Barney Harsent

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Copywriter, editor, and author of Music Top 10s (Bounty), Barney is a music fanatic. He is the former host of Back and to the Left, his radio show on boxfrequency.fm, and is a surprisingly capable barman.

Articles By Barney Harsent

CD: U2 - Songs of Experience Thursday, 30 November 2017 Read more...	Motherland / Detectorists review - comedy classics go at their own pace Thursday, 16 November 2017 Read more...
CD: Morrissey - Low in High School Thursday, 16 November 2017 Read more...	Trump: An American Dream/Angry, White and American, Channel 4 review - a timely look at Trump and the causes of Trump Friday, 10 November 2017 Read more...
CD: Squeeze – The Knowledge Sunday, 29 October 2017 Read more...	W1A, Series 3 Finale, BBC Two review - the satire gets to the end of its joke Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Read more...
CD: Jessie Ware - Glasshouse Sunday, 15 October 2017 Read more...	Black Lake, Series Finale, BBC Four review – Nordic noir comes to an unsatisfying end Sunday, 08 October 2017 Read more...
CD: Liam Gallagher - As You Were Wednesday, 04 October 2017 Read more...	Billion Dollar Deals That Changed Your World, BBC Two review - Big Pharma gets a diagnosis: it’s sick Thursday, 28 September 2017 Read more...
CD: David Crosby - Sky Trails Sunday, 24 September 2017 Read more...	100 Year Old Driving School, ITV review – a warning with history Wednesday, 13 September 2017 Read more...
CD: Ringo Starr - Give More Love Monday, 11 September 2017 Read more...	Cold Feet, series 7, ITV review - more comedy than drama Saturday, 09 September 2017 Read more...
Doctor Foster, Series 2, BBC One review - belief suspended for a pacy and tense return Wednesday, 06 September 2017 Read more...	Educating Greater Manchester, Channel 4 review - a study of hope, humanity and heart Friday, 01 September 2017 Read more...

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Barney Harsent

Articles By Barney Harsent

CD: U2 - Songs of Experience

Motherland / Detectorists review - comedy classics go at their own pace

CD: Morrissey - Low in High School

Trump: An American Dream/Angry, White and American, Channel 4 review - a timely look at Trump and the causes of Trump

CD: Squeeze – The Knowledge

W1A, Series 3 Finale, BBC Two review - the satire gets to the end of its joke

CD: Jessie Ware - Glasshouse

Black Lake, Series Finale, BBC Four review – Nordic noir comes to an unsatisfying end

CD: Liam Gallagher - As You Were

Billion Dollar Deals That Changed Your World, BBC Two review - Big Pharma gets a diagnosis: it’s sick

CD: David Crosby - Sky Trails

100 Year Old Driving School, ITV review – a warning with history

CD: Ringo Starr - Give More Love

Cold Feet, series 7, ITV review - more comedy than drama

Doctor Foster, Series 2, BBC One review - belief suspended for a pacy and tense return

Educating Greater Manchester, Channel 4 review - a study of hope, humanity and heart

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