Abortion has always been a hot topic and in America even more so. Present day America appears to be a proponent of equal rights for people of different race, religion or sex. However there seems to be a dark movement looming over women’s rights lately, hell bent on making abortions harder and more shameful to [...]
For the past few weeks the world has stood rapt in attention as a revolution has swept across our television and computer screens. No, not the Jasmine Revolution: The Charlie Sheen Tiger Blood Adonis-DNA WIN! Revolution. We have some kind of grotesque addiction to seeing stars fall apart for their myriad addictions, flaws, and tendencies [...]
Review: Matilda the Musical The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 6th January 2011 Rating: * * * * * Roald Dahl’s classic children’s tale Matilda was beautifully brought to life by the RSC in its recent three month run in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company brought together the creative talents of director Mark Warchus, writer Dennis Kelly and [...]
Review: Underroads The Barron Theatre, 25 February 2011 Rating: * * * * There was no way of knowing what to expect when entering the Barron Theatre for Underroads; described by its creators as ‘half dark comedy and half surrealist horror’, it did not disappoint on either account. Written by St Andrews students Miriam Rune, Elizabeth [...]
When we go to see a play, what we’re seeing is the finished product. The set, the props, and perhaps most important of all, the costume, all contribute to our perception of the world of the play outside of the dialogue. The role of the costume designer is one that is all too often forgotten [...]
It is difficult to judge the longevity of new playwrights; in hindsight, we can easily say how great William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett were. Even those who would not consider themselves theatre-lovers will have heard of such big names, even if only because they were forced to study them at school. From our [...]
Review: The Odd Couple The Barron Theatre, 5 March 2011 The beginning of March saw the annual Freshers’ Plays take over the Barron Theatre for four consecutive nights. Now or Later (2nd and 3rd) and The Odd Couple (4th and 5th), directed by Emily Bray and Charlotte Branfield respectively, were this year’s plays. As is tradition, [...]
An interview with model Nicole Abbott “Everyone is entitled to fashion therefore everyone should have an opportunity to promote it and to express themselves through it. A petite model in my opinion can do just as good a job as any other model.” Nicole Abbott, 21, is a rising Scottish-born model. She has recently launched [...]
…at least not at Marc by Marc Jacobs We’ve all been there, rifling through our mother’s wardrobe, finding at the back a luminous array of material that was once deemed an outfit, and feeling a sense of relief that fashion has moved forwards. But observing the catwalk at New York Fashion Week you would be [...]
A real insight … Emma* is sixteen. She was first spotted as a gangly, unlikely thirteen year-old and was surprised to be asked to enter the world of modelling. Last year, after almost four years with one of the top agencies in Europe, she was ‘launched’. This is a slightly worrying term, used when models [...]
Putting St Andrews style firmly on the map When the royal engagement was announced, amongst the excitement for students that St Andrews was once again in the public eye, there was also controversy caused by the Daily Telegraph blog article “Kate Middleton is a typical St Andrews girl”. This title divided the student body – [...]
London just got a whole lot closer First there was Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh; then there was Selfridges online. Now Mr. Porter (the menswear offshoot of online-shopping legend Net-a-Porter) has brought some of the latest menswear brands unavailable north of the border right to our doorstep. Built specifically to deal with male shopping needs – undeniably [...]
Your Spring/ Summer guide to menswear I know that looking out of the window right now it is 99.9% likely that summer will not be on your mind. Now though is the time to shake off the winter blues, throw open your window and say goodbye to the rain. Spring is just around the corner, [...]
What your look says to your interviewer The right clothes can get you any job; the FT recently reported on the embarrassing case of a large investment bank hiring (to a very senior position) a man with no experience of investment banking. One could argue it was his falsified CV that got him the job, [...]
