Fucked-up, crazy, and lovely is how Ultan Pringle summarises his time in Trinity. The playwright dripped with honesty and charisma as we spoke about his time in DU Players and how it shaped the person he is today over a …
Ella-Bleu Kiely is the current Deputy Life Editor of Trinity News, and a Senior Sophister Classics and English Literature student.
A Dublin Theatre Guide
Ella-Bleu Kiely details what’s on stage this season in Dublin city
Dublin city is a melting pot for dramatic performances along with theatres rich in heritage. Here’s a guide on what’s gracing the stage this season in the city (visit the theatre’s websites for information on ISL performances):
Bord Gáis Energy …
Behind the Screen with EAT DRINK DUB
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with owner of the EAT DRINK DUB Instagram account Claudia Surya
You’re in a city. You’re looking for tasty, trendy and affordable places to eat. Where does one’s research begin? Instagram of course. We are living in an age of reels showcasing quick and easy recipes, newly opened food joints and …
How sexy was the ancient world?
Ella-Bleu Kiely discusses ancient sexual relations and gender alongside the DU Classical Society
Sex, or lagneía in Ancient Greek, was embedded into the tradition of the Mediterranean world — not simply for pleasure but its ideological connotations. However, does love tie into the equation? Divine sexuality has been a topic of interest down …
Irish in San Diego, CA
Ella-Bleu Kiely tells of her time in San Diego as a J1 student
Word of the summer: evicted. The San Diego J1 student housing crisis. The following quotes are taken from the J1 San Diego 2022 Facebook group: “9 lads looking for a house for July if anyone knows of anything! Please!” “Any …
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, …
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 …
Spotlight Society: DU Pagan Society
Ella-Bleu Kiely sits down with DU Pagan Soc Chairperson Ian Creedon to uncover Trinity’s spiritual side
What is Paganism? The term is loosely defined as a polytheistic nature-worshipping religion that is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity. From the Latin pāgānus meaning “rural”and later “civilian”, how is this belief system incorporated into student life …