In April of this year I found myself posing with a colony of penguins. Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone was there too. The photographer asked… Read More »Winner of the 2024 James David Forbes Collecting Prize: March of the Grenguins
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
Following a one year postponement, due to the pandemic, the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize ran again this year. This prize is offered in honour… Read More »James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2021 Winner Announced
There are a multitude of items which a collector can choose to collect: books, tea pots, figurines, etc. But a collection doesn’t have to be… Read More »Collecting and Collections Part III: Collecting Items of Local Interest – David Hay Fleming and St Andrews
This is the first of a new mini-series of blogs which will explore different aspects of the theme of collecting and why collectors collect what… Read More »Collecting and Collections Part I: The habits of the Satin Bowerbird
The winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017, Arthur der Weduwen, tells us about his collection… My book collection attempts to offer a representative… Read More »Winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017
Do you love books? Photographs? Spend hours in bookstores and charity shops looking for the perfect addition to your collection? Or perhaps you’ve suddenly realised… Read More »James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017
The University Library is thrilled that a St Andrews undergraduate, Jenny Elwin (4th Year, English and Modern History), winner of our James David Forbes Book Collecting Prize 2016 has… Read More »Our student book collecting winner awarded national prize
Dawn Hollis won the inaugural J.D. Forbes Book Collecting Prize in 2015 for her ‘High and Distant Places: A Travel, Mountaineering, and Exploration Collection’. The… Read More »JD Forbes Book Collecting Prize: 2015 Winner
