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Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...
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French Language Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/french-language-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 French Language day was celebrated on 20 th March. Journée de la langue française is a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity.
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Thoresby Colliery and the Art of Minecraft
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/04/30/thoresby-colliery-and-the-art-of-minecraft/
Posted by James Fitchett in School of Business Blog on April 30, 2014 James Fitchett, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at the School, traces the historical evolution of socio-economic illness in a Midlands city UK Coal recently announced the closure of the last...
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The BILNAS Archive: Unearthing the Legacies of Female Archaeologists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-bilnas-archive-unearthing-the-legacies-of-female-archaeologists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies Archive is based here at the University of Leicester.
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Everywhere and Nowhere: exploring histories of disability across the National Trust
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/everywhere-and-nowhere
National Trust and University of Leicester launch new film to explore fascinating, previously untold stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections
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Homophobia- the facts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homophobia-the-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 According to ILGA in 2014 there were still 78 nations where same sex sexual acts between adults in private were illegal . This compared to 113 UN nations where they were legal.
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Its written in the stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/its-written-in-the-stars
Astronomers today opened one of the last remaining windows on the Universe, publishing the first full 3D census of over one billion stars in our Milky Way.
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The Greek World after Alexander
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah7301
Module code: AH7301 (double module) In this module we will explore - through the critical analysis of translated sources and documents, archaeological data and secondary literature - how the Greek world changed after the death of Alexander the Great.
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The Mixed Museum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/the-mixed-museum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Exhibitions at The Mixed Museum A digital museum which records and explores history of ethnic and inter-racial mixing in the UK.
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LGBT in the military
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/28/lgbt-in-the-military/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2014 LGBT Military Index The first ever global ranking of countries by inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) service members in the armed forces has just been...