Emma Chaplin
@emmachaplin.bsky.social
Editor, comms person & funeral celebrant. Sweary. Swifts, wildlife, Pells Pool, Lewes stuff, including food & drink.
She/her
Trans women are women, obvs
https://lewescelebrant.co.uk/
She/her
Trans women are women, obvs
https://lewescelebrant.co.uk/
In #TheTraitors have they said what happens if the secret traitor is banished?
January 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In #TheTraitors have they said what happens if the secret traitor is banished?
We could learn from this
Recently at Pett Pools a dabbling female Mallard ran out of the water and dropped a Three-spined Stickleback on to the grass. It then spent about a minute crushing the spines with its beak, before swallowing it whole.
#mallard
#stickleback
#birds
@btobirds.bsky.social
#mallard
#stickleback
#birds
@btobirds.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
We could learn from this
My sister's birthday today & the first since she died I won't be with my nieces (cos of geography)🥹 This was a birthday cake she made for my daughter, who is above to dive headfirst into it!
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 AM
My sister's birthday today & the first since she died I won't be with my nieces (cos of geography)🥹 This was a birthday cake she made for my daughter, who is above to dive headfirst into it!
Reading a novel with steamy bits & keep thinking:"You'll get cystitis love, and it's horrible"
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Reading a novel with steamy bits & keep thinking:"You'll get cystitis love, and it's horrible"
Absolutely. Ffs #TheTraitors
They’re always going to vote out a person of colour first and they ought to have a little think about that
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Absolutely. Ffs #TheTraitors
Reposted by Emma Chaplin
"completely leaving behind
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
"completely leaving behind
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
Reposted by Emma Chaplin
For anyone watching Pluribus who needs it, and like me watched the episode gripped by the landscapes, here's a map someone brilliantly put together of Manousos' journey from Paraguay to the Durien Gap in Colombia. Manousos' journey : r/pluribustv share.google/H1BYXRX5RTFp...
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
For anyone watching Pluribus who needs it, and like me watched the episode gripped by the landscapes, here's a map someone brilliantly put together of Manousos' journey from Paraguay to the Durien Gap in Colombia. Manousos' journey : r/pluribustv share.google/H1BYXRX5RTFp...
Marty Supreme wasn't my cup of tea. I found it exhausting!
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Marty Supreme wasn't my cup of tea. I found it exhausting!
Very very chilly day
January 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Very very chilly day
Random memory came to me this morning of when my second hand Schwinn bike was stolen in 1994 in Berkeley, California. A few months later I saw it locked to a street light near the BART station. But with the SAME LOCK. I still had the key, so I nicked it back. How did they do that? 🤔🚴🏻
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Random memory came to me this morning of when my second hand Schwinn bike was stolen in 1994 in Berkeley, California. A few months later I saw it locked to a street light near the BART station. But with the SAME LOCK. I still had the key, so I nicked it back. How did they do that? 🤔🚴🏻
Snow in Sussex apparently. But not Lewes! As yet anyway.
January 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Snow in Sussex apparently. But not Lewes! As yet anyway.
Lily fecking Tomlin. Norman Seeff
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Lily fecking Tomlin. Norman Seeff
Omg - minus 5 Saturday. Wrap up honeys
elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Omg - minus 5 Saturday. Wrap up honeys
Bake off - here we go.
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Bake off - here we go.
David Attenborough in London 💚💚💚💚
January 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
David Attenborough in London 💚💚💚💚
People I know who have lost someone sometimes call me for funeral support/advice. Someone who lost her mum a few days ago said her mum's minister won't hear siblings saying they want a direct cremation, no service, then a service in a bit. It makes me FURIOUS when bereaved people aren't listened to
January 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
People I know who have lost someone sometimes call me for funeral support/advice. Someone who lost her mum a few days ago said her mum's minister won't hear siblings saying they want a direct cremation, no service, then a service in a bit. It makes me FURIOUS when bereaved people aren't listened to
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
"Pull in your head - we're coming to a tunnel" sign from the train in The Lady Eve & wise words for life frankly.
a train is going down the tracks with smoke coming out of the front
Alt: a train is going down the tracks with smoke coming out of the front
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January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"Pull in your head - we're coming to a tunnel" sign from the train in The Lady Eve & wise words for life frankly.
Reposted by Emma Chaplin
First sunset of the new year says 'trans rights' 💪
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
First sunset of the new year says 'trans rights' 💪
Oh good grief. These are NOT the best Stevie Wonder songs. They are the most sentimental
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Oh good grief. These are NOT the best Stevie Wonder songs. They are the most sentimental
Watching The Lady Eve on More4
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Watching The Lady Eve on More4
Reposted by Emma Chaplin
"New Year's morning:
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack." Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koson Ohara)
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack." Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koson Ohara)
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 AM
"New Year's morning:
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack." Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koson Ohara)
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack." Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koson Ohara)
Hurrah for these lovely people
Thanks to all our setters, editors, designers, contributors, interviewees, and interviewers for getting us off the ground in 2025.
And thanks to everyone who's shared one of our posts, said hello, bought a copy of Issue 1, or pre-ordered Issue 2!
And thanks to everyone who's shared one of our posts, said hello, bought a copy of Issue 1, or pre-ordered Issue 2!
Despite a *terrible* finish on a personal level, I'm very grateful for all the good crossword stuff that happened for me in 2025.
Met loads of people IRL I'd not met before (at the Oxford conference and at S&B), launched @unchcrosswords.com, and started regularly solving the IQ/Listener.
Met loads of people IRL I'd not met before (at the Oxford conference and at S&B), launched @unchcrosswords.com, and started regularly solving the IQ/Listener.
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hurrah for these lovely people