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The Listening Project One Thousand

An Ethical Digital Cafe

Writers can listen in to conversations in the archive without fear of breaching privacy.

• 11 mins

The Listening Project One Thousand

Not Your Usual Oral History

How the conversations provide a unique record within the British Library archive.

• 15 mins

The Listening Project One Thousand

Psychological Insights

Susie Orbach explores what the archive reveals of how we feel about our lives today.

• 11 mins

Omnibus - Difficult but Important Conversations

Regretting the loss of speech and of sex, and wanting to repay a debt to your country.

• 15 mins

Ruby and Kathleen - The Toilet Explodes

Shared memories of growing up on the Fountain estate in Derry twenty 20 years apart.

• 5 mins

Erica and Lloyd - The Importance of Art

Retired art teachers recall the motivational techniques they employed.

• 5 mins

Brenda and Joan - The Retired PE Teachers' Home

Friends look forward to life in the specialised care home they are planning.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - The Passage of Time

Exploding toilets, retirement homes for PE teachers, and pranks played by art teachers.

• 15 mins

Jacqueline and Seren - Family Comes First

A grandmother is impressed by her granddaughter's caring nature.

• 5 mins

Eedie and Bethan - It's Debatable

It's important to back up your opinion with logical reasoning.

• 5 mins

Faiza and Lauren - Two Sides of the Same Coin

Their post went viral when they showed that, beneath the headscarf, they were the same.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - The Wisdom of Youth

Putting others first, seeing them clearly and listening to their opinions.

• 15 mins

Swazi and Khushbir - Our Team

The arrival of an adopted younger brother can disrupt the established family dynamic.

• 5 mins

Peter and Sophie - Constant Performance Appraisal

The blood tie with your children feels important when you yourself were adopted.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - Adoption

Being adopted, adopting, and having a younger sibling who is adopted.

• 15 mins

Claire and Peter - Claire's Prepared

If you care about your funeral and aftermath, it's worth setting down some plans.

• 5 mins

Jo and Carolyn - A Hand in Death

Taking an element of control of the event that none of us can control can help the process

• 5 mins

Karen and Beth - A World Without Me

A recurrence of cancer means coming to terms with what is inevitable in the end.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - Facing the Inevitable

Death cannot be avoided and should be talked about.

• 15 mins

Dave and Dan - Leicester till We Die

Grandfather and grandson are equally dedicated to the Fearless Foxes, no matter what.

• 5 mins

Dot and Jean - The Garden Keeps On Giving

The benefits of dialling down the pace of life and enjoying the garden.

• 5 mins

Alec and Audrey - Marriage Isn't for Us

They have been together for 30 years but are no nearer tying the knot.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - Let's Be Honest

Honest conversations about relationships, pets, football and gardening.

• 15 mins

Lauren and Taylor - Living in the Moment

Tips on how to overcome stage fright and general anxiety.

• 5 mins

Assad and Helen - Isolation versus Privacy

A volunteer and a refugee who met in The Jungle find they can learn a lot from each other.

• 5 mins

Lucia and Mariella - Don't Waste Time

Sisters with a future in dance in the end chose the academic route.

• 5 mins

Omnibus - All About Sharing

Refugees in the community and siblings with artistic tendencies.

• 15 mins

Suzi and Rob - The Seat Crew

If you don't love your job, get a different one!

• 5 mins

Lydia and Tor - A Painful Privilege

The doctors' dilemma of how to break bad news to a patient's family.

• 5 mins

Helen and Laura - Building the Blade

Women engineers on their journey to renewable energy.

• 5 mins