Laura Bourne
@hearmeplaypiano.bsky.social
• Formerly The Difficult Laura Arnold
• Lad from Leeds with lust for life
• Mum, wife, English teacher & SENDCO
• Writing (or trying to)
• Dabbles on Irish Bodhran
• Lad from Leeds with lust for life
• Mum, wife, English teacher & SENDCO
• Writing (or trying to)
• Dabbles on Irish Bodhran
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social I don’t usually listen to all of your show bc it’s prime kids tea/kids hwk time, but I turned on your conv with Rory Sutherland about 10m in & HAD to rewind &listen to the whole thing. He makes so much sense. Why is he not in politics?! More of him, please! @lbc.co.uk #LBC
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social I don’t usually listen to all of your show bc it’s prime kids tea/kids hwk time, but I turned on your conv with Rory Sutherland about 10m in & HAD to rewind &listen to the whole thing. He makes so much sense. Why is he not in politics?! More of him, please! @lbc.co.uk #LBC
@nickabbot.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Ian Brown also covered In the Year 2525 back when I were a lass (I’m 40 now) but probably still wouldn’t ring enough bells. Quite a decent cover considering Brown’s post-Stone Roses career though #AZ2025 #LBC
December 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@nickabbot.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Ian Brown also covered In the Year 2525 back when I were a lass (I’m 40 now) but probably still wouldn’t ring enough bells. Quite a decent cover considering Brown’s post-Stone Roses career though #AZ2025 #LBC
Absolutely loving @lewisgoodall.com going full republican on @lbc.co.uk this Christmas Eve. This is my Christmas treat. Keep fighting the good fight Lewis! #LBC #royalfamily #EatTheRich
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Absolutely loving @lewisgoodall.com going full republican on @lbc.co.uk this Christmas Eve. This is my Christmas treat. Keep fighting the good fight Lewis! #LBC #royalfamily #EatTheRich
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is currently doing snarky commentary on Kemi Badenoch’s insane conference key note speech. He keeps apologising but it’s genuinely better than Graham Norton doing Eurovision. I want more of this kind of content, James! @lbc.co.uk #LBC #ConservativePartyConference #KemiBadenoch
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is currently doing snarky commentary on Kemi Badenoch’s insane conference key note speech. He keeps apologising but it’s genuinely better than Graham Norton doing Eurovision. I want more of this kind of content, James! @lbc.co.uk #LBC #ConservativePartyConference #KemiBadenoch
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Propaganda I won’t be falling for:
🟢 Exercise
🟢 Macaroni Cheese
🟢 Horses
🟢 Poetry
🟢 Charing Cross Tube Station
They are all scams x
🟢 Exercise
🟢 Macaroni Cheese
🟢 Horses
🟢 Poetry
🟢 Charing Cross Tube Station
They are all scams x
June 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Propaganda I won’t be falling for:
🟢 Exercise
🟢 Macaroni Cheese
🟢 Horses
🟢 Poetry
🟢 Charing Cross Tube Station
They are all scams x
🟢 Exercise
🟢 Macaroni Cheese
🟢 Horses
🟢 Poetry
🟢 Charing Cross Tube Station
They are all scams x
I chime in with a
"Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" #trump #vance #tryingtolightenthemood #cantthinkaboutittoohard
"Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" #trump #vance #tryingtolightenthemood #cantthinkaboutittoohard
June 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I chime in with a
"Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" #trump #vance #tryingtolightenthemood #cantthinkaboutittoohard
"Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" #trump #vance #tryingtolightenthemood #cantthinkaboutittoohard
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my 8yo is currently reading Jacqueline Wilson book ‘The Bed&Breakfast Star’ published ‘94. I read it at publication when I was 9. There’s a lot of smacking in it… the main characters stepdad is even nicknamed “Mack the Smack”. I was never smacked but I don’t remember (1/2)
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my 8yo is currently reading Jacqueline Wilson book ‘The Bed&Breakfast Star’ published ‘94. I read it at publication when I was 9. There’s a lot of smacking in it… the main characters stepdad is even nicknamed “Mack the Smack”. I was never smacked but I don’t remember (1/2)
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Oh my God.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are attacking Zelensky in the Oval Office.
