A new mural has been unveiled in Wigston Town Centre, transforming a vandalized wall into a work of #art. Bell Street, U.K. #Artist: Graffwerk
#UrbanArt #StreetArt #murals
#UrbanArt #StreetArt #murals
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A new mural has been unveiled in Wigston Town Centre, transforming a vandalized wall into a work of #art. Bell Street, U.K. #Artist: Graffwerk
#UrbanArt #StreetArt #murals
#UrbanArt #StreetArt #murals
The Joy and Street Signs of Leicester
Wigston St
Wigston St
November 29, 2024 at 6:45 AM
The Joy and Street Signs of Leicester
Wigston St
Wigston St
great metaphor here: for Labour, the nation ends at Wigston, the southern suburbs of Leicester, a howling wasteland to the north
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
great metaphor here: for Labour, the nation ends at Wigston, the southern suburbs of Leicester, a howling wasteland to the north
Lovely to talk at Wigston library this morning
May 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Lovely to talk at Wigston library this morning
Yesterday I visited South Wigston in Leicester to look at this freshly finished artwork. I think it's incredible.
February 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Yesterday I visited South Wigston in Leicester to look at this freshly finished artwork. I think it's incredible.
DCrail 'Tug' 60028 powers through South Wigston with 6M89 Middleton Towers-Ravenhead bulk sand train.. 22/2/25
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
DCrail 'Tug' 60028 powers through South Wigston with 6M89 Middleton Towers-Ravenhead bulk sand train.. 22/2/25
growf is for the Ox Cam Arc, that is *south* of Wigston. I hope that is perfectly clear
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
growf is for the Ox Cam Arc, that is *south* of Wigston. I hope that is perfectly clear
This week starts in Wigston, ends in Okehampton and with Market Harborough, Wanstead, Norwich, Ely, Reading and The Wood Festival in between Robinince.com
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May 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This week starts in Wigston, ends in Okehampton and with Market Harborough, Wanstead, Norwich, Ely, Reading and The Wood Festival in between Robinince.com
Saw this shop in Wigston today. I saw the Skol sign and had to park up and take a picture.
February 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Saw this shop in Wigston today. I saw the Skol sign and had to park up and take a picture.
Pictured here: curators in the wild, and some Lizzie/Darcy costumes (Colin Firth has enormous feet!) Congrats @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social & co!
May 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Pictured here: curators in the wild, and some Lizzie/Darcy costumes (Colin Firth has enormous feet!) Congrats @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social & co!
Russian embassy protesters from Canada keep daily picket in Ottawa, 4.5 years into Ukraine invasion #ProtestRussia
#Canada #SlavaUkraine
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#Canada #SlavaUkraine
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Russian embassy protesters keep daily picket, 4.5 years into Ukraine invasion
Standing outside Russia’s embassy in Ottawa, retiree Karen Niven-Wigston is decked out in yellow and blue, holding a pink plastic flamingo as a sign of support for Ukraine.
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August 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Russian embassy protesters from Canada keep daily picket in Ottawa, 4.5 years into Ukraine invasion #ProtestRussia
#Canada #SlavaUkraine
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#Canada #SlavaUkraine
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60163 0Z29 Humberstone Road-Humberstone Road via Croft & Wigston South Jnc to turn. Here on Wigston South Curve.
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
60163 0Z29 Humberstone Road-Humberstone Road via Croft & Wigston South Jnc to turn. Here on Wigston South Curve.
31128 'Charybdis' with 50008 'Thunderer' in tow heads south of Leicester on 0D08 Leicester Carriage Sidings to Burton Ot Wetmore Sidings via a run around at Wigston North Junction. (09/03/26)
March 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
31128 'Charybdis' with 50008 'Thunderer' in tow heads south of Leicester on 0D08 Leicester Carriage Sidings to Burton Ot Wetmore Sidings via a run around at Wigston North Junction. (09/03/26)
Class A1 Peppercorn 60163 'Tornado' arrives back at Humberstone Road after running on 0Z29 via Croft and Wigston South Junction to turn the locomotive the correct way for the rest of its journey south.
May 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Class A1 Peppercorn 60163 'Tornado' arrives back at Humberstone Road after running on 0Z29 via Croft and Wigston South Junction to turn the locomotive the correct way for the rest of its journey south.
Larvae casually found this evening whilst leaf mine recording, and I am sure these must be amongst the most commonly recorded macromoth larvae: a couple of Grey Daggers, Vapourer and Buff-tip. #vc55moths #teammoth #ukwildlife
![Grey Dagger [Acronicta psi] larva found on White Willow. South Wigston, Leics. 17/09/2024.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3wzmhvuxlksxeoaqo2es3ebr/bafkreidphbqytivcrxkodiukhzaruu3kdvemy4ih2b7htowokbcac36vl4)
![Grey Dagger [Acronicta psi] larva found on Malus; this one looks about ready to change instar. South Wigston, Leics. 17/09/2024.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3wzmhvuxlksxeoaqo2es3ebr/bafkreia6vjqwhaipj36b4wawftblvsixpkitz5zcz2go62hwljvrhlmyyi)
![Vapourer [Orgyia antiqua] larva found on Goat Willow, tucked up under a folded leaf, and very dark so perhaps about to pupate. South Wigston, Leics. 17/09/2024.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3wzmhvuxlksxeoaqo2es3ebr/bafkreie2lxvzs5cdokf2jxqx5tmzub3ijfwuqq36btshvdkyqqjtdm3js4)
![An absolute beast of a Buff-tip [Phalera bucephala] larva found on Crack Willow. South Wigston, Leics. 17/09/2024.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3wzmhvuxlksxeoaqo2es3ebr/bafkreibjfpssnelrbfqebgvapyfsiblewq3ky7d3xxj4outg2ggxydnnwa)
September 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Larvae casually found this evening whilst leaf mine recording, and I am sure these must be amongst the most commonly recorded macromoth larvae: a couple of Grey Daggers, Vapourer and Buff-tip. #vc55moths #teammoth #ukwildlife
For everyone in your life, I mean those in the US and Canada, with academic monographs on their holiday wish lists, Yale UP is running the 30% sale code HOL30 until December 6th. This includes my book, too.
