Peel's family plan to keep record collection for the time being

John Peel's widow has said that her family plans to keep the late great DJ's record collection, despite rumours it might be donated to the British Library. Shelia Ravenscroft has told the BBC World Service that to give up Peel's record collection - which includes 26,000 vinyl LPs, 40,000 singles and 40,000 CDs - would be just too difficult to do at this time. She said: "At the moment, I've no intention of doing anything with his records. The records here are John and I can't imagine how we all would feel if, for whatever reason, they were suddenly removed from us. It would be just awful. I've got to be realistic and I know that there will be some period when we've got to say 'come on, be sensible', because there's no way we can play them all or appreciate them all. But it won't be happening yet." And fair enough too.