GLAM Racket: Newham and Ronald Amanze

11:30 am - 12 pm, Monday, 22nd July 2026

A Micro Clear Spot on Resonance 104.4 FM - a short-form works for radio.

For further information about those featured today, visit Newham Libraries, and Ronald Amanze.

GLAM Racket: Newham and Ronald Amanze offers a sonic glimpse into community storytelling,

Today explores repair and the experience of being seen and heard. We visit Robbie Judkins at a Repair Café at Forest Gate Library in Newham. Residents, volunteer fixers and library staff come together. Organised by East London Waste Authority and Newham Libraries, the café highlights the value of repair in reducing waste, saving money and strengthening community ties.

We also hear from Ronald Amanze, who, following a stroke, realised he had a health condition which had been misunderstood. Now living with dementia and advocating for being active and creative to stay healthy, Ronald reflects on what it means to be truly heard by councils and public services, and why he often turns to writing, art and music to express himself beyond labels such as "bad behaviour". The programme closes with a song Ronald collaborated on with Paul Hitchmough called “I'm Still Climbing Mountains”.  Repeats on Resonance 104.4 FM on Saturday, 27th June, 2.30pm.

GLAM Racket aims to present Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums, not simply as civic buildings, but as shared cultural spaces where language, heritage, oral history, and artistic experimentation meet. Through music walks, poetry readings, conversations, and multilingual storytelling, the programme captures fleeting moments of how communities continue to collectively create and preserve culture.