5 Ways to Get Back on Track When You Have Lost Your Way
Having a low moment in life is temporary, but sometimes you may need 5 ways to get back on track when you have lost your way. There is not a human on the planet who does not have low moments…
Daft Punk split: how they revolutionised popular music
On Monday last (February 22), Daft Punk broke the news that the duo had split after almost three decades with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue”, excerpted from their 2006 film, Electroma. Their split marks the end of arguably the one…
A Giant of Baroque Music – Commemoration of G.F. Handel
On 23 February, it was the 336th birthday of Georg Friedrich Handel and I believe his work as a baroque composer deserves to be mentioned and commemorated. In terms of genres, his compositions are versatile. You may find among his…
7 French words in English and the great question of pronunciation
Languages aren’t impervious to each other, they are intermingled and French words in English are more common than you think. Languages have evolved mostly with history and with the links between first France and Great Britain, and then France and…
The Villainisation of Female Celebrities
Female celebrities have faced uncalled abuse, misogyny, and belittling by the press. So much that for years, numerous people have negative perceptions of these women. These perceptions were built off what they saw on a headline. Society’s obsession with celebrities…
Myanmar’s Military Coup: A democracy won and lost
Myanmar’s military has ended its decade-long dalliance with democracy by launching a coup against the nation’s most popular political party and the former Nobel Peace Prize winner who leads it. Early Monday morning local time, the country’s armed forces seized…
The Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Art Thief
The Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Art Thief Recently, the world of art theft returned to the public’s attention with the success of Netflix’s “Lupin”, a modern-day retelling of the classic French tale of Arsène Lupin, the world-renowned gentleman thief…
The Irish schooling system: playing catch-up with the world
Understanding the Irish schooling system The sixteenth-century Tudor monarchs’ establishment of the first state-funded Educational institutions in Ireland, with the first printing presses appearing under Henry Queen Elizabeth; all in all, this led to the establishing Trinity College Dublin, approving…
15 Meaningful Quotes from “Derry Girls”: A Looking Glass into Irish History
Created and written by Lisa McGee, Derry Girls is an angst-ridden, two-season-spanning (for now) British sitcom following four girls and a wee English lad juggling their teenage lives while facing the bomb scares, political divisions, and religious segregation of Derry,…