Featured image: Coronation Party, 2023. Photo: Adam Rowley For a further discussion of the project and the issues raised in this post please see ‘Intersecting Lives: class community and change on the Andover estate’ Oral History
An oral history project sharing voices from NHS mental health services in Sussex, and a reflection on the opportunities and challenges of doing this work within a clinical environment.
An online seminar organised by the OHS’ Environment and Climate Crisis Special Interest Group Presented by Mac Downes Mac Downes writes: As one of the themes of the Project was “Voices Less Heard”, I decided
In the Spring of 1991, I got a call from Rob Perks, curator of the Oral History department at the British Library National Sound Archive. They were at advanced stages of getting funding from British
Saturday 4 July, 9am – 6pm Location: Newton Building, Nottingham Trent University City Campus, 10 Goldsmith St, Nottingham NG1 4BU Download the Programme The Festival offers a full day of interactive workshops exploring the many
Oral History Society trainer and regional advisor Sam Smith combines oral history, musical improvisation and field recordings to represent the Hope Valley Train line.
Please note: this blog includes extracts containing descriptions of violence Between November 2025 and January 2026, my colleague Chandan Mahal and I have run Study Days for A-level and GCSE history students entitled: Carving Out
An online meeting of the OHS’ Environment and Climate Change Special Interest Group Open to all Speaker: Molly Graham, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Molly Graham, of the National Oceanic
Is nostalgia really a problem? Drawing on oral histories from Bradford, this post explores how nostalgia works as evidence, not error.
An ONLINE event Dr Toby Butler and Dr Saskia Papadakis from Royal Holloway, University of London will report on a recently completed three-year project recording 100 life stories for the National Life Stories Collection at
