By Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music It was exciting to receive an Edison concert cylinder as a donation recently, but much more so to discover that it is probably the first recording by members of the Queen’s Hall Orchestra. Cylinder box la… read more
This week’s selection comes from Dr Eva del Rey, Curator of Drama and Literature Recordings and Digital Performance. British-Caribbean poet, artist and theatre maker Malika Booker reads ‘Island Grief after Hurricane Ivan’ from her 2013 collection Peppe… read more
Paul Merchant explores oral histories with people who value religion in spite of their own unbelief. read more
This week’s selection comes from Jowan Collier, Preservation Assistant. I have a confession. Every week or so, a few friends and I gather in a small living room to play Dungeons and Dragons. Or as the Dungeon Master’s mother puts it, “to roll dice and … read more
The Kindertransport 80 years on, as told through oral histories. read more