Guest Blog
A review: Curtain Up! The Practice of Archiving Performance
A review of the BRA 2024 Conference 'Curtain Up! The Practice of Archiving Performance' by Helen Epega
I was delighted to be awarded a free place at this year’s British Records Association (BRA) conference, Curtain Up: The Archives of Theatre and Performance in the UK, held in London on 29 October 2024. As a first-time attendee and a relative newcomer to the BRA, I was intrigued by the theme, given my deep interest in the preservation and accessibility of cultural records. I wanted to attend to learn more about cultural representation in archiving, why some things are ...
Distilling the Archives – A review
Review by Matthew Abel
I was privileged to be awarded the free place at this year’s British Records Association (BRA) conference, Distilling the Archives: The Records of the Drinks Industry in the UK, held in London on 5 October. I am not a BRA member and this was my first time attending a BRA event, but the theme appealed to me as I am writing a history of the former Ind Coope brewery in Romford, East London - the town where I grew up and where I had my first experience of heritage work in the local museum which now occupies part of the old brewery site. I hoped that ...
Creative Encounters: Art in the Archives Conference Review
by Jessye Persse, Library, Information and Archive Assistant, Stockport Council
Photographs by BRA Secretary Amanda Engineer
As an artist and graduate of an Illustration degree - who is also currently undertaking an apprenticeship in Library, Information and Archive Services at Stockport Local Heritage Library – I was immediately drawn to the Creative Encounters conference as it combined both of my worlds. I was fortunate enough to attend after submitting a written application for a free place from the British Records Association, organisers of the conference.
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