Laura Marie Brown
@laurambrown.bsky.social
Arts PR & Producer in Liverpool. Theatre, music and football distract me from politics. Yes, I probably can get you on the guest list. Secret Ninja. Dammit
Not one but TWO press nights @royalcourtliv.bsky.social this week. And a new show to announce tomorrow (which will be very exciting for those who like their Scouse stories with an 80s vibe)
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Not one but TWO press nights @royalcourtliv.bsky.social this week. And a new show to announce tomorrow (which will be very exciting for those who like their Scouse stories with an 80s vibe)
It's Children in Need this week. BBC staff up and down the country are working to raise money, to celebrate causes. Sara Cox is running over about 12 mountains.
But as ever, the focus is on the most toxic, the most disruptive.
Donate 💰 instead
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/...
But as ever, the focus is on the most toxic, the most disruptive.
Donate 💰 instead
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/...
Fundraising Hub - BBC Children in Need
Get together and get fundraising with ideas and all the resource you need.
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's Children in Need this week. BBC staff up and down the country are working to raise money, to celebrate causes. Sara Cox is running over about 12 mountains.
But as ever, the focus is on the most toxic, the most disruptive.
Donate 💰 instead
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/...
But as ever, the focus is on the most toxic, the most disruptive.
Donate 💰 instead
www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/...
This person, crucially, has got to believe in the BBC. This critical friend BS is rotting it from within
The BBC Comms team will be scrambling to hire an agency that says it can lead on crisis comms. What they should do is hire a strategic, corporate PR who can sit alongside publicists for TV programmes. Being able to promote The Traitors is not the same as dealing with a major existential crisis
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This person, crucially, has got to believe in the BBC. This critical friend BS is rotting it from within
The BBC Comms team will be scrambling to hire an agency that says it can lead on crisis comms. What they should do is hire a strategic, corporate PR who can sit alongside publicists for TV programmes. Being able to promote The Traitors is not the same as dealing with a major existential crisis
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The BBC Comms team will be scrambling to hire an agency that says it can lead on crisis comms. What they should do is hire a strategic, corporate PR who can sit alongside publicists for TV programmes. Being able to promote The Traitors is not the same as dealing with a major existential crisis
At a private sector event last week there were a few things that really struck me about investment in Liverpool right now
*Business really wants to be involved in reshaping the city to make it liveable. They’re not that interested in politicians
*A huge number of them moved away and then came back
*Business really wants to be involved in reshaping the city to make it liveable. They’re not that interested in politicians
*A huge number of them moved away and then came back
Liverpool City Region has been growing strongly since the pandemic - with particular strengths in education and science.
Is this momentum on the Mersey a sign of things to come?
futurenorth.substack.com/p/momentum-o...
Is this momentum on the Mersey a sign of things to come?
futurenorth.substack.com/p/momentum-o...
Momentum on the Mersey?
The growth of education and science in the Liverpool City Region
futurenorth.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
At a private sector event last week there were a few things that really struck me about investment in Liverpool right now
*Business really wants to be involved in reshaping the city to make it liveable. They’re not that interested in politicians
*A huge number of them moved away and then came back
*Business really wants to be involved in reshaping the city to make it liveable. They’re not that interested in politicians
*A huge number of them moved away and then came back
A little sojourn across the water to blow away the cobwebs. The warmth mixed with the low light is uncanny
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A little sojourn across the water to blow away the cobwebs. The warmth mixed with the low light is uncanny
Love this by my Liverpool Almanac pal Robin - 12 hours in Chicken Bazooka open.substack.com/pub/liverpoo...
The Business Of The Chicken: 12 hours in Chicken Bazooka
Perhaps this venerable, bonkers, mediocre chicken shop is the greasy, indestructible heart of Liverpool
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Love this by my Liverpool Almanac pal Robin - 12 hours in Chicken Bazooka open.substack.com/pub/liverpoo...
Well, I’ve just laughed with friends for around six hours and honestly I don’t think you can ask for more than that
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Well, I’ve just laughed with friends for around six hours and honestly I don’t think you can ask for more than that
"Can I call you Lozza?"
"Not if you expect a response"
"Not if you expect a response"
I have unfollowed people on social media who have called me Andy. It’s not my name. I am not an Andy. You might as well call me Ronald. Call people by the name they want.
Dump him, girl www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Can I call you Lozza?"
