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Re-imagining Piccadilly Circus: a podcast
What has London’s Piccadilly Circus meant to people who have worked there, sometimes less visible behind the bright lights?
As part of the Museum of London’s Listening to London project, volunteer researchers delved into our oral history collection with this question in mind.
The researchers all had experience working around Piccadilly - Kristyna Racova in a ramen restaurant, Keith Turpin selling books in Hatchards, and Lorraine Ebdon-Price making costumes for Soho theatres.
Together, they uncovered a small slice of life of this area, including the experiences of Italian and Albanian migrants, the changing face of work, and how it became a site of struggle for the LGBTQ+ community.
We partnered with Chatham House who are exploring the future of Piccadilly Circus as part of their 100 year anniversary. Their podcast Undercurrents features interviews with our volunteer researchers alongside interviews they chose from the collection:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/12/undercurrents-100-years-piccadilly-circus (external link)
This piece forms part of the Listening to London project, supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund - delivered by the Museums Association.