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• University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween

  The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.

• Irish Ambassador speaks at launch of book co-edited by Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/irish-ambassador-speaks-at-launch-of-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academic-1

  The Ambassador of Ireland in the United Kingdom, His Excellency Ambassador Dan Mulhall (pictured on the left), spoke at the launch of a new book co-edited by University of Leicester lecturer Dr Stephen Hopkins.

• Archaeology uncovers hidden layers of Chesterfield’s past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/archaeology-uncovers-hidden-chesterfields-past

  An archaeological excavation in Chesterfield town centre has revealed well preserved remains that shed new light on how people lived in the town over hundreds of years.

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• Prisoners, Punishment and Torture

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/prisoners-punishment-and-torture

  This project brought leading edge thinking in the field of interpretive design to offer visitors emotionally engaging experiences of the highest quality.

• Universal Children’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/universal-childrens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 Universal Children’s day  20 th November was also universal children’s day.

• Our book ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ is out

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/10/26/our-book-authentic-recipes-from-around-the-world-is-out/

  Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on October 26, 2015 Our much-anticipated book, entitled ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ (HAT Events, 2015), written by the investigators of the project (Emma-Jayne Abbots, Anna Charalambidou, Elaine Forde, Ana...

• International Energy Agency (IEA) databases

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/24/international-energy-agency-iea-databases/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2019 The UK Data Service provides access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases to UK Further and Higher Education institutions.

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  Testaments to the Holocaust Collection of 1,000+ primary source documents from the Wiener Library, London created between 1889 and 1965.

• The human legacy of American troops in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester

  The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who married Americans and left the city at the end of the war.