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Scotsman
02-07-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
St Andrews University: £6m renovation of historic 200-year-old Madras College building announced
'New College' will be home to the new St Andrews Business School. Sign up to our Politics newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Major plans by the University of St Andrews to redevelop one of the town's most distinctive and historically significant buildings have taken a significant step forward. The university applied to Fife Council for full planning consent to renovate the former Madras College school building in South Street and construct new buildings on the site. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This follows the submission of an application for listed building consent earlier this year. Subject to approval, £6 million of works will start in this summer on stonework and roof repairs as well as window replacement. An impression of how the building could be transformed (Pic: Submitted) Once completed, the 'New College' will be home to the new St Andrews Business School, comprising the schools of economics and finance, and management. The building will also accommodate the university's world-renowned school of international relations. The development will retain the façade of the building, as well as the former school quad, which will be protected by a glass roof to preserve the sandstone pillars beneath. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In addition to classrooms, meeting rooms and conference areas, New College will also feature community spaces, including a café and changing places toilet facilities. The interior of the New College-Madras courtyard (Pic: Submitted) Demolition works to remove dilapidated 1960s and 1970s buildings to the rear of the former Madras College building in South Street site were undertaken in 2022 and early 2023. In December 2022, award-winning architectural firm WilkinsonEyre was appointed to produce designs for the flagship project. The £140m development will in large part be resourced via the university's 'Making Waves' fundraising campaign amongst St Andrews alumni and supporters. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Philanthropic leadership has already committed £42m to help St Andrews realise this once-in-a-lifetime project, with the Garfield Weston Foundation making the largest cash gift to 'New College' to date thanks to a £5m donation. University principal, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone, is spearheading the project. She said: 'New College is part of our £300m Making Waves fundraising campaign in support of our world-leading ambitions. "Despite the challenging financial circumstances currently facing the higher education sector, St Andrews recognises the importance of investing in projects like New College that will not only create an inclusive and inspiring educational space, but also bring tangible benefits for the St Andrews and Fife community, as well as wider society.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The former secondary school building and grounds were acquired from Fife Council in 2021.
Hypebeast
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Patta and Nike Reconnect for Air Max 90 "The New Wave" Collection
Summary Earlier this month,NikeandPattaannounced the return of their beloved 'Waves' series, first introduced in 2021. The duo presented two brightAir Max 90colorways for the first drop, defined by signature curved mudguards. Patta and Nike rejoin for drop two, preparing to launch two neutral colorways of the wavy Air Max 90 in black and white with gum accents. 'The New Wave' collection expands its previous offering with upgraded finishes, featuring leather and suede panels, mesh underlays, and rubber additions. Furthermore, the brands celebrate 20 years together with a relaxed sportswear range. An oversized dual-hued tracksuit is the star of the show, embroidered with collaborative logos and 'PATTA GOT LOVE FOR ALL' text at the back. 'TEAM PATTA' tees and Air Max-specific socks complete the collection. Take a closer look above. The collaboration has already dropped in-store and online viaPatta, followed by a wider release scheduled for June 27. The black pair will remain a Patta exclusive, while the white version will launch on Patta and Nike SNKRS.
Hypebeast
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
First Look at the Patta x Nike Air Max 90 'Waves'
Name:Patta x Nike Air Max 90 'Waves'Colorway:Black/Particle Grey-Anthracite-White-Gum Medium BrownSKU:IF5605-002Retail Price:$155 USDRelease Date:Fall 2025Where to Buy:Nike The intersection of Amsterdam's iconic streetwear institution,Patta, andNikehas consistently yielded some of the most coveted collaborations in sneaker history. Their 'Waves' series, which initially captivated the sneaker world on the Air Max 1, is now making a highly anticipated splash on another Tinker Hatfield masterpiece: theAir Max 90. With an expected release in later this year, the first official looks at the Patta x Nike Air Max 90 'Waves' promise to reignite the fervent excitement that defines their partnership. The newly revealed Patta x Nike Air Max 90 'Waves' follows a black, particle grey, anthracite, white, gum and medium brown aesthetic, featuring cream laces to give it a vintage look. The branding receives a logo shift as it sits atop a gum rubber outsole to round out the design. Look out for the pair dropping soon.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Hurry Up Tomorrow': Weeknd vanity project wastes the talent in front of, and behind, the camera
The lure for music stars to cinematize their success will never grow old, and the movies — in need of high-wattage attractions as ever — always seem ready to oblige. The latest to enter that terrain is Abel Tesfaye, the artist known as the Weeknd, whose chart-toppers over the last decade-plus have painted, in club colors and through his haunted falsetto, a hedonist performer's ups and downs. It's one thing to croon about the aftertaste of youthful excess to a dirty, mesmerizing dance beat, however, and another to draw the subject out to a compelling feature length, which the turgid psychodrama 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' starring Tesfaye and directed by Trey Edward Shults, mostly fails to do. But not for lack of trying from the visually vibey 'Waves' filmmaker, who wrote the movie with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, and from co-stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, roped into playing along in the superstar's sandbox of tour-nightmare solipsism. The title also belongs to the latest hit album of Tesfaye's, released this year, which the singer-songwriter has hinted in the press to be a redemptive mic drop of sorts for his mysterious sex-and-drugs-fueled Weeknd persona. Whether you call the film a promotional tie-in or companion piece — it was filmed two years ago, before all the album's tracks were recorded — it's still little more than a long-form music video vanity project, straining for importance, fumbling at resonance. Read more: Cannes: Even bad exposition can't