The View From The Heritage Room
As I start my second year back on campus after 40 years of having a career, already there is an up-tick in activity. Starting during the summer with a couple of reunion groups, continuing...
Author: w.jones
The final countdown….
It’s September, Autumn has officially begun (in meteorological terms), and while many people will already be reminiscing out the brief spell of good weather that is now behind us for another year, a great...
My Amazing Family and Me – Alumni Stories, Jesse Toksvig-Stewart, and Kat Willott
Jesse Toksvig-Stewart and Kat Willott are graduates of York St John University, having both studied a Degree in Television and Film Production. In our latest alumni stories blog, Jesse explains how after graduating from...
The Man Who Wrote Lassie – Alumni Stories, Greg Christie
When Greg Christie discovered by accident that the most American of all novels “Lassie Come Home” was actually written by a Yorkshireman he knew he wanted to write the life story of Hunslet boy...
The Famous Five – Alumni Stories, Peter Boyd
I studied Chemistry at St Johns between 1967 & 1970 so I missed Brian Cane by a couple of years. There was a group of us students known as the Famous Five: Myself, Neil...
Blood and Water – Alumni Stories, Beth Daley
Graduating with my Masters in Literature Studies and Creative Writing from YSJ in 2006 was just the beginning of the story. In more ways than one. My final fiction piece for the course was...
87 years old but still going strong – Alumni stories, Brian Cane
Unlike most alumni I was not a student at St John’s, but a member of staff. Canon Philip Lamb appointed me in 1957 to develop a Chemistry Department from scratch. In the sciences,...