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Charli XCX: The Greatest Political Advisor Keir Starmer Never Had
2024 brought with it a plethora of unexpected upheavals, many of which were political. While many were unpleasant (looking at you,...
Petra Pender
Feb 11, 2025


Small Talk Should Be Avoided at All Costs
Last week, I went to a party. Dressed up to the nines, one drink in, I saw someone I used to know from halls. On making accidental eye...
Emilia Brooks
Feb 11, 2025


Is The 2020s the Decade of the Gothic Double?
Why the age-old motif is making such a comeback Despite only being five years into the decade, some interesting trends have begun to...
Nicholas Davy
Feb 5, 2025


Combatting the Issue of Modern Beauty
Eva reflects on the modern price of beauty.
Eva Sandford
Feb 5, 2025


Fight the Influence! University Life Does Not Have to be Picture Perfect
It seems most people in the bubble have everything together. Since freshers, I've believed that everyone around me has mastered the...
Bethany Dowell
Feb 4, 2025


Environmentalists Can Have Fun
In Isabel Losada’s The Joyful Environmentalist , she dedicates a chapter to her experience taking a flight. She plays a game – avoid the...
Gabriella Thomas
Dec 6, 2024


AmeriLana: What LDR Can Tell Us About American Politics
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you’ll be aware that one of the biggest musicians of the modern day is...
Petra Pender
Nov 27, 2024


Did Covid Make Us Socially Inept?
When looking back on the pandemic, and the big bad that was months of isolation, I often struggle to reconcile it with its common,...
Eva Sandford
Nov 26, 2024


We Should Stop Romanticising the Arts
This is a callout post to myself, and it probably explains why I'm struggling in literature class; I'm too focused on the aesthetic of...
Sophie Rose Jenkins
Nov 24, 2024


Studying Humanities Isn't a Waste of Time
According to the 2023 QS World Rankings, the University of St Andrews boasts some of the leading Arts and Humanities programs for both...
Lara MV Benedetti
Nov 18, 2024


I Think My Dog is Better Than Me....
We got my dog over a decade ago, a time marked with great excitement and pee all over the floor (by the dog, to clarify). We travelled...
Emilia Brooks
Nov 18, 2024


Three Streets Is Enough — Why St Andrews Shouldn't Expand
St Andrews is cute, but there’s nothing going on there. A sentence that haunts many a St Andrews student, whether it come out the mouth...
Petra Pender
Nov 13, 2024


Revolution Reversed — The Sad Paradox of Political Anthem Misuse
The recent turn of political events marks a sad day, not just for the USA but for the world upon which it holds an admittedly...
Lily Innes
Nov 7, 2024


Brat Today, Brat Tomorrow, Brat Forever
"It was a queer, [brat] autumn, the summer they executed the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in [St Andrews]" — Sylvia...
Nicholas Davy
Nov 7, 2024


The "Bad Kid" Complex — Less Intelligent Kids Can't Help But Be Badly Behaved
Whilst many say that those who don't pay attention in school are destined to flunk out, those who have experienced the “bad kid” curse...
Sophie Rose Jenkins
Nov 6, 2024


Stuck in a Doom Scroll? Sometimes, You Just Need to Turn Off Your Phone
The new iPhone 16 has just been released, not that anyone really cares. No one needs the newest iPhone, some may want it, but no one ...
Kinli Kwok
Nov 5, 2024


The Reality TV Bubble is Ready to Burst
Eight-hundred-twenty-five thousand viewers tuned in to watch the premiere of this year’s Big Brother series. However, this was less than...
Bethany Dowell
Nov 5, 2024


Spread the (Dundee) Love
I just don’t understand the hate given to Scotland by students who have made a conscious decision to go to a university in… Scotland....
Emilia Brooks
Oct 23, 2024


St Andrews’ Dark Academia October
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
Eva Lewis
Oct 15, 2024


St Andrews — Pretty Halls, Pretty People... & Pretty Kinky?
Academic prestige and nice buildings are the epitome of St Andrews. St Salvator’s hall is what often comes to mind and after a simple...
Mia Fish
Oct 10, 2024
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