By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor Welcome back to our look at Bandcamp Friday! This piece continues last issue’s column, where I talk to Colm Cahallane of HAUSU Records. This issue we’re talking to Dan Walsh of Fixity, the Tan Jackets, Cork Improvised Music Club, and much more. The Cork multi-instrumentalist is a big proponent…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor The fence at the end of my lane’s looking shaky, and I blame Kate Bush. I was taking a drive with her last week, performing a three-point turn that quickly acquired several more points, when she took control of the wheel, pulled the clutch up a little too far…
By Kyran Leahy, Film & TV Editor Music biopics have always been around. Some of the most acclaimed movies of recent times have been about the careers of musicians, from Barbara Streisand’s portrayal of Fanny Brice in 1968’s Funny Girl to Jamie Foxx’s Academy Award winning performance as Ray Charles in 2003. They were released…
By Kyran Leahy, Film & TV Editor As we hopefully approach the tail end of what has felt like an eternal lockdown, we have once again reached the end of another show that has been on most people’s screen the last few weeks. The show that forced people to log off from social media as…
By Maeve O’Keefe, Food & Health Editor With our generation’s heightened concerns about climate change and sustainability, many young people are striving towards environmentalism by making dietary changes to reduce their consumption of animal produce. Their environmental concerns are not misplaced. As a sector accounting for 7.7% of Ireland’s total employment, the agri-food sector is…
A Scríobhann Édith de Faoite, Eagarthóir Gaeilge Is deacair a chreidiúint go bhfuil mí an Mhárta buailte linn. Toisc go bhfuil Lá Fhéile Pádraig ag druidim linn, b’fhéidir go bhfuil fonn ort níos mó Gaeilge a labhairt nó do ‘cúpla focal’ a chleachtadh arís. Caithfidh mé a mheabhrú daoibh go bhfuil neart deiseanna ar champas…
A Scríobhann Édith de Faoite, Eagarthóir Gaeilge Bhí mo bhreithlá ar an t-aonú lá is triocha de mhí na Nollag. Ar an lá sin, bhí bliain is fiche slánaithe agam. Don lá ar fad, bhí mé ag smaoineamh ar an seanfhocal ‘fiche bliain ag fás, fiche bliain faoi bhláth, fiche bliain ag cromadh agus fiche…
By Julie Landers, Staff Writer Over the course of my Arts degree, I have amassed a sizable collection of tote bags. It is a mandatory requirement according to the college. But the best one I have ever owned comes courtesy of Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, best known as CMAT. The global teen pop sensation pulled out…
By Claudia Schwarz Most New Year’s resolutions never make it to February, but maybe a late one will last the distance. Instead of simply setting yourself a quota of books to read per week, why not make it more entertaining. I have listed a few fun challenges that could get the ball rolling! Read a…
By Selina Dufner I remember vividly how full of excitement I was when my best friend and I booked a trip to Paris in February 2019. We wanted to be there around the same time as the fashion week was being held. Little did we know that a mournful incident would overshadow our great anticipation:…