Ariel (newspaper)
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Ariel is the in-house magazine
/newspaper
of the BBC, published weekly on Tuesdays, and named after the statue of Shakespeare's Prospero
and Ariel by Eric Gill
on the facade of the BBC's Broadcasting House
, London
.
On the 19 October 2011, it was announced that the printed edition would cease production at the end of December 2011 and only be available as Ariel Online. Candida Watson, its current editor, is one of the redundancies.
Distributed as a newspaper for 75 years to staff and visitors at major BBC premises, it was also available to the public by subscription (£
50 p.a. UK
). Ariel Online can be accessed by corporation staff electronically over the BBC intranet (Gateway) and since 2011 via www.bbc.co.uk
An equivalent publication circulated each month to retired BBC staff is called Prospero.
Some of the editorial cartoons that appear in Ariel are also published on the website www.everarddavy.com
Magazine
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/newspaper
Newspaper
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of the BBC, published weekly on Tuesdays, and named after the statue of Shakespeare's Prospero
Prospero
Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.- The Tempest :Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan, who was put to sea on "a rotten carcass of a butt [boat]" to die by his usurping brother, Antonio, twelve years before the play begins. Prospero and Miranda survived,...
and Ariel by Eric Gill
Eric Gill
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement...
on the facade of the BBC's Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The building includes the BBC Radio Theatre from where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience...
, London
London
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.
On the 19 October 2011, it was announced that the printed edition would cease production at the end of December 2011 and only be available as Ariel Online. Candida Watson, its current editor, is one of the redundancies.
Distributed as a newspaper for 75 years to staff and visitors at major BBC premises, it was also available to the public by subscription (£
Pound sterling
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50 p.a. UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
). Ariel Online can be accessed by corporation staff electronically over the BBC intranet (Gateway) and since 2011 via www.bbc.co.uk
An equivalent publication circulated each month to retired BBC staff is called Prospero.
Some of the editorial cartoons that appear in Ariel are also published on the website www.everarddavy.com