Several old sheets hang from the ceiling flanking a white projection screen. Black ballet flats are strewn across the floor. A person in a fur hat donning a striped red sweatshirt and low-rise ripped jeans carries a bass behind the divide. A single image projecting the number 500,000 in red and yellow buttons appears. The sounds of cymbals can be heard clanking from behind the sheet, followed by a loud synth ripping through the St Andrews Heritage museum. “Let’s f***king go!” “Guys, it’s...

All names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of interviewees. This article is not an opinion piece, and the author does not endorse or denounce the use of psychedelic drugs. “I thought I was on Noah’s Ark,” said Sam Smith, describing his experience taking psilocin, also known as magic mushrooms or shrooms. “I was lying down in my friend's flat, and I could hear the dishwasher. I felt like it was the sea. It was bliss.” While travelling in Asia, Marie Madow...

“Woke nonsense and cancel culture,” is what second-year Anushka Demer associates with Americans. Abroad, Americans face many culture shocks and are often criticised for their inability to take what many Brits view as good-humoured jokes. The term ‘woke’ was originally made popular by the African American community in the twentieth century as a way to describe being aware of racial prejudice. Since then, the term has become more closely associated with Demer's description and is often used...