Would you eat a synthetically-made burger?
“Cows are inefficient food producers. In fact, they’re obsolete.” Yesterday saw Trinity Global Development Soc and DU General Science Society come together to host Professor Mark Post, Chair of the Department of Physiology at Maastricht University and pioneer of the artificially cultured meat industry. Speaking about global agriculture, meat consumption, and climate […]
Nicola Sturgeon awarded Honorary Patronage of the Phil
The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon visited Trinity College to address the University Philosophical Society, in front of a packed audience of students and staff in the Graduates Memorial Building on Monday, 28 November. She was warmly welcomed to the university by the Provost of Trinity College, Patrick Prendergast. Dr Prendergast stated that […]
Professor Brian Cox addresses the Phil to talk populism, philosophy and physics
Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox descended upon the GMB this afternoon to greet science and non-science Trinity students alike. The ‘Wonders of…’ presenter and the author/co-author of over 950 scientific publications and brought this rhetoric to the chamber with his usual eternal grin. Phil president, Matthew Nuding, began by welcoming the acclaimed academic to […]
Trinity College Law Review Speaker Series – The Irish Judiciary: Origins, Culture, and Reform?
Driven by a passion for all things Irish and judicial, law students and others turned out in force last night for a panel discussion organised by the Trinity College Law Review at the GMB. The first event of the Law Review’s Distinguished Speaker series, ‘The Irish Judiciary: Origins, Culture, and Reform?’, considered various aspects of […]
Jeremy Paxman at Law Soc: Unafraid of saying exactly what he was thinking
The GMB’s peach interior walls began to bulge from the size of the crowd prior to Jeremy Paxman’s talk delivered to the Law Society last Friday, November 4. There was a peculiar uncertainty emerging in idle chatter overheard in snippets and spills. The same questions were being asked over and over again. “What he going […]
David O’Doherty at ComedySoc
Comedy Soc held a gig on Thursday 27 in the GMB to a stuffed-in, enthusiastic crowd. Far flung from the Tuesday nights in the Pav with student comedians and the occasional run in with the staff, this week the society hosting David O’Doherty, one of the biggest and brightest name in Irish comedy. The five […]
Review: TAF’s ‘What Lies in the Woods’
Societies Fourth Week culminated in a spectacle of fire and fairytales last night with Trinity Arts Festival’s (TAF) much anticipated ‘What Lies in the Woods’. Tickets sold out in five minutes on Thursday, making it the most popular event of the week. The evening began with Juggling and Circus Soc performing a variety of […]
Full GMB audience present for honorary patronage of Marina Abramović
“Performance is serious business and is not easy, it takes every atom of your energy. It is the most immaterial form of art, apart from music”
In the GMB, druids explain their beliefs and connections to the wider world
Luke is a gardener and Eimear is a counsellor. Both are druids, and spoke to a packed and curious audience at the Theo
Hist bare all with opening debate of the year
Hist welcome popular Irish comedian Katherine Lynch for ‘Free the Nipple’ debate.
