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Victorian Leicester

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A series on Victorian literature and culture, welcoming enthusiasts of all levels.

Joined February 2019
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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod1 Aug 2023
Our Road Trip Diary to George Eliot country is out now! Join us for a tour of Griff House, the Eliot exhibition at Nuneaton Museum, Astley Book Farm, and the Arbury Estate 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=CdTzGiS_… 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3mT…
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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod20 Jul 2023
For our first Roadtrip Diaries episode, we're doing a trip around George Eliot country! 🚗📖
Entrance to Griff House, George Eliot's house from 1820-41

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Outbuildings at George Eliot's house - saved from demolition to become a visitor's centre in the future

ALT Outbuildings at George Eliot's house - saved from demolition to become a visitor's centre in the future

Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod10 Apr 2023
Happy Easter, everyone! 🐣 🐇 🥚 If you're looking for a fun Easter Monday activity, look no further! We made a nut free and gluten free simnel cake tutorial you can watch here! 🎂⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=w8q-IcGr…

Let’s Bake! A Simnel Cake for Easter (nut free and gluten free)

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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod19 Mar 2023
Happy #MothersDay! In Part Two of our Mother's Day podcast, we did a deep dive into the Nineteenth Century magazines and motherhood! We made a list of Top Tips and Curious Clips and there are some interesting take aways 👀 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/2SL… youtube.com/watch?v=ADRe4IOt…
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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod18 Mar 2023
👩‍👧‍👦 March: Part One of our Mother's Day podcast is out now! Topics include: tea rituals, the history of Mothering Sunday, and our favourite Victorian mothers in fiction. Find us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Amazon Music 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/5rL… youtube.com/watch?v=IqhiqPFT…

History of Mother's Day - All The Year Round

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Dr Emma Probett@Emma_Probett22 Feb 2023
Can you believe that in the very 1st episode of @AllYearRoundPod we hit my main goal and encouraged listeners to read Sylvia's Lovers! Join us in mid-March for a deep dive into Victorian Motherhood 🐣 Find us on Spotify and other streaming platforms at All the Year Round
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only the latest, trendiest fiction for me 😍 #bookmail 📬📦📚
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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod14 Feb 2023
Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ You might be wondering about some Romantic Dos & Don'ts! In this episode we go through the importance of A Room of One's Own in a relationship, Anne Brontë's Guide to Marriage, and double checking that you're not related to the person you're pursuing 💍
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💘February: What do women want? Marriage was often seen as a C19th woman's career, but that's not the whole story! Asides include @Emma_Probett dressing as Miss Havisham for a bake sale & spooky stories recounted by @hayleyhflynn 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/0IK… youtube.com/watch?v=tfedJuGc…
What Women Want: Happy Galentines Day! - All The Year Round

What Women Want: Happy Galentines Day! - All The Year Round

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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod12 Feb 2023
We're excited announce All the Year Round, a seasonal podcast with monthly episodes on C19th British literature and culture. You can find us on YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧open.spotify.com/show/01l0rm… ▶️youtube.com/watch?v=TGHgHits…

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Podcast · Emma Probett, Dr Hayley Flynn · An exploration of the nineteenth century through the seasons with Hayley and Emma

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All the Year Round@AllYearRoundPod2 Feb 2023
First filming and recording day! 🎥🎤
Dr Emma Probett (@Emma_Probett) profile pictureDr Emma Probett@Emma_Probett27 Jan 2023
Doing sound checks with @hayleyhflynn for ~*exciting new projects*~ and I have been confronted with the canyon-sized gap between what I sound like in my head and what I sound like to everybody else
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UoL Press Office@UoLPressOffice4 Jan 2023
#ICYMI, here is @Emma_Probett of @LeicesterPod and @VictorianCentre discussing some of the must-have gifts for the Victorians with @BBCLeicester (from 1h 14m). Some things to consider next time for that someone who is always difficult to buy for: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dktn…
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Dr Emma Probett@Emma_Probett29 Dec 2022
The nightmare fuel that @hayleyhflynn and I avoided inflicting on @LeicesterPod by focusing on the Victorian Christmases of the 1860s! 🎄😱
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“Creeping Baby Doll”, was first patented by Robert J. Clay on March 14, 1871. In the application, he describes his creepy baby as “a very amusing toy... produced at small cost.” National Museum of American History.
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Dr Emma Probett@Emma_Probett23 Dec 2022
If you didn't have the chance to come to the talk on Christmas Magazines last Wednesday, you can tune into @BBCLeicester at 11:15pm this morning to hear the highlights on What To Get For Christmas? The Victorian Edition! 🎩
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It's Christmas at Victorianism @ Leicester! 🎄 This Wednesday at 5:15pm, @hayleyhflynn and @Emma_Probett are looking at festive periodicals! 📚 Come and interact with 1860s magazines, enjoy since festive snacks 🍷🫓 and get their very own genuine Victorian present! 🧑‍🎄
Periodicals on the left, with a Charles Dickens in a Christmas hat with a Victorian doll. On the right the title. A Very Victorian Christmas: Periodicals of the Festive Season. 14th December in Attenborough room 212

