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The human legacy of American troops in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester
The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 26 November 2 December
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-26-november-2-december
Dr David Clark from the School of English has written an article for The Conversation discussing medieval attitudes towards sex.
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Our cancer researchers feature in new publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/our-cancer-researchers-feature-in-new-publication
The work of our University’s cancer researchers features in a new special issue of ecancermedicalscience It provides a special focus on three...
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Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled
The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful...
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Famous fossil collectors childhood memento discovered on UK coastline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/ffamous-fossil-collector-childhood-momento-discovered-on-uk-coastline
Researchers have been studying a recently discovered childhood token - believed to have belonged to the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning -...
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What will the museums of tomorrow look like
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/what-will-the-museums-of-tomorrow-look-like
Leading figures from some of the world’s foremost cultural organisations will discuss the leading-edge approaches that will shape the design of...
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Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female
A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester...
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Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival
The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an...
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Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication
On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and...
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Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young
A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early...