Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.

History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.

I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.