Only a stone’s throw from Trinity and a perfect place to spend an hour between lectures after lockdown, Om Diva lives on Drury Street. If the pink shop front doesn’t immediately charm you, then the eclectic products and overwhelming good …
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Uplifting podcasts for the Christmas season
Podcasts to lift the spirit this Christmas, on world affairs, comedy, mindfulness, consumerism, and the power of music
This year has not been easy for any of us, and as it nears its end, we’re gearing up for a Christmas season like never before. How we relax and blow off steam will have to change. Like many others, …
Team up for Team Hope
Jonathan Douglas speaks about this year’s Christmas shoe box appeal in boxes of hope, joy, and love
This season, many people across Ireland may not be feeling so festive. Some of us will wake to the usual cheer, run downstairs to presents, and eat a wholesome turkey roast. But for others, there will be empty spaces at …
Fighting to keep Dublin Zoo alive
Noelle Keogh discusses the significance of Dublin Zoo and its importance to the Irish climate
Dublin Zoo has been a treasured establishment since 1831. Unfortunately, the damage of Covid-19 does not discriminate, and last month we heard news of the financial strains threatening to bring an end to yet another beloved Irish institution. Upon hearing …
The moral code of fashion: a guide to shopping ethically online
Shopping sustainably and ethically doesn’t have to mean forfeiting online shopping addictions
By being mindful of your current wardrobe contents you decrease the opportunity of buying slightly varied replicas of what you already own. Trends and styling fads change constantly and companies such as Pretty Little Thing and Boohoo are aware of …
Sustainability in the Pandemic era: Irish-Made reusable face masks
Where to purchase reusable face masks in Dublin and online.
The face mask has quickly become the staple accessory for navigating the universally disdained “new normal” brought on by the challenges of Covid-19. With Dublin now under Level 5 restrictions and uncertainty clouding our expectations for the coming months, the …
The Alternative Guide to Christmas
Skip the big chains and shop locally this season
Lockdown has ended and the once empty streets of Dublin are again filled with people, many of whom are panic buying for the quickly approaching holidays. It’s safe to say that we are experiencing possibly the strangest Christmas of our …
Creatives in Trinity: Student poets on pandemic poetry
Student poets on pandemic poetry, vulnerability, and their futures as writers
“When I went into lockdown those first few months, I was completely disassociated from the world,” Medb Brereton Hurley tells me over the phone. Hurley is an English and music student as well as a songwriter and poet, but despite …
Remembering Kristallnacht Today
Trinity Long Room Hub in conversation with Lenny Abrahamson and Oliver Sears on the continued relevance of the Holocaust
Each year, November 9th and 10th marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the name given to the two nights in 1938 when a systematic hate-crime against Jewish people took place in Germany and Austria. It was the transgression into what was …
Exciting Times ahead: Naoise Dolan on her renowned debut
Naoise Dolan talks relationships, LGBTQ+ representation, class distinctions and Marxism.
“Sometimes I love you and sometimes I think it would be best if a plane flew into your office and you were on the plane or in your building”. While this isn’t a message any of us would like to …