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Talk explores the point where mathematics meets literature
The links between literary fiction and mathematics are explored in a lecture being hosted by the University of Leicester tomorrow.
School of Rock: English Professor's band reforms, wins praise for single
The Mango Groovy revival starts here!
Poetry, politics and power chords: it's Widdebintasabian Day in Leicester!
Please note that both the lecture and the gig are completely sold out.
Feel the Breeze: award-winning poet in performance and conversation
Honorary Creative Writing Fellow visits the University on Wednesday.
Oliphant, Eliot and Shattock: three great writers celebrated in one recursive literary event
On 26 November our Victorian Studies Centre applauds Professor Joanne Shattock, who is celebrating the work of Margaret Oliphant, who wrote about George Eliot, who wrote…
University Lecturer uncovers Leicestershire's hidden literary talent
Dr Corinne Fowler’s Grassroots project has revealed the wonderful diversity of local writers.
Booker Prize Winner Ben Okri to Speak at the University of Leicester
The acclaimed Nigerian writer, novelist and poet is to deliver the first Annual Creative Writing Lecture on 19 October.
Science meets science fiction at Everybody's Reading event this Friday
Peter F Hamilton and Professor George Fraser to discuss the nature of science and sci-fi.
Salinger, Slang and Gruffaloes: Literary Leicester line-up announced
Something for everyone in November at free events celebrating the written word.
Leicester graduates in the news: Halla Diyab
One of the Middle East’s most well-known faces studied at the University of Leicester, not that you would have known about it.
Congratulations to Professor Gordon Campbell
The Professor of Renaissance Studies has joined a select group of Leicester colleagues as a Fellow of the British Academy.
Protection through publicity: AIDS posters from around the world
Academic selects posters for exhibition in Leicester museum.
Leicester Exchanges continue: arts funding, the Euro and more
Join in the latest discussions on the Leicester Exchanges website.
Cycling against one of the UK's biggest killers
Josh Barnett and Elliot Armitage share a course and a passion for cycling.
Festival of Postgraduate Research - Preview no.2
Postgraduate posters from the Colleges of Social Science and Arts, Humanities and Law.
World premiere of The Marital Bed - next production from Drama Soc
LU Theatre present their latest production on 19 and 20 June.
Leicester student success at Model UN conference
Two Leicester University students receive accolades for their performance.
Poetry by the Pacific: Leicester English students broadcast to Santa Cruz
Listeners in California who tune their dials to KUSP 88.9FM Central Coast Public Radio may find themselves hearing an English accent. That’s because Leicester postgraduates have been contributing to the station’s Poetry Show.
Leicester academic discusses 17th century 'melancholy' book on Radio 4
Sorrow, need, sickness, trouble, fear, grief, passion, or perturbation of the mind. Now here's Peter with the weather...
Bosworth sword-fighting video online
Watch the Second Battle of Bosworth Field on YouTube.
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