Leics Urban Obs.(but moving to Blue Sky)

Anyone still on here please head over to bsky.app/profile/leices… We are reviewing how best to relaunch the account in the coming weeks On Behalf of LUO

Great interview with ⁦@Leicester_News⁩ Justin Webber 1 hour 44 mins in this ⁦@LGeorgians⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

The Centres of Urban History and Regional and Local History present a joint seminar series (dream team!): 🗓️fortnightly, alternating Thurs 2pm and Fri 3pm 🏠ATT 101 or via Teams 📨 Angela Muir (am1074@le.ac.uk) or Roey Sweet (rhs4@leicester.ac.uk) @CUHLeicester @CRLHLeicester

Expressionism in the Leicester Collection To coincide with @Tate's current exhibition Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider, join David Antill for an afternoon talk and explore the remarkable German Expressionist collection. Fri 9 Aug 2pm leicestermuseums.org/Expressionism-…

Worth a look this Saturday 3 Aug at Botanic Gardens @LSALeicester @LeicesterBG

Hear about Co-design between creative practitioners, heritage professionals, archival specialists, policymakers, & planners in Leicester. Thurs 18 July 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Book: tinyurl.com/4y39unsw @LeicsObs @lcbdepot @lboroimpact @LboroDesign @LboroCA @LboroIAS @NelsonMandela

Join us to celebrate @MandelaDay on 18 July 2024 by participating in 3 events in Leicester. Book here: urban-graphic-object.lboro.ac.uk/event/urbanism… @lborouniversity @LeicsObs @lcbdepot @CityMayorLeic @lboroimpact @LboroDesign @LboroCA @NelsonMandela Hear about the namedafternelson.lboro.ac.uk project

The link posted yesterday for our annual awards dinner isn’t working - please try this link below leicestercivicsociety.org.uk/event/the-leic… Our awards dinner is on Thursday 26th September at the wonderful @WinstanleyHouse 7-11pm - thickets available on the link above

I'm delighted that our @LboroIAS Residential Fellow, Zandile Myeka, has been invited to speak at this event ⬇️⬇️⬇️. She will share her input to namedafternelson.lboro.ac.uk project. @SerendipityInfo @lborouniversity @LboroDesign @lboroimpact @LboroCA @NelsonMandela @yolandi_burger

@RGHarland @MandelaDay @lborouniversity @lcbdepot @CityMayorLeic @lboroimpact @LboroDesign @LboroCA @NelsonMandela This looks like a very interesting programme!

LCB Depot has been Leicester’s hub for creativity for 20 years, and we think that’s worth celebrating! Expect news on talks, events and plans coming over the next few weeks and months. Eyes peeled people, it’s gonna be a fun one 🤩

Yesterday's seminar by IAS Residential Fellow, Dr Alison Barnes (collaborating with Lboro's @RGHarland ) - "Graphic heritage: Politics, power & placemaking" is now live on our YouTube channel - youtu.be/rB9nvPAcRXg?si…

Roman Leicester Cycle Tour - FREE guided ride at letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-lei… with @Jimb42 @HiddenHistorie3 - All roads lead to Ratae Corieltauvorum, as they say (Usually in a Frankie Howerd style) ! @BBCLeicester @leicestermuseum @janet_rideleics @civicsociety @LeicsObs @HardHatAlex

#LeicesterMuseum 175th Birthday Party! Celebrating our special birthday with a range of free activities including animatronic dinosaur, face painting, pass the parcel and more! Sunday 16 June 11am - 3pm #leicester leicestermuseums.org/175thBirthdayP…

Just when you thought you’d kept your spot as the 7th best university in the UK, the @compuniguide re-issue your ranking…👀 Loughborough has jumped up to 6th in the UK out of 130 institutions! 🤩💜

Now #Leicester's market place has been cleared, have your views about the future of the site changed? Should plans for new stalls & units on the site go ahead? Or should it be kept as an open space, with a new home for the market nearby? More here: ow.ly/Abjh50RXXcv

Our friends @UrbanHistoryCUP are looking for a new Editor for modern global urban history submissions!

Just Turn Up ! Today & Tomorrow ! St Matthew’s … @StMatthewsBL @visit_leicester @CHYMLeics @Leicester_News @coolasleicester @BBCLeicester @LeicsCountyBike @TimMorton2 @CyclingUK_EMids @SustransEMids @BreezeLeicester @LiveWellLeics @LeicesterCCG @LeicesterWFA @BelgraveCommNHW

Plans are well underway for this weekend's #LeicesterRiverside Festival. Check out our festival map to see what's got planned, including an extended festival area and land train to take you around the festival! Follow us @leicesterfest for the latest info. visitleicester.info

Heritage Sundays are back! This Sunday (and the last Sunday of every month, May - Oct, excluding Sept) you can explore the Magazine Gateway, Castle Great Hall & St Mary De Castro Church with Blue Badge guided tours of these fascinating historical sites. tinyurl.com/mze63czd