General News Collaborative project highlights women’s differing experiences of lockdown A [Socially Isolated] Room of One’s Own: Women Writing Lockdown is a multi-disciplinary project which aims to capture the thoughts and feelings of women who endured the UK’s first phase of lockdown, when people’s lives were transformed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sixth Form and FE students over 16 invited to write a new Edna Welthorpe letter in the spirit of Joe Orton Joe Orton penned spoof letters of complaint that satirised social and sexual conservatism. He wrote letters mocking snobbery and homophobia under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Edna Welthorpe’, and sent them to a variety of institutions including Smedley’s Jam, Littlewoods catalogue and the Ritz Hotel. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Victims of Hate Crime being failed Current responses to Hate Crime in the UK are failing and letting down victims, says new report entitled Identifying and Dismantling Barriers to Justice. New research by University of Leicester experts highlights the barriers that victims face in accessing justice and identifies ways of overcoming t By Besi • 2 min read
General News Academics argue sexualised drinks adverts undermine anti-rape campaigns University of Leicester academics argue sexualised drinks advertising undermines anti-rape campaigns. Academics examined the effectiveness of a rape prevention campaign in bars and nightclubs in Liverpool. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Major hate crime study to shape new and improved support services for victims A major new study to investigate hate crime in the West Midlands and to shape the development of improved support services for victims is being led by the University of Leicester. The project’s aims are closely aligned with the priorities set out within the Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan which By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Joe Orton’s plays retyped onto single sheet of paper to commemorate 50th anniversary of his death To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, performance artist Tim Youd will retype his Collected Plays on a single sheet of paper starting January 20 and finishing, February 5, 2017. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Politicians and media fuel Hate Crime in Britian say academic experts Experts in the study of Hate Crime at the University of Leicester describe the recent rise in post-Brexit hate as being “fuelled and legitimised by politicians and by the media.” By Gary Hart • 3 min read
General News Do the eyes have it for ME? Around three-quarters of people with ME report problems with their eyes and vision – but you wouldn’t know it from the mainstream scientific literature. There is very little formal published evidence that these symptoms exist, despite the fact they greatly affect quality of life and can be easily me By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Friend or Foe: Hate-fuelled crimes are committed by friends, colleagues and carers of victims A ‘devastating’ number of hate crimes are committed by people closer to home than many would like to believe, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leicester. Harrowing examples of these crimes include disabled individuals being tipped from wheelchairs, human excrement being p By Besi • 3 min read
