Culture Night Dublin made its return on Friday, September 17 with a colourful bang, including over 200 participating venues and more than 250 in-person and online events for audiences to enjoy across the county. As what could be called the …
Ella-Bleu Kiely is the current Societies Editor of Trinity News, and a Junior Sophister Classics and English Literature student.
Putting inclusivity on our radars
Ella-Bleu Kiely talks to the Trinity Ability co_op about its Towards Inclusive Clubs and Societies Project
This Summer, the Trinity Ability co_op launched its Towards Inclusive Clubs and Societies Project. They describe themselves as an active cooperative movement led by students with disabilities towards creating radical inclusion in Trinity College Dublin. The project is funded by …
Travelling The Wild Atlantic Way the eco-friendly way
Ella-Bleu Kiely talks to Conrad Opperman about his 1500km journey
In 2019, Conrad Oppermann went camping with his father and friends and a conversation arose surrounding the capabilities of electric cars. The others said that electric cars were too expensive, had no range, and there was nowhere to charge them, …
Dublin Day Trips
Ella-Bleu Kiely explores some of the best spots in Dublin to take a trip to this summer
This past year, I have humbly taken advantage of what Dublin has to offer — in particular, its seaside. This article is a homage to Dublin’s coast and all the many food accounts on Instagram. Despite the longing you …
“Like a Daydream” – A Review of Reverie
DU Players tests the waters with a hybrid theatre festival
The events of DU Players’ Reverie festival, which ran from the 21st to the 24th of June, tastefully reflected the meaning of the word: being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts, like a daydream. We kept finding ourselves lost in the …
A vision for a new-normal September
Ella Bleu-Kiely interviews TCDSU Ents Officer-elect Greg Arrowsmith on the role of societies in college life
When one hears Trinity Ents, it’s not uncommon to immediately think of first years in Halls and those crisp event photos with their distinctive logo in the corner, or maybe even fresh-faced students experiencing the wonders of Harcourt Street for …
Stuck Somewhere New, stuck on screen
Ella-Bleu Kiely discusses virtual theatre and an upcoming production with two of DU Players’s directors
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 …
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…