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The University of St Andrews opened applications for the first round of its 2024 Community Fund, which financially supports grassroots projects and charities in Fife.

Running until 4th February 2024 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid, the Women Masters exhibition promises to correct history by shining a light on successful female artists who have been occluded from the Western art historical canon. Curated by Rocío de la Villa, it features nearly 100 works by …

Along with everyone and their grandmother, I tucked into Netflix’s new Beckham documentary last week, which chronicles David’s Beckham’s eventful football career. Aside from his on-field achievements and faux pas, his relationship with Victoria Beckham features heavily in the series. By the final episode I was shocked at quite how …

At this year’s London Fashion Week Burberry opened a pop-up at Norman’s Cafe in North London, with potato smiley faces and ketchup served to attendees. Their use of a greasy spoon cafe to advertise and showcase their SS24 collection has been denounced by some as a fetishisation of working class …

I was introduced to Amy Winehouse through some arguably questionable parenting, with my mum blasting the Back to Black album on a boombox every time my sister and I took a bath. While some would frown upon a 5-year-old knowing all the lyrics to “Rehab”, I for one am grateful …

After months of relentless “he’s just Ken” marketing and complaints from male critics deeming it “man-hating” quickly rolling in, I was hopeful as I took my seat for the Barbie movie, excited for what promised to be a feminist feat of cinema. In my eyes, Greta Gerwig could do no …

In Alan Bennett’s History Boys, Hector states that “the best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you’d thought special, particular to you and here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve …

Happy Scary Aries season! The first (and best) sign of the zodiac ushers in the start of a new astrological year. Mercury also enters Aries on the 27th, officially leaving the murkiness of Pisces behind. Remember to read for your rising sign. Ram on! Aries (21 March – 20 April) …

At the end of January, Joni Mitchell joined Neil Young in calling for her music to be removed from Spotify, in protest against Spotify’s role in the spread of covid-19 misinformation by The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. The streaming platform paid 100 million dollars for the podcast in 2020. Although …

Remakes are, of course, by no means a new phenomenon. Hollywood has been remaking its classic titles for decades, from the four remakes of A Star is Born to the seminal 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. However, cinema today is becoming increasingly saturated by re-imaginings or even just recreations …

Happy Aquarius season! Omicron is here and so is Mercury retrograde. The planet of communication has been travelling backward through Aquarius from January 13th to February 3rd, ensuring chaos and disruption for all. Go give birth to dancing stars! Remember to always read for your rising sign, which you can …

December is fast approaching, and we’re all eagerly anticipating one thing: Spotify Wrapped. Now more revered than the birth of Christ, music lovers worldwide can hardly wait for this annual roundup of their top songs, artists and genres. People lie in bed anxiously the night before, crossing their fingers that …

Boo! It’s Scorpio season. The biggest bits of astrology happening over the next few weeks are the new moon in Scorpio on November fourth, and Venus entering Capricorn on the fifth. Remember to always read for your rising sign, which you can find by putting your birth date, time, and …

“It’s all hipster nonsense”, they groan. First Taylor Swift bringing her album out on vinyl, then 17 year-olds selling 2008 Topshop clothes as “vintage”, now the resurgence of 35mm film photography is the final straw for the disgruntled children of the ‘80s. It’s no secret that everyone and their nan …

I don’t normally watch romantic comedy dramas, least of all those with teenage protagonists, because I know that they will always depict a skewed perception of what adult writers think teenage lives are: at least two (usually heteronormative) romantic relationships; every main character must be in a romantic coupling. Visibly …

It was a mild Friday in late April last year, the time when spring inches towards summer, and coursework deadlines are suffocating students before the mental marathon provided by revision week. I was on the Stagecoach 99 bus to St Andrews, the same bus I still get every day to …