Created by artist Lae Carbon-Wilson and Jemma Bromley.2020 has been an important year for the Black Lives Matter movement and the voices speaking out against racism are louder than ever. In this episode, artist Lae Carbon-Wilson and Jemma Brom

Episode 5: Can solidarity make a comeback?

Dec 3rd, 2020 29m 5s

Created by artist Alison Surtees working with Tracy Drysdale.This conversation gives voice to the last great National Crisis faced across sectors with the General Strike of 1926, and looks at the growth in thinking around collectivism and commu

Episode 4: The Establishment and the Welfare State. How much Paine before we change the world?

Nov 30th, 2020 35m 16s

Created by composer and sound designer Dan Steele working with Peter WrightToday we meet Thomas Paine. A man who stands out as a beacon, who walked and talked with George Washington, Mary Wolstencroft and Benjamin Franklin, who narrowly escaped

Episode 3: How can Engels show us the way forward beyond 2020, as we ensure that "an ounce of action is worth a ton of theory"?

Nov 26th, 2020 28m 12s

Created by composer Alan Williams working with Christina McAlpine."An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory." So says Friedrich Engels, philosopher, linguist, artist, poet and revolutionary socialist. What does that mean for today? Perhaps i

Episode 2: Is there grass growing in-between the cobbles? Roaming in and around the WCML archives

Nov 23rd, 2020 40m 20s

Created by artist Danielle Porter working with Hilary Friend.In his memoir Benny Rothman (b.1911), who led the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass in 1932, says that the only grass he saw as a child in Hightown Cheetham Hill North Manchester was the gr

Episode 1: Inspiring Women and Women Who Are Inspiring

Nov 19th, 2020 31m 40s

Created by composer and sound artist Sarah Llewellyn working with Helen Jackson.During the time of COVID-19 this duo have been interviewing girls and women with a connection to Salford as well as exploring the library’s collection including Lan