Blog aims to record a day in UK life
Thousands of people across Britain are expected
to contribute to a project aiming to create an online archive of a day in the
life of the country. The National Trust is encouraging people to record a diary
of their day on a website, as part of what is being called
“Britain’s biggest blog“.
Thousands of people across Britain are expected to
contribute to a project aiming to create an online archive of a day in the life
of the country. The National Trust is encouraging people to record a diary of
their day on a website, as part of what is being called “Britain’s biggest
blog“.
The blogs will then be stored by the British Library and at other locations. The trust says it will create a “fascinating social history archive” of everyday life for future generations.
Tuesday 17 October has been picked as an “ordinary day much like any other of no particular national significance”.
National Trust director general Fiona Reynolds said: “We want this day to have its own place in history and be a snapshot of everyday life at the beginning of the 21st Century.
And the trust says the emphasis does not have to be on recording exciting events.
Historian Dan Snow said “the minutiae of what as many people as possible got up to on a normal boring day” was actually “quite exciting”.
What an interesting Time Capsule! Something like this should be done annually to provide a gradual, continuous record.
The blogs will then be stored by the British Library and at other locations. The trust says it will create a “fascinating social history archive” of everyday life for future generations.
Tuesday 17 October has been picked as an “ordinary day much like any other of no particular national significance”.
National Trust director general Fiona Reynolds said: “We want this day to have its own place in history and be a snapshot of everyday life at the beginning of the 21st Century.
And the trust says the emphasis does not have to be on recording exciting events.
Historian Dan Snow said “the minutiae of what as many people as possible got up to on a normal boring day” was actually “quite exciting”.
What an interesting Time Capsule! Something like this should be done annually to provide a gradual, continuous record.
Posted: Tue - October 17, 2006 at 06:57 AM