Lage Prijs Voices of history 2: Arts, science & exploration ; historic recordings from the British Library Sound Archive – British Library National Sound Archive

Following the success of last year’s “Voices of History”, the British Library is publishing a second volume of historic recordings of celebrated people, who were active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the twentieth century. This second volume covers four major areas of interest – the arts, the sciences, sport and exploration. Rare or notable items include: a unique recording of the voice of Victorian physicist Lord Kelvin, which is being published for the first time; the authors Leo …