Having now been here a year, I find it surprising how temporary St Andrews can be. Eight months feels like eight weeks — new friends, old friends, places in and out, news shops opening and closing, new tourists, old tourists, first years in, fourth years out. We seem to live in a cycle, constantly moving ahead, without looking back. Yet St Andrews’s new and only antique shop on South Street, Fable, runs on a completely different timeline. I spoke to business owner India Russel and her...

To Chloe Milne, who runs Fisher and Donaldson, the team that makes up the institution is so much deeper than the coveted fudge donut. It is funny how flour, sugar, butter, and cream can be so defining to so many people. Though the famous Fisher and Donaldson fudge doughnut first hit the shelves and streets in the 1980s, Fisher and Donaldson has been around for over 100 years, watching both the ever-changing movements of the town and a century of history unfold from its bakery window. Summer...

“People don't realise how local we are,” said Trajan Nader of Blackhorn Burgers. Amongst a growing sea of commercial chains, the ecosystem of local produce in St Andrews is often overlooked. I spoke to three businesses here in St Andrews to explore how local produce can shape both community and individual wellbeing. With food sources as close as Luvians, Fisher & Donaldson, and Hendersons Farms, Blackthorn employees Nader and Ryan Rooney both described Blackhorn as an operation with compact...