In the bleak mid-winter, there comes a week of celebration, education and joy: Rainbow Week. So take some time out of your study schedule to learn about the many facets of the LGBTQ+ community or just to have bop and …
Societies
Border control and prostitution: Global Development Society on human trafficking
Dr Gillian Wylie talks to the Global Development Society to discuss the issue of human trafficking
Human trafficking is not an easy topic on which to deliberate. In the aftermath of the horrific discovery made in England earlier this month where 39 Vietnamese bodies were found dead in a van, it appears such inhuman matters are …
Society spotlight: the Metaphysical Society
Metafizz auditor Louis Roberts talks about both the academic and social sides of the philosophy-oriented society
It feels that public discourse is increasingly comprised of entrenched opinions where people speak without listening and come to conclusions that are never challenged or revised. It can become exhausting when the slightest show of doubts in your own beliefs …
Greenwashing, microplastics and vintage clothing: FLAC’s sustainable fashion panel
Three speakers from the fashion industry discussed the impact of fast fashion and how we can be more ethical in our clothing choices
The climate crisis is the defining problem of our generation. It encompasses everything we do and every choice we make, from how we travel to what we eat. On Tuesday, Trinity’s Free Legal Advice Centre welcomed four guest speakers to …
This week in Trinity: High Society, Hogwarts archery and a film festival
There are plenty of great society events on this week to help you beat the winter blues
Winter is well and truly upon us, for better or for worse. Upon seeing the final leaves fall from the trees, the urge is to batten down the hatches and hide from any hint of cold or rain, curling up …
Debating, literature and climate change: Margaret Atwood in conversation with Ailbhe Smyth
The Hist facilitated a talk between the recent Booker Prize winner and the prominent Irish activist
What happens when an award-winning Canadian writer and one of Ireland’s foremost feminist activists meet? On Friday evening, the students of Trinity found out, because the Hist welcomed both Margaret Atwood and Ailbhe Smyth for a conversation on the pursuit …
Trinity’s defunct societies
Robert Gibbons takes a look at some of the societies that have disappeared over the years, revealing how our student ancestors may have lived
It is easy to passively believe that year in, year out, student-run clubs and societies merely exist, pushed by their own inertia to continually hold events and meetings. And yet, a quick look at the history of student societies in …
This week in Trinity: Deadly wrath, dancing and a language lesson
From film writing to jazz jamming, week 6 has plenty in store
This week in Trinity we are only one week away from that glorious period known as reading week- the period of catching up on sleep. Getting through so far to this half-way point is no mean feat, and few do …
“Fuck ‘em, that’s what I say”: Kojaque on Dublin, dogs and dodgy shoots
The acclaimed Dublin rapper spoke to The Phil on Friday
Five years ago, if you mentioned the phrase “Irish rapper” to anybody, they probably would have laughed in your face. Cut to 2019, and the Irish music scene has gone through a revival, with a huge surge of hip-hop and …
A home away from home: Trinity’s cultural societies
Alison Traynor talks to four of Trinity’s foremost cultural societies
The year is 2019, and we are living in a dystopian horror show. A man who once described Mexican immigrants as “rapists” is the most powerful person in the world. Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has been reelected, he has …