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1979 elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/1979-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Rewind to the 1979 elections #79 rewind from the Open University is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.
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BBC Rewind: Northern Ireland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/bbc-rewind-northern-ireland/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 A website from the BBC Rewind provides free access to BBC archive news programmes reflecting life and events in Northern Ireland from 1952 to December 1979.
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Early UK business women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/early-uk-business-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Women Who Meant Business : Stories of early businesswomen who broke the mould. A website maintained by independent researcher Lizzie Broadbent.
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Our marathon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/our-marathon/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 Northeastern University Launches Digital Archive of Boston Marathon Bombings Entitled Our Bombing it has crowd sourced journalist materials.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/humanising-space/people
Academic Leads Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations Dr Rossana Deplano, Associate Professor, Leicester Law School Members by School Here is a list of other academic staff at the...
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Kickass women of History podcast
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/kickass-women-of-history-podcast/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past.
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Visualising Information for Advocacy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/visualising-information-for-advocacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 https://visualisingadvocacy.
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Bloomberg: US film revenues
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/14/bloomberg-us-film-revenues/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 14, 2013 Superhero blockbusters such as “Man of Steel” boosted movie sales in the second quarter after U.S. cinema takings declined during the past two years.
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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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The Works of John Gould
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/06/01/the-works-of-john-gould/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on June 1, 2022 Guest post by Ian Swirles, Special Collections Assistant. My name is Ian and I am the Special Collections Assistant at the University of Leicester Library.