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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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• Smoking and public health case study

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/case-studies/smoking-public-health

  Details on the relation between epigenetics and smoking and public health. The University of Leicester provides useful resources to aid research and learning.

• Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur

  University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era

• ‘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.

• 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...

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• Study calls for more diverse representation in statistical methodology research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/study-diverse-representation-statistical-methodology-research

  Embedding equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into statistical methodology research may improve outcomes and better serve the public, a new Leicester study has reported.