Waving Goodbye to Shein: The Entrance of Our Sustainable Era

By Sylvie Labelle Fast fashion: cheap, mass and rapidly produced clothing that has long been criticized for its less than kind impacts on the environment yet worshiped for its irresistible deals and ‘trend-ability’. Shein and other brands like Temu, Prett...

Jane Austen: The Woman who was Extraordinary

By Ellen Madden The well-known author Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December 1775, and was the second daughter and seventh child in her family. She died on the 18th of July 1817 at the age of 47. She lived a short and extraordinary life. She never ma...

Audience v. Critics: Negotiating the Gap Between Ratings

By Ioana Gheorghe With the summer blockbusters season underway, it is time to reminisce. Last year, Barbie and Oppenheimer made a buzz with audiences and critics alike; the acclaim for both reminded people that films can be both commercial successes and aw...

Dyscalculia and me

By Suzanne O'Connor 6+8=? 2x2=? 3-7=? 2÷4=? I didn’t even know there was a word for my learning difficulty until I was about ten years of age when I was diagnosed with it. The Special Educational Psychologist told my mother I was smart enough ...

A Potted History of House of the Dragon Season 1

Image Credit: HBO/Warner Media By Joshua McCormack June 16th will usher in a second tranche of the decades-spanning chronicle of treachery, murder, affairs, court intrigue, ringing swords, roaring dragons and rivers of blood, HBO's House of the Dragon. ...

Local Councillors Election Poster Not Even Slightly Flattering

By Killian O'Boyle Calls for a local councillor's election poster to be removed happened earlier today after the councillor's chosen photo was unanimously deemed an eyesore by the local population. Running as an independent, Maurice Fitzpatrick was granted...

Books that had Better Onscreen Adaptations

By Ruth Cawley I am a firm believer that books are a better and more fulfilling medium of storytelling when compared with their screen adaptations. However, as I’ve expanded my repertoire of genres and stories, I’m forced to accept that sometimes films hav...