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• The many languages of Sue Townsend

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/08/22/the-many-languages-of-sue-townsend/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 22, 2014 The Special Collections team has been joined for the last couple of weeks by Claire Preval , an undergraduate intern from the Department of the History of Art and Film.

• Library Internship

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/02/20/internship/

  Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on February 20, 2014 From the majority of people I’ve spoken to it seems that few expected to work in academic libraries after leaving university.  And the same goes for me.

• BBC Radio Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/12/15/bbc-radio-leicester/

  A page describing the BBC Radio Leicester collections that were preserved by the UOSH Midlands team.

• Penny Bloods on display in the Library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/05/09/penny-bloods-on-display-in-the-library/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 9, 2014 Penny Bloods, popular from the 1840s to the 1860s, were so named because of their preoccupation with the gory and sensational.

• Our current exhibition ‘Joe Orton in 1964’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/06/03/our-current-exhibition-joe-orton-in-1964/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 3, 2014 When Joe Orton’s play Entertaining Mr Sloane was performed in the West End in 1964, it provoked both virulent criticism and glowing praise – he enjoyed both in equal measure.    The critic W.

• Lifting: An Easter Custom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/03/21/lifting-and-heaving-an-easter-custom/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on March 21, 2016 Lifting – an Easter Custom from William Hone, The Every-Day Book (London, 1826), vol. 1, p.

• Sites for Pride Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/28/sites-for-pride-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 28, 2021 Europeana LGBT Plus  now has  a page of great historic LGBT resources  from Europe’s national and libraries and museums.

• University of Leicester receives VIP visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit

  Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.

• The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.

• A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/a-new-history-of-bronze

  Research project page for A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence. Detailing the project hosts, methodology, the research team, and example publications.