Author Archives: British Library

On the work of historians of British architecture from the mid twentieth century to the present day read more

This week’s selection comes from Jonathan Benaim, Audio Cataloguing Coordinator. Recordings of weather can give us a palpable sense of a time and place. When sounds from the surrounding environment are captured in a weather recording, we are able to im… read more

Today, the British Library publishes a database of testimony collections that were created over the last two years, which document the UK’s experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this blog Lucy Pinkney, Covid-19 Testimony Project Researcher, writes a… read more

This week’s selection comes from Sarah Kirk-Browne, Cataloguer (Digital Multimedia Collections). Sunday 29 May is Oak Apple Day in England. You may also have heard this called Royal Oak Day, Show Oak Day or Shick Shack Day, depending where in the count… read more

This week’s selection comes from Mary Stewart, Lead Curator of Oral History and Director of National Life Stories. Cherkley Court, home of Lord Beaverbrook and the setting for his meeting with Bob Edwards described in this audio clip. Photo by Ian Capp… read more