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You Matter
Euan Elder Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former director of communications, argued that the “youth vote has come out in strength and lashed out pretty aggressively” in relation to the recent 2017 British election. There was a significant rise in the amount of young voters: 66.4% of 18 to 24 year olds let their voice be […]
Music Unites Us
Euan Elder When I first heard about the Manchester terror attack, I was in the middle of a conversation with my friends, discussing the songs that our younger selves had overplayed to a sickening extent. Music can play a crucial role in uniting people: it has the power to bring those who share interests in […]
May Ball: The Fashion
Zsanett Ritli Having my third May Ball experience lined up on the last day of April. The ball organized annually by the Kate Kennedy Club is one of the most anticipated events of the St Andrews student social calendar. By marking the end of the semester, the event was a nostalgia fuelled rite of passage […]
Tradition Plunges St Andrews into the Sea
Claire Fenerty Here’s what I imagined: I’m wearing three layers of mismatched pyjamas, I have extra bags under my puffy eyes, and I’m unhappy about meandering through St Andrews in the dark. My friends and I are alone on the beach where several sparse groups of students are doing the same thing we are, in […]
Making the Bop Great Again
Euan Elder After a long, hard week of lectures and tutorials, sometimes the perfect way to unwind from a stressful week is to enjoy a good ol’ Bop. However, this is no easy task: a good Bop experience always starts before you even enter the union, and endures until the last 50p toastie is served. […]
Spring Break Travel Playlist
Euan Elder Title: Journeys The perfect playlist for all your travelling needs. Whether you are sitting on a plane, or snoozing on the train – this is the right music for you. Seaside The Kooks Sun Two Door Cinema Club Postpone Catfish and the Bottlemen Kids […]
A Personal Musical Map of St Andrews by Ben Ashbridge
Having been in St Andrews for three and half years, I struggle to walk anywhere around the town without being reminded of experiences or conversations as I go along. The same can be said for music, just like how you can associate a certain song with a particular time in your life, some songs for […]
A Re-freshing Soundtrack for Week One by Emerald Herrick-Doyle
New year. New tunes. New you. Right? Either way, here’s a fresh tune for every occasion you’ll encounter during re-freshers week, to ease you back into the semester after six glorious weeks off. The Big Night Out: Chance The Rapper – “All Night (feat. Knox Fortune)” Whether you play this when you’re shimmying […]
Is Radio Dead? by Flora Rowe
In modern media, we are drowning in a million ways to entertain ourselves. Whether it is binge-watching Netflix, streaming Spotify, tidal, YouTube or keeping up to date with every film on Amazon Prime, modern technology gives us the opportunity to always be amused. But where does this leave radio? Is there space for radio among […]
Soundtrack of Our Lives by Natasha Franks
Music is often discovered in one’s youth. Whether searching for “rebellious songs to listen to when I’m angry at my parents” or analysing the great tracks of decades past, teenagers channel their taste in music alongside their evolving sense of self. Adolescence is chaotic and disconcerting; teens seek either refuge or reassurance in the […]