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Join us for Hoskins Day 2026
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/06/22/join-us-for-hoskins-day-2026/
Event promoting Hoskins Day 2026 at the University of Leicester and the keynote lecture 'Shall we fight them on the beaches' Landscapes of coastal defence in the Second World War by Robert Liddiard.
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Modern Slavery Data Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/modern-slavery-data-stories/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 Created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research using datasets from the ILO, IOM, Walk Free Foundation, SmartLab, UK Government, Delta 8.
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Same-sex marriage: France
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-france/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 On-going discussion of same-sex marriage in the UK parliament and in France Read the full text of the relevant French law and details of the process in parliament from...
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Spectator Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/ Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.
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Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/bloomberg-economy-forecasts-for-bloomberg/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports.
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Couples and the Internet
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/couples-and-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 What role do mobile phones and social media play in modern relationships? Latest data from the Pew Internet and American Life project taken from a survey of couples in the USA:...
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Global Governance Monitor Tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/global-governance-monitor-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 Global Governance Monitor Tool from the Council on Foreign Relations. …aims to monitor how the international community is doing in dealing with security threats.
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Digital Wildfire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/digital-wildfire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 This interesting ESRC-funded project is examining (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance in the digital world.
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Mexican Intelligence Digital Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/mexican-intelligence-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 Free access to this new full-text resource, MIDAS, the Mexican Intelligence Digital Archives ( los Archivos del Autoritarismo Mexicano ), is supported by the Center for Research...
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Attractiveness surveys (for Business)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/attractiveness-surveys-for-business/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Not Beauty! A series of reports on business attractiveness produced by EY – which countries attract foreign investment.