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Wilderness Solo: An Experiment In Isolation
One Monday a few weeks ago, I spent my day doing nothing. I’m not referring to the ‘lazy day’ nothing, or the ‘unproductive work day’ nothing, or even the ‘day drunk’ nothing. I’m talking about the ‘nothing’ nothing. Mark O’Connell, a writer for The Guardian, calls this practice a ‘wilderness solo’. The soloist is someone […]
UK Pride: From Protest To Pink Washing?
Due to coronavirus, Pride parades across the UK which would usually take place in June or July have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. This means that while we don’t have an excuse to bathe ourselves in glitter, we can reflect on the history of Pride in the UK and use this to make next year’s […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Anna Coopey
So, we’re all stuck in lockdown (and, unfortunately, it’s not Lindsay). There’s not much we can really do about it. Life has dramatically contracted into our own four walls with the occasional foray outside – tending to make you feel like you drew the short straw in The Walking Dead, searching for a couple of […]
Disjointed Memories and Lost Time
It is hard to understand the way memory works – we remember things that we’d preferred to have forgotten or forget things that we wanted to remember. We usually don’t tend to process, store, and recall all situations that confront us unless they hold substantial meaning or could be threatening to important goals. Often, we […]
Coming Out: Five Years On
I came out on the 11th of June 2015. On Instagram. Maybe not the platform I’d choose today, but I stand by it. It was a long time coming. I came out to a few friends the year before, in Year 10, when I was 14. Strangely I don’t actually remember who I told first, […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Jamie Rees
I am writing this from my tiny room in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, after what could only be described as a rollercoaster of a day. It’s a weird phrase to associate with a time during which I have achieved next-to-nothing, but that’s the nature of the lockdown brain, I suppose. I began the day […]
Starlings In Quarantine: Sairaa Bains
As we moved on with our daily lives, the coronavirus developed unseen from view – passing from one creature to the next. It gave us an understanding of the breadth of its breeding ground, spanning continents, from a small-town neighborhood to an entire country itself. Metaphorically, it resembled a grandiose revenant, devouring its victims at […]
Black Lives Matter Statement & Resources
Here at The Record our mission is to amplify student voices. We have heard your anger, and we are angry at the recent events in America, and the ongoing racism across the world. We would like to use our platform today to highlight some of the fantastic resources below. We also want to encourage everybody […]
Starlings In Quarantine: Joseph Luke
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I had such big plans for this semester. As Senior Student of Regs, I was looking forward to the biggest event of the year more than anyone. I was ready for a night of drunk and disorderly behaviour – and that just from the committee. I had my […]
Documenting St Andrews: Spring & Summer 2020
Documenting St Andrews: Spring and Summer 2020 is a participatory project that produces and reproduces memory about St Andrews through photographs. The call for submissions is open to anyone using photography to document the town and its people between early March and late August 2020. A message from the creator, Weitian Liu: The idea, in […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Max Waller
Fourth-year is meant to end with lots of celebrations. A graduation ceremony, the relief at having finished your dissertation, spending lots of time with friends. It involves saying goodbye; but your saying goodbye, surrounded by lots of friends, alcohol, alcohol, and rituals that are designed for the process. Why else would you dress up in […]
STAR Committee Positions
Applications for committee positions are now open! Any matriculated student can apply. Email us if you have any questions! Deputy Station Manager: The Station Manager’s voice of reason. You’ll have key input into every decision, offer a spare pair of hands to whoever needs them, and keep the committee motivated. This is a great role […]
The Washstation Nightmare Lives On
Halls prepared. Students aware. Plans in place. Having endured several months of criticism, the million-pound goliath that is Washstation, in addition to the concessions already plucked from them in Autumn, finally deigned to speak with its customers. Promising free laundry to all of those who showed, representatives from Washstation repeated ad nauseum how much they […]
Review: DONT WALK 2020
World ending? Party like it! This past Saturday, revelers by the busload were transported to a fantastic event that has for years been the highlight of the Spring social season. The event, of course, was this year’s iteration of DONT WALK, the student-run and modeled fashion show whose annual fund-raising events have attracted heavy hitters […]
Review: FS Playhaus
To say this year’s annual Fashion Show was a success would be an understatement. From start to finish the marquee on Lower College lawn was buzzing with an air of excitement. The event really did provide students with the perfect final opportunity to let loose with their nearest and dearest before the dark cloud of […]
Veganuary Revisited: Fast Food Goes Green(?)
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that fast food doesn’t tend to cater itself towards the vegan/vegetarian community. At best, they offer mediocre sides and, without prior knowledge of how to “hack” the meals to make it vegan/vegetarian, it is a struggle to eat well. However, things are changing! Veganuary may have paved the way for […]
Review: Gabriele Uboldi’s Oedipus Rex
On the 12th February I was lucky enough to see Gabriele Uboldi’s Oedipus Rex at the Byre Theatre. Following his heavy involvement in many popular St Andrews productions, such as Bacchae, Ubu Roi and Death in the Quad, expectations for Uboldi’s adaption were high. Yet he, supported by his cast and crew, met them spectacularly. […]
Preview: FS Afterparty (ft. Weiss)
FS2020 – Music Preview The Record sat down with FS head of music James Wearmouth to chat about the up and coming FS2020 and what musical delights we can expect this Saturday. Apart from fashion, a core element of the FS experience is the music. Attendees have year after year looked forward to FS as […]