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In Praise of Peer Support

February 18, 2021February 17, 2021 Ally Addison mental health, peer support, St Andrews community, Student Services

Since COVID-19 struck at the beginning of last year, loneliness has been on the rise. The need for mental health

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The Sad Spectre of a Great Producer

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 Ally Addison music, music production, Phil Spector

Following music producer Phil Spector’s death earlier this month, the BBC set off a Twitter storm when it published the

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Robert Burns: Internationally Scottish

January 25, 2021January 24, 2021 Ally Addison, Laura Beveridge Burns Day, internationalism, Robert Burns, Scotland

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin’-race! – Address to a Haggis The 25th of January

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One Hopes For Esperanto

November 19, 2020November 18, 2020 Ally Addison academia, english, Esperanto, universities

    In 1887, the Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, Ludwik Zamenhof, set out his aims for a universal language that would foster

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Events Features Science & Technology 

Sticking With the Group: Psychology and Covid-19

November 5, 2020November 4, 2020 Ally Addison academia, Covid-19 Coronavirus, politics, psychology, Research

It is well-established that humans learn their behaviour from those around them. But in a new study led by two

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Poles Apart: The Story of Polish Soldiers Stationed in Fife

October 8, 2020October 7, 2020 Ally Addison Fife, history, Poland, World War II

After the swift and decisive German invasion of Poland in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers fled to neighbouring

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Arts & Culture Books 

Weighing Up The West Through Four Books

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Ally Addison book, books, geopolitcs, goodbye mr rosewater, graham greene, kurt vonnegut, literature, muhammad asad, peter frankopan, political books, politics, reading, road to mecca, the quiet american, the silk roads, the west

In my last article, I lauded Thailand’s quick and effective response to the Coronavirus pandemic compared to that of the

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Features 

A Study of the Saltire

September 24, 2020September 23, 2020 Ally Addison Flag, history, Scotland, St Andrew

The Saltire will forever be known as the national flag of Scotland, a symbol inextricably tied up in notions of

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Talking About Trianon – A Hundred Years On

August 8, 2020September 5, 2020 Ally Addison Hungary, politics, Treaty of Trianon, World War One

“As soon as the emperor says goodnight, we’ll break up into a hundred pieces.” The words of Count Chojnicki, a

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Features Politics Travel Uncategorized 

A Difference of Approach

April 22, 2020September 5, 2020 Ally Addison Britain, Coronavirus, covid, lockdown, ppe, Thailand

When I told my university friends that I would be joining my parents in Thailand for the duration of Spring

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