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  • Partners

    Find out more about the partners for the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project. Including: Curve theatre, Leicester; the National Justice Museum in Nottingham; and the Arts Council, England.

  • 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.

  • Food Stories – the afterlife of a research project

    Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on November 24, 2017 It’s obviously been quite a while since this blog was updated, but that doesn’t mean we have forgotten about Consuming Authenticities! In fact, plenty of exciting developments have been quietly happening...

  • 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.

  • Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

    Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester Cathedral, have been ranked twelfth place in the Smithsonian's 'The 21st Century Life List: 25 Great New Places to See'.

  • 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.

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

    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.

  • University of Leicester Staff Blog School of English Literary Leicester: Unveiling Joe Orton’s Enter

    Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on October 30, 2014 Literary Leicester 14 November, 2014 1.

  • 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.

  • The Carceral Archipelago conference – an early career perspective

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 28, 2015 By Jennie Jeppesen.

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