Ariel is the in-house magazine/newspaper of the BBC, named after the statue of Shakespeare's Prospero and Ariel by Eric Gill on the front of the BBC's Broadcasting House, London. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (February 22, 1882–November 17, 1940) was a British sculptor, typographer and engraver. ... Broadcasting House Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...