On Tuesday 17 March, the South Rupununi Conservation Society (SRCS) of Guyana was awarded the prestigious St Andrews Prize for the Environment, receiving $95,000 (approximately £71,795) for its ‘Transforming Environmental Education” project.  The St Andrews Prize for the Environment , presented annually by the University of St Andrews, recognises innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges across the world. Alyssa Melville, Environmental Education Coordinator at SRCS, accepted...

From May through September 2026, New York’s renowned Italian restaurant Rao’s will operate a seasonal, dinner-only service at The Rusacks Hotel in St Andrews. This will be the first time that the family-run restaurant will open its doors outside of the US since its establishment in East Harlem, New York, in 1896. During this four-month summer period, Rao’s will take over the underground dining space currently held by the Rusacks’ One Under Bar.  According to a recent article in The Scotsman,...

The University of St Andrews has recently appointed Professor Marcus Plested, an acclaimed Orthodox theologian and academic of the Byzantine world, as the new 1643 Chair of Divinity. This marks the first time in the University’s 613-year history that an Orthodox scholar has been appointed to a Senior Divinity Role.  Professor Marcus Plested Meeting Pope Francis Raised and educated in London, Professor Plested studied Modern History and Theology at Merton College, Oxford. He later taught at...