In the late hours of Friday morning I sat down for a coffee with Max Lynch, this year’s Ents officer. Having disclosed plans of a Senior Freshers week earlier this month, I was interested to see if he had any …
Societies
TMT Intervarsities
Ruth McGann speaks to Rachel Galvin following her directorial debut with Mamma Mia!
Following the triumphant return of Trinity Musical Theatre’s (TMT) annual show, an outstanding production of Guys and Dolls, some of Trinity’s leading musical theatre performers and showmakers set off to Thurles in Co. Tipperary to compete in this year’s Musical …
AGM season at Trinity
Ruth Brady unpacks the process of annual general meetings in Trinity’s societies
The AGM — No you should not worry if you don’t know what that means! AGM stands for Annual General Meeting. Companies, schools, clubs, institutions and charities across the globe have AGMs annually. As a student, if you are a …
Women in STEM Societies
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with three of Trinity’s STEM women on their society and academic lives
The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, known collectively as STEM, are often considered supreme areas of study, especially in the Trinity sphere. Many female scientists have made pioneering contributions to the history of science, confirming their integral role …
Spotlight Society: Trinity Hiking
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with Trinity Hiking OCM Robert Gaynor about the hike life
Hiking culture has seemed to have moved up on the social scale in recent years. After being locked up indoors for so long, it was the outside that provided many of us with comfort. It still continues to. I spoke …
TAF time of year
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with TAF Festival Director Seirce Mhac Conghail on the nature of the society
This year’s Trinity Arts Festival (TAF) week began on the day devoted to romance. Running from 14-16 February, the society of tote bags and glitter held events every day from morning to night ranging from scrambled egg workshops, pop-up plays, …
What do Trinity Fashion Society look for in campus couture?
Ria Walls speaks with Trinity Fashion Society’s campus photographers
Historically, there are no other Irish colleges that come to mind that can even compare to the fashion standards that Trinity has set. Walking around the Arts Building is like a fashion show in itself. Recently, Trinity Fashion Society (Fashion …
Society Spotlight: DUGES
Ruth McGann sheds a light on the Trinity students fighting the patriarchy
Gender-based inequality, harassment and oppression have been at the centre of social debate and activism since the beginnings of the feminist movement over a hundred years ago. Although our understanding of gender as a concept has evolved and women in …
DUPA and the rise of film photography
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with DUPA committee members on the film phenomenon
As a student in Dublin today, it’s rather difficult not to notice the rising trend of taking edgy and sophisticated photographs of the everyday. Most notably on film. Film has seemed to have seduced a whole generation despite living in …
Sunday Longread: The Starlight Night
Khushi Jain recounts the wintery nighttime performance of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins by DU Players
The sky blushes an angry purple today. It has been drowning itself in blues this week. But tonight is special. For it is a starlight night.
Three days back I was sitting in the 1937 Reading Room mapping Ovidian similes …