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Tape Letters
Tape Letters
Modus Arts

Tape Letters shines light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape as an unorthodox method of communication by... more

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Episodes

TL Scotland 4: FAST FORWARD

“Other things came, like telephones, and they stopped the tapes.”Generations of Scottish-Pakistanis sent and received Tape Letters, before new means... more

20 Jan 2025 · 20 minutes
TL Scotland 3: PAUSE

“You go back and listen. People that have passed now, you can hear their voices… it just brings back memories.”Unlike... more

20 Jan 2025 · 20 minutes
TL Scotland 2: REWIND

“We came here by coach. It took one month to reach here...”Throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s, people migrated to... more

20 Jan 2025 · 19 minutes
TL Scotland 1. PLAY

“Imagine the feeling of pressing play on a cassette tape that’s just arrived from some 5,000 miles away…” What is a... more

20 Jan 2025 · 20 minutes
Season 2 - TL Scotland: Trailer

On 20 January 2025, Tape Letters, the award-winning podcast, returns with a brand-new second series: Tape Letters Scotland. The Tape Letters... more

13 Dec 2024 · 1 minute
TL England 14. Behind the Project: Imran Arif - In a Suitcase

Imran Arif is a Social Scientist and was a community engagement officer for the Tape Letters oral history project. He... more

23 Feb 2024 · 6 minutes
TL England 13. Generations On Tape

The Tape Letters project shines light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape as an unorthodox... more

23 Feb 2024 · 15 minutes
TL England 12. Behind the Project: Syma Tariq - A Particular Archive

Syma Tariq is a Sound Artist and Journalist focussing on history and politics. Her PhD was entitled “Partitioned listening: sonic... more

23 Feb 2024 · 4 minutes
TL England 11. Behind the Project - Suna Afshan - It was there in the Potwari for Me to Find

The poet Suna Afshan was commissioned by Modus Arts to produce a body of text in response to five cassettes... more

23 Feb 2024 · 10 minutes
TL England 10. Spoken and Unwritten

This episode looks at the origins, characteristics, and generational evolution of Pothwari, an oral-only language with no written form.You’ll also... more

23 Feb 2024 · 14 minutes
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TL Scotland 4: FAST FORWARD
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