This week’s selection comes from Dr Madeline White, Curator of Oral History. One way or another, food is at the heart of everyday life for almost everyone on the planet. We plan our days around it, share it with friends, watch TV shows about it, and food – or sometimes,…

This week’s selection comes from George Brierley, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. During my time working as a cataloguer on the Unlocking our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project, I have been fortunate to catalogue a diverse range of oral history collections. The majority of the interviews in these…

Since the end of August 2021 a new British Library audio exhibition ‘Listen: The Story of Recorded Sound’ has been open to visitors to Pingshan Library, Shenzhen, China. It will run until 20 February 2022. Visitors will be able to hear an eclectic mix of sounds from the British Library’s…

This week’s selection comes from Jonnie Robinson, Lead Curator of Spoken English. After a summer in which most of us have holidayed in the UK, I’ve been fascinated on my travels to note a growing enthusiasm for commercial products that celebrate local speech and identity. Gift shops and craft stores…

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