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  • Rare chariot fittings from the Iron Age are among fascinating items in brand new exhibition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/burrough-hill-exhibition

    University archaeologist curates an exhibition of finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, including objects excavated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services

  • About the project

    https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/about

    Learn more about the overview of 'The Dickens Code' project, including the many different areas of academia that will benefit from understanding more about the unique shorthand that Dickens used.

  • Karin Li

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/wing_li/

    Hello my name is Karin. My background is in Art Museum and Gallery Studies. I am interested in art and history. I started volunteering for the Sounds for the Future project in October 2022 and now work as a library adviser for Archives and Special Collections.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city

    A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.

  • The Isle of Man study

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-isle-of-man-study

    Background to the study This University of Leicester-funded study is being carried out by Hayley Dunn under the joint supervision of Professor Mark Jobling (Department of Genetics) and Dr Simon James (School of Archaeology) as part of research leading to a PhD degree.

  • The Dreadful Burning of the City of London

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/08/the-dreadful-burning-of-the-city-of-london/

    Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 8, 2016 The atmosphere of London in 1666, before, as well as after, the outbreak of the Great Fire, was febrile – anti-Catholic feeling was potent and rife, portents and prophecies of terrible events...

  • Spring seminar series 2005

    https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2005

    Browse our 2005 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.

  • Intimidation, slurs and threats – study uncovers racism in rural England

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/intimidation-slurs-threats-study-racism-rural-england

    A study into racism in rural England has found many minority ethnic individuals and families feel the countryside is an unwelcoming and unsafe place to visit.

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