"Not if you expect a response"
"Not if you expect a response"
Dear BBC, Knowsley is not in Liverpool. We’ve got enough problems with having to take on Huyton, thank you very much
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Dear BBC, Knowsley is not in Liverpool. We’ve got enough problems with having to take on Huyton, thank you very much
Is it childish to boo a footballer? Yes Is it childish to sell your club on the power of its fanbase but get angry when the fanbase reacts in a way that doesn’t depict you "on brand"? Yes
Is it childish to encourage a fan response in the media then criticise it when it happens? Again yes
Is it childish to encourage a fan response in the media then criticise it when it happens? Again yes
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Is it childish to boo a footballer? Yes Is it childish to sell your club on the power of its fanbase but get angry when the fanbase reacts in a way that doesn’t depict you "on brand"? Yes
Is it childish to encourage a fan response in the media then criticise it when it happens? Again yes
Is it childish to encourage a fan response in the media then criticise it when it happens? Again yes
Q4 is called "the golden quarter" for retail and leisure because it’s when the majority of annual earnings are made. Consumer confidence is vital for this. Instead, at the moment high streets need shoppers to feel they can spend this Christmas, the Chancellor is going to tell them it’s too risky
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Q4 is called "the golden quarter" for retail and leisure because it’s when the majority of annual earnings are made. Consumer confidence is vital for this. Instead, at the moment high streets need shoppers to feel they can spend this Christmas, the Chancellor is going to tell them it’s too risky
It does feel weird to point out that if you use racism to get attention you are also almost certainly racist
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It does feel weird to point out that if you use racism to get attention you are also almost certainly racist
Just made full eye contact with someone dressed as Morpheus getting on the bus
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just made full eye contact with someone dressed as Morpheus getting on the bus
Wild that we spend a lot of time talking about what the history books will record about this political period and it’ll be Andrew. It’ll just be Andrew. The rest will be colour and context.
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Wild that we spend a lot of time talking about what the history books will record about this political period and it’ll be Andrew. It’ll just be Andrew. The rest will be colour and context.
£26k for a full time producer job that includes strategy, delivery, promotion, communication, programme delivery, community building, content creation and evaluation? metalculture.com/wp-content/u...
metalculture.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
£26k for a full time producer job that includes strategy, delivery, promotion, communication, programme delivery, community building, content creation and evaluation? metalculture.com/wp-content/u...
Not that they will care, but I think the time has finally come to leave o2. They are so expensive, and even with a SIM only deal, they’re aren’t even offering the same deal I have now and the cost doubles in a year. But mostly it’s cos the coverage is absolutely woeful
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not that they will care, but I think the time has finally come to leave o2. They are so expensive, and even with a SIM only deal, they’re aren’t even offering the same deal I have now and the cost doubles in a year. But mostly it’s cos the coverage is absolutely woeful
lol that people think David Harbour is the only one creating a Stranger Things PR shitshow
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
lol that people think David Harbour is the only one creating a Stranger Things PR shitshow
This is niche as in it's Liverpool, but the best political representation in a Christmas show is Keddy Sutton @royalcourtliv.bsky.social and "The Mayor with no hair" which, my lawyers inform me, was not at all based on Joe Anderson
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is niche as in it's Liverpool, but the best political representation in a Christmas show is Keddy Sutton @royalcourtliv.bsky.social and "The Mayor with no hair" which, my lawyers inform me, was not at all based on Joe Anderson
Brendan Rodgers has always struck me as that kind of nightmare client who thinks he’s a stone cold genius at managing his own image. Which works if you’re being protected by a publicist, but implodes when they get so pissed off they leave you to it
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Brendan Rodgers has always struck me as that kind of nightmare client who thinks he’s a stone cold genius at managing his own image. Which works if you’re being protected by a publicist, but implodes when they get so pissed off they leave you to it
We get no sick pay. I had to manage my work around major surgery this year. I’m lucky I work with brilliant people. But we don’t as much support from the state at any part of our careers than employees do
Tax advantage of UK self-employment at record high, analysis finds on.ft.com/4nnNQ1s
Tax advantage of UK self-employment at record high, analysis finds
Resolution Foundation calls on Rachel Reeves to level up treatment of freelancers and employees in Budget
on.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We get no sick pay. I had to manage my work around major surgery this year. I’m lucky I work with brilliant people. But we don’t as much support from the state at any part of our careers than employees do
Reposted by Laura Marie Brown
It’s clear that Labour are not going to do anything useful to oppose racism or fascism in the UK.
They will be arguing about the paperwork needed while millions are deported.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They will be arguing about the paperwork needed while millions are deported.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK
Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It’s clear that Labour are not going to do anything useful to oppose racism or fascism in the UK.
They will be arguing about the paperwork needed while millions are deported.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They will be arguing about the paperwork needed while millions are deported.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Laura Marie Brown
My new book about the lighthouses of Wales, including the magnificent South Stack/Ynys Lawd!
A new illustrated guide will detail more than 30 lighthouses along the Welsh coast, tracing their histories from construction to the present day
More than 30 Welsh lighthouses featured in new illustrated guide
A new illustrated guide from non-fiction publisher Amberley will detail more than 30 lighthouses along the Welsh coast, tracing their histories from construction to the present day. Lighthouses of Wal...
wp.me
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My new book about the lighthouses of Wales, including the magnificent South Stack/Ynys Lawd!