NLS Podcast #4: Christmas Podding

National Life Stories

Cathy Courtney, Project Director on the National Life Stories oral history projects Artists’ Lives and Architects’ Lives, chatted to David Govier for our fourth National Life Stories podcast. The conversation starts with why Cathy got into oral history, and moves on to discuss why oral historians ask about Christmas.

Along the way you will hear extracts from the following interviews:

Neil Hufton interviewed by Cos Michael, Food: From Source to Salespoint, 2006 (C821/195) George Messenger interviewed by George Ewart Evans, 1956 (T1419W) Bill Adcocks interviewed by Rachel Cutler, An Oral History of British Athletics, 2010 (C790/48) Christopher Butler interviewed by Andrea Hertz, History of Parliament Oral History Project, 2016 (C1503/142)

Michael Rothenstein interviewed by Mel Gooding, Artists’ Lives, 1990 (C466/02) John Watts interviewed by Cos Michael, Food: From Source to Salespoint, 2006 (C821/190) Nigel Bell interviewed by Paul Merchant, An Oral History of British Science (C1379/91) Eric Ash interviewed by Tom Lean, An Oral History of British Science (C1379/92)

Cedric Battye interviewed by Jan Sanderson, Unheard Voices: Interviews with Deafened People, 2008 (C1345/12) Eva Jiricna interviewed by Niamh Dillon, Architects’ Lives, 2015 (C467/127)

You can find out more about National Life Stories at our website. Search for 'Christmas' at British Library Sounds to find over 1,350 Christmas memories, songs and broadcasts!