Shiroma Silva
@shiromatsilva.bsky.social
BBC Journalist, Director, Reporter into all things interesting, revolutionary and revelatory. shiroma.silva@bbc.co.uk or shiromasilvaproducerdirector@gmail.com
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Shiroma Silva
@shiromatsilva.bsky.social
· Nov 23
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.
There were debates on whether the climate question is dead, installation arts and traditional Saudi Arabian music. That was certainly a first for me!
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There were debates on whether the climate question is dead, installation arts and traditional Saudi Arabian music. That was certainly a first for me!
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.
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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.
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/...
Weekend - UN calls Gaza the “hungriest place on Earth” - BBC Sounds
Gaza's entire population at risk of famine, the United Nations has said
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June 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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/...
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.
June 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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.
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.
June 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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.
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.
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
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March 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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.
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.
March 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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.
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.
March 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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.
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.
November 23, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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.
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.
Bangladesh's clothing conundrum
Podcast Episode · The Documentary Podcast · 11/07/2023 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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.