December 1985 Final issue 1985: ripe with politics and debate but with its fair share of festive cheer!
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November 1985 Underpants party for famine relief; South Africa Boycott; Scottish Mining Museum opens
October 1985 Prince Philip as president of a British Republic; EUSA bans sale of alcohol; terracotta army invades Edinburgh!
December 1984 Student rally swamps London; Library work-in; “Ivy League” fashion
November 1984 Miners’ support passed; U2 and REM rock Edinburgh; Edwina Currie and the case for cuts
October 1984 Pollock Halls; Freshers’ Week extravaganza; demise of the Scots tongue
Collections
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Rediscovering the Poetry of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, a 19th-Century Edinburgh Writer and Musician
Today we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement...
Projects
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...
The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training...