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• The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code

  Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season. But now Leicester literary experts are part of an international team looking to uncover the secrets of the author’s coded manuscripts.

• Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/salt-in-my-soul

  Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory was a gifted storyteller who created poetry out of prosaic experiences.

• Royal visit to the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/22-royal-visit

  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge |The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the University on Wednesday 28 November.

• Scholarships and discounts

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts

  We are committed to attracting the brightest and best postgraduate students to Leicester regardless of background. Find out about our scholarships and discounts.

• Professor Gerry McCann appointed British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/gerry-mccann-cardiology-bhf

  The University of Leicester is proud to announce that Professor Gerry McCann has been awarded the distinguished title of British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiology,

• British premiere of Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/18/british-premiere-of-abdellah-taias-salvation-army/

  Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 18, 2014 Back in September, I attended the first British screening of Salvation Army  (2013), the début film of Moroccan author (and now filmmaker) Abdellah Taïa, screened exclusively...

• News and events

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/news-and-events

  Read our latest news and see upcoming events from MedRACE .

• Writing yourself into the archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/06/05/writing-yourself-into-the-archives/

  Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2020 Seeing other institutions’ reactions to the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged the Archives & Special Collections team to think about what we can do to collect Leicester’s responses to it, both official and...

• Life on the home front

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war/life-on-the-home-front

  Learn more about life on the home front during the First World War from interviews with residents of Leicestershire during the time.

• Literary archives

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/literary-archives

  The University Library holds an extensive collection of library and archive collections of local literary figures.