KatieHowson

The Irish language broadcast channel, TG4, broadcasts a range of television programmes about traditional music and singing. Whilst it is obviously mostly in Irish, non Irish speakers can turn on subtitles, although song lyrics are not translated. On 11th June TG4 celebrated its 30th anniversary by launching a permanent online archive of programmes. The following … Read more

In November last year, The Times Literary Supplement carried an article headed “Who Controls the Past” which highlighted the terrible news that the BBC was planning to restrict access to its written archives house at Caversham near Reading.  Even before that point, gaining access to these archives had not been easy, as there is no catalogue accessible … Read more