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• 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.

• Temporary Trade Barriers Database (World Bank) updated

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/temporary-trade-barriers-database-world-bank-updated/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This database  collects information on the use of temporary trade barriers by 30 countries from the 1980s- 2024. Includes information and downloadable files on anti-dumping measures.

• Chilean political songs

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/chilean-political-songs/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 For political songs try this recently released Spanish archive.

• smitschke

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/sam91/

  Looting the Archives: Joe Orton Posted by smitschke in School of English Blog on May 13, 2016 Dr. Samantha Mitschke has been working in the School of Arts as an AHRC Cultural Engagement Fellow since February.

• Amplifying women’s voices: A Gender Balance Guide For Media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/05/26/amplifying-womens-voices-a-gender-balance-guide-for-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2020 A useful guide from WAN-IFRA and Women in the news It aims to educate news rooms on gender stereotypes in the media and how to avoid them.

• #WomanInHistory

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/womaninhistory/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 Launched by author Kate Mosse as a   a global campaign to nominate important women from any period of history who have made a major contribution but may now be less well known.

• Mali magic  

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/03/mali-magic/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2022 From the Google arts and culture website. This site was produced in association with UNESCO.

• World Press Freedom Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/world-press-freedom-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 The   World Press Freedom Index from RSF assesses the state of press freedom 180 nations worldwide, providing rankings and allowing comparisons over time.

• Coronations through history

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/coronations-through-history/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 The National Archives has a mini coronations website which includes images of seals, phots and discussions of government documents.

• Medieval and Renaissance Women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/medieval-and-renaissance-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 Medieval and Renaissance Women: charters and rolls   The British Library blog has a full list of digitised charters and rolls from their medieval collections.