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• Andrew Dunn: Page 51

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/51/

  Academic Librarian.

• Study examines impact of slumming it and slum tourism

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-examines-impact-of-slumming-it-and-slum-tourism

  The notion of ‘Slumming it’ is to be brought under sharp focus at a discussion being held at our University A new study by Dr Fabian Frenzel, of the School of Business draws on knowledge and experience of slums in India, South Africa and South America.

• 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.

• Study suggests ancient communities resisted farming practices

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-ancient-communities-resisted-farming-practices

  Research involving Leicester researchers has uncovered new evidence of lifestyles thousands of years ago.

• An interview with Nora Waddington

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/

  Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive.  These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.

• A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.

• Former NHS consultant with personal memories of the Holocaust is honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/former-nhs-consultant-martin-stern-holocaust-honoured-university-leicester

  One of the dwindling number of people with personal memories of the Holocaust has been honoured by the University of Leicester.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 101

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/101/

  Academic Librarian.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/101/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Queer Heritage and Collections Network awarded Arts Council England and National Lottery Project Funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/queer-heritage

  Read more about the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries' latest project on queer heritage