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  • University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton

    Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.

  • Academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/academic-co-curates-special-exhibition-on-joe-orton

    The National Justice Museum has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to celebrate the work of Leicester playwright, Joe Orton.

  • An out-of-this-world experience

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/an-out-of-this-world-experience

    Leicester's British Science week celebrations launched on Friday, and are now in full swing. The week started with a special event in the Cathedral where a giant, inflatable, detailed replica of the Moon was set up.

  • Permissible Beauty

    https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/permissible-beauty

    Permissible Beauty examines how beauty has been defined, hailed and perceived in the past and how this is reflected in – and shaped by – our nation’s heritage.

  • First evidence for Julius Caesars invasion of Britain discovered by Leicester team

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/first-evidence-for-julius-caesars-invasion-of-britain-discovered-by-leicester-team

    The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by a team from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History. The findings will be explored as part of the BBC Four’s Digging For Britain on Wednesday 29 November at 9:00PM.

  • About the School of Arts, Media, and Communication

    https://le.ac.uk/arts/about

    Find out more about the School of Arts, Media, and Communication at the University of Leicester. Formed in 2024, we are home to a range of research centres, as well as Languages at Leicester.

  • The Convict Hulks of Bermuda

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/26/the-convict-hulks-of-bermuda/

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 26, 2014 I have long been interested in Bermuda. Like the island that I studied for my PhD thesis, Mauritius, it has no indigenous population.

  • Melissa: Novel by Jonathan Taylor Now Published

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/10/13/melissa-novel-by-jonathan-taylor-now-published/

    Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on October 13, 2015 Very happy to announce that my second novel, Melissa , has now been published by Salt Publishing. The novel is inspired by true events.

  • Novel shortlisted for award

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/03/16/novel-shortlisted-for-award/

    Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on March 16, 2016 I’m very happy to announce that my novel, Melissa , which was published by Salt Publishing  at the end of 2015, has just been shortlisted for the  East Midlands Book Award  2016.

  • University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/26/bbc-arts-editor-will-gompertz-visits-the-joe-orton-archive/

    Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on June 26, 2014 The BBC’s chief Arts Editor Will Gompertz visited the University on 25 June to make a radio feature on the Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

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