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  • What is saffron

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

    Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.

  • New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-insights-into-2018glue2019-for-dna

    New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA 1400|Leicester scientist involved in discovery of how a component of the cohesin ring binds DNA.

  • Civil rights expert to deliver annual American Studies lecture

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-american-studies-lecture

    An expert on the history of the Black Power movement will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 October.

  • ‘Average income back to pre-recession levels’

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/average-income-back-to-pre-recession-levels/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015   According to the latest research from IFS.

  • First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free 

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age

    A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.

  • BLOG: what’s the wider story behind Leicester’s migration history?

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/migration

    Fifty years ago Leicester welcomed up to 28,000 South Asian UK passport holders from Uganda.

  • David Cousins

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/david-cousins

    A tribute to David Cousins, pioneering songwriter and radio innovator. Explore his legacy and lifelong connection to the University of Leicester.

  • Frank, the Double Duchesse

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/08/frank-the-double-duchesse/

    Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 8, 2016 Amongst the contents of the Fairclough Collection of engraved portraits, relating to political and social history in 17 th century Britain, we have recently discovered this delicately executed...

  • 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)

  • Acarajé diaries. Day 6 – University of Leicester

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/30/acaraje-diaries-day-6/

    Project co-investigator Ana Martins describes here research on Acarajé, and ongoing fieldwork in Salvador.

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