Huge congratulations to all of this year’s Grammy winners! The original article, posted in June 2014, was amended in May 2026. Did you know that the Grammy Award was originally called a Gramophone Award? It is given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognise significant achievements in the music industry. The… Read more »

In December 1900, William Barry Owen (co-founder of the British Gramophone Company) gained the rights to sell and manufacture the newly developed Lambert Typewriter. The name of the company was then changed to “The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd.” The Lambert Typewriter was initially taken on as insurance against the possible failure of the Gramophone as… Read more »