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:…
By Maeve O’Sullivan – Fashion Editor London Fashion week is upon us once again, only a far cry from the live runway shows twelve months ago. In true pandemic fashion, the British Fashion Council took to the digital format for the London showing of collections. I got a chance to sit back in bed with…
By Hugo Blair – Gaming Editor Ireland is known internationally for many things: agriculture, red hair, the colour green… the list goes on. However, one area that our country is less notable for is our game development scene, but that is not to say it is absent. While we may not host world leading developers…
By Jack Wrixon, Sexpress Editor On the 25th of May 2018, the people of Ireland voted with a 66% majority to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution. This amendment saw the legalisation of abortions across the country, and put an end to the decades of neglect and suffering faced by the citizens of…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor Back in March 2020, online music retail platform Bandcamp announced that on the first Friday of every month they would cut their cut on items sold from about 30% to nothing, leaving all funds to the artist. It was a great move on a marketing and moral basis, but…
By Julie Landers, Staff Writer I didn’t enjoy writing this article, and you’re probably not going to enjoy reading it. Before deciding to write about the environmental impacts of music consumption, it was far easier to say ‘streaming good, vinyl bad’, and even then that wasn’t easy at all. I love the acts of collecting…
By Keith Strain The connection between the film and the video game industry has been established since 1993 when Super Mario Bros. jumped its way onto the big screen, but whether the relationship has been mutually beneficial for the two is up for debate. One would think translating an already established story and formula into…
By Kyran Leahy – Film & TV Editor The 1970’s brought us some major figures that lit up the world during the decade and have remained in the spotlight in modern times. From the actors that have remained ever present on the screens like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino to the music of Fleetwood Mac,…