In a delightful surprise, we won gold at the British Podcast Awards this evening! All credit to Mair Bosworth, Eliza Lomas, Hannis Brown & Emma Harding, who all made it something special 💫
Laura Barton
@ladymissbarton.bsky.social
You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world falling apart
www.uncut.co.uk/features/bey... Another wonderful article by #LauraBarton #Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net @ladymissbarton.bsky.social
Beyond "Born To Run": 20 Bruce Springsteen deep cuts you should hear - UNCUT
From B-sides to outtakes and live cuts, here's our rundown of 20 lesser-spotted Bruce Spingsteen gems
uncut.co.uk
A marvellous evening celebrating a truly marvellous book!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club@rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 3mo agoBrilliant conversation about a brilliant book. @ladymissbarton.bsky.social quizzes @sathnam.bsky.social about George Michael at a very full Walthamstow Trades Hall
Interviewed Paul McCartney for today’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
‘I can gauge John’s reaction: that’s good, stick that in’: Paul McCartney on how old bandmates – and Oasis – inspired his nostalgic new album
At 83, McCartney is looking back for his 18th solo LP, to formative flirtations, family singalongs, even his own birth – and the febrile times that mirror our own. It’s given him ‘every hope that we’l...
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This is very kind (and I don't agree) but I did really enjoy writing about my Mum. The whole series is a lovely thing.
Lynn Dunlop@lynndunlop.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm enjoying this series from Guardian, but @ladymissbarton.bsky.social's piece is a standout. Beautiful and inspiring. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
nature.com
Wrote about a dismal NYE for the Guardian’s Big Night Out series: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My big night out: I realised I could leave the house party behind – and everything else that made me feel small
It was New Year’s Eve and there had been fireworks, drinking and dancing. Amid it all, I felt ashen and cold. As I walked out, I felt my first surge of quiet liberation
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I could mark a few student essays ... or I could listen to Jonathan Richman's Road Runner and read @ladymissbarton.bsky.social's article.
Birmingham 81@birmingham81.bsky.social · last yr.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...
The Killers’ MR BRIGHTSIDE has spent 485 weeks on the UK chart—making it the most successful song never to reach number one. @ladymissbarton.bsky.social on what this reveals about the song—and Britain.
The meaning of ‘Mr Brightside’
This Killers’ anthem has spent almost 500 weeks on the UK chart. Its persistence says something about us all
prospectmagazine.co.uk
🎧: Three of our critics—@katemaltby.bsky.social, Lucy Scholes and @ladymissbarton.bsky.social—join Prospect’s @pghoskin.bsky.social to recap the year in culture over eggnog and mince pies.
K-pop and Sydney Sweeney’s jeans: Prospect’s critics Christmas party
Our critics look back at the cultural year’s highs and lows
prospectmagazine.co.uk
The WI gives an honourable statement in response to an enforced decision. There's more in the article
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 11mo agoTrans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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
prospectmagazine.co.uk
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.
bbc.co.uk
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...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 1. My Hometown
Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.
bbc.co.uk
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.
bbc.co.uk
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.
bbc.co.uk
A post about Novel Audio, Chris Atkins and their podcast on EMI and Terra Firma.
I’m a broken record on this, but — there are so many examples of famous people radicalised by midlife career/personal knockbacks. Ant Middleton was on yday’s march. He got done for tax offences and lost his TV work. Now he’s mates with Tommy Robinson.
“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
'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.'
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?
prospectmagazine.co.uk
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-...
Peter Ross | A Tomb With A View (online) | National Galleries of Scotland
This is the online streamed version of the live event. Ticketholders will be sent a joining link before the event to either watch the event live or view the recording later. Inspired by Andy Goldswort...
nationalgalleries.org
Peter Ross@peteralanross.bsky.social · 2y agoLooking forward to giving a talk on the stories & glories of graveyards, at the National Gallery of Scotland on August 5. It's in connection with Andy Goldsworthy's exhibition Fifty Years. Tickets are free but should be booked. Please come along, if you can. www.nationalgalleries.org/event/peter-...
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...
Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor
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
prospectmagazine.co.uk