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 PM
For everyone in your life, I mean those in the US and Canada, with academic monographs on their holiday wish lists, Yale UP is running the 30% sale code HOL30 until December 6th. This includes my book, too.
So turns out I’m the voice of Jane Austen (or her narrators at least) at a National Trust exhibition now
September 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So turns out I’m the voice of Jane Austen (or her narrators at least) at a National Trust exhibition now
'Middlesbrough Suspension Bridge' (Stockton), John Edwin Wigston (b.1939) Durham County Council. Designed by Sir Samuel Brown, whose experience included building the 1820 Union Bridge over the River Tweed and the Royal Suspension Chain Pier at Brighton. the bridge opened on
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'Middlesbrough Suspension Bridge' (Stockton), John Edwin Wigston (b.1939) Durham County Council. Designed by Sir Samuel Brown, whose experience included building the 1820 Union Bridge over the River Tweed and the Royal Suspension Chain Pier at Brighton. the bridge opened on
Wigston (Magna), SE of Leicester. A C6th settlement was probably destroyed in C9th fighting by the Danes, who founded ‘Viking’s Town’, known as Winchingestone by Domesday. In 1946 a Polish-crewed Lancaster Bomber on a training flight was struck by lightning & crashed here; all on board died.
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December 8, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Wigston (Magna), SE of Leicester. A C6th settlement was probably destroyed in C9th fighting by the Danes, who founded ‘Viking’s Town’, known as Winchingestone by Domesday. In 1946 a Polish-crewed Lancaster Bomber on a training flight was struck by lightning & crashed here; all on board died.
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Leicester UK
Peregrine Falcons breeding on top of our City Cathedral.
This one , wandering XRF found itself in Bradgate Park today as the light was fading. Same bird that was seen in Wigston earlier in the month.
© Ben Arrowsmith
Peregrine Falcons breeding on top of our City Cathedral.
This one , wandering XRF found itself in Bradgate Park today as the light was fading. Same bird that was seen in Wigston earlier in the month.
© Ben Arrowsmith
March 31, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Leicester UK
Peregrine Falcons breeding on top of our City Cathedral.
This one , wandering XRF found itself in Bradgate Park today as the light was fading. Same bird that was seen in Wigston earlier in the month.
© Ben Arrowsmith
Peregrine Falcons breeding on top of our City Cathedral.
This one , wandering XRF found itself in Bradgate Park today as the light was fading. Same bird that was seen in Wigston earlier in the month.
© Ben Arrowsmith
Congratulations to CECS director Chloe Wigston Smith, on being a finalist for the Susanne M. Glasscock prize for interdisciplinary research that reaches academic and wider audiences.
How exciting to be part of this impressive group of finalists for the 26th Susanne M. Glasscock book prize for my @yalepress.bsky.social This prize recognizes “outstanding, original interdisciplinary research in the humanities that appeals to both academic and wider audiences.”
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Congratulations to CECS director Chloe Wigston Smith, on being a finalist for the Susanne M. Glasscock prize for interdisciplinary research that reaches academic and wider audiences.
Neil O’Brien MP (Conservative – Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) asked the Ministry of Defence how much was spent on Capita-provided medical vetting for armed forces personnel over the last decade.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56955
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56955
Over £1.3 billion spent on medical vetting in 10 years
Neil O’Brien MP (Conservative – Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) asked the Ministry of Defence how much was spent on Capita-provided medical vetting for armed forces personnel over the last decade. Defence Minister Luke Pollard provided the following figures, expressed in millions of pounds by financial year: Financial Year Spending (£ million) 2014-15 175.730 2015-16 127.058
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Neil O’Brien MP (Conservative – Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) asked the Ministry of Defence how much was spent on Capita-provided medical vetting for armed forces personnel over the last decade.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56955
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56955
Roadworks report for #Wigston, Sat 3 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: College Road, Crabtree Corner
+11 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: College Road, Crabtree Corner
+11 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
October 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Roadworks report for #Wigston, Sat 3 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: College Road, Crabtree Corner
+11 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: College Road, Crabtree Corner
+11 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
Roadworks report for #Wigston, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Shackerdale Road, College Road, Crabtree Corner
+8 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Shackerdale Road, College Road, Crabtree Corner
+8 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
October 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Roadworks report for #Wigston, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Shackerdale Road, College Road, Crabtree Corner
+8 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
CLOSED: Palmerston Way
LANE CLOSED: Leicester Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cheriton Road, Holly Close, Welford Road, Willoughby Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Shackerdale Road, College Road, Crabtree Corner
+8 more: CheapFuelNearMe.uk/street-manager/wigston/
Loved the excuse BR gave to increase fares between South Wigston and Leicester soon after South Wigston reopened (1986).
The Trains were too busy.
The Trains were too busy.
April 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Loved the excuse BR gave to increase fares between South Wigston and Leicester soon after South Wigston reopened (1986).
The Trains were too busy.
The Trains were too busy.