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Exploring Edinburgh
Birthplace of the fried Mars Bar, home to the winding alleyways that inspired Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley, and an underground labyrinthine city, Edinburgh boasts an old-worldy feel yet has all the contemporary delights of a cosmopolitan capital. Old Reekie – as Edinburgh was affectionately nicknamed during the Victorian era – is steeped in fascinating history […]
Mrs America: Women for Women?
The BBC recently released (or not so recently, I’m really bad at getting through shows) Mrs America, a programme that follows the journey of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment in the US) and the key figures involved in the fight for women’s rights. While the show does contain fictional characters and events, they all help […]
Airbnb or Fair B&B?
Small disclaimer: please only travel if and when it is safe to do so. I’m sorry you missed your standard two weeks in the sun, but a holiday is not a right, whereas the safety of the general population is. For those of you heading out on a staycation soon or who are optimistically planning […]
Why the Real Villain of “Emily in Paris” is Emily Herself
It is probably safe to assume that by now almost everyone has at least heard of “Emily in Paris”, the new Netflix Original show starring Lily Collins. If you haven’t, please saddle in, because I feel like this one needs to be discussed. I’m the kind of person that will watch (read: binge) any TV show that […]
A Month As A Fresher In 2020
Since being a fresher is such a weird and different experience this year, I thought it would be a good idea to share my thoughts about my first month as a St. Andrews student. This can either act as a way for older years to have an idea of what it’s like for the class […]
On Motivation
I’m writing this in my room in St Andrews. It’s not the biggest room, but it’s also definitely not the smallest. After a year in Gannochy, there’s certainly no reason to complain. But it’s also the room where, ten minutes ago, I wrote the second paragraph of my IR essay. It’s the room where I […]
A Brief Guide to Hayao Miyazaki
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Hayao Miyazaki and the studio he helped co-found, Studio Ghibli. The creative force behind many beloved animated movies in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, Miyazaki has created a lasting cinematic legacy. Miyazaki has a few common themes that reoccur in many of his […]
Among Us – “2020: A Space Snore-Dyssey”
In his first-ever article, Morgan Seed reviews something he hates as part of his prolonged public demise. As is the strange trend with popular indie titles, Among Us was originally a throwaway product by the game studio Innersloth in 2018, getting little to no attention at first. I’d only just played it in passing in […]
Polyamory: The Pot of Gold
Close your eyes and imagine a hot summer’s day. You’re sitting in a deck chair on the lawn, your feet buried in the slightly-too-long-grass, a weightless fly strolling lazily around your bare ankles. It tickles. The tangy taste of a cosmopolitan, or perhaps a beer, echoes on your lips. Behind you, the garden door clicks […]
Review: US Vice-Presidential Debate
As Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris took part in their first and only face-off, we were reminded of what a somewhat functioning political debate looks like. The Vice Presidential debate had features of last week’s atrocious Presidential counterpart, but was far more forgiving on the senses; much of the structure and debated […]