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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Going to channel Tory conference* and say: just rejoice.

(*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.

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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

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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 5d

A post about Novel Audio, Chris Atkins and their podcast on EMI and Terra Firma.

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · 22d

It is!!

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you very much for listening cc @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 25d

“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

A photo of the Radio Times magazine pick of the week for Where the Distance Shimmers on BBC Radio 4. The text reads “Route 66, the 2,448-mile highway from Chicago to Santa Monica in the United States was decommissioned 40 years ago, killing off many of the towns along the ‘mother road’ with it. This documentary from Laura Barton (the woman behind Radio 4’s Notes on Music) is a nuanced, layered and poetic take on the route and the nostalgia surrounding the idea of the American West. Interviewees include 98-year-old Angel Delgadillo, who helped secure the road’s historic status back in 1987. He does still get his kicks from Route 66 - even if that’s by talking to tourists and journalists.”

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · Sep 7

O Captain! My Captain!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham says government needs ‘reset’ to become more decisive

Greater Manchester mayor also suggests the cabinet needs to more ‘pluralistic’ and less London-centric

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · Sep 7

'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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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh this is a great one! Have added to the playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6bu...

Laura Barton's Notes on Music: Seventeen

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Aug 28

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

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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you so much! I loved making that one. Credit to @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social who made it all sound so good...

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · Jul 28

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...

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Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social · Jun 23

Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Jun 19

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...

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

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · May 18

Not many people know that e e cummings was actually born t-mobile cummings

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · May 16

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...

Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - YouTube

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 16

Thank you!

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 11

And I’m afraid I know plenty of people who didn’t read it that way. And I did genuinely love your book. My point really was that I’d like women to be commissioned to write about the Beatles without it being connected to the fact that the author of the book is a woman.

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 11

I’m sure there are, I know there are. The point was: they’re not as widely promoted or celebrated or, most importantly, commissioned.

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 11

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

Christine Feldman-Barrett @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social · May 10

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

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 11

I wrote about men and the Beatles for @the-independent.com

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

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Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social · May 11

Hi Christine, I think you’ve completely misinterpreted what I was saying. I do see you as a Beatles expert. Thanks for reading the piece anyway.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · May 7

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...

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

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