Library of Mistakes looks at…itself!

With our podcast series now established in the top 2% of global downloads (who knew that financial history could be so zeitgeist?!), we’re excited to be launching an additional thread of episodes called Shelf Life.

Once a month, Leila Johnston and Fraser Allen will be here to take you behind the scenes at the library, meeting the many fascinating people connected with this extraordinary enterprise.

In our first episode, we turn the tables on our resident podcast host Professor Russell Napier by asking him the questions – including one about exciting moves towards a library in London.

We also hear an interesting update of what’s happening at the library from David Clarke, CEO of Didasko (the financial education charity that owns the Library of Mistakes and overseas a range of other initiatives). Helen Bradley, CEO of Future Asset (also part of Didasko), tells about the brilliant work she is doing to encourage girls in Scottish schools to consider a career in investment management. And our very own Librarian Helen Williams begins an episode-by-episode guided tour of the library. And there’s more – you can even win a Library of Mistakes mug. Get in there!

To listen to episode 1, click on this link: Shelf Life #1

(PS Fear not, Russell’s regular interviews with financial historians will continue as before.)