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• Rage and Revolution Revisited as a Major Punk Exhibition Hits Leicester This Summer

  Date: 25/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/punk-rage-revolution

  The team behind the successful 2019 Mods: Shaping a Generation exhibition, Soft Touch Arts, Arch Creative and Shaun Knapp, are proud to present...

• Teaching resources cast new light on The Great Fire of London

  Date: 18/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/fire-of-london

  The University of Leicester and the Museum of London have today launched new learning resources for primary schools about the Great Fire of London...

• Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)

  Date: 05/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james

  The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used...

• University of Leicester research into Joe Orton’s relationship with Kenneth Halliwell to feature in LGBTQ+ mental health exhibition

  Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/poetic-licence

  A play about the Leicester-born playwright, Joe Orton, informed by research from the University of Leicester, will feature in The Netherlands’...

• Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester

  Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students

  Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.

• Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival

  Date: 01/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester

  The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today.

• University of Leicester launches exhibition celebrating 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

  Date: 15/02/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/shakespeare

  The University of Leicester is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with an exhibition at the David Wilson Library.

• University of Leicester bestows honour on English student-turned-inspiring-author

  Date: 20/01/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/jeffrey-boakye

  A University of Leicester graduate who has enjoyed a successful career as an author, broadcaster and educator has been awarded an honorary degree...

• Dickens codebreakers recognised at Higher Education ‘Oscars’

  Date: 18/11/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/the-awards-2022

  The Dickens Code project, led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with the University of Foggia, takes home a Times Higher Education...

• University of Leicester celebrates 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ 

  Date: 03/10/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/adrian-mole

  University of Leicester is staging a new exhibition and series of events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged...