unlockingoursoundheritage

The social importance of oral history

Jen Grasso writes about oral history & working on Windrush interviews.

Henry Rowsell reflects on working on sound heritage, digitisation projects & less-heard voices.

Alison Hulme writes about Brighton’s West Pier, in 1975 & today.

Esther Gill writes about World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Nancy Jones writes about listening to the experiences of the people caught up in the Lewes floods.

Duncan Harrison reflects on the challenge of repairing a tape cassette.

Esther Gill writes about the richness of the Ashdown Forest Oral History Collection.

Duncan Harrison writes about ‘cassette culture’ and why your old cassettes may contain magic.

Duncan Harrison looks back at how magnetic tape came to be used creatively in the 20th century.

Katie Tavini writes about why ‘right now’ is a good time to think about preserving any photos you have stored on CD.