Hazem Jamjoum joined the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership Project in April 2019 as Gulf Audio Curator and Cataloguer. Over the next 2-3 years he will be working on the Library’s audio collections connected with the Gulf region to scope, catalogue and research them, to manage their preservation and access…

This week’s selection comes from Greg Green, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Swans are often portrayed as elegant and beautiful birds, and while they can be very aggressive, they are certainly among my favourite birds to see and hear. So it was an absolute joy when I…

This week’s selection comes from Camille Johnston, Oral History Assistant Archivist. Every two years since 1895 the Venice Biennale has been bringing together artists from across the globe to take part in an almighty exhibition. This year is the 58th exhibition, and 89 countries are taking part. For our Recording…

Listen to the voice of Sir Ernest Shackleton as he announces the outcome of the Nimrod Expedition to the Antarctic, recorded in 1909.

Sir Isaac Pitman (The Pitman Collection, University of Bath) By Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music When Isaac Pitman delivered a speech to the Phonographic Association in 1891 one would think it was to an assembled gathering of enthusiasts of Edison’s discovery of sound recording in the form of the…