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OurBeeb forum session 4: creativity, culture and digital public space
The final session of OurBeeb’s day-forum invited Brian Eno, Tony Ageh, Kamila Shamsie and Bill Thompson to outline their perspectives on the current and future position of the BBC in the UK’s artistic ecosystem.
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson, new media pioneer, has been working in, on and around the Internet since 1984. Formerly head of new media at the Guardian newspapers, he writes a weekly column, the BillBlog, for BBC News online.
Tony Ageh
Photo: copyright Eddie Botsio 2011, National Portrait Gallery
Tony Ageh has held various roles at the BBC since 2002. As Controller of BBC Internet he was responsible for the creation and delivery of the iPlayer. He is currently Controller of Archive Development, responsible for the development and implementation of the BBC's Archive Strategy to deliver the BBC's stated ambition to “unlock the BBC's archives by the centenary of the BBC in 2022” and develop the Digital Public Space. He was awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list.
Brian Eno
Brian Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.
Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is a Pakistani novelist who writes in the English language. Her novels include Burnt Shadows which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and has been translated into over 20 languages. She has also written a work of non-fiction, Offence: The Muslim Case.
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