Television is such an intimate part of most of our lives that any discussion of its origins automatically incites a host of personal emotional responses uncommon to other inventions.
When Jimmy Wales founded the website Wikipedia in 2001, he envisaged that it would ultimately become a digital brain representing the sum of all human knowledge.
As we prepare to open our new exhibition The Lives of Great Photographers, we have asked museum staff and visitors the question: who do you think is a great photographer—and why?
First coined by book publisher Tim O’Reilly in 2004, the term ‘Web 2.0’ has become a popular phrase to encompass the new generation of internet applications that enable content sharing and collaboration.
Use our photographic expertise to learn how to care for your own collections with these basic conservation guidelines.
In the digital age, advertisers and marketers have had to devise new methods to reach audiences with their product messages.
The first public demonstration of television in the UK took place in 1926. Trace the development of TV from then up to the 2010s with our timeline.
The history of recording using magnetism dates back almost one hundred years, and by the start of the Second World War had advanced to the stage where the BBC were regularly using a Marconi-Stille recorder.
Lisa Brook reports on her personal highlights of BIFF 2011, from an anarchic late-night screening to an unexpected encounter with Terry Gilliam.
Day 3 of BIFF 2011 sees Jamie enjoying short films, a zombie romance and an interview with the legendary Terry Gilliam—but a Northern noir fails to impress.
Every year, our public television archive screens a complementary schedule of programmes during Bradford International Film Festival. Kate Dunn explains why.
Continuing his film odyssey, Jamie watches football, fantasy, and avant-garde films… and a drunk man sings ‘A Whole New World’.