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• Gay Pride

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/gay-pride/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 Celebrate gay pride – with the Gay t-shirt archive!  Wearing gay history  digitized t-shirt collections of numerous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender archives across the...

• The schoolboy sketches of John Leech

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...

• Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours

  Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment

• Social, Political and Economic Event Database (SPEED) Project Data.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/social-political-and-economic-event-database-speed-project-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 … comprises data on de-stabilising events such as coups, revolutions and political and economic upheaval.  Analysis has been made from a global news archive.

• Young people are less likely to own their own home

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/young-people-are-less-likely-to-own-their-own-home/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 According to the latest analysis from IFS: ‘In 1995–96, 65% of those aged 25–34 with incomes in the middle 20% for their age owned their own home.

• Ageing in the UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/ageing-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 A new report is available from The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change http://www.parliament.

• The Public Voice of Women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/the-public-voice-of-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 The Public Voice of Women Read the transcript or listen to the podcast of  the London Review of Books lecture by academic Mary Beard delivered in March 2014.

• Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.

• Development data library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/development-data-library/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 USAID Library relaunched with enhanced data.   This website  provides information on projects supported from its funding.

• Global Parents Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/global-parents-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The First of June is designated by th e   United Nations as Global Parents day   s o here are some quick research links: Are parents becoming older? Yes in the UK according...