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Noise: A Human History: Life in the City

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Noise: A Human History

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noise: A Human History, Life in the City

Professor David Hendy follows the writer Thomas Carlyle's grumpy attempts at soundproofing

David Hendy follows the writer Thomas Carlyle's grumpy attempts at soundproofing, as next door’s noise became harder to escape.

As cities grew, next-door's noise became increasingly hard to escape. 

Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex follows the writer Thomas Carlyle's grumpy attempts at soundproofing, before travelling to New York to imagine the teaming, noisy world of the Lower East Side tenements in the early 20th-century.

30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.

Signature tune composed by Joe Acheson. 
Producer: Matt Thompson

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