Echoes from the vault
The University Library’s Special Collections blog highlights items from the collections to explore their past and context.
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In the next part of our series highlighting the Marseille Middleton Holloway autograph albums, gifted to the University Library a few…
18 September 2020
The Marseille Middleton Holloway autograph albums, gifted to the University Library a few years ago, contain a fascinating collection of…
4 September 2020
“Kennedy’s college, dedicated to the Holy Saviour, was founded on the site which it has ever since occupied in North Street on 27 August…
27 August 2020
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Holinshed’s Chronicles: A Window into the 16th Century Discussion of Scottish History
‘Still it cried ‘Sleep no more!’ to all the house: ‘Glamis hath murder’d sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more.’’ Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 2 Whilst the story of Macbeth conjures up…
Women’s Golf in St Andrews
We are launching our new-look blog with a story about an old favourite here in St Andrews – golf. The blog has been migrated to a new format to bring it into line with other University blogs. Don’t worry though – all…
Mary Queen of Scots and literary propaganda
In this the fourth of our mini-series of blogs by students who have studied Mary Queen of Scots with Dr Amy Blakeway in 2019/20, we learn from Katie about the literary propaganda campaign against Mary Queen of Scots.…