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Jonnie Robinson, Lead Curator of Spoken English, writes: It’s perhaps not surprising that vax and its more conventional older sibling, vaccine, were designated 2021 Word Of The Year by dictionaries…

By Steve Cleary, Lead Curator, Literary and Creative Recordings. In October this year many of us at the British Library were distressed to hear of the death of Ian Rawes.…

This week’s selection comes from Edoardo Marcarini, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Inspired by the festive atmosphere, I bring you not one but two recordings this week.…

This week’s selection comes from Vicky Barnecutt, True Echoes Research Fellow. In early 1924, just before leaving the island of Efate due to ill health, the Presbyterian missionary Eric Raff…

Celebrating the launch of 'Voices of British theatre design', an exciting new British Library website featuring over 50 audio clips from National Life Stories oral history recordings.

This week’s selection comes from Karen Atkinson, Assistant Librarian at the Henry Moore Institute. The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds has collaborated with National Life Stories on its Artists’ Lives…

Sue Bradley remembers Rosemary Goad and the agreement that allows us to hear her voice today.

This week's selection comes from Dr Madeline White, Curator of Oral History. In the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, our recording of the week reflects on the theme for Holocaust…

This week’s selection comes from Giulia Baldorilli, Sound and Vision Reference Specialist. Having been to live drawing classes myself over the last few months, I started to appreciate and master…

This week’s selection comes from Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife & Environmental Sounds Curator. Birds have long been viewed as predictors of weather. Their voices, flight patterns and nest building activities have…