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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

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

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CD: Morrissey - Low in High School

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

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CD: Squeeze – The Knowledge

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

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CD: Jessie Ware - Glasshouse

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

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CD: Liam Gallagher - As You Were

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

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CD: David Crosby - Sky Trails

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

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CD: Ringo Starr - Give More Love

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

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

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

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