The Metropolis

What's your favourite London noise? British Library's soundmap has a whole bunch of them

Mike Pollitt | Wednesday 15 June, 2011 12:01

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Only 9 days left to upload a sound, any sound, to the UK soundmap, a project from the British Library aimed at creating a map of the UKs noises. London is represented by plenty of Tube sounds and ringing bells at the moment, but future historians are being denied the full picture. For example there’s not a single recording of someone throwing up and getting in a fight at Old St roundabout. There’s still time.

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