Unlocking the Huntley Legacy

Jessica and Eric Huntley were pioneering activists and founders of one of the first black publishing houses in the UK. In this podcast, Kirsty Kerr, trainee at Culture&, describes how she discovered their radical lives through saved sound heritage at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Includes extracts from recently digitised recordings from the Huntley Archives, courtesy London Metropolitan Archives and FHALMA.

Part of our New Museum School podcast series, produced in 2019 with Catriona Oliphant from Chrome Media.

Music:

Balti | Blue Dot Sessions

Sparkle of Life | Composer: Jonathan Slatter | © Sounds Visual Music Ltd.

Image courtesy London Metropolitan Archives / FHALMA.

Music and Wembley

The name ‘Wembley’ conjures up associations with great sporting events and iconic concerts. This podcast asks you to join an imaginary ‘tour’ of music posters and memorabilia from Brent Museum and Archives that explore the relationship between Wembley and music.

Joyce Zale is a New Museum School trainee based at Brent Museums and Archives.

Part of our New Museum School podcast series, produced in 2019 with Catriona Oliphant from Chrome Media.

Music: Sparkle of Life | Composer: Jonathan Slatter | © Sounds Visual Music Ltd.

Image courtesy Brent Museum and Archives

This Living Hand: Bringing John Keats back from the dead

John Keats died at the tragic age of 25, he was unrecognised in his lifetime and received destructive criticism from the conservative press. This podcast challenges the idea of Keats as solely a tragic figure and asks you to discover more about the man behind the myth.

Georgie Cowan-Turner is a New Museum School trainee based at Keats House.

Music: Sparkle of Life | Composer: Jonathan Slatter | © Sounds Visual Music Ltd

Image: Portrait of Keats listening to a Nightingale on Hampstead Heath by Joseph Severn, 1845 © Keats House

The India Club: The Little Gem on The Strand

Find out more about the India Club, a fascinating place, which functioned as a social space but also existed as a living and breathing museum and a symbol of community, integration, heritage and shared history.

Qanitah Malik is a New Museum School trainee based in the National Trust’s London Creative team. The London team works on projects that explore issues of contemporary and future heritage in the capital.

Part of our New Museum School podcast series, produced in 2019 with Catriona Oliphant from Chrome Media.

Music: Sparkle of Life | Composer: Jonathan Slatter | © Sounds Visual Music Ltd.

Image courtesy National Trust London.

What the Archive Spoke

Who has the greatest “say” in how culture is represented in photographic archives? In this podcast, Jade Chao, New Museum School trainee at Magnum Photos looks into the “voices” of the picture archive.

Part of our New Museum School podcast series, produced in 2019 with Catriona Oliphant from Chrome Media.

Music: Sparkle of Life | Composer: Jonathan Slatter | © Sounds Visual Music Ltd.

Image: Southall. London. UK. 1979. © Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos