Orientation Week
It’s Orientation Week! Welcome to all new and returning students. So you’re new to St Andrews? Look at our Orientation pages where you’ll find loads… Read More »Orientation Week
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The Faculty of Arts Feast, 6th May
In the liturgical calendar, the 6th of May is the Feast of St John the Evangelist before the Latin Gate. This feast commemorated the tradition… Read More »The Faculty of Arts Feast, 6th May
Reading the Collections, Week 33: It’s all Greek to me
Cataloguing the backlog of early and rare printed books held in the Special Collections Division of the University Library can be a source of surprises.… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 33: It’s all Greek to me
Reading the Collections, Week 30: A Jacobite Declaration, 1715
Today, 6 September, is the 300th anniversary of the raising of the Standard of the Jacobite army at Braemar by John Erskine, 6th Earl of… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 30: A Jacobite Declaration, 1715
Wedderburn and Simson Collections now on SAULCAT
Special Collections is pleased to announce that the cataloguing of two of its rare book collections is complete. Both the Simson Collection and the Wedderburn… Read More »Wedderburn and Simson Collections now on SAULCAT
Reading the Collections, Week 18: Student Reminiscences
I have been reading through two box files of memories of student life at St Andrews collected by Professor Peter Redford Scott Lang in the… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 18: Student Reminiscences
Reading the Collections, Week 1: J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy (London, 1940)
My first encounter with J M Barrie’s Peter Pan, ‘the boy who couldn’t grow up’ was through the Disney film, which chronicles the adventures of… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 1: J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy (London, 1940)