This is another dip into the wonderfully entertaining source that is the Annals of Aberdeen, published in 1818 but covering a much longer and older period in the city’s history. I wasRead More…

Lockdown has been hard (at time of writing, Aberdeen is back under it) so imagine how much more difficult it would be to relocate in the middle of lockdown.  Then imagine youRead More…

Episode five (at least we think it’s episode five – it’s hard to keep track when you’re WFH), of our Lockdown Lowdown series features a lady who has only been with RGURead More…

Episode 4 of our Lockdown Lowdown series features the good things about working from home (not having to worry about your appearance) and the less good things (lethargy and the fact thatRead More…

This is the third of our Lockdown Lowdown interviews with RGU staff who are now thoroughly acclimatised to working from home.  While some have found it difficult to adjust, others, like Nayma,Read More…

Generations of North-East folks have, since its opening in 1906 until the current crisis closed it (temporarily we trust), made their way to His Majesty’s Theatre for entertainments of all sorts.  DramaticRead More…

Even with lockdown slowly being eased, most of our colleagues are still working from home.  There are, of course, pros and cons, as Bianca explains in our latest Lockdown Lowdown interview. Name:Read More…

Nowadays, in the semi-lockdown world in which we exist, even though people don’t often write letters and most of the post is bills or advertising and the delivery man from Amazon bringsRead More…

In the past, we’ve run lots of interviews with RGU staff telling us what it’s like working for the university.   However, we’ve been working from home for quite some time nowRead More…

It’s not hard to find out the easy stuff about Aberdeen, but there is a load of things that our city has up its sleeve that many of us, even those bornRead More…