21 December 2024
Good morning, Yesterday was the final day of exams – congratulations to all who have completed assessment for the Martinmas Semester. And all the best to those now marking students’ work. Enjoy a time of rest…
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20 December 2024
Good morning, …when morning comes late and evening early. It is midwinter: this year’s Winter Solstice will have a mere six hours and 52 minutes between sunrise and sunset in St Andrews. To mark this significant…
19 December 2024
Hello, Behind today’s door in the Advent Calendar we find our story approaching its climax. Feathers Part 19 The story so far: Joe and a heavily pregnant Maryam are in St Andrews on a clear midwinter’s afternoon,…
18 December 2024
Greetings, This evening sees the University’s London Alumni Club hold their annual Carol Service in St Columba’s Church of Scotland, Pont Street, at 7 pm. I will be leading the service at which Revd Professor Alison…
17 December 2024
Good morning, Feathers Part 17 The story so far: Maryam feels increasingly close to Joe, despite her parents’ antipathy to him and their anger at her pregnancy. Autumn deepened, heralded by the honking of geese above…
16 December 2024
Welcome… to a new working week, the final week of exams and assignments before the Vacation. Thank you to all involved in choral services over Advent – such beautiful celebrations in the chapels. Feathers The story…
15 December 2024
Good morning, This is the Third Sunday of Advent, and the final morning service at St Salvator’s Chapel in 2024. It’s a service of readings and music – there will be five poems drawn from the newly-published second…
14 December 2024
Greetings, This evening is the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Leonard’s Chapel, beginning at 8 pm. This beautiful chapel near the Cathedral, accessed from South Street or the Pends, will be candlelit, as we…
13 December 2024
Happy St Lucy’s Day! St Lucy, or Santa Lucia, was martyred in Sicily in the late third Century for refusing to offer a sacrifice to the Roman Emperor. Her feast-day is of particular significance in Scandinavian and…
12 December 2024
Feathers Part 12 The story so far: Maryam and Joe have decided to move in together to prepare for the birth of Maryam’s child, but the cottage is not yet ready. Maryam’s parents expected she would get a flight home as…