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• Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library

  Date: 23 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library

  A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to...

• Street artist to install Orton artwork in Library

  Date: 19 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/street-artist-to-install-orton-artwork-in-library

  A renowned street artist will be at our University on Tuesday 20 June to create an image of celebrated playwright Joe Orton.

• Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Orton

  Date: 1 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton

  To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of...

• Leicester PhD student publishes book on traditional British ballads

  Date: 25 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-phd-student-publishes-book-on-traditional-british-ballads

  PhD student Kevan Manwaring from our School of Arts is publishing a new book based on his Creative Writing PhD research which will appeal to...

• Exhibition to shed light on important moments in our lives

  Date: 23 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/exhibition-to-shed-light-on-important-moments-in-our-lives

  A free public exhibition combining poetry and images organised by our University and Leicester Cathedral will be running from 25 May to 10 June at...

• Academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton

  Date: 18 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/academic-co-curates-special-exhibition-on-joe-orton

  The National Justice Museum has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to celebrate the work of Leicester playwright, Joe Orton.

• Expert opinions cover Donald Trump South Africa British military Kurds and higher education

  Date: 10 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/expert-opinions-cover

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr James Hamill from the School of History, Politics and International Relations discusses the current...

• Former childrens laureate Michael Morpurgo to speak to packed audience

  Date: 3 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/former-children2019s-laureate-michael-morpurgo-to-speak-to-packed-audience

  The University is to welcome the popular and award-winning children’s writer Michael Morpurgo as he delivers its 2017 Annual Creative Writing...

• Leicester tutor to work in refugee camps providing language support

  Date: 2 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-tutor-to-work-in-refugee-camps-providing-language-support

  A University of Leicester tutor is heading out to refugee camps in Europe in order to help with English language classes.

• Leicester reaches 200 article milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 2 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-publish-200-articles-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 3.