Posts Tagged ‘Orla Mackle’
Interview with ‘Bunny and the Bull’ star Simon Farnaby
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Those Mighty Boosh fans wanting to see this film on the premise of being bombarded by 90 minutes of utter “booshism” will be sorely disappointed. Yes it centres on the same cult “comedy of the absurd” material, but it ventures away from this to address more serious issues such as mental illness and isolation. Described as a Whitnail and I for the mentally insane, I was more than a little intrigued with King’s new project and delighted to get chatting to one of the film’s leads, comedian, and wizard of weird veteran Simon Farnaby, for a fast track on the goss from behind the scenes!
BY ORLA MACKLE
Bunny and the Bull is now showing at the QFT
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OPINION: We’ve come a long way baby?
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
I don’t know anyone that failed to notice that when most of the starry-eyed new group of Freshers entered the Bazaar in the union this year, their first port of call was not the LGBT stall. People swarmed like daisies around the Amnesty and soccer groups and God help them, even the Dragonslayers seemed to reel in a few loose ends. Yet, you would be forgiven for believing that over at the “rainbow-tastic” stall they were giving out free goody bags full of anthrax. So why has the LGBT seemingly died a sudden death and what are the reasons behind this?
BY ORLA MACKLE
Tags: Gown, LGBT, newspaper, Orla Mackle, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
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REVIEW: We Live in Public
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
This film is a must-see if you are a slave to your Facebook updates or you spend too much time blogging about the fact that you have just changed your socks and found a cat under your bed. This cautionary tale will make even the die-hard “social networkist” squirm grudgingly in their seats.
BY ORLA MACKLE
Tags: Gown, newspaper, Orla Mackle, QFT, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown, We live in public
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SPORT: Want to improve your pulling power?
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
“Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream, when the work stops, the dream disappears” – James Dietz
Indeed, the university rowing is built on the premise of dreams. No other sport at Queen’s allows you to show up at try-outs with no previous experience and become a potential part of an Olympic racing team! The Queen’s team training is intensive. During the cold winter months a Queen’s rower is expected to rise six out of seven mornings to perform cardio-vascular activities; alternatively, if they are not to be found pumping away in the PEC, they are pushing their bodies to unknown boundaries on the water. Other students sometimes find it a personal achievement to rise before eleven and make it to class on time.
BY ORLA MACKLE
Tags: Gown, newspaper, Orla Mackle, qub, Queen's, queen's university, rowing, Sport, student, The Gown
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