Grand Place, Nice Lights By Julie Landers Stories of a bunker In a Ukranian city you cannot remember Turned into an underground bar. If you know the password Doors are opened to you, song in a language you Don’t understand. I lean towards what lies above ground, Sing the songs I know I Cannot get…
Fourfold By Claire Aherne when i am near you i am buzzing inside my ears ring among little wasps humming to death the imaginary friends in my belly are you hearing my feelings the lucky younger bastards having nothing to mourn, are their own disadvantage when i hear the siren i do not change my…
Writes Claudia Schwarz “When a [DNA] test kit can tell you who you are, the very notion of identity begins to fall apart” – Hina Walajahi. Defining Native American identity is an almost unsolvable problem. What does it mean and, more importantly, who is allowed to define and describe it? A lot of people with indigenous ancestors…
Wrties Elisha Carey and Eoghan O’Donnell In 2005, a group of ten-year old children participated in an AOL study about their online worlds. At the time, they predicted that the future would be packed full of hoverboards, jetpacks, robot teachers and alien languages. While there’s no sign of widespread use of hoverboards just yet, 2020…
Writes Ronan Maloney Sports and commerce may initially appear without a great degree of mutualism. However, it’s without a doubt that the sporting and business fields have integrated to date, and it is particularly visible through athletes applying their skill sets to sales and marketing in the business arena; on a micro scale, this is…
By Elle Kelleher Dublin-based alt-rock powerhouse Bitch Falcon have conquered festival stages from Cork to Toronto, from Los Angeles to Cheltenham, causing pounding hearts and pounding eardrums wherever they go. University Express sat down with guitarist/vocalist Lizzie and drummer Nigel, to chat about their upcoming album, the situation with the scene and surviving a pandemic…
Le Seán Ó hUallacháin Tuigimid uilig go rí-mhaith gur scaip an Béarla ar fud an domhain nuair a bhí impireacht na Breataine ag iarradh pobail áitiúla a chur fé chois. Mo léan, de dheascaibh thionchar na himpireachta agus cúrsaí staire i gcoitinne, fuair an Béarla an lámh in uachtar ar an nGaelainn i mbeagnach gach…
By Fionn Kelleher, Music Writer “I’m a perfectionist with my music,” states Ryan Cullen, the man behind the moniker of Marcus Woods, as we speak to each other remotely in the comfort of our bedrooms. “I won’t be happy with it unless every single detail is there. I need everything to keep pacing forward.” ‘Pacing…
by Elle Kelleher The Irish music industry was severely impacted during COVID-19. With all gigs cancelled, professionals around the country suddenly found themselves without income and, as the majority of full-time musicians are self-employed, with their eligibility status for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in a precarious position, unsure if taking the odd gig here or…
Writer Evan Lynch A comprehensive and scientific questionnaire intended to aid men in figuring out whether they are, in-fact, the problem. You and your friends are approaching the nightclub you plan to attend; however, your glass drinks receptacle is not yet empty. What do you do? Chug the drink as quickly as…