EEBO, Bookshops, and Witches
Monday last I had the pleasure of trundling over to the Bodleian’s new Weston Library in Oxford, thence to participate in the EEBO TCP HackFest (09/03/15). What on earth are those acronyms about? Good question.
Heritage & Games
Games are, as a rule, fun, interactive learning mechanisms. What you’re learning isn’t always complicated, but you are nonetheless learning — even if it is just when to burn the rope. That said, it’s now more common for games to have higher aspirations, to impart a little real-world knowledge, however indirectly. Often, this relates to history.
Exhibtion: VIEW FROM HERE
View From Here, an exhibition exploring the British Council Film Collection of archive films showing UK life in a bygone era, runs at the British Council’s London headquarters from Monday 4 August to Wednesday 24 September 2014.
A Lowland Village
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Creative Exchange Showcase 2013 (27/09/13)
Last Friday I had the pleasure of trundling up to Manchester and the BBC’s new MediaCity. Nearly a year and a half on from the rather impressive launch event at MOSI, the first batch of projects funded by the Creative Exchange were ready to show us what they’ve been up to. If you’re not familiar …
The Creative Exchange Launchpad Event (16/05/12)
On Wednesday we went to the Creative Exchange launchpad event at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. I’ll start by saying that MOSI was a great venue, and looked like a really interesting museum – I was quite disappointed that I didn’t have time to look round it. The event was, in a word, good. I made …
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Who Are We? The British Council Film Collection Unveiled – Event Announced
Ladies and Gentlemen – hold on to your hats! After months of research and digitisation, TIME/IMAGE is delighted to announce the upcoming launch of the new British Council Film Collection website, and to invite you to a special celebratory event at the BFI Southbank.
HERE WE GO AGAIN #2: Wrecked Passenger Ships of the Last Century
Many of last week’s news articles were focused on the surprising and lamentable Costa Concordia shipwreck. As such, this issue of HERE WE GO AGAIN looks at five tragic shipwrecks over the last hundred years, illustrated with contemporary archive material.
British Council films on The Reel History of Britain – a BFI/BBC co-production
If you haven’t already discovered the BFI’s new beta site, their main feature ‘The Reel History of Britain’ contains over 100 full length films of 20th life in Britain free to watch online. You can find out more about the project here. Among this marvellous collection are three films from the British Council Collection…
Exclusive Teaser 2 – “Freedom of the Press”
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