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• Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 19 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty

  The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary...

• Leicester alumni recognised in New Year Honours 2022

  Date: 5 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/new-year-honours

  Outstanding achievements by University of Leicester alumni have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for 2022.

• The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters

  Date: 16 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code

  Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season.

• Multiple award-winning poet, novelist and playwright to share personal story of resilience at Literary Leicester event

  Date: 20 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/fred-daguiar

  Multiple award-winning poet, novelist and playwright will be giving the University of Leicester an exclusive insight into his personal story of...

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...

• Potatoes and Peppa Pig: Young writers channel Leicester playwright

  Date: 17 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/edna-welthorpe-winners

  A spoof letter of complaint written by a London school pupil has won a competition inspired by Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

• Exhibition brings Wordsworth’s words to life

  Date: 13 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/wordsworth-exhibition

  A multi-media exhibition led by a team of academics at the University of Leicester has launched at the Wordsworth Museum – one of the Lake...

• Student competition brings Leicester playwright’s alter ego to life

  Date: 19 May 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/edna-welthorpe-competition

  A popular creative writing competition launched by the University of Leicester is once again open for entries – this year supported by the...

• Booker Prize-winner to join Literary Leicester Festival

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/literary-leicester

  Booker Prize-winner Marlon James will be headlining the revival of the Literary Leicester Festival.

• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.