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In the second of our short series of student posts, one of this year’s graduates reflects on a book she encountered in Special…
Monday July 6, 2020
Although I have been University Librarian here for nine and a half years, my time at St Andrews in fact began in 1979, before many of my…
Friday June 26, 2020
Students on Dr Amy Blakeway’s Mary Queen of Scots, France, England and Ireland module (MO4807) this year have been encountering Mary Queen…
Tuesday June 23, 2020
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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…
Woelfl’s Third Grand Concerto for the Piano Forte
Born in Salzburg on Christmas Eve 1773, Joseph Woelfl was an Austrian pianist and composer. As a chorister at Salzburg Cathedral between 1783 and 1786 he studied with both Leopold Mozart and Michael Haydn. It was as…
St Andrews Covid-19 archive
In a short space of time, everyone’s lives have changed dramatically because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The University Library recognises that your experiences during this period of history will be of interest to future…