The way we treat our dead tells as much about our attitude towards life as it does about our belief in an afterlife, and in this show we’ll be looking at the treatment of Sheffield’s dead at the beginning of the 19th century and asking what this can tell us about the birth of our modern city.
In this episode of ‘Mind Labs’, we take a listen to the early days of sound recording. Highlighting some of the very first recordings made. Featuring pioneering work by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
‘The Long Journey’ is a story about a man who sets out across a blizzard of snow in a vain attempt to reach a destination which he has no hope of ever reaching, but still he tries. Written by Ziemowit Holda (the story was originally called ‘Sisyphus’) and performed by Felix Orion, this work is a powerful examination of ‘singular dedication’…
