by Alessandro Portelli New York City: Columbia University Press, 2022, 192 pages, £22 (paperback) To research and write about Bob Dylan is to enter a labyrinth. There are many paths that one can take, many
This blog post considers how using oral history clips in creative and thoughtful ways can be a powerful learning tool for students of all ages.
In this piece, Joanna Gilmore shares insights from her research into the lawyers who supported striking miners in the 1984-5 miners’ strike. You can read more about this in her article, ”They really did us
Embarrassing mistakes We all make mistakes, some worse than others. I’ve always thought it important to admit to trainees that things do go wrong and that they are not alone. It happens to the best
by David F Elmer and Peter McMurray (eds) Harvard University Press, 2024, 524pp, £33.95, paperback The essays collected in Singers and Tales in the Twenty-First Century originated in a 2010 conference markingthe fiftieth anniversary of Albert Lord’s hugely influential The Singer of Tales, and
“One of St Helens’ most iconic bakeries is to close after its doors for the final time to bring to an end an era lasting nearly seven decades.” St Helens Star, 10th September, 2022. When I
By Carla Pascoe Leahy Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023, 296pp, £85, hardback ‘Once a mother always a mother’ is a well-worn phrase but, like so much about mothering, not well examined. At what point does
At the tail-end of 2014, I was recording interviews for a BBC Radio 4 programme about the fast-dwindling Anglo-Indian community in Jhansi, a large railway town in central India. The half-hour programme, called Teatime at Peggy’s – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpwc7 –
Expect the Unexpected You never know what’s going to happen when you visit someone’s house or another venue for an interview. I could bore you to death with memories of unusual television interviews I’ve done (for
This blog looks at the Sounds for the Future audio preservation project. It describes the work involved, emphasises how long cataloguing can take, warns about the cost of keeping playback equipment running, and shares the fun of outreach sessions.
