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Kevin Spacey’s “Let me be Frank” video is more deranged than you think
CONTENT WARNING- THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MENTION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT Christmas TV can be many things. Camp and cringe-worthy, or wholesome and heartwarming. What it’s not supposed to be is utterly, skin-crawlingly unsettling. Despite being much better acquainted than me with the world of entertainment, Kevin Spacey appears not to have got this […]
Grabbing life by the….sled dogs?
Fjallraven Polar 2019 Expedition is a 300km dogsled expedition through the arctic circle in Northern Scandinavia. Taking place over six days in April, the expedition is sponsored by the Fjallraven outdoor clothing company, whose equipment all the participants use. The idea is to show that with the right equipment, anybody can survive difficult conditions, so […]
Gofundour disaster lives
It truly was a crackin’ party. Crackin’ tunes, crackin’ vibes, crackin’ company and a crackin’… bed. Pre-event, Tom and I discussed, “People jumping on the bed. That’ll be fine. It’s strong. Let the people dance.” Oh how wrong we were. I woke up the morning after, ready to clean up the party mess. […]
Reclaim the Night
Reclaim the Night has its historic roots in the 1970’s, where the first march occurred in Leeds to demand a woman’s right to walk the streets safely at night. The Reclaim the Night website states writes, “In every sphere of life we negotiate the threat or reality of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. We […]
Save our service
Protests are not, I have to admit, my natural habitat. Despite being stridently political and almost constantly pissed off at some injustice or other, I’ve tended to vent my frustrations in other ways, whether it be door-to-door canvassing, organising petitions, or annoying my classmates at school until most of them blocked me on Facebook. […]
A tribute to Stan Lee
So, I don’t know if any of you have seen this, but there seems to be a fairly nasty hoax floating around the internet. I don’t know if it’s malice, or just ignorance that is responsible, but my timeline seems to be full of people participating in it. You might have yourself. The hoax, as […]
House of Horror- A Review
Willy Wonka famously starts the tour of his fantastical factory by announcing “We have so much time and so little to see!” One might think that after so many Halloweens at Kinkell Byre this statement may have carried over this year’s installment of the House of Horror Charity Gala. But Alas like Wonka himself, the […]
Why i’m taking on the government on behalf of students everywhere.
Some of you may or may not have seen a petition going around Facebook regarding Universal Credit and students. If you have then you may be wondering what the fuss is about. Let me tell you a story. I could go on forever, but I’ll try and keep it short. I am one of a […]
Meet the woman bringing Burlesque to The Bubble
For what is essentially a small fishing town in the North East of Fife, St Andrews has quite the cultural scene, with more balls, fashion shows and events than is appropriate or necessary. One thing we don’t have, however, is a professional Burlesque show. Enter Hannah Rose- or, to give her her stage name, […]
Lucy’s Mind Lab- It’s not all Fire and Floods
We both know that we’re not ready to go back to the lectures and pretending to be interested in the overenthusiastic guy’s opinion in your tutorial. I bet his name’s Brian, they’re always called Brian. One week isn’t long enough to not be listening to Brian. I’ve decided that, instead of providing yet more […]
Top Five Things to Do Over Reading Week
Whether you’re staying in St. Andrews or heading home for reading week, it’s easy to become a couch potato. But instead of binging Netflix and sleeping until the afternoon here’s some ideas about the best ways to fill your week off. BAKE You don’t have to be the next Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood […]
Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The first thing that needs to be said in any review of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is that Tim Curry deserves an Oscar. With that out of the way, we can move on to the second thing: even Tim Curry at his best just can’t beat the sheer joy of flinging a […]
The Record’s Raisin Drinking Game
We’re less than a week away from Raisin, a day of wholesome family fun with games, friends, food, bonding, and the occasional beverage. To make sure those beverages are frequent enough, we would like to introduce you to a failsafe Raisin drinking game for families and friends alike, guaranteed to give you a good time […]
Love Letter to: The Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Just over ten years ago, Iron Man, (directed by John Favreau) arrived in cinemas. Despite the film being a hit with both audiences and critics, and possessing more deftness, wit and charm than most Superhero films that had come before it, one could have been forgiven for not registering it. And, indeed, for not ascribing much […]
In Defence of a cappella
This article was written as a response to: Trash Thursdays – A cappella, by Calum Esler Why anyone would want to read the milquetoast spew of ignorance published on this blog last week, when the very third sentence contains a straight-up lie, is beyond me. But having been asked to write a response, and mindful […]
Lucy’s Mind Lab: Would St Andrews Survive a Pandemic?
I wouldn’t say I’m a raging misanthropist. Some of my closest friends are people. But if I remember anything from my past lectures, it wasn’t the valuable knowledge that would stand me in good stead for exams. It was the rapid gunfire of phlegm bullets echoing around the room, mostly going on from September […]
Trash Thursday: A-capella
For an alternative view, check out Kyra Ho’s rebuttal article In Defence of a cappella Pitch Perfect is a pretty good film, I’ll be the first to admit that. However, no matter how much love I have for that film and everyone in it I still find it truly impossible to enjoy a-cappella. From the […]
Why Music Tuition Must Be Protected
In 2017, Edinburgh Council attempted to close down its most famous music school, and proposed further cuts to state schools music budgets. This was met with fury from hundreds of music teachers and pupils across the city, and prompting the Council to drop the proposals. Now, budget cuts have again been proposed that will halve […]