18 Mar 2010
Archive launches tomorrow…
The final video and image highlight as we count down to tomorrow’s launch of the archive.
The picture is from the new Hotels & Restaurants gallery while the video features an assortment of different categories which previously didn’t have a home (they now do!). Finally, below, is another video from much earlier in the project featuring some of my own favourites from 2008.
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