Tim Chapman
@othersfield.bsky.social
Low-carbon wordsmithing by day: @othersfieldpr.bsky.social
Northern psychogeography and cosmological comedy by night: https://othersfield.com/books/
This account: sarcasm, photos, books, compost chat.
Northern psychogeography and cosmological comedy by night: https://othersfield.com/books/
This account: sarcasm, photos, books, compost chat.
The Secret Agent kept reminding me of some of Damiano Damiani's political crime thrillers. That's high praise, btw.
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The Secret Agent kept reminding me of some of Damiano Damiani's political crime thrillers. That's high praise, btw.
Early cherry blossom. Not sure what the blue stuff is.
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Early cherry blossom. Not sure what the blue stuff is.
Has anyone ever done a full-costume Furry production of Look Back In Anger?
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Has anyone ever done a full-costume Furry production of Look Back In Anger?
Brooke's Mill last night.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Brooke's Mill last night.
Booked online for the cinema this afternoon. No other seats had been sold.
Got to the cinema just as the ads were starting, and there's just one person there - in the seat next to mine, with their coat on my seat.
It was momentarily awkward. But definitely their fault.
Got to the cinema just as the ads were starting, and there's just one person there - in the seat next to mine, with their coat on my seat.
It was momentarily awkward. But definitely their fault.
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Booked online for the cinema this afternoon. No other seats had been sold.
Got to the cinema just as the ads were starting, and there's just one person there - in the seat next to mine, with their coat on my seat.
It was momentarily awkward. But definitely their fault.
Got to the cinema just as the ads were starting, and there's just one person there - in the seat next to mine, with their coat on my seat.
It was momentarily awkward. But definitely their fault.
Snowdrops, round the back.
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Snowdrops, round the back.
Vintage slice of kitchen-sink SF, filmed in and around Todmorden, and a bit weird in a number of ways.
I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
Watch The Watchers - BFI Player
A Yorkshire teenager begins to see and hear strange things in this unsettling slice of 60s sci-fi.
player.bfi.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Vintage slice of kitchen-sink SF, filmed in and around Todmorden, and a bit weird in a number of ways.
I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
I'd heard of this, but hadn't seen it before. (Hat tip to @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and the Freak Zone)
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
Very fresh morning in the woods, tending saplings and seeing what we can find.
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Very fresh morning in the woods, tending saplings and seeing what we can find.
Reminder for local policy-geek pals that when CFC says "Huddersfield" they mean Kirklees, which is even less of a city by any definition.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Reminder for local policy-geek pals that when CFC says "Huddersfield" they mean Kirklees, which is even less of a city by any definition.
Grey day at Salt's
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Grey day at Salt's
@kapow-comics.bsky.social Managed to get the missing Love & Rockets - sent the wife to Gosh while she was in that London.
January 24, 2026 at 1:45 PM
@kapow-comics.bsky.social Managed to get the missing Love & Rockets - sent the wife to Gosh while she was in that London.
Nice to know that Paul Robeson used to knock around my immediate neighbourhood.
For example, here is in March 1939 with mill workers at John Kaye & Sons on Kings Mill Lane. Robeson is on the left and the chap on the right is George W. Brown, the works manager at the mill, who was an old friend of Robeson. During the visit, he sang with the mill girls.
January 22, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Nice to know that Paul Robeson used to knock around my immediate neighbourhood.
One of those charity shop finds that turns out to be a real delight - the very odd tale of a grotesque city state and its apocalyptic downfall, written by a Bohemian artist with his own illustrations.
Really feels like neighbouring territory to Gormenghast and the Vorrh.
Really feels like neighbouring territory to Gormenghast and the Vorrh.
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
One of those charity shop finds that turns out to be a real delight - the very odd tale of a grotesque city state and its apocalyptic downfall, written by a Bohemian artist with his own illustrations.
Really feels like neighbouring territory to Gormenghast and the Vorrh.
Really feels like neighbouring territory to Gormenghast and the Vorrh.
Reposted by Tim Chapman
Pub quiz trivia time! What links Wood Street in Huddersfield to both Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and this Pulp album cover?
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Pub quiz trivia time! What links Wood Street in Huddersfield to both Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and this Pulp album cover?
Reposted by Tim Chapman
Don’t forget to feed your beasts in this cold weather.
January 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Don’t forget to feed your beasts in this cold weather.
Opening slide of my proposal to rebrand the Midlands as the English Perineum.
Where do the North and South of England begin?
Based on the answers of 46,000 English people about where they live, the southern border of “the North” is a line roughly from Shrewsbury to Grimsby, while the northern border of “the South” is a line roughly from the Severn to Great Yarmouth
Based on the answers of 46,000 English people about where they live, the southern border of “the North” is a line roughly from Shrewsbury to Grimsby, while the northern border of “the South” is a line roughly from the Severn to Great Yarmouth
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Opening slide of my proposal to rebrand the Midlands as the English Perineum.
May be of interest to arty Hudds contacts -
huddersfieldhub.co.uk/artists-are-...
huddersfieldhub.co.uk/artists-are-...
Artists are wanted to create a buzz at exciting new exhibition space at Amped - Huddersfield Hub
Amped is launching OSCILLATE which is a rolling exhibition programme supporting local artists
huddersfieldhub.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 AM
May be of interest to arty Hudds contacts -
huddersfieldhub.co.uk/artists-are-...
huddersfieldhub.co.uk/artists-are-...
Three hour silence.
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Three hour silence.
NYE double bill: Oily Maniac & My Man Godfrey.
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NYE double bill: Oily Maniac & My Man Godfrey.
Got this for xmas - excellent concise socioeconomic history of C20th coalmining and the lingering effects of its ending.
It focuses on Durham and South Wales but still a lot of detail relevant to Yorks. Still a lot to be angry about.
It focuses on Durham and South Wales but still a lot of detail relevant to Yorks. Still a lot to be angry about.
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Got this for xmas - excellent concise socioeconomic history of C20th coalmining and the lingering effects of its ending.
It focuses on Durham and South Wales but still a lot of detail relevant to Yorks. Still a lot to be angry about.
It focuses on Durham and South Wales but still a lot of detail relevant to Yorks. Still a lot to be angry about.
The lady wife commissioned a new portrait of myself for christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The lady wife commissioned a new portrait of myself for christmas.
The christmas movie marathon continues.
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The christmas movie marathon continues.
The Green Knight is a christmas film.
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Green Knight is a christmas film.
Squirrel Ditch in spate.
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Squirrel Ditch in spate.