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Why Radio is still relevant.
Ever since the invention of television almost 100 years ago, we’ve been told time and time again that the death of radio is imminent. Despite this constant threat, […]
Stop the BOP
After a long week it’s finally Friday night, so what are your plans? Maybe you’re after a low key night at one of the many pubs and bars in town; there might be an event on at the Vic; or maybe you feel like dancing. But the only real club in St Andews is the […]
Barbecues vs Nature
Now that the mental necrosis-inducing monotony of exam revision has ended, we have cause for celebration. Before we move onto the frightening world of work, postgraduate study or just another year of uni, summer stretches out before us to distract ourselves from impending adulthood. And while some, like me, are kept in a lab or […]
Why it’s bad to be blanked.
“The worst sin to our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that is the essence of inhumanity.” George Bernhard Shaw Blanking – ignoring folk you know – happens everywhere. But in St Andrews’ three streets where bumping into people is inevitable, it seems multiplied ten-fold. The feeling […]
What’s in a name?
Hardly anyone gets my name right. Whenever I go back to where I’m from, it’s a relief – a surprise – when I don’t have to spell it out. Ailsa, Alicia, Alisha – where on earth did you get the ‘h’ from?! All these variations, mutilated forms that seem to go in circles, never […]
The Parris Perspective: Should we be Scared of Artificial Intelligence?
Benjamin Parris When the ticket machine doesn’t accept your change, when the traffic lights go red so you miss the breakfast menu at McDonald’s, when the claw machine at the arcade refuses to give up that iPhone box, so you try to climb inside and get stuck for half a day, it’s very easy thing […]
The Parris Perspective: What does it mean to be Human?
Benjamin Parris It doesn’t need to be said, but ‘what does it mean to be human?’ is a big question. A huge question. The kind of question that can capture our imagination, and provide sight where there is none. Then again, the same can be said for the moon. ‘What does it mean to be […]
Ross Geller: Cancelled
Sophie Skilling “I got off the plane!” Oh, how this line would illicit joy in my twelve-year-old self. Since then, however, I have grown up, I have learned a lot, and, most importantly, I have realised that Rachel Green should not have given up her new life in Paris solely to cling on to a […]
The Science of Laughter?
By Cassie Naimie To paint the picture: its 11:13pm on a Monday and I am currently sitting on a worn, red couch listening to my friend read off a list entitled “21 yahoo questions that are too horrifying to stop reading” and we are all laughing incessantly. Granted, not all on this list are funny. […]
Travel Tips
by Cassie Naimie (Based on real life experiences) -ALWAYS HAVE A BUDDY: you may not know how important this is until you are stranded. Maybe you’ll run to the Glasgow Central train station post-concert only to discover that your train is actually leaving from Glasgow Queen St. Station. Then you and your friend will have […]
Broadchurch: A Complete Waste of Time
I’ve never written a piece about a television show before but I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to start with some disclaimer about there being spoilers. Don’t worry, Broadchurch doesn’t need any spoiler alerts, last night I witnessed the worst ending to a series for god knows. Let me say that I definitely consider myself a […]
If Taylor Swift was an Agony Aunt
Q: Hi Taylor, there’s a guy (Stephen) that I like but I don’t know what the best way is to get him interested in me. Can you help? A: Before I start let me tell you that boys only want love if it’s torture, don’t say I didn’t warn you. But if you want to […]
Dish the Spish- Week 1
Catriona Galloway and Isabelle Bousquette offer you insight to the most suspicious things so far this semester