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Sounds of Benwell

Discovery Museum   Social History
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The cobbler, the banger and the pigeons. ‘The ear is indolent and dull’, used to say Theodor Adorno in his essays about music. You can’t prevent yourself from listening to sounds; listening is such a passive activity. Sometimes it’s so… Read more