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Cider-making in Wales: It’s a family affair.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/29/cider-making-in-wales-its-a-family-affair/
Posted by in Consuming Authenticities on July 29, 2015 During the course of research into Welsh craft cider I have spoken with many cider-makers at all scales of the craft cider industry in Wales.
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.
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Study proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff’s work engagement and wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-reducing-sitting-time-boosts-office-staffs-wellbeing
Teams from the University of Leicester and Loughborough University investigated simple solutions to reducing sitting time in the office.
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Women’s history month: 2 padlets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/womens-history-month-padlets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 2 padlets for Women’s History Month, being added throughout March. A map of world women inspired by the women featured in Warrior Queens by Kate Mosse Women and sport .
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Britain’s relationship with the EU on film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/britains-relationship-with-the-eu-on-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 British Pathe films on Britain’s relationship with the EU including negotiations to join the Common Market.
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Report on the World Social Situation digitised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/report-on-the-world-social-situation-digitised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has recently digitised back runs of the Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) published between 1952 to 1993.
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Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...
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Bloomberg: China’s Trade Anomalies and Economic Growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/07/bloomberg-chinas-trade-anomalies-and-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 7, 2013 China’s customs administration is investigating allegations of falsified trade data.
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The U.S. Media Index database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-u-s-media-index-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 F ind out who owns what . Compiled by the Future of Media Project the index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets.
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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...