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Chair's Report: Local Place Plan
During 2023 and 2024 the Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council have been seeking your views about how St Andrews should improve from
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Stravaigins in Nature | Autumn 2024
The robin has vanished from our garden and I hope its absence is temporary. Sadly, the number of small birds visiting the garden feeders has
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A Celebration Concert in Memory of Tom Duncan
Tom Duncan was a hugely respected figure in St Andrews both musically and academically. He was known to many and held dear by many more
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Fife Artist Launches Conscious Homeware Brand
Rebecca Plater is a conscious creator and visual artist based in Fife. She recently launched her own collection of hand-painted organic home
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New Exhibition at the Wardlaw Museum: Alien Worlds
I’ve always had a deep interest in museums, astrobiology and science fiction. So, of course, I was delighted to learn about Alien Worlds.
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Local Members of Fife Writes Celebrate Self-Publishing Success
Kathryn Holme self-published her first children’s picture book on Friday May 10th 2024. Captain Kit – a rhyming story about a pirate
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St Andrews' Prize Books
Before around the 1830s, when publisher-bound books became commonly available, books were sold in their sheets to be bound by the receiver.
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Author Inspires with Collection of Charitable Picture Books
Growing up, children’s author Hilary Lawrence would visit St Andrews every year for summer vacation. She spent hours watching the pigeons
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The Inspiration Behind Hells Belles Art
Originally from Chelmsford, Essex, Helen Zwerdling is an artist now happily living in Crail with her cat assistant and muse, Luna.
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Community Engagement
The remit of this sub-group of the Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council is to be involved, as much as we can, with the local communit
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Why can't the St Leonards student cross the road?
"Find a problem in your community and help solve it" was the challenge placed before us, a class of year 9 St Leonards pupils.
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Exciting Changes to Green Sites Around St Andrews from Hunor Deak
I volunteer at various sites around St Andrews, three of which are currently undergoing a lot of exciting changes.
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Sketches of St Andrews
University Collections contains rare books, archives, photographs and museum objects, held by the University of St Andrews. Many of these,
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An Introduction to Fibres of a Memory by Natalie Kormos
Growing up on a ginseng farm in Port Dover, Ontario, Natalie began writing poetry at a young age.
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Stravaigins in Nature by Gordon Shepherd
We are lucky, in St Andrews, that we do not need to stravaig far to find nature in all its guises.
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Meet your Cover Artist: VALCOVIAC
My name is Grzegorz, but everyone here calls me Greg. I moved from Poland nine years ago and, since then, I've made St Andrews my home.
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The Inspiration Behind Firth of Forth Craft
Woodlands, lochs, bothys and the sea are some of the elements Alison Beaty told Editor she uses as inspiration for her art and jewellery...
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Roving Reporter Discovers: Dune
Reporter is excited to indulge in what promises to be a delightful dining experience at Dune. Launched by Masterchef star Dean Banks...
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Murphy Explores: Dunino Den and Parish Church
Just a short 10-minute drive from the centre of St Andrews, this historic site of Pagan worship is easy to find yet feels like another...
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Roving Reporter Discovers: Scales Jewellery
Reporter was pleased to discover that Scales Jewellery has recently joined the roster of local makers stocked at Peggy's Emporium.
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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