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Outside the Box

Feb 15, 2024

This week we are joined in conversation by David Luck, Archivist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

 Alongside his many other hats, David looks after the historic records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, including those from the Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Maudsley Hospital, and Warlingham Park...


Feb 12, 2024

This week we are joined by Hannah Mackay from the Perth and Kinross Archive. Hannah works with their sound collection, which since the 1970s has been collecting the voices of regional residents relating to all aspects of the history of Perth & Kinross.

In this episode about oral history, Hannah shares with us her work...


Feb 2, 2024

This week we hear from four brilliant guests to learn more about the Scottish Political Archives (SPA) housed at the University of Stirling. 

Joining us are Rosie Al-Mulla, Archivist at the University of Stirling, Grant Thoms, Lecturer and Editor of the Scots Independent Newspaper, Bria Bednarick, volunteer on the Scots...


Jan 26, 2024

This week we are joined by Beck Price, the archivist for the Voices Through Time: The Story of Care programme at Coram. 

Voices Through Time: The Story of Care is an ambitious project to digitise the earliest part of Coram’s historic archive, going all the way back to 1739 when it was established as the Foundling...


Jan 19, 2024

This week we are having a different conversation. Kirsty Brooks is an artist who works with glass to create site-specific artworks that respond to the history or functioning of its surroundings. The begining of her creative design process more or less always starts by rummaging in an archive. Join us as Kristy shares...