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Glenn Barden

@glennbarden.bsky.social

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I write stuff and make telly. Series Producer of ONE STRANGE ROCK (Disney+). Co-creator of TOUCH THE TRUCK. Former music journalist. Curtis Brown 6 Month Novel Writing alumnus. Writing a novel about Shoreditch.

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Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · 2d

So that’s our economic policy now - get pissed!

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · 2d

So that’s our economic policy now - get pissed!

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · 7d

One of the main guys behind the ridiculous Fly The Flag campaign is a convicted people smuggler who brought people in illegally to work on his weed farms. Couldn’t make it up!

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Man Behind 'Fly The Flag' Is A Convicted Migrant Smuggler - Dorset Eye

Lee Twamley, the prominent activist behind a campaign to fly flags in protest against illegal immigration, is a convicted criminal who served a jail sentence for attempting to smuggle migrants into th...

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Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · 8d

Cassetteboy does it again cleverly skewering Starmer and the state of UK politics.

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Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer

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Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · 29d

Immigration and “the boats” doesn’t worry me but the rise of fascism does.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is why I love Bluesky - for this kind of random insights into people’s lives.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wise words from advertising copywriter Kathy Hepinstall Parks. #writing #AI

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Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 22

Only twice her age, oh that’s ok then!

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Well said

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Daughter is studying Jane Eyre for GCSE. I’ve never read it. She says it’s about a 45 year old hitting on a 18 year old girl. Sounds a bit creepy old man. Is it?

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 21

A not so secret bunker.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 16

Watching Babygirl. Seems v unrealistic - what intern speaks to the boss of a company like that? Whoever wrote it had never worked in a big company. #screenplay #BabyGirl

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wow. I thought I was a big fan of his but I’ve never seen this before!

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 14

Help Punk Get Drunk.
A Brick Lane regular.

#shoreditch #streetphotography #london #londonstreets

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 13

But isn’t finding an audience the real battle?

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Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wow. Thats quite a gift. Wish I had it.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 13

A comatose homeless couple are curled on a discarded mattress, clutching each other like lost lovers, their kebab abandoned in a Styrofoam clamshell.

Shoreditch, 2025

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 12

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 1

Very apt

Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · Aug 1

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Aug 1

A fox as a domesticated pet? Wow. I've never seen that.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sounds right up my street. Ordered.

Glenn Barden @glennbarden.bsky.social · Jul 29

Watching Elbow at Latitude I’ve never felt more like becoming a full time drunk. They make sitting on a park bench drinking cans a seductive poetic life choice.
#latitude2025 #Elbow