Situated on the quiet, leafy outskirts of northwest Cambridge, 76 Storey's Way was the final home of Wittgenstein and the place where he died on 29 April 1951. Then the residence of his physician and close friend, Dr Edward Bevan, and his wife Joan, the detached house offered the terminally ill philosopher a peaceful, private refuge away from hospital wards during the last months of his life. Despite his declining health from prostate cancer, Wittgenstein remained remarkably productive in this suburban sanctuary, writing the final entries of his posthumously published work On Certainty just two days before his death and famously leaving his close friends the parting words, "Tell them I've had a wonderful life."

Now a student halls for the adjacent Churchill college, this recording was captured inside the building. As you will hear, it documents the profound, almost near silence of the house. Following the quiet footsteps of my entrance, we hear the heavy door closing, the audio then settles into the buildings enveloping stillness. This hushed atmosphere feels deeply fitting for the peaceful sanctuary where the philosopher worked until the very end of his life, offering a poignant  reflection on quietude, finality, and the space where he uttered his famous parting words. The recording ends with the door creaking, the gravel path, and then an extended period outside, before leaving via the garden gate.