Fading painted signs

Radio

I took N Quentin Woolf of Londonist Out Loud on a portion of my Ghostsigns Walking Tour in Stoke Newington. The result is this podcast (here on itunes, and here on Londonist) which we managed to record despite the myriad noises and distractions on the […]

Ghostsigns on Londonist Out Loud

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged Derelict London Interview London Londonist Londonist Out Loud N Quentin Woolf N16 Podcast Press Radio Sam Roberts Stoke Newington Tours UK on June 14, 2014 by Sam Roberts

Young Schmuck Fine Wines Liquors and Cigars — Great radio interview with Frank talking about his work, his book and the topic in general. (A brief mention of this blog shortly after 12 minutes – thanks Frank!)

Frank Jump on 90.7 WFUD

This entry was posted in Interviews and tagged Frank Jump New York Press Radio USA on February 19, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Painter in the New York sky — Following Frank’s more recent appearance I came across this radio interview with Colossal Media which I missed in February last year. The slideshow above accompanies the full story and audio download on the WNYC website. More posts from the Ghostsigns blog about Colossal Media here, […]

On Air: Colossal Media Radio Interview

This entry was posted in Interviews and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Press Radio USA Video on January 15, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Uptown Stables Fading Ad by Frank Jump — Listen to Fading Ads on the Leonard Lopate Show by Wnyc, New York Public Radio. A 15 minute interview discussing the ‘Fading Ads of New York City’ book with an accompanying slideshow.

Frank Jump on the Leonard Lopate Show

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Signs in Media and tagged Books Fading Ad Frank Jump Interview Leonard Lopate New York New York Public Radio People Press Radio USA WNYC on January 11, 2012 by Sam Roberts

I’ve just got round to posting the proper quality copies of the two biggest pieces of BBC coverage of the project. These are the One Show piece with correctly synched audio (below) and, more recently, the piece on BBC Radio 4’s Making History program.

BBC Ghostsigns

This entry was posted in Interviews and tagged Archive Bath BBC Press Radio TV Video on July 12, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Circulating Library and Reading Room Bath — Circulating Library Press interest in the project continues and on Thursday last week I travelled to Bath to be interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 program Making History. The resulting feature will be broadcast at 3.00pm on Tuesday, 15th June and will also be available […]

Making History in Bath

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Signs in Media and tagged Archive Bath BBC Press Radio on June 6, 2010 by Sam Roberts

BBC Radio Nottingham — This short piece was broadcast on BBC Radio Nottingham on the morning of 18th May 2010. It features an interview with historyanorak and was accompanied by a photo feature on their website. Coming soon will be another piece on radio, this time BBC Radio 4 […]

BBC Radio Nottingham

This entry was posted in Interviews and tagged Archive Press Radio on June 4, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Black Cat Cigarettes Extra Large — Fascinating audio giving some history behind the Black Cat sign on Dingley Road, EC1. This includes the observation that the growth of the cigarette industry in the early part of the last century was partly fuelled by the fact that soldiers fighting in the war […]

Black Cat Audio

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Black Cat London Press Radio Research Tours UK on November 27, 2009 by Sam Roberts

Robert Elms and Sam Roberts BBC Radio London — So the radio appearance came through and I went into BBC London‘s Marylebone studios to meet Robert Elms and talk about this site and the broader Ghost Sign project. It was a great experience and you can listen to the interview with some additional visual […]

BBC London

This entry was posted in Interviews Photo Essays and tagged BBC London Press Radio on June 29, 2008 by Sam Roberts

BBC Radio London — [Update: Listen to the broadcast by visiting this blog post.] Today (Friday, 27th June 2008) I am set to appear on BBC London on the Robert Elms radio show at about 12.40pm. You can listen to this via the web or tune in on a […]

Ghost Signs on Radio

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged BBC London Press Radio on June 27, 2008 by Sam Roberts