Now that the ghost light is all that is left energised in unoccupied theatres, one might ask: What is the stage now? How do actors work on their craft? As we head into the Hilary season in Trinity, performers of …
Ella-Bleu Kiely is the current Deputy Life Editor of Trinity News, and a Senior Sophister Classics and English Literature student.
Law Soc sits down with the legendary Stephen Fry
Writer, actor, presenter, and mental health advocate Stephen Fry is the first to receive the Trinity Praeses Elit Award in 2021
English actor, comedian, writer, presenter, narrator, and director Stephen Fry was welcomed by DU Law Society on Thursday evening as the first recipient of The Trinity Praeses Elit Award in 2021. The award was established by former president of Ireland, …
Society Spotlight: DU Chess Society
The reawakening of Trinity’s Chess Society
Trinity’s Chess Society was founded by Rev. John McGaul in 1838 during a time when college students were scolded for spending half the day playing chess instead of learning algebra. In 1941, M.B. Yeats, son of the Nobel Poet Laureate …
Jazz, Trad and the Orchestra
A review of Trinity’s Orchestra concert
On Thursday evening, after a hefty day of online lectures, I got to wind down and be serenaded during Trinity’s music societies collaborative concert showing Trinity Orchestra, Du Music, Jazz Soc and Trad Soc. The concert opened Trinity Orchestra…
The clock of Trinity Vincent de Paul Society will keep ticking
Ella Bleu-Kiely discusses how the charity work undertaken by Trinity VDP has been impacted in recent months
“The government says jump and we say how high,” states Trinity Vincent de Paul Society’s (Trinity VDP) Treasurer Alex Fish in the society’s plan of action for the coming year. Trinity VDP is the largest and most active student charity …
Honorary Patron Bernadine Evaristo addresses The Phil
Ella Bleu-Kiely reviews Booker Prize Winner Bernardine Evaristo’s address to The Phil
On Tuesday evening, Bernadine Evaristo, British author and Winner of The 2019 Booker Prize, addressed The Phil as one of this year’s Honorary Patrons. With a trendy colourful bookcase background, the author spoke with Phil President Kate Maher on her …