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• John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.

• Women and their books

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/06/women-and-their-books/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on March 6, 2024 To mark World Book Day (7 th March) and International Women’s Day (8 th March), Archives and Special Collections is showcasing books from our holdings written by women, as well as highlighting some...

• Social movements and the next phase of healthcare improvement: The View from 2004

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/03/23/social-movements-and-the-next-phase-of-healthcare-improvement-the-view-from-2004/

  Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on March 23, 2019 What do NHS leaders do when they want to start a grass roots movement? Well, according to Bate, Robert and Bevan, they get 15 policy makers together and hold a colloquium.

• Tequila: Pulque’s Friend, Cousin, Usurper?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/01/tequila-pulques-friend-cousin-usurper/

  Deborah Toner discusses the relationship and rivalry between pulque and tequila in Mexican history, and summarises a recently published book by Marie Sarita Gaytan, Tequila: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2014)

• How do we put the ‘Public Health’ into Violence Reduction?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/09/28/how-do-we-put-the-public-health-into-violence-reduction/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on September 28, 2023 Matt Hopkins – Associate Professor and Violence Hub Lead, Centre for Hate Studies Public health approaches to violence reduction are very much in vogue.

• Graham Martin

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/gpm7/

  Graham originally trained in geography and after he finished his Master’s, started his first academic job as a research assistant in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Leicester, one of the departments that evolved into the current Department of Health Sciences.

• With Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘smart’ clothing range, data collection has reached dystopian levels

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/07/31/with-tommy-hilfigers-smart-clothing-range-data-collection-has-reached-dystopian-levels/

  Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on July 31, 2018 In an article for The Independent, Dr Phoebe Moore discusses how ambassadors will be rewarded for walking past Tommy Jeans stores and how we are becoming a resource for surveillance and profit making   The...

• Increasing the Retirement Age won’t solve the Pensions Crisis

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/05/increasing-the-pension-age-wont-solve-the-pensions-crisis/

  Posted by in School of Business Blog on December 5, 2013 Jo Grady, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations at the School, responds to George Osbourne’s Autumn Statement, particularly on its proposal to increase the retirement age to 70. Speaking on LBC 97.

• Did you hear the one about the Anarchist Manager?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/09/24/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-anarchist-manager/

  Posted by Thomas Swann in School of Business Blog on September 24, 2014 Thomas Swann and Konstantin Stoborod, Graduate Teaching Assistants at the School, reflect on their 2 year effort to bring Anarchist Practices and Management Studies together The 3 rd Anarchist Studies...

• LGBT Rights Activism at the United Nations and the Geopolitics of Sexuality

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/lgbt-rights-activism-at-the-united-nations-and-the-geopolitics-of-sexuality/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Calogero Giametta Lecturer in Criminology LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) rights are divisive and prone to instrumentalisation, nationally and globally.