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The destruction of Old St Paul’s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/01/the-destruction-of-old-st-pauls/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 1, 2016 350 years ago this month, during the early hours of Sunday 2 September 1666, the Great Fire of London, which had broken out in the Pudding Lane bakery of Thomas Farynor, began to spread with...
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Leicester space pioneers return to unveil new Space Research Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/space-research-centre
As well as serving as the first director of Leicester’s ground-breaking Space Research Centre, Professor Wells was, alongside Professor Pounds, also a key driver of the project which would become the National Space Centre which neighbours Space Park Leicester.
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Lad’s mags
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/lads-mags/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 The Cooperative Supermarket s have called for a number of men’s magazines to tone down or remove images of women from their covers.
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Scientists deliver world-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/svom-satellite-lobster-mirror
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang.
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Career-boosting sessions for University of Leicester students mark International Women’s Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/university-leicester-international-womens-day-events
University of Leicester students with an eye on their future careers will be able to take part in three International Women’s Day initiatives with an employability slant.
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University celebrates a beauti-fall AutumnFest at the Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/autumn
More than 1,800 people came together at the Botanic Garden on Saturday (30 September) to celebrate the University’s inaugural AutumnFest
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Say my name right
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/say-my-name-right/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Say my Name Right is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University.
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Local meeting of the minds leads to creative triumph
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/local-meeting-of-the-minds-leads-to-creative-triumph
Following the successful Journeys in Translation event hosted by the University's Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) last year, a group of translating students at our University have worked closely with local poet Pam Thompson to provide their...
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Author’s insight into library of ancient wisdom to be explored at Literary Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/selena-wisnom-literary-leicester-book-talk
An expert in Middle Eastern heritage will be giving a free talk about a once-lost library of ancient wisdom, as part of the Literary Leicester festival.
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AstroSeminar: Disc eccentricity driving type I and type II outbursts in Be/X-ray binaries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/astroseminar-disc-eccentricity-driving-type-i-and-type-ii-outbursts-in-be-x-ray-binaries/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 This week (28th Oct) the virtual Wednesday talk will be delivered by Dr.