St Andrews is definitely not short of cafés, but it is  short of space. It becomes almost impossible to find somewhere to meet a friend for a chat, or arrange a meeting with a colleague. Two venues serving very different functions are often forgotten amongst the rest of the town’s coffee spots and restaurants. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to The Hide - I only went for the first time recently, and I wish I had known about it sooner. The cosy nook sits snug above Mitchell’s

Samuel Stephenson Looking back over the year, I’m really grateful that I’ve been able to go to the cinema so many times, seeing such a broad range of different films, and most importantly, getting lost in good stories. There’s nothing quite like it. 2025, for me at least, has definitely felt like the best year for films in a while. I wanted to make a list of my top 10 movies of the year to show just how good cinema has been lately.   Disclaimer: While some of these movies had

By Marni Hill Nostalgia is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘a feeling of pleasure and also a slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past.’ This is a simple way of explaining the bittersweet nature of nostalgia: the cherishing of a memory you are fond of, whilst being aware of the very fact that it is a fragment of the past and not a part of the present moment. That it’s gone. And so we are forced to accept the longing, sometimes even the yearni

By Prisha Jain 500 Days of Summer gave us many things – a template for romantic reels, a resurgence for fans of The Smiths, hope for office romances and an early indicator of the male loneliness epidemic. Right off the bat: yes, the movie is the man’s experience of his relationship with Summer, she must be portrayed through his gaze. I’m just not a fan of that gaze. 500 Days of Summer gave us many things – a template for romantic reels, a resurgence for fans of The Smiths, ho