Shiroma Silva

There were debates on whether the climate question is dead, installation arts and traditional Saudi Arabian music. That was certainly a first for me!

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The great thing about this year’s SXSW festival is the sheer range of talks and events that were held, some great, some less so, but nonetheless making up an eclectic mix. So we had the chance to be part of the audience for a recording of The Rest is Politics, with Ed Balls and Alistair Campbell.

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FAIK OFF, 2025 — Rankin

At the other end we had photographer Rankin, whose love hate relationship with the technology was laid bare, and who can’t help but grudgingly use it. He’s got what seems like an intriguing exhibition, Faik Off, that’s doing just this www.rankinphoto.co.uk/exhibitions/...

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There have been some interesting and charged discussions at this year’s SXSW festival www.sxswlondon.com such as a talk with neuroscientist and Nobel Laureate at the helm of Google’s AI Demis Hassabis, about navigating its immense potential.

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Weekend - UN calls Gaza the “hungriest place on Earth” - BBC Sounds Gaza's entire population at risk of famine, the United Nations has said

Another way is to widen the definition of Classical music instrumentation without dumbing it down, as guitarist Sean Shibe spoke about in my feature for this week’s BBC World Service’s Weekend programme. Have a listen if you missed it vimeo.com/1089525886 or 46'25" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Yesterday’s session at the magnificent Christ Church in Spitalfields heard from BBC Radio 3, the LSO and the South Bank on creative response such as using immersive and theatrical experiences that recreate the times in which some of the music was written for.

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Hearing about how classical music can reach wider audiences has become an ever more pressing question so it was great to hear it debated at the SXSW Festival that’s come to London from Austin, Texas for the first time.

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BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Kai Höss: My grandfather the Commandant of Auschwitz The grandson of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, comes to terms with his family

Hear about Kai’s fascinating life at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... Thank you to Executive Producer Rajeev Gupta for his support and for commissioning the programme, Production Co-ordinator Mica Nepomuceno for helping organise and Editor Chloe Walker.

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I follow Kai in Germany and learn how through his Christian faith, he’s reaching out to Jewish communities around the world in a documentary that’s made the Critics’ Choice in the i Paper, Telegraph, Radio Times and Mail on Sunday.

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Being the grandson of the greatest mass murderer in history has its challenges. That’s the story of Kai Höss whose grandfather Rudolf Höss was the Commandant of Auschwitz. In some of the most compelling interviews I’ve ever done Kai talks of first learning of Rudolf in a school history lesson.

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And thank you to CTVC and @kristinedmc.bsky.social for making it possible and for Sheemtana Shameem who presented the documentary for joining us all the way from Bangladesh.

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It was a privilege to be at last night's Association for International Broadcasting Awards amongst other global nominees from the big broadcasters. Great to see and hear the excellent work of independent journalists and programme makers continuing, despite the many barriers we face. Well done all.

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Bangladesh's clothing conundrum Podcast Episode · The Documentary Podcast · 11/07/2023 · 35m

Great to learn that Bangladesh's Clothing Conundrum podcasts.apple.com/mt/podcast/b... I produced for BBC WS got nominated for an AIB International Broadcasters Award. Many thanks to Sheemtana Shameem, @kristinedmc.bsky.social, Penny Dale, CTVC and all in UK and Bangladesh who helped make it happen.

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