Untold14 min
The last tape library
In a council basement in the north, one archivist has spent nineteen years transferring reels nobody has asked for. The funding ends in March.
J. Okonjo27 August 2026
Perspective
Slow, local, unresolved, or happening to people with no reach. Most of what goes untold is not hidden — it is simply boring to a feed, which is a different problem and a fixable one.
Untold14 min
In a council basement in the north, one archivist has spent nineteen years transferring reels nobody has asked for. The funding ends in March.
J. Okonjo27 August 2026
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