In the same week that I started this project, my friend James stayed up all night delivering a litter of puppies. He hadn’t planned to be doing this, but he had reluctantly agreed to look after his mum’s dog during her pregnancy, to raise the newly born pups, and to sell them on when they […]

The University of Edinburgh published a press release in September 2022 announcing that the Digital Islam Across Europe team had been successful in securing funding from CHANSE for the project. The full release can be read here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2022/experts-assess-digital-impact-on-muslim-lives Sep 15, 2022

In this post, Sarah Dunn discusses her experience of working across three Schools, with Tara Capel, Dorsey Kaufmann and Theodore Koterwas, with the aim of learning from each other to redesign two Design courses in the School of Informatics. This post is part of the Student Partnership Agreement 2025 series. As a long time member of […]

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 […]

Today’s Film: The Man Who Invented Christmas This is a pseudo-biographical retelling of the writing of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The film follows Dickens during the six weeks he was writing the classic and shows where his inspirations came from. During the film Dickens interacts with his own characters who manifest to comment […]