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17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.
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Frost Fairs on the Thames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/12/01/frost-fairs-on-the-thames/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 1, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi. From the Fairclough Collection, EP 36, Box 7, p. 590.
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Local Politics in Leicester During the 1890s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/29/local-politics-in-leicester-during-the-1890s/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).
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‘A photographic revolutionary’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/11/21/a-photographic-revolutionary/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 21, 2014 ‘The Snow Garden’, P. H. (Peter Henry) Emerson, ‘Marsh Leaves’, (London, 1895), pl. XII, SCM 08575. University of Leicester Special Collections.
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Happy International Archives Day 2018!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/happy-international-archives-day-2018/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day! On the 9th of...
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Poll Books in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/22/poll-books-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 22, 2015 With a General Election campaign in full swing, it seems like a good time for some blog posts about the sources we hold on the history of British parliamentary elections.
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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Trident
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/22/trident/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2016 The UK Parliament has voted to renew Trident Get some background on the history of this decision, its context in British foreign policy and implications by downloading the excellent...
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Are corporate crimes serious?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/are-corporate-crimes-serious/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Yes according to a new report Redefining criminality published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies which considers public attitudes to corporate and individual offending.
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Stop and Search
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/stop-and-search/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 A new report – a joint project by StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative with the support of the Runnymede trust includes case studies of the harm done to individuals and...