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
100 years of women MPs as told through the History of Parliament Oral History Project. read more
Cheryl Tipp, Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds writes: The Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) gets a pretty bad rap. We’re all in love with bees but, when it comes to wasps, we’re not so enamoured. To be fair, they don’t help themselves. They fall… read more
This week’s selection comes from Camille Johnston, Oral History Assistant Archivist. To celebrate the launch of Voices of art we’re listening to artist Sheila Girling’s (1924-2015) description of fellow painter, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). Helen F… read more