The Art & Architecture Library at Minto House, Chambers Street, will close for the winter teaching vacation from 5.00pm on Friday 19th December, until 9.00am on Monday 12th January 2026. A fetch service for urgent requests will be in place for accessing the A&A Library book collection during the period 5th – 9th January; details […]

Asemic writing, an intriguing form of expression devoid of specific semantic content, offers a universal language that transcends linguistic barriers. Emerging in the late 20th century, it has captivated artists seeking to explore the boundaries between text and visual art. Asemic writing’s abstract, calligraphic strokes evoke the appearance of writing without conveying explicit meaning, inviting […]

It is International Human Rights Day, so we are exploring what human rights have to do with digital safety, wellbeing and citizenship. Are the articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sufficiently covering a changing digital world? How can we use human rights to become better digital citizens? And is digital inclusion a human […]

In this post, Anna Duncan describes a series of events piloted by students and staff at Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and School of GeoSciences, to support each other through the dark winter days. Anna is a Student Adviser at Edinburgh Futures Institute. This post is part of the Student Partnership Agreement 2025 series. Winter in Edinburgh […]

Today’s Film: A Christmas Story Less well known in Britain, this film is a staple holiday flick in America. It follows a young boy, Ralphie, and his family through Christmas 1940. All Ralphie wants for Christmas is an Official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle but is constantly rebuffed. “You’ll shoot your eye […]

I am becoming a bit of a peat geek and have started attending the Peat Café – a series of online lunchtime seminars featuring interdisciplinary perspectives on wetlands. The latest of these included a presentation by Phil Gould, who is now based at the University of Stirling. He presented on his postgraduate research into pollen […]