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  • Oral history projects in Derbyshire

    Browse projects and oral history materials from Derbyshire, including the £25,000 grant offered to children aged between 13 and 17 to discover more about the grounds of Chatsworth.

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

  • 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.

  • People

    Our activities in the Centre for Hate Studies are coordinated by Professor Neil Chakraborti, Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Dr Chris Allen and Dr Amy Clarke. They are highly experienced in researching, evaluating and training on hate and extremism-related issues.

  • 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

    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.

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