{lang: 'en-GB'} ‘Students on the pier walk, St. Andrews harbour, Fife, Scotland’ by Glen Ednie   In recognition of the historic decision to allow females to participate in the university’s Kate Kennedy club this blog is a celebration of pageants and fairs in St. Andrews. New entrants to St. Andrews university are quickly introduced to [...]

{lang: 'en-GB'}   February sees an anniversary of the execution of the first martyr of the Reformation. Patrick Hamilton, abbot of  a Augustinian monastery at Ferme, Ross-shire, had been influenced by Lutheran and Melancthon doctrine whilst living in Germany. Hamilton openly preached Lutheran ideals that opposed the established Catholic religion. Hamilton’s anti-establishment teachings at St. [...]

{lang: 'en-GB'} During the 600th anniversary of the University of St. Andrews this month’s blog focuses on the university museum. One of four of the university’s collections this most recent creation involved the regeneration of an existing building. This regeneration had to complement an area almost solely composed of listed buildings and scheduled monuments that [...]