Musicals, Faith and Chocolate Eggs My absolute favourite musical, since I saw it on stage at the age of 7, is Jesus Christ Superstar. I know, I know, Andrew Lloyd Webber. But musical taste doesn’t come into it when you’re
Getting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity by David Allen This book will change your life for the better. Probably. Getting Things Done (GTD) certainly made me feel much better and helped me sort stuff out. My office job
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson For a book of less than 200 pages, there is plenty to this story. A tale of family dynamics, expectations and disappointments. How parents shape their children, and the effects of absence, loss
The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth By Phillip Pullman The second in Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, this one is my favourite (out of two, as we’re still waiting for the third part). I read his original trilogy,
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood The Love Hypothesis was, ironically, an experimental reading for me. I am not usually a big fan of romance novels; However, with Valentine’s Day around the corner, I thought it would be an excellent
Diversity in information resources: working towards inclusion This blog post is a revision of one written by Tom and Clare, two of our librarians, in 2019. As librarians our job is to source and acquire information resources, and to work
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel Emily St. John Mandel’s novel Station Eleven is and will always be one of my favourite novels. It was a perspective-changing read that heavily impacted how I view apocalypse fiction and society. I
Behind the scenes at the archives: doing work experience with York St John’s Historical Archive collections By Jasmine Reed and Connor Brown, second year History students at YSJ As part of our History, Community and Culture module, history students such
A Boy Called Christmas – Matt Haig You’re never too old for this magical Christmas tale by Matt Haig. Following Nikolas, a boy from Finland, as he uncovers the true story of Father Christmas and how to believe in the
This is the second in a series of blog posts about York St John’s male students through history. The first post, ‘Discipline and Defiance’ focused on the 19th and early 20th century, when students were subject to strict rules, while