Texture and Artefact

2.4 – La promenade de la vie

Centuries of Sound — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:31:33 +0000

Adventures in Normandy, June 1991 It was the first time I had ever seen the world at 4am. Streetlights were on, but the road was empty of cars and of people until we arrived at the school. It was a warm June night in 1991, and at such times there never seems to …

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2.3 – Say It Loud Say It Clear

Centuries of Sound — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:26:07 +0000

Nine protests, three strikes and one vigil London, Cambridge & Glasgow November 2022 to September 2024 Please listen to this soundscape on headphones Lecturer strike meeting outside UCL, 15th November 2022 Lecturer strike meeting outside Birkbeck, UoL, 24th November 2022 Protest in Gower St, Bloomsbury, 30th November 2022 Unidentified protest from a distance, London, 16th …

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2.2 – Requiem for John Wieja

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:06:40 +0000

In 2006 I moved to a small city in China called Zhuhai, home to a small expat community of perhaps a hundred or so. One of the first thing I heard was the story of an English teacher called John Wieja from the USA who had been rushed across the border to Macau to …

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2.1 – The Accordionist Who Was Late for D-Day

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:08:10 +0000

An interview with my father, Mark Errington, about the life of his father, Walter Errington, 1921-1992

1.4 – The Timber’s Already A Boat

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:14:43 +0000

Espionage, purging, cultural revolution, matchmaking, heavy machinery, wild childhood, tragedy and rebirth along the banks of The Yangtze, 1940s-1988. Glossary guanxi = social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships liumang = an indecent person or hooligan, think early 20th century “sex maniac” zou zi pai = “capitalist roader” – a Maoist term of …

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1.3 Port Out

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:12:00 +0000

Good morning, you’re through to James in Customer Services. Can I confirm I’m speaking to the principal cardholder? I always hated talking on the phone. Hated it. Hated suddenly shifting a gear to be thrust into a conversation, with no mental preparation at all. Hated the way I couldn’t sit back and let other people …

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1.2 – A Life In A Day

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:20:00 +0000

For the last two years I have been commuting from Cambridge to London, using bus, train and tube. This might as well be a single day. All sounds recorded in SmartMobiTools Audio Recorder on a Samsung Galaxy A41

1.1 – Threw It In The Bin

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000

When I was twelve years old, my history teacher set me an unusual detention. I was to write down on a piece of lined paper the reasons that I hadn’t done any of the homework she had set – and no excuses were allowed, she wanted the real reason. I wrote the most honest answer …

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1.0 Season One Preview

Centuries of Sound — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:45:13 +0000

Texture & Artefact launches on January 9th. This is a five-minute trailer featuring clips from the first season. There will be one episode per month from January to September.