When I received the notification that I had been chosen as the winner of the 2023 J. D. Forbes Prize, I was thrilled. Not for… Read More »Winner of the 2023 J. D. Forbes Collecting Prize: Tennysonian Arthuriana
Can’t find the book you want in the library? You can request it through the more books service. Many students and members of staff have… Read More »More books in the Library
We recently celebrated the publication of a novel which had waited 70 years to get into print. This is Willa Muir’s ‘new’ novel, The… Read More »‘The Usurpers’ by Willa Muir
In 1456 the Faculty of Arts at the University recorded a decision to install library furniture ‘in a small room at the end of the… Read More »When books go missing…
Did you know that the University of St Andrews created one of the world’s first higher educational qualifications for women, allowing them to study university-level… Read More »Lady Literate in Mathematics
This week is World Gaelic Week (Seachdain na Gàidhlig) – an initiative to celebrate Scottish Gaelic across the globe. In this blog we highlight some… Read More »Scottish Gaelic in the Collections
The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed on the 11th of February each year to promote equal access to… Read More »International Day of Women and Girls in Science – Chemistry at St Andrews
People in Scotland, and all around the world, will be cutting into a haggis today or lifting a wee dram to the memory of Robert… Read More »Robert Burns Night
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022 is Lakshmi Thiagarajan, who graduated last year with an… Read More »James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022: A glimpse into the history and practice of South Indian Classical dance
The king sent his lady on the thirteenth Yule day, Three stalks o’ merry corn, three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 13 – ‘Three stalks o’ merry corn’
The king sent his lady on the twelfth Yule day, Three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 12 – ‘Three maids a-merry dancing’
The king sent his lady on the eleventh Yule day, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying,… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 11 – ‘Three hinds a-merry hunting’