This is a complete fucking embarrassment.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are attacking Zelensky in the Oval Office.
This is a complete fucking embarrassment.
February 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Oh my God.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are attacking Zelensky in the Oval Office.
This is a complete fucking embarrassment.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are attacking Zelensky in the Oval Office.
This is a complete fucking embarrassment.
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No matter how disgusting Trump or the pitiful J.D. Vance was to President Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian didn't back down one inch.
He's doing the right thing by showing strength to these two.
They won't respect weakness.
Expect more confrontations.
Because Zelenskyy is right.
He's doing the right thing by showing strength to these two.
They won't respect weakness.
Expect more confrontations.
Because Zelenskyy is right.
February 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No matter how disgusting Trump or the pitiful J.D. Vance was to President Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian didn't back down one inch.
He's doing the right thing by showing strength to these two.
They won't respect weakness.
Expect more confrontations.
Because Zelenskyy is right.
He's doing the right thing by showing strength to these two.
They won't respect weakness.
Expect more confrontations.
Because Zelenskyy is right.
Mo Amer’s @netflix.com show ‘Mo’ is the best TV that you’ve not watched yet. It’s funny, it’s clever, it’s informative, it’s thoughtful, it’s brilliant.
Netflix have said that there will be no season 3, but I think that they’d do well to rethink that. #Mo #MoSeason3 #MoAmer #Netflix
Netflix have said that there will be no season 3, but I think that they’d do well to rethink that. #Mo #MoSeason3 #MoAmer #Netflix
On The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, American comedian Mohammed Amer (Mo) discusses the second season of his Award-winning Netflix series, inspired by his personal refugee story. Mo shares how difficult it was to decide whether to speak about what was happening in Gaza after October 7th.
February 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mo Amer’s @netflix.com show ‘Mo’ is the best TV that you’ve not watched yet. It’s funny, it’s clever, it’s informative, it’s thoughtful, it’s brilliant.
Netflix have said that there will be no season 3, but I think that they’d do well to rethink that. #Mo #MoSeason3 #MoAmer #Netflix
Netflix have said that there will be no season 3, but I think that they’d do well to rethink that. #Mo #MoSeason3 #MoAmer #Netflix
@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social I was ready for this to be a really boring phone-in but the very first caller was amazing. The idea of two postmen chasing a parcel thief (who wasn’t really a thief!) around Moss Side has genuinely had me LOLing. Thank you so much Adam from Edenbridge!
December 17, 2024 at 12:31 PM
@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social I was ready for this to be a really boring phone-in but the very first caller was amazing. The idea of two postmen chasing a parcel thief (who wasn’t really a thief!) around Moss Side has genuinely had me LOLing. Thank you so much Adam from Edenbridge!
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Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
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He's making a church
That'll let him switch wives
But never had a Homestyle McCain in his life
Henry VIII is coming to town
That'll let him switch wives
But never had a Homestyle McCain in his life
Henry VIII is coming to town
December 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
He's making a church
That'll let him switch wives
But never had a Homestyle McCain in his life
Henry VIII is coming to town
That'll let him switch wives
But never had a Homestyle McCain in his life
Henry VIII is coming to town
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“You’ll read the lines as written, but you’ll never read between them” Thomas Cromwell, inadvertently summing up good vs bad history. #WolfHall
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 PM
“You’ll read the lines as written, but you’ll never read between them” Thomas Cromwell, inadvertently summing up good vs bad history. #WolfHall
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The SANTA PLEASE STOP HERE signs really annoy me. Guys, he’s done the list, he’s packed the gear. This is a guy who lives and breathes logistics. Too late for this bullshit
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 PM
The SANTA PLEASE STOP HERE signs really annoy me. Guys, he’s done the list, he’s packed the gear. This is a guy who lives and breathes logistics. Too late for this bullshit
That was marvellous.
