DAY TWO - Book Workshop Our own Alexandra Plane Alex Plane leads a wonderful session on Jacobean books in University of Glasgow Library. A fantastic workshops showing James's learning influences, library and writings.📖👑

It was also a pleasure to chair this panel on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy!

King James V is depicted wearing an elaborate bonnet on this Scottish ducat that is dated to 1540. Some of these coins were made from gold mined at Crawford Moor. The same source of gold was used to make the Scottish crown. From the Hunterian collection.

Lord Chris Smith has been elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Lord Smith said “To be elected as Chancellor of the University I love is a huge honour. I’m thrilled." Read more about Lord Smith and the Chancellor election 👉 cam.ac.uk/news/new-chanc…

OUT NOW: 'Protest, Resistance and Popular Politics in Late Medieval Scotland' by Gordon McKelvie has just published. This book offers a fresh approach to theoretical ideas about popular violence and resistance during the later Middle Ages. Find out more here: shorturl.at/WG7wM

George MacLeod referred to Iona as a "thin place as where only tissue paper separates the material from the spiritual."

📣#CfP: Death and Bereavement in Early Modern Britain, 1520–1689 Join us for a one-day conference at the University of St Andrews on 26 June 2026. The keynote speaker is Professor Alec Ryrie. The deadline for proposals is 11 December 2025. #EarlyModernHistory #twitterstorians

Who was the first king of England? 👑 David Woodman thinks more people should know that Æthelstan created England in 927AD – should his story be on the school curriculum? David makes the case in his groundbreaking new biography 👇 cam.ac.uk/stories/englan… Robinson College

No. 1 in the UK for History! The School of History at the University of St Andrews has been ranked No. 1 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2026! (1/3)

The University of St Andrews is mourning the loss of its Chancellor, The Right Honourable Lord Campbell of Pittenweem CH CBE KC FRSE, who has died in London at the age of 84. Read more 👇 ow.ly/TviI50X2IW7 #EverToExcel