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‘Permissible Beauty’ – New immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will explore changing notions of beauty through history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/permissible-beauty
Why are some forms of beauty more permissible, more highly valued, than others? A new immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will bring past and present together to explore this question and to celebrate a new chapter of British Beauty for the 21st century.
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Space Park Leicester to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beagle 2 Mars Lander: lost and found
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/beagle-2-lecture
Professor Mark Sims will give a lecture to mark the 20th anniversary of the landing of the Beagle 2 Mars Lander, held at Space Park Leicester on 8 December
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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New battlefields: the reality of space warfare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-new-battlefields-reality-space-warfare
Dr Bleddyn Bowen from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was interviewed by Forces Network for a special feature on the emerging threat of space warfare, Trump’s Space Force, and what Brexit means for the UK in space.
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World on verge of extreme weather ‘tipping point’ warn Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/extreme-weather
Surface Temperature Research Group at University of Leicester gives warning in light of reports of record temperatures in 2023.
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New exhibition inspired by iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton to open its doors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-exhibition-inspired-by-iconic-leicester-playwright-joe-orton-to-open-its-doors
A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton will open its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday 5 February.
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Grantham Rock!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/04/19/grantham-rock/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on April 19, 2023 The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) and The University of Leicester Special Collections have launched a new project, ‘Sounds for the Future’.
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Image gallery of the Attenboroughs at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/image-gallery
View the University of Leicester’s image gallery of Sir David Attenborough, Lord Richard Attenborough and Michael Attenborough OBE plus archive of Frederick Attenborough’s time at the University.
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Water in Jupiter, University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/12/when-it-rains/
Juno's search for the distribution of water on Jupiter.
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American Film and Visual Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha2224
Module code: HA2224 This second year module focuses on American film but also examines American photography, television and video games, and the industries and the changing cultural contexts within which these have been produced and received.