Jamie Cullum
Description
The British Library—the greatest repository of our culture, history and society. In its archives are everything from stunningly beautiful handwritten Korans to Captain Scott’s diary; Karl Marx’s letters and Sir John Gielgud’s scrapbooks. Now six of these Treasures will be chosen and uncovered by the acclaimed jazz musician Jamie Cullum. Drawing on his own passions, and aided by the expert British Library staff, Jamie will track down wonders as diverse as books hand-printed by Virginia Woolf and unique recordings of great jazz performances given six decades ago. Each of the six Treasures taps into a different aspect of Jamie’s life and work—the themes as diverse as photography or the bespoke shoemaking. Whether exploring the ground breaking works of the Beat Poets or records of his own family history, Jamie encounters items that only exist in the British Library collection.
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43 min 56 sec
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