Kiana Bowden In case Facebook cover photos and Instagram feeds didn’t give the game away, Kinkell Byre was the place to be on Saturday, the 11th of November. The students of St Andrews were donning their cufflinks, best dresses, and bow ties for another night of dancing and revelry. This evening did not bring with […]
Calum Esler Picture this: you’ve been DJing in the Union for the past five years, you have your own kit and a passion for performance, however, you can’t play the music you want to play. This is a pretty tough situation for any creative individual and it’s the one that DJ, Liquid Alloy, has found […]
Calum Esler Here in St. Andrews it is clear that we care a lot about the way we look. You only have to walk down Market Street to see how fashion conscious students are here, which means it is no surprise that so many fashion shows take place throughout the year. Yet, whilst it’s great […]
Cady Crowley Have you ever been transported back in time to a 1910s nightmare? Pulled candy out of old glass canisters a few feet from a mad clown chopping up someone’s leg? Or shotgunned an energy drink off a vintage barrel before descending back into the smoke infused dance hall? If you spent your halloween […]
Cady Crowley As Halloween approaches, St Andrews gets ready to celebrate once more with Kinkell’s House of Horror team, under this year’s theme of Dreamland. Tickets have already been sold out for this 18+ event, so we spoke to the Dreamland team a bit on what makes this year’s House so special, and how to […]
Nathan Lovelace Silver linings. Apparently clouds have them and we’re supposed to look for them. Going into my third year with a flat-mate that can be a bit like a bullish hurricane in a china shop, it could be said that my patience is broken more often than it probably should be. Occasionally when washing […]
Jamie Rodney Leonard Cohen’s latest- and final- album is, for my money, some of the Canadian songwriter/poet’s best work. Full of songs ruminating on love and god, death and darkness, it’s a shame I can only pick one to write about in this article. However, while I’d recommend giving the whole album a listen (especially […]
Morgan Corby Ooh, that hair…that permanent half smile…that grey eyed gaze that sees deep into your very soul… “What a man! What a talent!” the world cries out, weeping with adoration as our favourite Canadian whistles wistfully on an LA pier in ‘La La Land’ or leaps about saving humanity in ‘Blade Runner 2049’. “Fill […]
Kiana Bowden If you happened to be walking by, or live in close proximity to the Old Course on Saturday you would have heard and seen the fireworks display for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The bright colours and sparks lit up the crowd, and among the spectators you could spot certain people in quite […]
Calum Esler If you were to tell someone who had never heard of St. Andrews that a small town in Fife had some of the best charity fundraising out there you would forgive them for not believing you. Yet, all you would need to do to convince them to change their mind is invite them […]
Connor Wallace “The speech started well, but then things went downhill faster than Sir Eric Pickles on a Toboggan.” The annual political party conference season holds a reputation of being notoriously and unfalteringly boring. Hordes of suit-wearing party-faithfuls descend upon various cities of the UK, followed reluctantly by groups of misfortunate journalists. The news channels […]
Jamie Rodney Perhaps surprisingly for a man who performs under a female stage name and layers of mascara, Alice Cooper has never dealt much with the subject of gender fluidity in his songs. That changed this year with the release of “Genuine American Girl”, from Cooper’s new album “Paranormal.” Cooper can sometimes be hit or miss, but in this song he […]
Calum Esler Kingsman: The Secret Service was a fun, light-hearted spy movie that refused to take itself too seriously. It changed the game for a genre that has recently moved into the area of intense, gritty thrillers and what’s more, it was entertaining to watch. So with all that on my mind I went into […]
Kiana Bowden September, it was nice knowing you. We had a brief, fun and relatively care-free relationship, but it’s over now. We should move forward to more serious times… bring on Halloween and all things to do in October at the University of St Andrews! And so it begins, the social calendar of this small […]
Cady Crowley Rock and roll is a particular taste for a particular crowd—but the history and shenanigans pulled off by the 60s-70s counterculture can be universally enjoyed. Except, I suppose, by one US president in particular. Richard Nixon, famous for his “war on drugs” and hawkish warhead, was not exactly favoured by much of this […]
Kiana Bowden I’m a firm believer in the fact that there’s always time for tea, and there’s always room for cake. So, when I heard that afternoon tea was available at the Old Course Hotel, in true white rabbit form I high-tailed it over the 18th hole with a dear friend of mine to try […]
Euan Elder I think that the majority of St. Andrews students can agree that nights out tend to be spent looking classy at balls, or enjoying a ‘pablo’ at the union. However, St. Andrews Charity Fashion Show’s annual Starfields event breaks free from this repetition, and provides an experience like no other. The event took […]
Claire Fenerty As the last independent music festival in the United States, Outside Lands had big shoes to fill this year. The festival celebrated its 10th Anniversary in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this August. With an idiosyncratic lineup including Metallica, The Who, Gorillaz, Lorde, and Alt-J, Outside Lands offered a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience, but […]