Leicester Anthology, deadline 15 July
 

Just passing this along, in case someone finds it of interest:

The only two things I know about Leicester are 1) that it is pronounced Lester and 2) that when Idi Amin was kicking Asians out of Uganda in the 1970s, the Leicester town council placed an ad in the main Ugandan newspaper, telling the refugees-to-be not to come to Leicester; this had the delightful result of bringing Leicester to the attention of the refugees-to-be, many of whom moved there and formed a thriving multicultural community. (See the Streisand Effect.) The Dahlia Press website suggests that it has strong ties to those formerly-displaced Asians.

Anyway, perhaps someone here will feel inspired.

Thanks. Perfect chance to try to find a stand-alone piece from my epic poem, "Leicester Unbound."

Julie, I'm charmed by your example of how the attempt to keep outsiders out backfired so spectacularly. The Donald should take note.

Susan

Leicester City are quite likely to be the English Premier league champions this season, which is a remarkable achievement for a low-spending club amongst millionaires. They are already well-known around Europe and the Far East (their owner is Thai).
Leicestershire (the county) is well-known as being the home of fox-hunting.
I also spent my student days there.
So, thanks, I am interested.

Thanks for letting us know about this, Julie.

Like Alan, I'm interested, as I live about thirty miles from Leicester; I ought to be able to come up with something.

Jayne