Gerry and Paula discuss Paula’s severe social anxiety
An interview from The Listening Project looked at for Disability History Month read more
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Introducing the Collections in Dialogue commission with Leeds Art Gallery and the British Library
Written by Jill McKnight, Artist-in-Residence. I am an artist based in Leeds working across sculpture, writing, installation, drawing and print and I’ve been selected as the artist in residency for Collections in Dialogue, a co-commission project by th… read more
Recording of the week: Graham Stuart Thomas on bringing historic flowers back to life
This week’s selection comes from Chloe Lafferty, Remote Volunteer for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. As autumn slowly unfurls, with colder mornings and falling leaves, it is comforting to think of sunshine and new life. ‘Down to Earth: An Or… read more
Recording of the week: James Baldwin at the Cambridge Union
By Steve Cleary, Lead Curator, Literary and Creative Recordings. The British Library launches a new web resource this week. It is called ‘Speaking Out’, and it seeks to explore the spoken word in its most forceful guise: that of the public address. Thr… read more
Ken Essex – A long life with music
Ken Essex (courtesy of Liz Golding) By Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music The violist Ken Essex has died aged 101. Millions unwittingly heard him playing the music to the television series ‘Fawlty Towers’ and it is inevitable that obituaries … read more