Prizewinner and Dogshit in the Same Evening

On imposter syndrome, class damage, and finding champions in hostile rooms

Nov 7 • 

Ros Barber

89

4

October 2025

The £75,000 Fish Pedicure

How surrendering my house to fate (and my feet to hungry fish) manifested the exact book advance I'd written on a cheque from the universe

Oct 31 • 

Ros Barber

124

50

Feel Better About the State of the World in 17 minutes

If you're free next Friday you can test it for yourself

Oct 17 • 

Ros Barber

37

17

Hello, Human

Poetry under pressure and how I love making people cry

Oct 10 • 

Ros Barber

54

9

3:38

Why Abused Women Are Ahead of the Evolutionary Curve

We crashed, burned, and rebuilt. Now the world needs what we learned.

Oct 3 • 

Ros Barber

142

23

September 2025

So What If We Do Nothing?

"We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty" - Quintillian

Sep 26 • 

Ros Barber

92

4

Poison Envy

The brainworm of social media that stokes misery and failure

Sep 19 • 

Ros Barber

83

40

Leaks, Currents and Towels

A short break from sin

Sep 12 • 

Ros Barber

70

18

August 2025

On Pride (And Other Sins of the Self-Made)

What I learned writing my breakthrough novel

Aug 29 • 

Ros Barber

71

21

Is your fear of being "greedy" keeping you broke?

What if you could change that?

Aug 22 • 

Ros Barber

74

11

How My Love Story Got Into the New York Times

And how I'm dealing with the attention

Aug 15 • 

Ros Barber

118

4

What Happens When Writers Fall in Love: A Cautionary Rhyme

A performance duet from 2001

Aug 10 • 

Ros Barber

26

11