I just wish that Hilary Mantel had been alive to see the final part of her vision realised on screen.
Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis et al: you were superb. Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky et al: you did justice to the source material &then some.
#WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight
I just wish that Hilary Mantel had been alive to see the final part of her vision realised on screen.
Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis et al: you were superb. Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky et al: you did justice to the source material &then some.
#WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight
December 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
That was marvellous.
I just wish that Hilary Mantel had been alive to see the final part of her vision realised on screen.
Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis et al: you were superb. Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky et al: you did justice to the source material &then some.
#WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight
I just wish that Hilary Mantel had been alive to see the final part of her vision realised on screen.
Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis et al: you were superb. Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky et al: you did justice to the source material &then some.
#WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight
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Sad to see the end of #WolfHall The Mirror and the Light.
Wonderful writing, cinematography, costumes and acting and will miss watching Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, who portrayed the complex character with depth, emotion and courage.
#HilaryMantel
Wonderful writing, cinematography, costumes and acting and will miss watching Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, who portrayed the complex character with depth, emotion and courage.
#HilaryMantel
December 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Sad to see the end of #WolfHall The Mirror and the Light.
Wonderful writing, cinematography, costumes and acting and will miss watching Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, who portrayed the complex character with depth, emotion and courage.
#HilaryMantel
Wonderful writing, cinematography, costumes and acting and will miss watching Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, who portrayed the complex character with depth, emotion and courage.
#HilaryMantel
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Ralph Sadler outlived them all. He died at the, then, grand old age of 80, in 1587, in the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I #WolfHall
December 15, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Ralph Sadler outlived them all. He died at the, then, grand old age of 80, in 1587, in the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I #WolfHall
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#ThomasCromwell gifted his protege, Ralph Sadler, the Book of Hours which had been captured in oils in Holbein’s painting of Crum. The book survives in the Wren Lib as a testament to the close bond between Master Secretary & his faithful servant, Ralph. drowenemmerson.com/thomas-cromw... #WolfHall
December 15, 2024 at 6:07 PM
#ThomasCromwell gifted his protege, Ralph Sadler, the Book of Hours which had been captured in oils in Holbein’s painting of Crum. The book survives in the Wren Lib as a testament to the close bond between Master Secretary & his faithful servant, Ralph. drowenemmerson.com/thomas-cromw... #WolfHall
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As a Morrissey-obsessed teenager, I read something Vic Reeves said about him collecting pre-war cutlery. I believed it and shoved an antique pickle fork through his letterbox. Morrissey will corroborate this.
December 15, 2024 at 10:25 AM
As a Morrissey-obsessed teenager, I read something Vic Reeves said about him collecting pre-war cutlery. I believed it and shoved an antique pickle fork through his letterbox. Morrissey will corroborate this.
Been meaning to get on here for weeks, but it’s the #MirrorAndTheLight finale that’s finally made me sign up for the conversation.
Has anybody else noticed that the interrogation across the desk thing makes this ep seem like a kind of Tudor ‘Line of Duty’? #WolfHall #WolfHallTheMirrorAndTheLight
Has anybody else noticed that the interrogation across the desk thing makes this ep seem like a kind of Tudor ‘Line of Duty’? #WolfHall #WolfHallTheMirrorAndTheLight
December 15, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Been meaning to get on here for weeks, but it’s the #MirrorAndTheLight finale that’s finally made me sign up for the conversation.
Has anybody else noticed that the interrogation across the desk thing makes this ep seem like a kind of Tudor ‘Line of Duty’? #WolfHall #WolfHallTheMirrorAndTheLight
Has anybody else noticed that the interrogation across the desk thing makes this ep seem like a kind of Tudor ‘Line of Duty’? #WolfHall #WolfHallTheMirrorAndTheLight