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Retailer loans rare art to University gallery

Published
21 January 2022
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Working with business
University
Arts & Culture

Five major artworks have gone on display at the University thanks to a major loan by Marks & Spencer for the benefit of its home city.

Handwritten letters signed by Branwell Brontë held by hands in white gloves

University home for Brontë treasure trove

Published
16 December 2021
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Rare handwritten manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës have been entrusted to the University's Brotherton Library.

Professor Martin Iddon pictured smiling and holding an Ivor Novello Award

Leeds academic wins Ivor Novello Award  

Published
9 December 2021
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Arts & Culture

Professor Martin Iddon, Head of the School of Music at the University of Leeds, has won the Ivors Composers Award for Solo Composition. 

A black-and-white photo of Lawrence and William Henry Bragg

100 years on, the scientists still shaping science

Published
26 October 2021
Categories
Science
Arts & Culture

An exhibition about a father and son team who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century opens today at the University.

Professor William Henry Bragg with an X-ray spectrometer

A physicist who revolutionised modern science

Published
13 October 2021
Categories
Arts & Culture
Working with our region
Science

Light Night Leeds 2021 marks the start of a season of events to honour the work and achievements of physicist Sir William Henry Bragg.

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Supporting a stellar Ilkley Literature Festival line-up

Published
30 September 2021
Categories
University
Arts & Culture

University colleagues are taking part in a number of exciting events as part of this year's Ilkley Literature Festival’s programme, which runs from tomorrow until Sunday 17 October.