{"id":5637,"date":"2021-07-02T16:09:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:25:16","slug":"resource-in-focus-the-listener-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/resource-in-focus-the-listener-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource in Focus: The Listener Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Library has access to The Listener Historical Archive<\/a><\/em> for its entire run from 1929-1991. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Listener<\/em> was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its director-general, Lord Reith. It was initially developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks on the radio, but in later years, television as well, and was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine, Radio Times<\/em>. It is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts, and also regularly reviewed new books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Listener<\/em> developed a reputation for outstanding writing, with contributions from the major writers, artists, commentators and thinkers of the twentieth century, including E.M. Forster, George Orwell and Virginia Woolf. It’s an invaluable resource for those researching the critical reception of culture in the twentieth century, and the response of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can browse The Listener <\/em>by date to find a specific issue, or search in various ways (choose Advanced Search<\/strong> to see all options, including searching by section of the magazine, author or date.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional search features on the home page include Term Frequency<\/strong>, to trace how often a word, phrase or person has featured in The Listener <\/em>over the years, and Topic Finder<\/strong>, to explore and visualise connections between topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the Listener <\/em>archive is published by the company Gale, you can cross-search it with any of the other Gale archives to which we have access, via Gale Primary Sources<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Library has access to The Listener Historical Archive for its entire run from 1929-1991. The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its director-general, Lord Reith. It was initially developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks on the radio, but in later years, television as well, and was the … <\/p>\n

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