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Joe Orton’s ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/05/06/joe-ortons-entertaining-mr-sloane/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 6, 2014 Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane was first performed at the New Arts Theatre Club 50 years ago today.
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Humanitarian Encyclopedia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/humanitarian-encyclopedia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 C reated by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, the Encyclopedia currently includes 129 commonly-used humanitarian concepts.
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Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/21/freedmans-bureau-search-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2022 Created by Smithsonian and The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.
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Leicester postgraduate students bring the story of WW1 African soldiers to light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-postgraduate-students-bring-the-story-of-ww1-african-soldiers-to-light
Two postgraduate students from our University have been heavily involved with a community research and exhibition project that explores the legacy of African soldiers in the First World War.
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Joe Ortons celebrated play Loot to be explored 50 years after premiere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/joe-orton2019s-celebrated-play-loot-to-be-explored-50-years-after-premiere
A two-day celebration of Joe Orton's Loot organised by a University of Leicester academic marks 50 years since the London premiere of his ‘comedy of horrors’.
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Accelerate Your Career placement 2019: guest post
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/19/accelerate-your-career-placement-2019-guest-post/
archives, work experience
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Sounds for the Future
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/07/05/sounds-for-the-future/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on July 5, 2022 In July 2022, the Sounds for the Future project has been up and running for two months and this blog looks at the reasons for running the project, what we have done so far and the issues this has raised.
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“We must celebrate”: England’s World Cup win 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/29/we-must-celebrate-englands-world-cup-win-50-years-on/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on July 29, 2016 On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.
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Scrapbook exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/03/scrapbook-exhibition/
Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on October 3, 2016 The latest exhibition in the Special Collections programme is on the theme of scrapbooks.