Ian Cooke, Documenting the Olympics & Paralympics

This podcast Geoff talks to Ian Cooke about a free Zoom event on the 6th & 7th July 2021 with a range of speakers talking about archives and the history of the Olympics and Paralympics.Go tohttps://www.bl.uk/events/documenting-the-olympics-paralympics to find out more and register for the event.Ian also talks about the UK Web Archive and the British Library's Sport and Society project that collected material relating to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and you can access that website by following this link https://www.bl.uk/events/documenting-the-olympics-paralympicsThia podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find the podcast on all social media & major podcast platforms here.Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.