Laura Barton
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world falling apart
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After years of poise and perfection, Lily Allen’s latest album drags pop towards glorious, messy normality, writes @ladymissbarton.bsky.social.
The revenge of Lily Allen
After years of poise and perfection, the British singer’s latest album drags pop towards glorious, messy normality
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
After years of poise and perfection, Lily Allen’s latest album drags pop towards glorious, messy normality, writes @ladymissbarton.bsky.social.
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Legend: the Bruce #Springsteen Story continues today with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds “an informative, contextualising joy” - The Times. Today, Bruce hits the big time. But fame is not an easy bedfellow. Producers Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 2. Born to Run
Bruce is living above a beauty parlour, broke, writing songs amongst the hairdryers.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Legend: the Bruce #Springsteen Story continues today with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds “an informative, contextualising joy” - The Times. Today, Bruce hits the big time. But fame is not an easy bedfellow. Producers Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I’ve just watched a tribute that Meryl Streep gave to Diane Keaton in which she said that Keaton had “a stream of consciousness like a hummingbird” & my goodness that’s it, that was her entirely.
October 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I’ve just watched a tribute that Meryl Streep gave to Diane Keaton in which she said that Keaton had “a stream of consciousness like a hummingbird” & my goodness that’s it, that was her entirely.
Small reminder that this series starts this morning at 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 (and available on BBC Sounds):
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 1. My Hometown
Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Small reminder that this series starts this morning at 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 (and available on BBC Sounds):
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Going to channel Tory conference* and say: just rejoice.
(*Thatcher was a great admirer of James Lovelock.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(*Thatcher was a great admirer of James Lovelock.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Going to channel Tory conference* and say: just rejoice.
(*Thatcher was a great admirer of James Lovelock.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(*Thatcher was a great admirer of James Lovelock.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Been working on this (alongside the great Mair Bosworth and Eliza Lomas) for months. Apologies to anyone who has tried to speak to me about something other than Bruce Springsteen during this time. Episode One airs Saturday morning:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 1. My Hometown
Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Been working on this (alongside the great Mair Bosworth and Eliza Lomas) for months. Apologies to anyone who has tried to speak to me about something other than Bruce Springsteen during this time. Episode One airs Saturday morning:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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A post about Novel Audio, Chris Atkins and their podcast on EMI and Terra Firma.
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A post about Novel Audio, Chris Atkins and their podcast on EMI and Terra Firma.
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“Nuanced, layered and poetic…” tomorrow night’s BBC Radio 4 Illuminated ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’ is @radiotimes.bsky.social documentary pick of the week www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“Nuanced, layered and poetic…” tomorrow night’s BBC Radio 4 Illuminated ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’ is @radiotimes.bsky.social documentary pick of the week www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
Presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Produced by Alan Hall
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'Somewhere on the playing fields of England are a handsome boy and a joyful girl who know what to say in their university interviews and already have the confident charm that will mark them out for the rest of their lives. Manners makyth man, as Winchester College’s motto boasts.'
September 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'Somewhere on the playing fields of England are a handsome boy and a joyful girl who know what to say in their university interviews and already have the confident charm that will mark them out for the rest of their lives. Manners makyth man, as Winchester College’s motto boasts.'
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With country music newly resurgent, @ladymissbarton.bsky.social asks: are the US charts having their own Sydney Sweeney moment?
Sydney Sweeney, genetics and genre
With country music newly resurgent, are the US charts having their own American Eagle moment?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
With country music newly resurgent, @ladymissbarton.bsky.social asks: are the US charts having their own Sydney Sweeney moment?
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My forthcoming talk, at the National Gallery of Scotland, about the stories & glories of graveyards is fully booked. But you are welcome to join us online, for free, if you like. It's at 12.45pm on Tuesday August 5. Here is the link for booking: www.nationalgalleries.org/event/peter-...
August 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My forthcoming talk, at the National Gallery of Scotland, about the stories & glories of graveyards is fully booked. But you are welcome to join us online, for free, if you like. It's at 12.45pm on Tuesday August 5. Here is the link for booking: www.nationalgalleries.org/event/peter-...
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Been discussing the Making of Five Leaves Left with Cally Callomon from the Nick Drake estate and
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social for tonight's BBC Front Row.
Also Petra Volpe on Heldin/Night Shift & Richard Stilgoe on
Tom Lehrer & Cleo Laine 715pm R4 or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social for tonight's BBC Front Row.
