On 4 November, 2025, University of St Andrews graduate Jasmine Mitchell won the sixteenth series of the Great British Bake Off  following ten weeks of competition. Mitchell ultimately beat out fellow finalists Aaron Mountford-Myles and Tom Arden. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Mitchell graduated from the University in 2024 with a BSc in Medicine. She is currently continuing her medical degree in London. The 23-year-old cited her mother and aunts as her mentors, finding her passion for baking...

Paying for art keeps it coming — we can't expect it for free The arts are in crisis. As austere, slicing government budgets increasingly dominate Western fiscal policies, the more ‘decorative’ features of civil spending — those not encompassing essential healthcare, social welfare, and law enforcement — have been pushed to the wayside. Optimism about creative career prospects has plummeted, theatres emptied, and galleries foreclosed. By every vital sign, the arts are bound for the care home....

The re-emergence of 'recession pop' music The word ‘recession’ has now floated around the ether for well over half a decade as Covid-19,...