trip up Tom Cruise, flying high with 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' A tight frame on Tesfaye's boyish, anxious-looking face, his angry girlfriend's breakup voice message ('I used to think you were a good person!'), and superficial pumping up from his manager (a bro-mode Keoghan), let us know all is not right backstage for this musician on the first night of a big tour. Elsewhere, a distraught young woman (Ortega) drenches a house's interior with gasoline and sets it on fire, then drives to a gas station to refill her canister. These tortured souls meet the night his coked-up, busted-heart malaise triggers a walk-off midperformance, and she's there backstage to lock eyes with him and ask if he's OK. (He's not!) From there it's an escapist date of air hockey, carnival rides and, once they settle in a fancy hotel room, the sharing of a sensitive new song. In the cold light of day, though, when her vulnerabilities bump up against his reset untouchability — Ortega gets a great line, 'You don't look worried, you look scared' — this impulsive star/fan connection takes a violent turn. Anyone familiar with the HBO series 'The Idol' that Tesfaye co-created will soon sense an unwelcome reprise of that short-lived showbiz yarn's retrograde misogyny. Read more: The 18 summer movies we're most excited about The germ of an edgy fantasia about an isolated pop icon's ego death is swimming somewhere in the DNA of 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' but it's been flattened into a superficial, tear-stained pity party. Shults and cinematographer Chayse Irvin are gifted image makers, but they seem hamstrung applying their bag of style tricks — different aspect ratios, multiple film stocks, 360 shots and roving takes — to so shallow and prideful an exercise. There's always something to look at but little that illuminates. As for Tesfaye, he's not uninteresting as a screen presence, but it's an embryonic magnetism, in need of material richer than a bunch of close-ups that culminate in a howl of a ballad. In the flimsy narrative's pseudo-biographical contours — notably the real-life voice loss he experienced onstage a few years ago — parallels to what Prince sought to achieve with the real-life-drawn 'Purple Rain' are understandable. But that film was a cannier bid for next-level success, offsetting its three-act corniness with emotional stakes that led to a crescendo of its genius headliner's performance prowess. Read more: Meet the proud parents of 'M3GAN,' Adrien Morot and Kathy Tse, who welcome us to their design shop 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' is thinner and sloppier. It won't slam the door on Tesfaye's movie ambitions, but as a bid to conquer the big screen, it's an off-putting, see-what-sticks wallow that treats the power of cinema like a midconcert costume change. Sign up for Indie Focus, a weekly newsletter about movies and what's going on in the wild world of cinema. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘Hurry Up Tomorrow': Weeknd vanity project wastes the talent in front of, and behind, the camera
The lure for music stars to cinematize their success will never grow old, and the movies — in need of high-wattage attractions as ever — always seem ready to oblige. The latest to enter that terrain is Abel Tesfaye, the artist known as the Weeknd, whose chart-toppers over the last decade-plus have painted, in club colors and through his haunted falsetto, a hedonist performer's ups and downs. It's one thing to croon about the aftertaste of youthful excess to a dirty, mesmerizing dance beat, however, and another to draw the subject out to a compelling feature length, which the turgid psychodrama 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' starring Tesfaye and directed by Trey Edward Shults, mostly fails to do. But not for lack of trying from the visually vibey 'Waves' filmmaker, who wrote the movie with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, and from co-stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, roped into playing along in the superstar's sandbox of tour-nightmare solipsism. The title also belongs to the latest hit album of Tesfaye's, released this year, which the singer-songwriter has hinted in the press to be a redemptive mic drop of sorts for his mysterious sex-and-drugs-fueled Weeknd persona. Whether you call the film a promotional tie-in or companion piece — it was filmed two years ago, before all the album's tracks were recorded — it's still little more than a long-form music video vanity project, straining for importance, fumbling at resonance. A tight frame on Tesfaye's boyish, anxious-looking face, his angry girlfriend's breakup voice message ('I used to think you were a good person!'), and superficial pumping up from his manager (a bro-mode Keoghan), let us know all is not right backstage for this musician on the first night of a big tour. Elsewhere, a distraught young woman (Ortega) drenches a house's interior with gasoline and sets it on fire, then drives to a gas station to refill her canister. These tortured souls meet the night his coked-up, busted-heart malaise triggers a walk-off midperformance, and she's there backstage to lock eyes with him and ask if he's OK. (He's not!) From there it's an escapist date of air hockey, carnival rides and, once they settle in a fancy hotel room, the sharing of a sensitive new song. In the cold light of day, though, when her vulnerabilities bump up against his reset untouchability — Ortega gets a great line, 'You don't look worried, you look scared' — this impulsive star/fan connection takes a violent turn. Anyone familiar with the HBO series 'The Idol' that Tesfaye co-created will soon sense an unwelcome reprise of that short-lived showbiz yarn's retrograde misogyny. The germ of an edgy fantasia about an isolated pop icon's ego death is swimming somewhere in the DNA of 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' but it's been flattened into a superficial, tear-stained pity party. Shults and cinematographer Chayse Irvin are gifted image makers, but they seem hamstrung applying their bag of style tricks — different aspect ratios, multiple film stocks, 360 shots and roving takes — to so shallow and prideful an exercise. There's always something to look at but little that illuminates. As for Tesfaye, he's not uninteresting as a screen presence, but it's an embryonic magnetism, in need of material richer than a bunch of close-ups that culminate in a howl of a ballad. In the flimsy narrative's pseudo-biographical contours — notably the real-life voice loss he experienced onstage a few years ago — parallels to what Prince sought to achieve with the real-life-drawn 'Purple Rain' are understandable. But that film was a cannier bid for next-level success, offsetting its three-act corniness with emotional stakes that led to a crescendo of its genius headliner's performance prowess. 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' is thinner and sloppier. It won't slam the door on Tesfaye's movie ambitions, but as a bid to conquer the big screen, it's an off-putting, see-what-sticks wallow that treats the power of cinema like a midconcert costume change.
