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• Literary Leicester 2017 highlights

  Date: 20 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/literary-leicester-2017-highlights

  Last month our annual Literary Leicester festival took place, featuring acclaimed literati guests, the dramatic arts and several school events.

• Unique event starts countywide conversation about Leicesters literary scene

  Date: 18 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/unique-event-starts-countywide-conversation-about-leicesters-literary-scene

  On Wednesday 13 December literary enthusiasts from across the county came together to look at the literary activity that takes place in...

• Showcasing talent free public event to discuss raising the profile of Leicester and Leicestershires literary scene

  Date: 13 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/showcasing-talent-free-public-event-to-discuss-raising-the-profile-of-leicester-and-leicestershire2019s-literary-scene

  Raising the roof on Leicester’s literary talent will be a subject up for discussion between members of the public and key figures from the city...

• Festival event turns spotlight on Diversity in Leicester

  Date: 4 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festival-event-turns-spotlight-on-diversity-in-leicester

  A range of influential speakers will present their views on what diversity and multiculturalism mean to the city of Leicester in an upcoming event...

• Bestselling author Kate Summerscale to give lecture on Detecting Victorian Crime at Leicester

  Date: 28 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/bestselling-author-kate-summerscale-to-give-lecture-on-2018detecting-victorian-crime2019-at-leicester

  Author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale will give the annual Victorian Studies Centre lecture at the University...

• Joe Orton on the BBC

  Date: 23 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc

  Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.

• Video interview with street artist released

  Date: 22 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/video-interview-with-street-artist-released

  A video interview with street artist Stewy, who created artwork in our University Library, has now been released.

• University of Leicester presents at Gateway to China event

  Date: 17 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-presents-at-gateway-to-china-event

  Our University has played a key role in the “Gateway to China” a one-day event that was part of the last edition of the Leicester Business Festival.

• Museum of the Bible opens

  Date: 17 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/museum-of-the-bible-opens

  The Museum of the Bible opened today (Friday) in Washington DC.

• Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens

  Date: 15 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens

  The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November,...