Also Petra Volpe on Heldin/Night Shift & Richard Stilgoe on
Tom Lehrer & Cleo Laine 715pm R4 or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
July 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Been discussing the Making of Five Leaves Left with Cally Callomon from the Nick Drake estate and
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social for tonight's BBC Front Row.
Also Petra Volpe on Heldin/Night Shift & Richard Stilgoe on
Tom Lehrer & Cleo Laine 715pm R4 or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social for tonight's BBC Front Row.
Also Petra Volpe on Heldin/Night Shift & Richard Stilgoe on
Tom Lehrer & Cleo Laine 715pm R4 or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor
June 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor
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When a fan sent musician Nick Cave AI-generated lyrics in his style, he replied: “With all the love and respect in the world, this track is bullshit and a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human.”
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on what AI might do to songwriting.
www.prospectmagazine...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on what AI might do to songwriting.
www.prospectmagazine...
How can songwriters survive in the age of AI?
The music industry was already an unforgiving place. Now it’s going to become a whole lot more difficult for new artists
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When a fan sent musician Nick Cave AI-generated lyrics in his style, he replied: “With all the love and respect in the world, this track is bullshit and a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human.”
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on what AI might do to songwriting.
www.prospectmagazine...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on what AI might do to songwriting.
www.prospectmagazine...
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Not many people know that e e cummings was actually born t-mobile cummings
May 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Not many people know that e e cummings was actually born t-mobile cummings
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Here's a playlist of seven great versions of Roadrunner going back to 1972. Roadrunner Thrice is a particular fave
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And this article by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social about "rock's most thrilling song" is a fantastic read (THREAD)
👀 www.theguardian.com/music/2007/j...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And this article by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social about "rock's most thrilling song" is a fantastic read (THREAD)
👀 www.theguardian.com/music/2007/j...
Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - YouTube
youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Here's a playlist of seven great versions of Roadrunner going back to 1972. Roadrunner Thrice is a particular fave
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And this article by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social about "rock's most thrilling song" is a fantastic read (THREAD)
👀 www.theguardian.com/music/2007/j...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And this article by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social about "rock's most thrilling song" is a fantastic read (THREAD)
👀 www.theguardian.com/music/2007/j...
And in case anyone else was confused about this, I was not in any way saying that Christine Feldman-Barrett was not an expert on the Beatles
Thanks for the positive mention of my book in this article, @ladymissbarton.bsky.social. It's disappointing, though, that you don't see me as a Beatles expert. Seems to add to the problem you are pointing out. Don't think you realised... www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boring
As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why wo...
www.independent.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And in case anyone else was confused about this, I was not in any way saying that Christine Feldman-Barrett was not an expert on the Beatles
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When industry falls silent, more than jobs are lost…
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on how a nation’s cultural identity is forged alongside its steel: www.prospectmagazine...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on how a nation’s cultural identity is forged alongside its steel: www.prospectmagazine...
If the steel industry dies, culture will too
Just listen: the UK’s industrial areas have their own noises, rhythms and songs.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When industry falls silent, more than jobs are lost…
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on how a nation’s cultural identity is forged alongside its steel: www.prospectmagazine...
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social on how a nation’s cultural identity is forged alongside its steel: www.prospectmagazine...
Like a middle-aged version of the Telegraph’s A-level results day coverage
The Observer was sold out of the Guardian Media Group (owned by the Scott Trust) a few weeks ago. It's now owned - like most UK media - by a billionaire-backed consortium.
And hey presto - a puff piece for the Kinder, Küche, Kirche women of Reform!
And hey presto - a puff piece for the Kinder, Küche, Kirche women of Reform!
May 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Like a middle-aged version of the Telegraph’s A-level results day coverage
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I am on here facing down my arch nemesis @ladymissbarton.bsky.social and stinking up the “airwaves” on Radio 4. From 2hrs 56 minutes. Already 45 people have cancelled their licence fee in protest at the BBC giving me “the oxygen of publicity”. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 07/04/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I am on here facing down my arch nemesis @ladymissbarton.bsky.social and stinking up the “airwaves” on Radio 4. From 2hrs 56 minutes. Already 45 people have cancelled their licence fee in protest at the BBC giving me “the oxygen of publicity”. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Hat tip to @ladymissbarton.bsky.social for this wee gem to remember Val Kilmer. We all know Lou needed it.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hat tip to @ladymissbarton.bsky.social for this wee gem to remember Val Kilmer. We all know Lou needed it.