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Looting the Archives: Joe Orton
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/05/13/looting-the-archives-joe-orton/
A blog post by Dr Samantha Mitschke about the scrapbook of press reviews kept by Joe Orton about his play 'Loot'.
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Members of University of Leicester community recognised in New Year’s Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/new-year-honours
A University of Leicester student who struck gold at the 2024 Olympics, an internationally recognised surgeon and an expert in atmospheric science are among the outstanding individuals announced in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.
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New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book
Roman curse tablets Intriguing evidence relates to two lead curse tablets, from the town house at Vine Street, which have transformed our understanding of who lived in the Roman town and their links to the wider Empire.
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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.
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On threats to freedom of expression in Hungary: blog post by cartoonist Gabor Papai
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/14/on-threats-to-freedom-of-expression-in-hungary-blog-post-by-cartoonist-gabor-papai/
A blog post written by cartoonsit Gabor Papai on freedom of expression in Hungary and during the Covid-19 pandemic
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People
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails/people
Professor Clare Anderson (Principal Investigator, HyPIR) Clare Anderson has a research background in the history of incarceration and penal transportation in the British Empire, including in South Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean region.
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Alec Jeffreys Forensic Genomics Unit
https://le.ac.uk/forensic-science/alec-jeffreys-forensic-genomics-unit
Find out more about the Alec Jeffreys Genomics Unit at the University of Leicester.
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John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.
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Humanising Space
https://le.ac.uk/humanising-space
The Humanising Space Research Group explores how new perspectives to our shared Global Space Age might impact approaches to the production and governance of Space technologies now.