With Valentine’s Day drawing ever nearer, the pressure to scrutinise our love lives peaks and, for better or worse, a thought preying on many minds will be their relationship status — or at least the state of their relationship. If …
Going home for the winter holidays
Lara Monahan reflects on the difficulties of the holiday season and what best to do to overcome them
Going home from time to time to visit your family after moving out can bring up a lot of confusing, sometimes upsetting feelings. However, returning from college for the winter holidays? Those challenges are next level. There is something about …
Why do we continue to sexualise Halloween?
Lara Monahan explores the complexity of Halloween’s costume culture
The leaves are falling, your new flatmates are still taking the bins out on time, and your tights don’t yet have ladders in them. This can only mean one thing: we are officially approaching Halloween. At this time of year, …
Advice from a senior freshman to incoming first years
Lara Monahan gives guidance to students new to Trinity
Even in the best of times, making the transition from secondary school to college is a daunting enough experience without the added stress that some students have of moving to a new city, or even country, and being away from …
Fill the hole in your social calendar with Dublin’s donuts
Lara Monahan explores the best donuts the city has to offer
As an international Fresher arriving in Dublin for the first time last autumn, I was certain I had missed crucial aspects of Dublin’s social and cultural scene. This year has been characterised by irregularity; between fluctuating cancellations, the transfer of …
Beating boredom with board games
Forget Netflix or Playstation– the solution to your lockdown boredom can be found in a return to the humble board game
As we pass the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown in Ireland, the novelty of staying at home has surely worn off for most of us. The things we used to use to relax, like keeping up with our favourite …
Switching off the screens
It’s increasingly important to switch off the screens completely and allow our minds to rest
As a fresher with good intentions, determined to make a fresh start in Hilary Term, I decided a few weeks ago that I would attend more online social events on top of online learning. Already, it is safe to say …
College should utilise this time to refurbish its facilities
With less people on campus than ever before, Trinity should take this opportunity to refurbish amenities and student spaces
We seem to endlessly hear the phrase “use this time” at the moment; it encapsulates the dramatic shift in the way we are working and living as a result of the pandemic, and the immense pressure to do more, insinuating …
The shortage of public seating areas in Dublin
The lack of public seating in Dublin is symptomatic of more than a mild inconvenience
Starting as a first year at Trinity in the middle of a pandemic has meant a lot of takeaway food and sitting outside. It is a way to socialise that can be made Covid 19-safe, but is also a casual …