John Sheil

John Sheil is a freelance journalist and postgraduate student at Goldsmiths. You can follow on Twitter @contagionpop

Bowie and the Beeb [2016]

The BBC played a role in making David Bowie’s world, our world. There needs to be a metric other than that of viewing figures and clicks, and for it to be calibrated as such in regards to funding.

By John Sheil

/ 21 Jan 2016

Imagining the BBC as new

Despite Armando Iannucci’s skilful defence of the BBC, defending the Corporation as it stands falls into the trap of using the language of austerity.

By John Sheil

/ 23 Sep 2015