Basic income schemes work to provide regular and unconditional payments to individuals who qualify, helping to reduce poverty and support economic security. While many countries have attempted to implement basic income programmes, these initiatives have often been temporary, functioning as trials rather than permanent fixtures. In 2022, Ireland initiated one such trial to test out a Basic Income for the Arts scheme. The test scheme was introduced in response to the damaging effects of...

Nowadays, many contemporary bands experiment by blending folk music with modern sounds — a trend built on the foundation of the genre folktronica, which gained prominence in the early 2000s. Well-known folktronica artists such as Caribou and the Books released influential albums during this period. But a decade before these cult sensations, Martyn Bennett was already pioneering the fusion of Celtic folk and electronic music, an underrecognised trailblazer of the genre. It was in the context...

For many of us, our time in St Andrews is fleeting and incessantly busy, and it would be easy to pass through without ever watching a film by a Scottish filmmaker. As a result, Scottish cinema is often overlooked. But I think we owe a basic film appreciation to the creative culture surrounding us. So, let me be your trusted source and introduce you to Lynne Ramsay and her riveting filmography — I promise, she won’t waste your precious time.  Lynne Ramsay was born in 1969 into a working-class...