Tag Archives: Aberdeen University

Ex libris

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

The thing I most remember from my student days about the main Aberdeen University library was the carved mouse climbing the leg of each chair. It was a lovely touch, irreverent yet also somehow appropriate to what I remember as … Continue reading →

Tagged Aberdeen University, Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Janet Smyth, libraries, Nick Barley | 2 Comments

Oxford blue

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

I’m in Oxford now, at Merton College. Our Dark Angels students are working on their projects and I’m finding a brief moment of quiet in my room, remembering the first time I ever came here. I was twelve years old. My … Continue reading →