Hello again friends! It’s about to be 2019 (jesus I’m old…) and that means it’s time to look back at what you’ve done in 2018, and to decide on if you want to be proud of what you accomplished or when you should really start apologising… But for the UCC-I mean…University Express… that means it’s…
To cry or not to cry? That was the question I asked myself during the interval of Dublin Gate Theatre’s recent production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (To open this review with a ‘to be or not to be’ pun or not to open this review with a ‘to be or not to be’ pun? That…
As 2018 draws gently to a close and ‘Best of 2018’ lists are published across the country, we at the University Express thought that we would get in on the action. We asked our editors, contributors, and photographers and our friends at Motley Magazine to give us their own personal highlights of the year that…
As 2018 draws gently to a close and ‘Best of 2018’ lists are published across the country, we at the University Express thought that we would get in on the action. We asked our editors, contributors, and photographers and our friends at Motley Magazine to give us their own personal highlights of the year that…
As 2018 draws gently to a close and ‘Best of 2018’ lists are published across the country, we at the University Express thought that we would get in on the action. We asked our editors, contributors, and photographers and our friends at Motley Magazine to give us their own personal highlights of the year that…
Cork’s music community are rallying together to show solidarity and support to victims of sexual violence by organising a huge fundraising event for the SexualViolence Centre Cork (SVCC), taking place at the newly renovated Cyprus Avenue, on Sunday 23rd December. In light of the recent Court case involving a 17 year old victim’s underwear being used an ‘asking for it’ defence…
America, the powerful America, the strong America, the beautiful America, the wrong. America, the creative America, the intelligent America, the inventive America, the fraudulent. America, the leader America, the culture America, the speaker America, the vulture. America, the revolutionary America, the inspiration America, the sanctuary America, the corrupt nation. America, the…
If you are interested in learning more about the real Oscar Wilde and his influences, here are a few titles to get you started: Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde (2003) by Merlin Holland Oscar Wilde’s Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery (2015) by Joseph Bristow…
“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is unread” In case it hasn’t been glaringly obvious, this issue is dedicated to Oscar Wilde to commemorate the 118th anniversary of his death on the 30th November. If you have never read any of Wilde’s works, I implore you to…
Dorian Gray (2009) by Oliver Parker (7/10) While this adaptation is far from perfect, in terms of the characterisation of Dorian himself, I do feel Ben Barnes did a pretty flawless job. There have been twenty-five portrayals of Wilde’s infamous Dorian Gray character since 1910. While admittedly I have yet to peruse them all, I…