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Join us on Wednesday at 5:15pm in Attenborough 212 for a Very Victorian Christmas! Indulge in festive treats while @hayleyhflynn & @Emma_Probett discuss the wonderful world of Christmas periodicals 📚🎄 come and learn about games, Victorian gifts, and the ghost story tradition 👻
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It's Christmas at Victorianism @ Leicester! 🎄 This Wednesday at 5:15pm, @hayleyhflynn and @Emma_Probett are looking at festive periodicals! 📚 Come and interact with 1860s magazines, enjoy since festive snacks 🍷🫓 and get their very own genuine Victorian present! 🧑‍🎄
Periodicals on the left, with a Charles Dickens in a Christmas hat with a Victorian doll. On the right the title. A Very Victorian Christmas: Periodicals of the Festive Season. 14th December in Attenborough room 212

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Time to get your thinking caps on and put pen to paper! 🎩✍️ Tomorrow @Florenc43617448 and Hannah will be running a study session from 12-4pm in the David Wilson Library, Room 3.4. Drop by for as long as you like for some supportive research and writing time on your Thursday
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📢 UPDATED SCHEDULE! Here's what we're looking forward to for the rest of this semester: a Halloween special on Arctic Exploration 🎃 a screening of Jane Eyre (2011) in November 🎥 a @VictorianCentre writing session ✍️ and a look at Christmas periodicals with @hayleyhflynn 🎄
Victorianism @ Leicester, a seminar and social group 12th October, 5:15-6:15pm, Attenborough 211. Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames 19th October, 5:15-6:15pm, Attenborough 211 Victorian Studies Centre Meet and Greet 2nd November 5:15-6:15pm Attenborough 211 Franklin's Lost Expedition with Emma Probett Halloween Special Event 23rd November 5:15-7:15pm Jane Eyre (2011) Film Screening 1st December 12-5pm Library Research and Writing Session with Florence Heath and Hannah Burden 14th December 5:15-6:15pm Library Christmas Periodicals with Emma Probett and Hayley Flynn Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com

ALT Victorianism @ Leicester, a seminar and social group 12th October, 5:15-6:15pm, Attenborough 211. Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames 19th October, 5:15-6:15pm, Attenborough 211 Victorian Studies Centre Meet and Greet 2nd November 5:15-6:15pm Attenborough 211 Franklin's Lost Expedition with Emma Probett Halloween Special Event 23rd November 5:15-7:15pm Jane Eyre (2011) Film Screening 1st December 12-5pm Library Research and Writing Session with Florence Heath and Hannah Burden 14th December 5:15-6:15pm Library Christmas Periodicals with Emma Probett and Hayley Flynn Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com

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🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 Come and celebrate with us on Wednesday 2nd November at 5:15pm in Attenborough 211 for a Spooky Season Special on Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition to the Arctic 👻 (Halloween snacks will be provided! 🍬)
Edwin Landseer's painting Man Proposes, God Disposes (1864)

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📯 Coming up next week on 19th October at 5:15pm in Attenborough 211, @Florenc43617448 and Hannah Burden will be running a Meet and Greet for the @VictorianCentre. Come along to meet fellow students in the department, or find out about the Victorian Studies MA and PhD programmes!
Come and meet fellow students and staff with an interest in the Victorian period. If you have questions about the Victorian Studies MA, or any stage of the PhD this is also an opportunity to pick someone's brain! When: 19th October 5:15 Where: Attenborough block 211 (Refreshments provided!) Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Find out more about us on Twitter @UoLVictorianism Painting of the young Queen Victoria towards the bottom

ALT Come and meet fellow students and staff with an interest in the Victorian period. If you have questions about the Victorian Studies MA, or any stage of the PhD this is also an opportunity to pick someone's brain! When: 19th October 5:15 Where: Attenborough block 211 (Refreshments provided!) Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Find out more about us on Twitter @UoLVictorianism Painting of the young Queen Victoria towards the bottom

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Today is the day! In a couple of hours, Dr Aaron Eames will be telling us all about his latest research into Oscar Wilde's early afterlife! 💀 📝
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📢 Next Wednesday, 5:15pm in Att 211 @AaronEames2 gives a long-awaited talk on Oscar Wilde's Afterlife, discussing two of his biographers, Sherard (pictured below) and Hirai, who exchanged letters between Europe and Japan 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 Refreshments provided! 🍪🍷
Victorianism @ Leicester Presents: Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames. When: 12th October at 5:15pm Where: Attenborough Block 211 Refreshments Provided Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Twitter: @UoLVictorianism Next to Oscar Wilde and Robert Harborough Sherard

ALT Victorianism @ Leicester Presents: Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames. When: 12th October at 5:15pm Where: Attenborough Block 211 Refreshments Provided Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Twitter: @UoLVictorianism Next to Oscar Wilde and Robert Harborough Sherard

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📢 Next Wednesday, 5:15pm in Att 211 @AaronEames2 gives a long-awaited talk on Oscar Wilde's Afterlife, discussing two of his biographers, Sherard (pictured below) and Hirai, who exchanged letters between Europe and Japan 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 Refreshments provided! 🍪🍷
Victorianism @ Leicester Presents: Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames. When: 12th October at 5:15pm Where: Attenborough Block 211 Refreshments Provided Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Twitter: @UoLVictorianism Next to Oscar Wilde and Robert Harborough Sherard

ALT Victorianism @ Leicester Presents: Oscar Wilde's Afterlife with Dr Aaron Eames. When: 12th October at 5:15pm Where: Attenborough Block 211 Refreshments Provided Email: leicestervictorianism@gmail.com Twitter: @UoLVictorianism Next to Oscar Wilde and Robert Harborough Sherard

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