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Space Park Leicester exhibits award-winning artist’s work during World Space Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turner-exhibition
Space Park Leicester welcomed the public to the launch of its exhibition of Matt Turner’s visionary space-themed artworks as part of its World Space Week celebrations
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Childhood photographs of Lord Attenborough released to mark anniversary of his death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/remembering-lord-attenborough-on-first-anniversary-of-his-death
This week marks the one year anniversary of the death of Richard Attenborough, who passed away on 24 August 2014.
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Leicester film expert determines that James Bond would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-film-expert-determines-that-james-bond-would-be-celebrating-his-100th-birthday-this-year
2018 marks the 100th birthday of secret agent James Bond, according to Professor James Chapman from our School of Arts.
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Covid in Cartoons: Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of L
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/
Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Leicester and external partners Shout Out UK and Cartooning for Peace to collaborate on a UKRI COVID-19 rapid response grant (2021-2022).
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/author/fransiska_louwagie/
Political Cartooning in Côte d’Ivoire: Interview with Lassane Zohoré Posted by fl47 in Covid in Cartoons on May 11, 2022 JI: What first drew you to cartooning? LZ: I’ve been cartooning since I was little, before I started school.
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25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal
25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, covering his sensational breakthrough to help identify the Auschwitz 'Angel of Death'.
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Student written off after failing his ALevels starts PhD at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/student-2018written-off2019-after-failing-his-a-levels-starts-phd-at-leicester
Written off at 18 after failing his A-levels, Richard Evans has just embarked on a PhD course at Leicester. The 26-year-old puts his turn around in fortunes down to the support he has received while studying for a BA in Ancient History & Archaeology.
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Philip Larkin memorial to join literary greats in Westminster Abbey on 31st anniversary of his death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/philip-larkin-memorial-to-join-literary-greats-in-westminster-abbey-on-31st-anniversary-of-his-death
A memorial stone to the poet Philip Larkin, inscribed with lines from one of his most famous works An Arundel Tomb – “our almost instinct almost true/What will survive of us is love” – will be unveiled in Westminster Abbey this evening, marking the 31st anniversary of his death.
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Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/14/garth-smithies-taylor-1896-1916/
15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building.
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Reflecting, Revisiting, Removing: Sophie Swithinbank discusses inhabiting Waugh’s Oxford and the imp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/reflecting-revisiting-removing-sophie-swithinbank-discusses-inhabiting-waughs-oxford-and-the-important-role-the-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-has-had-on-her-development-as-a-pl/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019 Endings can be difficult. But last night’s performance at the Abingdon Arms was a jubilant, complete and perfect ending to what has been an incredible seven weeks of deep and intense focus on my writing practice.