John Honey: ‘a martyr to humanity’
John Honey: ‘a martyr to humanity’ I have seen many affecting scenes, heard many eloquent men, but this crowns them all – I have never seen it equalled, never in…
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Then and Now: The May Dip
Every year on the first day of May, as the sun begins to rise above St Andrews, students can be found on East Sands in varying states of undress, running…
A Raisin to Remember
Raisin Weekend is an annual event at the University with the 2018 edition taking place in mid-October. Development intern, Daisy Sewell, blogs about her take on an ancient tradition.
Raisin receipts remembered
Fancy dress, foam fights, Latin in fine script and general frivolity: many of our alumni will have fond memories of their own Raisin Monday. It’s a tradition unique to St…
From lab to legacy
Catherine (Kay) Elder (BSc Hons 1970) joined the pioneering team responsible for the birth of the first ‘test tube baby’ after they opened Bourn Hall Clinic, the world’s first IVF…