIY
Recent College graduate Maggie O’Shea began sustainable crafting during the quarantine in 2020, and this led to a deep passion for self-sufficiency and working with natural materials. O’Shea became a part of the blooming artistic community surrounding natural crafting in …
The mutilated bodies re-imagining Irish history
Matthew James Hodgeson reviews Kevin Mooney’s exhibition, Revenants, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Over the course of six years, from 2016 to 2022, Cork-based artist Kevin Mooney collected work for the Revenants exhibition, on display from December 1 to March 5 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Curated by Sarah Kelleher, …
Making the Case for Independent Cinema
Libby Marchant guides us through the events of the Dublin International Film Festival, which will run until March 4
If you told me a year ago that I would be singing the praises of obscure art-house films, I wouldn’t have believed you. C’mon, who wants to watch a girl cry in a bathtub for an hour and a half? …
The art of collaboration on full show at TAF 2023
Trinity Arts Festival volunteer Ciara Chan recounts the week’s highlights
It’s 11am on Monday, February 13 and mother nature has woken up in her usual dreary mood. The overcast sky and moisture in the air threaten rain that will never come and the chill in the air adds to the …
What is The Creative Climate Action Fund?
Anna Lyons outlines the creative processes of the Irish government’s Climate Act 2021
It’s old news that Climate Change is one of the most, if not the most, pressing and crucial issues facing our generation. So much more needs to be done in order to reach the goals set out in the Irish …
An Octoroon creative team denounce the Irish Times Theatre Awards’ nominations
Virginia Ferri examines the question of racial prejudice surrounding nominations for the Abbey Theatre’s production of An Octoroon
Although Anthony Simpson-Pike’s production of An Octoroon was nominated for Best Production in the Irish Times Theatre Awards, a notable aspect was omitted from the other categories: credit due to the people of colour in its cast and crew. It …
Evoking the horrors of the Catholic Church
Ciara Chan reviews the highly acclaimed book Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
After being awarded the Orwell Prize in 2022 and being shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, with the Boston Globe claiming it is “a story you will want to read again and again,” and People Magazine declaring it “a sparse, …