As a student in St Andrews, one tends to wonder where on Earth all the ‘‘real adults’ are. Not the postgrads, but the homeowning, tax-paying, family-supporting members of society. As it turns out, they’re all at the Vic on a Saturday night. ‘Kickin’ It Country’ was marketed as “the UK’s largest country experience,” yet my immediate impression upon arrival was of an event woefully underattended and underadvertised. The bar was deserted, the music loud, and the promised country decor nowhere to...

Ironically, as an Events writer, few things frighten me more than walking into an event alone, with no companion and no idea what to expect. So it was with abject terror that I made my way to the Old Union Diner this Friday for Art Society’s workshop on the Palestinian embroidery technique of Tatreez. I took my seat at a table of strangers and surreptitiously pulled out a notebook and pen as Leena Nammari, the artist running the workshop, began to talk.  In just over fifteen minutes, she...

‘Deux ex machina,’ meaning ‘god from the machine,’ is an Ancient Greek theatrical practice and, more recently, the theme for the latest issue of St Andrews’ own Stereoscope magazine. For the uninitiated, Stereoscope  is an annual arts magazine produced in collaboration with the University Library’s Special Collection, named after the revolutionary invention of Sir David Brewster. Released at the launch event on 13 February, this issue blends student-submitted poetry and photography with...