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A JetBlue Airways plane leaves from Logan International Airport in Boston. The airline announced plans to offer nonstop flights from Boston to Dublin and Paris beginning April 2024. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New affordable non-stop flights to Dublin, Paris to start in spring

Jennifer Lambert November 17, 2023
JetBlue Airways announced new non-stop flights from Boston to Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France starting in spring 2024, with some round trip fares starting at $399, according to an Oct. 25 press release. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: 2021 COP26 Climate Summit ends with world leaders unwilling to take necessary action

Fiona Broadie November 16, 2021
The long-awaited United Nations COP26 Climate Summit came to an end last Saturday, and continued a long-standing trend of world leaders pairing incremental steps with big promises to create a false illusion of direct and effective action. 
Jack-O’-Lanterns. As Boston prepares to celebrate Halloween this year, many residents are opting to get in the spooky spirit with smaller gatherings and parties. LUWA YIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Halloween festivities creep back into Boston, still more subdued than pre-COVID

Jit Ping Lee October 21, 2021
As we approach Halloween on Oct. 31, the City of Boston is preparing to celebrate the holiday. 
michael fassbender in justin kurzel's macbeth

Cinephilia: Justin Kurzel’s ‘Macbeth’ is a sleeping gem

Andrew Harwood April 5, 2021
Kurzel’s “Macbeth” is a hidden gem that deserves a lot more recognition than it gets.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Unified Ireland?

Max Ferrandino March 17, 2021
Northern Ireland leaving the EU would create many problems that would be difficult to resolve, as if a unified Ireland is already a sensitive enough issue
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Let Scots breathe free

Lincoln Son Currie March 10, 2021
Scots must be given another independence referendum and free themselves at last. Their time has come.
"Get Duked!" movie poster. Illustration by Lauryn Allen/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Get Duked!” epitomizes Scottish experience of director’s youth

Molly Farrar September 3, 2020
In any other context, to “get duked” means to get punched or attacked, but a new film contains another, somewhat less common meaning: getting pursued by the Duke of Edinburgh himself.
SMITH: Reflection on my time at the University of St Andrews

SMITH: Reflection on my time at the University of St Andrews

Paige Smith April 19, 2017

The space between oceans, over mountains and across plains has a magical shrinking quality when one travels extensively across all three entities. It’s not that the space itself is minimized in any way....

SMITH: Don’t let a tour bus stop you

SMITH: Don’t let a tour bus stop you

Paige Smith April 9, 2017

At some points in your life, you encounter people and things that test you. For me, this comes in the form of group tours. For the record, I was absolutely terrified earlier this semester when embarking...

SMITH: I hate laundry very much

SMITH: I hate laundry very much

Paige Smith April 3, 2017

When I’m extremely wealthy and above such things, I will never, ever, ever do laundry. At Boston University, I live in Student Village II, where I was blessed with extremely new accommodations. It has...

SMITH: Scotland sees politics very differently

SMITH: Scotland sees politics very differently

Paige Smith March 29, 2017

Scotland has a curious relationship with independence. I’m currently enrolled in a Scottish medieval history class whilst abroad, and it has been nothing short of an eye-opening experience. For many...

SMITH: Just suck it up, eat the pasta

SMITH: Just suck it up, eat the pasta

Paige Smith March 24, 2017

I have gained an intense appreciation for fresh vegetables. It’s not that Scotland is completely void of vegetables. In fact, sometimes I feel incredibly small when considering the vastness of the fields...

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