The Order of Time (2017), Carlo Rovelli
Time passes – doesn’t it? In this exploration of the quantum physics of time Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli takes the reader from core concepts right to the edge of current research in clear, …
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The other side of Freshers’ Week
Freshers’ Week is billed as being the best week of a new student’s life; a time to reinvent yourself, buy a crumpled denim jacket and pretend you enjoy cans of Prazsky at the Pav – but what happens when the …
Far from Front Square: a Freshers Week abroad
For the majority of returning students, Freshers’ Week is a week of stability. A week which brings with it the unbeatable feeling of walking into Front Square for perhaps the first time in months, bumping into freshly tanned friends and …
TCDSU Ents, LawSoc and DUBES join forces to kick off Freshers’ Week
TCDSU Ent’s Freshers’ Week 2017 kicked off Monday night in Dawson’s Street’s Café en Seine. TCDSU Ents, LawSoc and DUBES joined forces to present The Grand Opening, a 1920’s Great Gatsby themed night. Headline acts DJ Deece and Mix & …
Who are they? Your Freshers’ Ents acts unravelled
Trinity Life takes a look at F R E S H, a collection of five official Freshers’nights out on one of the most high octane weeks of the year.
Dublin city boasts one of the most diverse, creative and welcoming music scenes in Europe, and the fine people over at Trinity Ents, with some help from various societies, have made it their business to showcase a slice of the …
Your top society picks for Freshers’ Week
Feeling overwhelmed by the vast amount of things to do this week? Look no further than our day by day guide to the best society events.
Monday:
One of the first events of Freshers’ Week kicks off at 12pm, with “Debating 101” which will take place in the Hist conversation room. Whether you’re a first year or a final year, this is your chance to know …
Diary of a Fresher: Revisited
With Michaelmas term drawing to a close, we caught up with the not-so-fresh Freshers to see how they were faring a whole semester in
In September, a group of fresh-faced first-years shared their first days as college students. They documented their experiences – everything from the infamous “Freshers’ flu”, those drawn-out introductory lectures, and spending way too much on societies that they were likely …
Diary of a Fresher
From friendly exchanges with taxi drivers, to strides of pride and even viewing Trinity through the lens of the seven deadly sins, our writers have had a week not hastily forgotten
Friday 23 September
Yasmin Underwood, Junior Freshman English and Classics:
Moving from the forty-degree heat in the sandpit that is Dubai to the quaint metropolis of Dublin which features (what feels like) sub-zero temperatures has certainly been interesting, and has …
Diary of a Fresher
As they recover from last night’s Freshers’ Ball, our writers learn that after a week of introduction, they have become hardy student party-goers
Thursday 22 September
Étáin Sweeney, Junior Freshman Law and Political Science:
Thursday was kicked off by the infamous ‘Fresher’s Flu’ pestering my sleepy head in the early hours of the morning. Not a sound resonated through the Halls courtyard, …
Glitter and romance at Freshers’ Ball
“Freshers will remember last night as the most memorable moment of their Fresher experience. Mainly because it will take a whole year to get the glitter out of their hair”
I began Wednesday evening, like every other evening, at a screening of Bridget Jones before being spontaneously offered a ticket to the biggest night of Freshers’ Week: the Freshers’ Ball.
Having missed my own Freshers’ Ball, I really didn’t know …