Special Collections brings Hay Fleming to StAnza
This year at StAnza, the St Andrews annual Poetry festival, I decided that I would do something a bit different in the name of archival… Read More »Special Collections brings Hay Fleming to StAnza
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Reading the Collections, Week 35: Douglas Dunn’s Elegies notebooks
Douglas Dunn published Elegies in 1985 – a collection of 39 poems written after the death of his first wife, Lesley Balfour Dunn, who died… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 35: Douglas Dunn’s Elegies notebooks
Reading the Collections, Week 14: George Herbert, The Temple (Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633)
Although I thought that the work of George Herbert was all new to me, I found that I already knew some of his poems almost… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 14: George Herbert, The Temple (Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633)
Jean Johnstone’s artist’s books: a presentation to Special Collections staff
Recently, the staff of Special Collections were treated to a talk by local artist Jean Johnstone, who came to discuss a commissioned piece she is… Read More »Jean Johnstone’s artist’s books: a presentation to Special Collections staff
Happy Hallowe’en! Andrew Lang’s own illustrated copy of “Ballade of a choice of ghosts”
Here’s a Hallowe’en treat from Special Collections at St Andrews! Featured below is the manuscript poem for Andrew Lang‘s “Ballade of a choice of ghosts”… Read More »Happy Hallowe’en! Andrew Lang’s own illustrated copy of “Ballade of a choice of ghosts”