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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...
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Love is in the air at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/love-is-in-the-air-at-leicester
Love is in the air at Leicester Love is in the air at Leicester|Graduates Jason and Alix were pricked by Cupid’s arrow while studying at Leicester – and are now celebrating getting engaged Students joining the University of Leicester can expect a world-class education and a...
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New Walk Museum vision
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/new-walk-museum-vision
This project set out to re-think the role of New Walk Museum and to identify a set of core values to inform future developments at the Museum.
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Multiple award-winning poet, novelist and playwright to share personal story of resilience at Literary Leicester event
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 resilience as part of this year’s Literary Leicester Festival.
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Meet SpaceX Demo-2 Astronauts Bob and Doug – National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/20/meet-spacex-demo-2-astronauts-bob-and-doug-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 January 2021 Join our National Space Centre colleagues for a LIVE Space Astronaut Q&A with SpaceX Demo-2 Astronauts Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, this Friday 22 January 19:00-20:00.
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Archives and Special Collections Team Pick!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/06/06/archives-and-special-collections-team-pick/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on June 6, 2024 To mark International Archives Day, which falls on 9 th June, I asked my colleagues in Archives and Special Collections to choose one of their favourite collections from our holdings.
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Britain's colonial past reinterpreted
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/colonial-countryside
A ground-breaking collaboration between the University of Leicester and the National Trust.
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Links between historic places, colonialism and slavery revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/links-between-historic-places-colonialism-and-slavery-revealed
Connections between 93 historic places and colonialism and historic slavery have been revealed by the National Trust today, for the first time.
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Loz Atkinson’s: The Edge of Forever
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/02/loz-atkinsons-the-edge-of-forever/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 March 2022 An exhibition at the Attenborough Arts Centre brings together key works from Loz Atkinson ’s ‘Imagined Nebula’ series, which began in 2015 as an outlet for Loz’s...
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Award-winning doctor to speak at empathic healthcare event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/empathy-course-leicester-stoney-gate
Award-winning doctor will speak at an innovative empathic healthcare course