If any of you haven't been to this incredible exhibit, well get yourself into line as its closing at the end of December. This really is one of the best exhibitions I have seen in London since I've been here, and since its completely free and centrally located, you really have no excuse not to make it there.
The British Library is a jewel of a building just a few hundred meters from Kings Cross. The Sound and the Fury is on the right as you come in - just a glass -walled room with a few computers set up with headphones. When I was there they weren't all working, but any wait is worth it. On each computer, you can select from the Libraries extensive collection of audio recordings.
You'll find all the famous speeches you'd expect - Ich Ein Berliner, From the Mountaintop and We'll fight them on the beaches..., but you'll also find some very special speeches that you might not ever get the chance to hear, such as those by Malcolm X. There are personal stories by private people (my favorite is the bloke who went to heckle Oswald Mosley and co back in the 30s) and famous ones, such as Salman Rushdie. There are even great actors reading passages from plays, some of which you probably will never get to hear anywhere else.
The Sound and the Fury is genuinely one of the best treasures I've discovered in London - in fact, I've been sending all the visitors I get to see it. Get yourselves there before it closes on December 31!
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