The Centre Cannot Hold: Joan Didion’s Struggle with Chaos and Disorder
Literature & Drama
The Decline of Reading for Pleasure
Hans Christian Andersen & Charles Dickens: unrequited love in the 19th century
Emily Henry: the voice of contemporary romance
Build Your Own Hunger Games Arena: A New Dystopian Internet Trend
Mary O’Leary discusses how the return of The Hunger Games has revived dystopian fiction for a new generation, but online fan trends suggest that its warnings about violence as entertainment may be getting lost.…
Review: DramSoc Put On 5 Star Performance of Macbeth
Last week, UCD’s DramSoc brought their annual Shakespeare production to Astra Hall, this year presenting the superstition-riddled tragedy, Macbeth, to their audiences. Through strong acting performances, a show-defining musical underscore and tension heightened by tech, DramSoc have once again shown that dramatic talent is ever-present in UCD.…
Turning Pain into Art: Sonya Kelly on Poor
Emily Flynn interviews Irish playwright Sonya Kelly and discusses the process of adapting Katriona O’Sullivan’s story to the stage.…
What We Read, When We Read, Why We Read: Voices from UCD
Robin Crotty explores the evolving habits of UCD students, examining how technology, social media, and daily life shape what they read, how they read, and why reading still matters - grounding her analysis through a survey of UCD students conducted by OTwo.…
Words that Endure: Celebrating Palestinian Voices in Literature
Grammarly, ChatGPT and Us: The New Rules of Writing
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Come Closer to Literature: Dublin Book Festival 2025
Oscar Wilde: Life and Legacy
Theatre's Spookiest Traditions
Old Shadows, New Relevance: A Fresh Look at Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Of Fangs and Folklore: Tracing the Vampire in English Literature
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Why LitSoc and Dramsoc Are the Beating Heart of Campus Creativity
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Who Gets to Tell the Classics?
Róise Goan, artistic director of Dublin Theatre Festival, sits down with Orla Mahon to discuss the role of theatre today.…
Taking Stones from Old Houses - A review of Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation - Book Club
Literature and Drama Editor Gemma Bini examines how Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation reclaims the voices erased in Camus’ The Stranger.…