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A number of IMS students joined the LUU Medieval Society on their trip to the Royal Armouries.

Parkinson building

The first talk of the Institute for Medieval Studies’s Research Seminar Series was held last week.

View of someone wearing headphones from behind.
Picture via Unsplash/Kelvin Lutan

Listening to music helped people to feel connected and gave them a sense of normality during the isolation of the first Covid-19 lockdown, research has found. 

A central heating thermostat console being held.
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People from disadvantaged and minority communities don’t feel heard by politicians – and need urgent help to deal with the cost of living crisis, research has found. 

Lower Briggate, Leeds, in 1880, featuring Frederic Forster's Leeds Mourning Warehouse, left, and a black bodice with long sleeves on a mannequin. 
Lower Briggate picture credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries

The death of Queen Victoria and the need to wear mourning dress meant a booming trade for Leeds’ high street.