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Fife Council Considering a Tourist Tax
Fife Council is considering implementing a tourist tax after the Fife Council Cabinet Committee voted twenty to two in favour of a twelve-week statutory consultation period before an official decision on the tax can be made. The Scottish Government website outlines that a “visitor levy, sometimes called a tourism tax, is a charge that local authorities can choose to apply to overnight accommodation [...] The aim of the levy is to generate additional funding for reinvesting in
Iona Carruth
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Editorial #302
A day prior to the release of The Saint’s first issue of the year, I and the rest of the paper’s executive team took a trip to the Walter Bower House in Guardbridge. There lie stacks of copies of St Andrews’ various university newspapers throughout time. Quorum, Aien, the St Andrews Chronicle, and then The Saint. An issue of Aien published almost exactly 73 years ago, on 16 October 1953, explains the role of the University Rector on the front page: “St Andrews is the only U
Arnaz Mallick
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Editorial #301
Over the course of the previous week, the University of St Andrews has been confronted with an onslaught of media attention. The University was lately ranked the best university in the UK by The Sunday Times, a designation charged with controversy across the academic sphere. More personal to the student body, perhaps, has been the coverage from various outlets investigating the University’s distinct student culture. The National, The Guardian, and BBC’s ‘The Bubble’ have, wit
Alden Arnold and Arnaz Mallick
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Editorial — Freshers' Magazine 2026
It’s once more that time of year where clattering suitcases out-cackle the seagulls on Market Street, where droves of taxis, shuttles, and buses clog this town’s three arteries, and the unseasonably warm air temporarily shelves your woollens. Your week ahead will seem undoubtedly vast — the year, infinite, and the next four incomprehensibly far: it’s Freshers’ Week, after all. In this magazine edition, The Saint, St Andrews’ independent student newspaper, aims to inspire you
Alden Arnold and Arnaz Mallick
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How to Teach the Unteachable: International Relations faculty on teaching contemporary conflicts
International Relations (IR) is rapidly becoming one of St Andrews' main attractions. The growing interest in IR is hardly surprising: pick any country in the world right now, and it’s likely they’re affected by some sort of crisis. Dr Adam Bower has taught a third-year IR module on how international institutions address global concerns for about ten years, but the world he used to teach is changing. “The world has always been extremely complicated and sad,” Bower reflected.
Anna Reznick
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Sport
Sunday I'm in Love: Raisin Special
Sunday League matches on Raisin Sunday. Until now, unheard of … but oh, what a delicious prospect.
Fresh from East Sands, a group of Minions stumble towards the Athletic Union (AU). Gru, not far behind, straps on his keeping gloves and hauls his DLL shirt over that famous nose.
They’re met on the road by Austin Powers, the side’s captain, who’s flanked by two nuns he’s roped in as ringers.
Snookered By The Spoons?
For all that the addition of the Wetherspoons has brought, it has quietly trimmed the St Andrews pool scene. For many, pool is a stress release and a healthy dose of recreational competitiveness; for others, it’s their main sport. So how has the change in the Union affected the St Andrews pool players?
Driving Women’s Golf Forward
On 18 October, 28 women from eight Scottish universities teed off at Gleneagles’ PGA Centenary Course. With perfect sunshine and minimal wind, the players enjoyed un-Scottish conditions on the course that hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup and 2019 Solheim Cup.
The occasion was the season opener for the Scottish Women’s University Golf Society (SWUGS), a student-led group founded in 2024 by former St Andrews student Joelle Millar. “It was honestly an amazing day,” said Clara Goldstei
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