By Mia Tobin Power 2021 should be a great year for films, what with the backlog from 2020, as well as a slate of new films, made both during the pandemic and before it. There are quite a few major films to look forward to – such as the James Bond film No Time to…
By Kyran Leahy – Film & TV Editor Without any sugar-coating, it is fair to say that January 2021 was a month of complete chaos. We tried to leave the sour taste of 2020 behind us, but it only seemed to have accelerated. While we have been stuck at home because of Lockdown 3.0, which…
By Maeve O’Keefe – Food & Health Editor A routine scroll through your social media feed can often feel like a bombardment of messaging about health and wellbeing. Every day, there appears to be a new Instagram influencer hailing an obscure detox tea for a perfectly hourglass figure, gummies for miraculously long shiny hair, and…
A Scríobhann Édith de Faoite, Eagarthóir Gaeilge Tá oileán ina bhfuil an bandia Ériú agus cláirseach ar an mbratach, stampáiltear íomhá de sheamróg ar phasanna na dturasóirí a thagann ar saoire ann agus bíonn mórshiúlta gach bliain ar an 17ú lá de mhí na Márta. Níl an oileán seo ar mhór-roinn na hEorpa, áfach. Tá…
Halfway through the first lockdown, I started listening to more podcasts as a way of feeling more connected to a world beyond my parent’s house. Rebel Matters is the one that I have returned to again and again in the last few months. Host Ainle Ó Cairealláin presents a mix of voices coming from all…
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By Claudia Schwarz Everyone warned me, but I refused to believe them: studying literature could potentially destroy your love of reading. So here I am, desperately trying to take my mind off of my pile of assignments by getting lost in Philippa Gregory’s fiction. But I can’t. My mind keeps wandering and I have lost…
When I first moved to Ireland, I was very adamant to immerse myself in the culture, the art, the music and get a hang of the slang and the ideas that were growing at the time. I was always a massive fan of reading (you could argue that I still am), and had a major…
by Selina Dufner First of all, with this cover, Harry Styles became the first man to ever land a solo cover on Vogue, and while that achievement alone is simply groundbreaking, it doesn’t stop there. Styles teamed up with his good friend and creative director of Gucci Alessandro Michele, and a collaboration between them is…
November has always been famous for its mass consumerism. With the lead up to Christmas, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s no wonder. Marketing teams go wild, playing into the minds of the consumer. In a pandemic, why should that be any different? Either it’s my new glasses prescription or I’m actually getting older and…