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  • Shakespeare Globe Player Goes Live

    Published on: 8 June 2015

    In November 2014 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre launched its new video on-demand platform. Emma Draper provides an overview of the service that now offers more than 50 titles to view. … continue reading.

  • Sisterhood and After: The Women’s Liberation Oral History Project

    Published on: 19 May 2015

    This project aims to provide a permanent archive of the pioneering work undertaken by feminists from the 1960s to the 1980s.… continue reading.

  • The British Library Newsroom

    Published on: 5 May 2015

    In April 2014 the British Library opened its reading room for news. Its Broadcast News service records from 22 TV and radio channels. Luke McKernan looks beyond the headlines.… continue reading.

  • Women and Media Histories

    Published on: 21 April 2015

    Dr Melanie Bell, Newcastle University, provides an overview of a new research project on the history of women’s contribution to British film and television production.… continue reading.

  • Bible cinema ... in the beginning

    Published on: 7 April 2015

    Both the Old and the New Testament continue to be a rich sourcess of inspiration for the cinema. Dr Miles Booy considers a new history of some of the progenitors of the genre… continue reading.

  • Think Visual

    Published on: 23 March 2015

    Catherine Chambers, Senior Producer at The Open University explores why storytelling is the key to engaging learners with short form video in informal and formal learning.… continue reading.

  • Using, losing, resurrecting 'A Different World'

    Published on: 10 March 2015

    In 1987 Channel 4 broadcast the documentary series, The Struggles for Poland. One of its parts, A Different World, is now on DVD.… continue reading.

  • The Paperless Department

    Published on: 24 February 2015

    Anna Levick, Head of Media, New College, Pontefract, explains how the employment of Audio Visual technology to construct student essays and teacher feedback has helped them embrace a digital pedagogy.… continue reading.

  • Earth in Vision

    Published on: 10 February 2015

    Earth in Vision This AHRC funded project based in the Open University Geography Department runs until September 2016. It is a path-finding project exploring the potential and significance of digital broadcast archives and associated tools through the case study of environment related broadcasts drawn from BBC archives.… continue reading.

  • Forward to Freedom

    Published on: 28 January 2015

    The multimedia archives of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, dossolved in 1994 after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s President, are now available online. Christabel Gurney, AAM Archives Committee, provides a tour of this new resource.… continue reading.

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