This month’s artist is John William Waterhouse purely because I think that everyone deserves some nice, peaceful, stress-free art after exams. At the current time of writing this article, I have just finished and submitted my Art History paper so I, for one, am in the mood for something beautiful. Waterhouse was a member of […]
First of all I’ll begin this article with an apology. Last month’s article was so full of doom and gloom I must really have been down in the dumps when I wrote it! Nevertheless, we move onwards and upwards. March is the heralding of springtime, there are fresh flowers growing everywhere, baby animals being born, […]
So, February. Month of the two most important days in my life: valentine’s day and pancake day, each an opportunity to indulge in far too much chocolate. Also it’s the month of my birthday but that’s irrelevant. I’d say valentine’s day is perhaps more relevant to this month’s artist than pancakes, but, of course, feel […]
December, and a strange one at that. Some people have headed home for the holidays, some haven’t and for some, St Andrews is home. Regardless of the category which you fall into, this holiday season is bound to be a little different. I know that I am one of the lucky ones, able to travel […]
It’s a confusing time to say the least. I, for one, have no idea what’s going on anymore. Sometimes the world just seems completely void of sunshine, we seem to be stuck under some sort of monochromatic, low-hanging blanket of cloud, deadlines and general November gloom and doom. Not to mention that fact that now […]
In this, the spookiest of months, it seems only fitting that our artist is equally ghostly. In a time where you can enter Tesco’s in broad daylight yet leave in pitch dark, where the best nights are spent cosied up with a hot beverage and a horror film, we must turn our thoughts to artists […]
I’ve only been at St Andrews for a short while and September is already almost over. I feel a certain Scottish chill settle permanently into my bones that can only be attributed to me living in the coldest room of the building. The radiators being on full blast has not seemed to make much of a difference. Nevertheless, as […]