There is a small team of historians who are campaigning against the BBC's recent decision to end the opening of new files for research. You may have seen an article about them in The Observer a couple of weeks ago https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/historians-dismayed-scandal-bbc-cutting-access-written-archives . They are greatly concerned that the effective ending of access to around two thirds of BBC files (those that have not been vetted) will mean the end of independent research not only into BBC history but far wider social, political and cultural histories of the twentieth century. For this reason, they have published an open letter https://tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign which 500 historians, researchers and writers have now signed. One of the campaigners has reached out to the business historical community in the UK to see if there are colleagues willing to support this (I imagine there are). In case you are interested, follow the link or contact the individuals leading the petition:
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