News

The latest on everything that matters to student life, from UCD’s campuses and from around the country

Otwo

The University Observer’s award-winning arts and culture supplement features the best in new music, film and fashion

Features

Peek behind the scenes of student life and gain a deeper insight into the matters shaping academic life

Science & Health

Thoughts, debate and commentary on the latest breakthroughs and discoveries about the wider world

Sport

Catch up with the latest UCD sports news and read opinion, debate and analysis on all things athletic

Home » Archive by Category

Otwo

The University Observer’s award-winning arts and culture supplement features the best in new music, film and fashion
If you’re indie and you know it…
Friday, 20 Jan, 2012 – 3:20 | No Comment
If you’re indie and you know it…

Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah brings David Moloney up to speed on the story behind the band’s hiatus, the creative process and his problems with the blogosphere

Not many bands these days can create …

Interview: Dead Cat Bounce
Friday, 20 Jan, 2012 – 3:20 | No Comment
Interview: Dead Cat Bounce

Shane O’Brien, bassist for musical comedy act Dead Cat Bounce, speaks to Aoife Valentine about visits from Will Ferrell, the rock-and-roll lifestyle and just how tight their trousers can really get

It’s not often that a …

She learnt the truth at seventeen
Friday, 20 Jan, 2012 – 3:18 | One Comment
She learnt the truth at seventeen

Folk legend Janis Ian speaks to Lorraine Haigney about her struggles with the music industry and life as an out musician
Janis Ian first became famous for her depiction of an interracial couple in the song …

They see me Rollins, they hatin’
Friday, 20 Jan, 2012 – 1:59 | No Comment
They see me Rollins, they hatin’

Hardcore hero turned spoken word performer Henry Rollins speaks to Cormac Duffy about serving his audience, working with National Geographic, and why he’s not returning to music anytime soon

In his thirty-year career, Henry Rollins has …

CD Reviews – 17/1/2012
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 19:59 | No Comment
CD Reviews – 17/1/2012

Artist: Guided by Voices
Album: Let’s Go Eat the Factory

Grade: B+

The Guided by Voices back-catalogue is a veritable odyssey, spanning over thirty albums and EPs, so it should perhaps be of no surprise that these prolific …

Mittens
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 19:27 | No Comment
Mittens

Mittens isn’t feeling particularly clairvoyant this week, but sure, she’ll give it a go anyway

Aries
April 19th – May 13th
It is time to put the selection box down and wear something other than pyjamas. I cannot …

Beyond Retro, Drottninggatan 7711160 Stockholm
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 19:07 | No Comment
Beyond Retro, Drottninggatan 7711160 Stockholm

Pay a visit to this Swedish treasure trove and find that unique gem you never knew you needed, writes Lizzy Beecham

‘Vintage’ is an almost ubiquitous term in fashion these days. Some vintage clothes shops just …

Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 19:03 | No Comment
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Wait for a good spell of high pressure weather and there is no lovelier place to visit than County Donegal, writes Elaine Lavery

Many Irish people have fond childhood memories of summers spent in West Cork …

Buda-Best
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 19:01 | No Comment
Buda-Best

See what Eastern Europe has to offer with Emer Sugrue’s guide to Budapest

There is a great train that stretches all the way from Hamburg to Budapest and is used by all backpackers. You can hop …

NomNomNom – Timeless Cookbooks
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:57 | No Comment
NomNomNom – Timeless Cookbooks

Forget basing your meals on faddy diets and the latest ‘superfood’, just let Elaine Lavery suggest a cookbook that stands the test of time instead

The best New Year’s piece of advice one can adhere to …

Just Roll
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:55 | No Comment
Just Roll

Over the holidays, Ethan Troy-Barnes has been experimenting with ready-rolled pastry to take the ache out of bake when it comes to pies

Let’s face it; homemade short-crust pastry is not convenient. It takes time and …

What’s Hot and What’s Not
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:46 | No Comment
What’s Hot and What’s Not

What’s Hot
Mid-season TV breaks being over

You know what’s not cool, TV Gods? Taking away all our favourite shows, and not only when we want to procrastinate during the exam period, but over Christmas too. Why? …

What’s On: National Gallery of Ireland
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:45 | No Comment
What’s On: National Gallery of Ireland

As the National Gallery of Ireland opens its doors for a new year, Sally Hayden discovers where nature and light hide in January

With the Christmas trees abandoned, work resuming, and the nights still enveloping the …

Welcome to Sacred Heart
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:37 | No Comment
Welcome to Sacred Heart

DramSoc’s Eoghan Carrick speaks to Evan O’Quigley about this year’s twenty-four hour musical

UCD DramSoc are set to perform their ‘24 Hour Musical’ for the second year running on Thursday, January 26th. Production has already begun …

Otwo Attempts… Living in the Dark Ages
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:23 | No Comment
Otwo Attempts… Living in the Dark Ages

It may have been acceptable in the eighties but it’s not now. Emer Sugrue attempts to give up modern technology.

When Otwo asked me to give up technology for a day, I told them no, and …

Soapbox – Sale Fails Derailed
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:22 | No Comment
Soapbox – Sale Fails Derailed

Post-Christmas sales are a seemingly never-ending black-hole of dodgy stuff no one wants, and they should be banned, writes Aoife Valentine
You would imagine that there is very little wrong with post-Christmas sales. All the stuff …

Real Men Smoke on Airplanes, with Dixon Coltrane
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 18:19 | No Comment
Real Men Smoke on Airplanes, with Dixon Coltrane

This week, Dixon tackles his toughest comer yet – a young man who is in the improbable position of hating Mr. Coltrane, and all he holds dear. Leave your questions for the Detective on the …

Mixtape – The Soundtrack to Your Life as a Movie
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 13:50 | No Comment
Mixtape – The Soundtrack to Your Life as a Movie

Ever think life would be more fun as a movie with a clichéd soundtrack? Let Emily Mullen set you on your first step to hyper-reality with the Mixtape for your biopic
Birth: T– Rex – ‘Cosmic …