Josh Barry
I’m a journalist and podcaster who for the past eight years has been the creator of the entertainment podcast Beyond the Title, graduating from Bournemouth University in 2010 with both an MA in Writing for the Media and a BA in Scriptwriting. I spent the next decade attempting to crack the entertainment industry through film script submissions and a radio documentary on theatrical agents. I worked closely with the legendary John Hannam and was lucky enough to witness first-hand his incredible rapport with the great and good of entertainment. I’m also the entertainment columnist for the Isle of Wight County Press which sees me covering a wide variety of entertainment related stories applicable to the area. As I have cerebral palsy, I write 90 per cent of my work on a touchpad using my nose.
Social History
Beyond The Title
Beyond The Title: The Cultural Handbook
Profiling the careers of over forty of Britain’s most prolific figures, The Cultural Handbook provides comprehensive contextual analysis of the entertainment landscape in the twenty first century. From the emergence of Britpop to the closure of BBC Television Centre, these collection of interviews span the very rise and potential fall of popular culture through the eyes of the protagonists who were pivotal to such significant events. Exploring the robustness of entertainment following the Coronavirus lockdowns of 2020, this companion to the bespoke podcast Beyond The Title examines the cultural response to the many social revolutions of the past.
