Japanese singer and songwriter Kanon Wakeshima is truly different from other artists in Japan. She seems like a doll in her ruffled white dress when she walks onto the stage and seems so small compared to her cello. The cello…
From the day we are born, we are put into a system in order to follow the rules constructed by the society and culture we live in. Nowadays, society puts pressure on us to go to school and find a…
Three days after the lethal attack on the metro system in St Petersburg which left 14 people dead, Russian police have found an explosive device in a flat in the east of St Petersburg. The flat was raided by police…
Russian court has declared that Jehovah’s Witness, will now be considered an extremist organisation. The group has already been placed on the list of extremist groups by the justice ministry. In Russia, Christianity has 175,000 members and 395 branches. According…
I had been living for about four weeks in Dublin when it came up in a conversation with my host family that the café right across the street where we lived was famous for being the centre of heated debates…
Sweeney Todd is one of the most recognisable characters from the short story “The String of Pearls” from the Victorian short story collection Penny Dreadful. The inspiration was drawn from British urban legends. It was repeated so many times, that…
Next week, head to Wicklow, which is just 45 minutes from Dublin, to visit one of the biggest music festivals in Ireland. What’s more, this year, the festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, so that you can expect even more fun…
The Glasnevin Trust charity, which operates the Dardistown cemetery in Dublin, has announced it will start charging visitors €2 for parking at the cemetery in order to prevent people who are not visiting the cemetery from parking there all day…
Food festivals are quite popular. It’s a good occasion to not only try local products but also seasonal food from different regions. Next week from 13th-17th April a very tasty event takes place in Galway. During this time parts of…