Barney
@producerbarney.bsky.social
Producer, writer, composer
Freelance BBC, OU, Arts
Passionate about books and creative writing
London/Bristol/Cornwall
Freelance BBC, OU, Arts
Passionate about books and creative writing
London/Bristol/Cornwall
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This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
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November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
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Coming up on 13 November, our walk with Clare Balding for BBC R4 Ramblings
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November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Coming up on 13 November, our walk with Clare Balding for BBC R4 Ramblings
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Early Autumn light seems to make everything look sharper
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Early Autumn light seems to make everything look sharper
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For the latest issue of Artforum I wrote about the culture of “AI” in my sector of academia, arguing that a focus on what it does distracts attention away from examining the exploitative conditions that the hopeful rhetoric of its promise upholds. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For the latest issue of Artforum I wrote about the culture of “AI” in my sector of academia, arguing that a focus on what it does distracts attention away from examining the exploitative conditions that the hopeful rhetoric of its promise upholds. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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37% of children and young people in the Greater Manchester area are living in poverty according to resolvepoverty.org
37% of children and young people in the Greater Manchester area are living in poverty according to resolvepoverty.org
Raising kids in poverty: The UK’s ‘inhumane’ two child limit | On the Ground
YouTube video by The Guardian
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September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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37% of children and young people in the Greater Manchester area are living in poverty according to resolvepoverty.org
37% of children and young people in the Greater Manchester area are living in poverty according to resolvepoverty.org
Exploring the coast today
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Exploring the coast today
In Spain for the Santander film festival. My brother has won the audience appreciation prize for his direction of the documentary about the sea. Now we’ll have a few drinks to celebrate and discuss our next project, U.K. based natural history/history this time.
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In Spain for the Santander film festival. My brother has won the audience appreciation prize for his direction of the documentary about the sea. Now we’ll have a few drinks to celebrate and discuss our next project, U.K. based natural history/history this time.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The White House’s furious response to the decision by Norway’s SWF to divest from Caterpillar over its support for Israeli war crimes tells us something important: divestment works.
And it works even more effectively in a democratic financial system.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...
And it works even more effectively in a democratic financial system.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...
Divestment Works.
When finance is accountable to the people, elites get scared.
graceblakeley.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The White House’s furious response to the decision by Norway’s SWF to divest from Caterpillar over its support for Israeli war crimes tells us something important: divestment works.
And it works even more effectively in a democratic financial system.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...
And it works even more effectively in a democratic financial system.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...
Taking a little road trip.
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Taking a little road trip.
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Hey BlueSky friends, next Sunday I’m running my first ever half marathon to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. I would be super grateful for any donations or reposts. Thank you! ❤️
Donate to Gabriel’s Half Marathon for Palestinian Medical Aid, organized by Gabriel Flynn
Hello, friends. On Sunday 14th September I’m running the Copenhagen … Gabriel Flynn needs your support for Gabriel’s Half Marathon for Palestinian Medical Aid
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September 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Hey BlueSky friends, next Sunday I’m running my first ever half marathon to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. I would be super grateful for any donations or reposts. Thank you! ❤️
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There Is No Meant to Be" is available for preorder! My publisher promised that if I have 250 preorders that I get a case of prosecco left over from last year's Christmas party. 500 preorders before March & they'll go halfsies on a vintage George Foreman!
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September 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
There Is No Meant to Be" is available for preorder! My publisher promised that if I have 250 preorders that I get a case of prosecco left over from last year's Christmas party. 500 preorders before March & they'll go halfsies on a vintage George Foreman!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
The free pictograms exhibition at Japan House is fun if you’re at a loose end for half an hour. I like the fish on a skateboard one. Not sure how often that gets used
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The free pictograms exhibition at Japan House is fun if you’re at a loose end for half an hour. I like the fish on a skateboard one. Not sure how often that gets used
Spotted on the tube today
August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Spotted on the tube today
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This is actually diabolical. Plus wouldn't it be amazing if third sector charities, who work with real people every day, front line services, were given the opportunity to learn from inside govt. and civil servants were sent on secondment to us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is actually diabolical. Plus wouldn't it be amazing if third sector charities, who work with real people every day, front line services, were given the opportunity to learn from inside govt. and civil servants were sent on secondment to us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Poem of the day: Mist by the marvellous Alice Oswald who was arrested yesterday in the Palestine protests. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
How to be hopeful: Alice Oswald’s poem Mist
The poet on the startling wonders of the natural world
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Poem of the day: Mist by the marvellous Alice Oswald who was arrested yesterday in the Palestine protests. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I love these long summer evenings
July 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love these long summer evenings
On holiday in Cornwall, from the evening walk today
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On holiday in Cornwall, from the evening walk today
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This is what Putin does to Ukrainian hospitals. But we oppose him and support Netanyahu
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is what Putin does to Ukrainian hospitals. But we oppose him and support Netanyahu
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Daily staring contest. I don’t know this cat’s name so I’m calling them Moofin until I find out.
June 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Daily staring contest. I don’t know this cat’s name so I’m calling them Moofin until I find out.