Author Archives: British Library

How can I use oral history in creative ways? read more

Paul Wilson, Curator Radio Broadcast writes: This week’s selection celebrates World Radio Day 2018 (13th February) and is an example of the art of radio at its best: blending creativity with actuality to illuminate aspects of our life and times and, in this instance, one of the moral dilemmas of… read more

Following the viral response on the internet to Jack Copeland and Jason Long’s 2016 blog concerning their restoration of the world’s earliest surviving computer music recording, the pair’s follow up is in two parts: (1) they explain how they resurrected the authentic sound of Turing’s long since dismantled Manchester computer,… read more

Sound recordings freeze moments in time: music or theatrical performances, the words spoken by the famous or in everyday speech, or the sounds of our environment. When played back, they allow us to understand, to experience, to be immersed in – to relive – those moments. Yet preserving sound recordings… read more