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Poetry through the ages

* Caption - Four of the poets involved - Professor Robert Crawford and John Burnside (back) and Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson (front) *

Honorary degrees 21st – 25th June

Author Bill Bryson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament George Reid and Poet Seamus Heaney are among those receiving honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews this week.

Top of the tree

A collection of poems by creative writing lecturer Kathleen Jamie has won Scotland's 'most valuable literary prize'.

Honorary degrees

Author Bill Bryson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament George Reid and Poet Seamus Heaney are just some of those receiving honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews next month.

Pulitzer poet to perform

An Honorary Professor of English at the University of St Andrews described as 'the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War', will perform a special reading at the University this week.