Patrick Williamson looks at the origins of chemical life on earth. What is the origin of life? This question represents a “chicken or the egg” dilemma of vast proportions. It is hard to imagine how living organisms, in all their diversity and complexity, arose from entirely inanimate surroundings. Identification of the spark which initiated this [...]
Eilidh Glassey examines a variety of ways in which our bodies have been sculpted by evolution. The Human Unlike many other species, recent human evolution through natural selection has slowed down. I mean, since we developed weapons and guns, nothing really eats or preys on the human weaklings anymore. We are also not a species [...]
Think you’ve seen all of St Andrews? A house tour by Susanna Burns reveals the hidden marvels of interior design found within the Bubble. With two of our student alumni now able to call Buckingham Palace home, it is no wonder that the student flats of St. Andrews look like mini-palaces. Popcorn ceilings have been [...]
Emily Grant sent the director of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches a few questions about her upcoming show. Tribe Theatre: Part of the big deal with Angels in America was that it was so controversial when Millennium Approaches debuted in 1990. AIDS—one of the central themes of the show—was new and shocking then. Though AIDS is just [...]
Caterina Giammarresi reviews Just As It Is which went up earlier this year as a Freshers’ Play but went up again during the On the Rocks Festival. Just As It Is returned to the Barron theatre after its debut there during the Freshers’ Plays as part of On the Rocks. Written by co-director, Alice [...]
Natalie Keir reports on some bright findings on the International Space Station. If asked to describe the universe, how would you go about it? Perhaps we could start with all forms of life, then everything on Earth, our galaxy, every other galaxy we can see and finally everything that is not in our observable universe. Until around [...]
The BNP is in disarray – but don’t pop the champagne corks just yet. Who’s the most prominent fascist in the UK at the moment – leader of the BNP Nick Griffin or former Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio? Clearly, it’s the Italian, who’s just pitched up at Sunderland and caused David [...]
Are you an only child? Ever wondered what it’s like to have siblings? Have siblings? Then this should sound more than familiar… As an only child, I have never had to share; toys, clothes, attention and love were all mine. Fighting for the remote was nonexistent, I got the last cookie every [...]
By the time you read this Venezuela will have entered a whole new phase – either a shuddering halt to the Bolivarian Revolution and the reinstating of a liberal, pro-US Government, or the next incarnation of what has becoming the country’s driving force for the last two decades. On 27th February 1989 in [...]
Beth Worlock reviews Julius Caesar, which went up through Mermaids in Venue 2 during On the Rocks. As the audience began to fill Venue 2, there was a palpable excitement in the air. The community of St Andrews has come to expect high quality from dramatic productions, especially in a showcase like On the Rocks, [...]
Hannah Risser reviews The Sugar Syndrome, which went up through Mermaids in the Barron during On the Rocks Despite the sparse set and a cast of only four, Lucy Prebble’s The Sugar Syndrome is hardly a minimalist play. Heavy topics such as psychological disorders and paedophilia discussed in the work were handled exceptionally well [...]
Alexandra Solheim reviews Bitter Root, which went up during the On the Rocks festival. An article showcasing a portion of the play can be found here http://www.thetribeonline.com/2013/04/student-playwright-spotlight-bitter-root-by-joanna-alpern/. Bitter Root, a student-written play by Joanna Alpern, centers around a middle-aged couple that has moved to the countryside to cope with the tragedy of their only [...]
Alice Shearon reviews Pass the Salt: A Play Peppered with Humour by Simon C. Lamb, which went up as part of the On the Rocks Festival A preview portion of the play can be found in this article compiled before the show’s premiere: http://www.thetribeonline.com/2013/04/student-playwright-spotlight-pass-the-salt-a-play-peppered-with-humour-by-simon-c-lamb/ Simon Lamb and Andrew Illsley, the directors of Pass The [...]
Cameron Dryburgh settles down in St. Petersburg for his second semester abroad in the Russian Federation. Fried Chicken isn’t the half of it. I have now been back in Russia after the holidays for almost six weeks, and I have to say – I am loving life out here. This city definitely seems very different [...]
