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Vile Bodies: The photograph! The painting! The half-finished book!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/14/duncanm/
A biographical article by Duncan McClaren on Waugh's first marriage and the writing of Vile Bodies.
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Spanish Pacific – the exhibition and the catalogue
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/18/spanish-pacific-the-exhibition-and-the-catalogue/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on June 18, 2014 During my research trip to Seville in January 2014, and then again in March, I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition Pacífico: España y la aventura de la Mar del Sur ( Pacific : Spain...
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Invitation to Launch of New Luciad, 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/06/17/invitation-to-launch-of-new-luciad-2015/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on June 17, 2015 You are all warmly invited to the launch of the 2015 edition of The New Luciad , the University of Leicester’s Creative Writing magazine. The event will take place in the Library Bookshop at 5.
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New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary
New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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Literature
https://le.ac.uk/own-write/resources/literature
The literature on pauper letters and the lives of the poor has grown considerably over the last two decades. Explore literature associated with the project.
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Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters
Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre
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Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration
Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.
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Reaching for the stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/reaching-for-the-stars
A PhD student at our University has been recognised internationally for her research into life on Mars. Berivan Esen is amongst the 30 women around the world who have been awarded the prestigious Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship for 2018-19.
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Lost for words Poetry aplenty at the Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/lost-for-words-poetry-a-plenty-at-the-attenborough-arts-centre
Our Attenborough Arts Centre will be hosting a showcase of spoken word performance poets working with Out-Spoken Press, an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing.