Originally published in print in April 2024 When they threw that bucket of blood over Martina, I was in the garden centre with my mother. I was helping her decide between blue or indigo hydrangeas – although, later on in … Continue reading Bucket of Blood
Originally published in print in April 2024 I never thought that, one day, I would be wishing that I could go back to when I was 18. A constant inner monologue fuelled by insecurity, anxiety and the sharpness of … Continue reading The Loves of my Life and the Lecky A Farewell Ode to TCD
Originally published in print in April 2024 Deciphering the swelling disarray of sound that is synonymous with my three best friends and I when put in the same room together may seem to an outsider as hard as sitting … Continue reading Change nothing and nothing changes. A personal essay
Originally published in print in April 2024 Though most people outwardly say that queerness does not have an appearance, and that you cannot presume one’s sexuality by looking at them, this is hardly the case in our very perceptive … Continue reading Queer Fashion in the Mainstream
Originally published in print in April 2024 St Patrick’s Day, a day on which everyone in the world wants to be Irish, has come and gone. To mark this momentous occasion, I watched Wild Mountain Thyme, Leap Year and … Continue reading ROMANTIC IRELAND’S DEAD AND GONE ITS WITH NETFLIX IN THE GRAVE. A commentary on American Rom-Coms Set in Ireland
Originally published in print in April 2024 As my final year of college wears on, the impending fear of the unknown draws closer into view. It’s a feeling that is familiar now, cropping up with any life transition: from … Continue reading Goodbye Trinity What Coming-of-Age Cinema taught me about Growing Up
Fashion has long been used as a crucial component when it comes to curating one’s personal brand. The clothes we wear can both empower and evoke confidence within us while also simultaneously signifying to wider society the way in which … Continue reading Investigating Rebrand Culture The fashion of a rebrand and our desire to retain relevance.
I I love you in a state of repair, In the midst of the sunniest day While I take seeds and plant them, Water them, my hands a carousel to their needs. In night, tired and aware, I … Continue reading Soft Sermons for Spring
“A courtier must be an architect for plans, a sculptor for shapes, a painter for colour, a musician for harmony and a philosopher in the sense of measure” – Cristóbal Balenciaga. Born in 1895 in Guetaria, Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga is … Continue reading Cristobal Balenciaga, from Guetaria to the world
Fionn listened to the flush from across the kitchen and went about making his breakfast, feeling around in the cupboard above the sink for- there’s the bowl and there’s the cereal. The bowl had little red flecks of pasta sauce … Continue reading Coconut Milk Decider
I picture her sometimes still. She’s always behind an open window, my view of her obstructed by a flowing white curtain, like the ones she bought and always meant to hem so we could hang them. Sometimes she’s alone. Usually … Continue reading The Only Way Out
The electricity went out in my house. This wouldn’t have been a big issue, really, it would have meant I could procrastinate college assignments that definitely required complete internet assistance (a complete lie). However, today was March 4th, my Zoom … Continue reading An Interview with Aaron Fahy “Listening to good music, drinking nice coffee and making the stuff I like to make”