Tape Letters Podcast
1) 1. Communicating on Cassette
The Tape Letters project shines a light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tapes as a mode of communication by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in theUK between 1960-1980...Show More
2) TL Scotland 4: FAST FORWARD
“Other things came, like telephones, and they stopped the tapes.”Generations of Scottish-Pakistanis sent and received Tape Letters, before new means of communication took over: from email to instant m...Show More
3) TL Scotland 3: PAUSE
“You go back and listen. People that have passed now, you can hear their voices… it just brings back memories.”Unlike a letter or telegram, or even a video on a screen, a cassette recording can feel l...Show More
4) TL Scotland 2: REWIND
“We came here by coach. It took one month to reach here...”Throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s, people migrated to Scotland from Pakistan in significant numbers. What does the archive of Tape Letters re...Show More
5) TL Scotland 1. PLAY
“Imagine the feeling of pressing play on a cassette tape that’s just arrived from some 5,000 miles away…” What is a 'Tape Letter'? Why did people exchange news and greetings with each other on cassett...Show More
6) Season 2 - TL Scotland: Trailer
On 20 January 2025, Tape Letters, the award-winning podcast, returns with a brand-new second series: Tape Letters Scotland. The Tape Letters Scotland project shines a light on the practice of recordin...Show More
7) 14. Behind the Project: Imran Arif - In a Suitcase
Imran Arif is a Social Scientist and was a community engagement officer for the Tape Letters oral history project. He carried out multiple interviews for the archive with the elders of the community i...Show More
8) 13. Generations On Tape
The Tape Letters project shines light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape as an unorthodox method of communication by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in the UK betwe...Show More
9) 12. Behind the Project: Syma Tariq - A Particular Archive
Syma Tariq is a Sound Artist and Journalist focussing on history and politics. Her PhD was entitled “Partitioned listening: sonic methodology and the archive after 1947” and is part of the Tape Letter...Show More
10) 11. Behind the Project - Suna Afshan - It was there in the Potwari for Me to Find
The poet Suna Afshan was commissioned by Modus Arts to produce a body of text in response to five cassettes selected from the Tape Letters archive held at the Bishopsgate Institute library. She adopte...Show More
11. Behind the Project - Suna Afshan - It was there in the Potwari for Me to Find
10:57 | Feb 23rd, 2024