Y’know what I just don’t understand? Avocados. I don’t get the fascination. I think they have a weird texture, and I think they taste like soil. Moreover, they go off too damn quickly, and they look like large, mummified pears. Yet, my house is full of them, because my housemates adore the things. They put…
A few Christmases ago I took the opportunity to conduct a small psychological experiment because I had far too much free time. I had been reading online articles on the positive effects of altruism that week, and far be it from me to believe anything I read on the Internet without fact-checking it in some…
A UCC student has released a statement following the decommissioning of her favourite pen, which ran out of ink last weekend. Alice McGrath, a second-year Law student, was writing study notes in the Boole library on Saturday afternoon when the unfortunate event occurred. Prior to the tragedy, Miss McGrath’s pen had performed its task dutifully…
A local man has had to lie down for a bit following a home visit from a friend, who thought it would be a “nice idea” to show up without any warning. John McCarthy, 22, who lives in the Mardyke area, was left ‘shook’ after a childhood friend arrived on his doorstep, unannounced, on Tuesday…
Kilts. Popcorn. Witchcraft. Cowboys who hate modern technology. What do all these things have in common? Edinburgh, is what. If you’ve ever been on the fence about whether travelling to the Scottish capital is worth it, thistle convince you that it most certainly is (‘thistle’, get it? Scottish humour). This UNESCO City of Literature is…
Maps seem to be a big trend nowadays. No, I’m not being shady. I have one myself – it’s up on the wall above my desk. Of course, a lot of people hang maps around their houses for aesthetic purposes: I’m almost certain that the earth doesn’t have a pleasant pastel tone if you were…
The last week of September is one of my favourite weeks of the year. Is that, you may ask, because World Maritime Day happens to fall on the last week of September (the 29th, to be exact)? Well, no, and that’s not just because the only time I ever went sailing I got hit in…
Local man and UCC student Diarmuid Lyons, 20, has been busy explaining the concept of ‘mansplaining’ to his female classmates this week. Nicole O’Leary, 19, a sociology student who has first-hand experience of mansplaining, described the phenomenon in a statement to the press. “Mansplaining is basically when a man explains something to a woman in…
I stress-craft. Some people smoke, some people go for a run – I craft. We all have our vices. There’s just something satisfying about stabbing a crochet hook through a ball of wool when you ought to be worrying about college or money or relationships or the rift in the British branch of the Labour…
Some fashions are born great; some have greatness thrust upon them. Most fashion, by definition, is pretty average. There is yet more that, like anybody who’s ever taken joy in anonymously insulting someone over the internet, are just insufferable. Here at Byline we’re dedicated to bringing you only the crème de la crème of style…