Is handwriting sexy? The most popular religion in St Andrews originated in the Middle East. A tide of followers issued out from the desert, spreading their practices throughout the world from their monumental temples. It all began under the shade of a pillar 4000 years ago, when a scribe noting taxes was exposed to this seductive rite. Millennia later, when walking into a lecture, I feel an immense pressure to join in on this ritual. I reckon it has seduced you too. I am of course talking...

Do Reform and Kate Kennedy go hand in hand? Despite the chorus of different accents around our streets reaching an unheard forte in recent years, the rattle of “traditional values” has, at long last, echoed up to Scotland’s oldest university. The long shadow of Reform has ironically crawled into our own very internationally diverse university, with the St. Andrews Reform Society gaining provisional affiliation last month. Marching alongside the cultural fanfare, Kate Kennedy held their annual...

We all know the feeling of being torn between the responsibilities of dawn's rosy clutches and night's seductive grip. Sally Mapstone blows duty’s horn as the first slivers of light creep over crashing waves, beaches, and steeples. By the time they reach DRA, I am squirming in a regretful pool of last night’s triumph. I pay the price of Union-sanctioned passion with missed academic expectations, betraying responsibility for love. So, when I saw Tristan and Isolde in Edinburgh a few days ago,...