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Literary Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/25/1926/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 25, 2019 The Secret Mystery of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ Working in the archives, I often roll my eyes at newspaper headlines which report on archive material being ‘newly discovered’, suddenly...
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Richard III team share memories of reinterment week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/richard-iii-reunion
Dr Turi King, of the University's Department of Genetics and Mathew Morris of University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), have joined with other key figures involved in the Reinterment of King Richard III for a BBC Radio Leicester special programme looking...
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Classical Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1554
Module code: AR1554 This module begins by looking at what is often called the ‘Dark Age’ or Archaic period, from 1000-479 BC, and continues into Classical Greece (approximately 479-300 BC) up to Alexander the Great.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/about/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards.
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Party like it’s 1929 Photographs – The University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/10/09/party1929-photographs/
Photographs from the 'Everybody's Reading' 1920s party
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Leicester team to feature on University Challenge Christmas series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/university-challenge
As well as providing the 1963-winning team, the University of Leicester has also seen other firsts: in 1974, Sandya Narayansami became the first Indian woman to compete on the show, her team beating St John’s College, Oxford.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/about/
Consuming Authenticities is the project blog of an AHRC-funded research project “Consuming Authenticities: Time, Place and the Past in the Construction of ‘Authentic’ Foods and Drinks” involving scholars from the Universities of Leicester, Exeter, Wales Trinity St David, and...
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Mr Loverman
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/06/mr-loverman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2024 Playlist of an 8-part series which has just recently been broadcast on BBC1.
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The best of both worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/the-best-of-both-worlds
Becky Lawton, PhD student in the University’s School of History, Politics and International Relations, has recently shared how working collaboratively with our University and the British Library has helped her to build new skills, and pursue the career she wants.
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #2: Answers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/03/25/quiz2answers/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on March 25, 2014 So… it’s not Friday. But here are the answers to Thomas Gribble’s second fiendish quiz nonetheless. Let us know how you do, and whether you’d like another this Friday.