This week’s selection comes from Holly Gilbert, Cataloguer of Digital Multimedia Collections. Friends, Vanessa and Felicity, talk about their work as soul midwives which involves working with people who are dying to ensure that their death is personal and dignified. They describe the different ways that people approach and experience… read more
This week’s selection comes from Tom Lean, Project Interviewer for An Oral History of British Science. Like many women in the 1960s, Stephanie Shirley left her job in the computer industry after becoming a mother. At the time, women were expected to cut short their professional careers and stay at… read more
This week’s selection comes from Stephen Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary & Creative Recordings. Pioneering Belgian film director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) features in this week’s recording from the archive. Here she is interviewed by Simon Field at the ICA, London, in 1990, on the occasion of a season of her… read more
This week’s selection comes from Dr Eva del Rey, Curator of Drama and Literature Recordings and Digital Performance. Zambian-born poet Kayo Chingonyi reads selections from his pamphlet Some Bright Elegance (Salt, 2012) and other works. In this recording you can hear some of the stories behind the poems. For example,… read more
You may not know it, but a global celebration of the world’s waterways has taken place on the last Sunday of September every year since 2005. From rallies and special film screenings to community cleanups and riverside get-togethers, this annual event highlights the importance of our rivers and the need… read more