Opinion

Saffron Baker reflects on the TV show, Naked Attraction. 10 years after first airing, what does the viewer, or watcher, 'participate' in whilst viewing the show?

As a continuation of his earlier piece around the study of Humanities, Jamie Keegan reflects on how "the arts and the humanities seem to be prime targets" for tech companies and their CEOs.

Jamie Keegan recognises that whilst some of Christopher Nolan's work has fallen flat, The Odyssey stands tall.

Caitlin Small considers how "terrifying [it is] to see the female condition adapt to this digital age".

Gavin Murphy analyses likely new Labour leader and former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham's return to Westminster.

Connie Say reviews the Soho institution 100 years on: the restaurant, Quo Vadis.

Caitlín Small expresses pessimism at the prospect of an Andy Burnham premiership.

Eva Quinn reflects on the short-lived premiership of Keir Starmer.

This is "what we stay alive for": Jamie Keegan makes a strong, and necessary case for the sustained study of the Arts and Humanities degrees.

Pooja Kumari comments on the emergence of the 'trad wife' trope, and what it could represent.

Michael McQuillan comments on the recent results, and trends, of voters and politics parties in British politics.

Caitlin Small sees the A-Level students in the McClay. To them, she says, "thank Christ I'm not you".

Arbaz Khan reflects on the Artemis ii mission, and considers it to be "emotionally powerful.. [since it] produces something rare in modern life: collective awe".

Caitlin Small considers the surrounding narrative around fuel protests in Ireland, and who is representing the cause

Conor Mallon writes about the worrying trend of 'femicides' and a culture of violence towards women in Northern Ireland.

Pooja Kumari identifies the connections between the critically acclaimed 'Adolescence' and Louis Theroux's Manosphere documentary.

Jamie Keegan interrogates the 'absolute clarity' of the IOC's blanket ruling against transgender athletes competing at Olympic events.

H.M. Child analyses the very incentives of American hegemony in the war with Iran.

In the fallout of "Patty's Day", Caitlin Small considers how Irish culture may be appropriated by its diaspora, and how this may be harmful.

Caitlín Small investigates the denizens of the small village of Clough, South Down.

Pooja Kumari critiques the embrace in media of Clavicular, the 'bonesmashing' and 'looksmaxxing' influencer popular among the far-right.

Jamie Keegan asks 'cui bono?' to the profitable transatlantic pull towards American conservatism in Northern Ireland.

Ewan McClelland opines about the tactics that left-wing populists could use to gain electoral popularity in the UK and Ireland.

Connie Say acknowledges how the changing demands of audiences is coinciding with the popularity of educational theatre

Owen Nugent rejects the dichotomous thinking about current war in Iran, seeing apologetics either for oppression in the Islamic Republic or for US-Israeli atrocities.

Conor Mallon reflects on greed, corruption and complicity in the GAA.

Conor Mallon interrogates the collision of power, privilege, and moral decay exposed by the release of the latest Jeffrey Epstein Files.

A.A. Byron laments the perceived shortcomings of Trump's foreign policy in a world where America is increasingly divided with Europe.

Caitlin Small considered the power of public opinion, and the psychological toll reality television has on its participants.

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