Jonathan Chamberlain
@jon-chamberlain.bsky.social
Dipping a toe into a blue sky; or swimming in a lake. Employment, Labour & Equality lawyer. Trustee, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Thank to Past Me for clearly understanding the bass part here.
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thank to Past Me for clearly understanding the bass part here.
I have somehow set up the BBC Sport app to notify me only of the fortunes of the Afghanistan cricket team. I am thus informed by way of bright ping when every wicket falls. I have no idea how or why I did this, nor any clue as to how to change it.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I have somehow set up the BBC Sport app to notify me only of the fortunes of the Afghanistan cricket team. I am thus informed by way of bright ping when every wicket falls. I have no idea how or why I did this, nor any clue as to how to change it.
It’s ‘social’ media, people! A completely unexpected and rather wonderful joy to recognise @janecasey.bsky.social at Marylebone and in the 5 mins before my train fan-boy her on just how gripping her writing is. @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social , we missed you.
September 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s ‘social’ media, people! A completely unexpected and rather wonderful joy to recognise @janecasey.bsky.social at Marylebone and in the 5 mins before my train fan-boy her on just how gripping her writing is. @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social , we missed you.
I am in the dungeon in Windsor Castle. This is why and why I wouldn’t be anywhere else. The works choir is singing evensong in St George’s Chapel shortly. Please tell us to break her leg.
August 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I am in the dungeon in Windsor Castle. This is why and why I wouldn’t be anywhere else. The works choir is singing evensong in St George’s Chapel shortly. Please tell us to break her leg.
Back at Shell-Mex house literally 40 years since I was last in it. I was an intern (not that we used that word) at Shell between school and university. She has long departed the building, but I’m here to lunch with a friend whose company now occupies part of it.
August 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Back at Shell-Mex house literally 40 years since I was last in it. I was an intern (not that we used that word) at Shell between school and university. She has long departed the building, but I’m here to lunch with a friend whose company now occupies part of it.
This is the current display in our canteen in the office.
In other news, I am fat.
In other news, I am fat.
August 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is the current display in our canteen in the office.
In other news, I am fat.
In other news, I am fat.
Albert would like you know he is slightly surprised by, and very disappointed in, you
August 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Albert would like you know he is slightly surprised by, and very disappointed in, you
In a cafe, reading Ben McIntyre’s account of the Iranian Embassy siege; shoulders shaking with silent laughter at this passage. Never mind the SAS, this is the Pride of Britain
August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
In a cafe, reading Ben McIntyre’s account of the Iranian Embassy siege; shoulders shaking with silent laughter at this passage. Never mind the SAS, this is the Pride of Britain
Just like the old days! A delight to meet @brummybar.bsky.social IRL on the Chiltern. She is coming up to Town to do God’s work in the Court of Appeal: I’m going to push some pixels around and eat lunch.
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Just like the old days! A delight to meet @brummybar.bsky.social IRL on the Chiltern. She is coming up to Town to do God’s work in the Court of Appeal: I’m going to push some pixels around and eat lunch.
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Looking forward to the follow-up Salt Path film where the couple (played by Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs) are hunted by a furious Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs (Emily Blunt and The Rock).
July 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Looking forward to the follow-up Salt Path film where the couple (played by Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs) are hunted by a furious Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs (Emily Blunt and The Rock).
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I laughed so hard I dropped my phone into the abyss under the ottoman
July 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I laughed so hard I dropped my phone into the abyss under the ottoman
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So much this.
Choral music. Innumerable fine choirs, from large choral societies to specialist consorts. Cathedral and college choirs singing to a professional standard every day. Nothing like it anywhere else
June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
So much this.
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Total mic drop on the last line, but… why did both Hannan and Johnson reach for the ball gag metaphor here? Did one of them nick it off the other? Was it some kind of hilarious banter they came up with together the night before? Or are they both just VERY WEIRD? (Alt text in following post)
VICTORY! DEFEAT! Unpleasant mental images! My SKETCH of Today in Let's Get Back Together And Brexit Again!
May 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Total mic drop on the last line, but… why did both Hannan and Johnson reach for the ball gag metaphor here? Did one of them nick it off the other? Was it some kind of hilarious banter they came up with together the night before? Or are they both just VERY WEIRD? (Alt text in following post)
Tom McKinney has just done a link on 3 Breakfast “From Eric Whitacre to Eric Morecombe..” and I’m not sure my day can get any better.
May 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Tom McKinney has just done a link on 3 Breakfast “From Eric Whitacre to Eric Morecombe..” and I’m not sure my day can get any better.
I’ve got a joke about Hercules and with a bit of effort I might just tell it.
I had a joke about Narcissus, but on reflection decided to keep it to myself.
I had a joke about Sisyphus but someone kept repeating it
April 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’ve got a joke about Hercules and with a bit of effort I might just tell it.
Outside the US, reaction to the Trump administration's stance on DEI has gone from bemusement to concern. Join us on 30 April not just to hear from us but network with your peers and hear how they're dealing with the this and other issues. Our food's great & the view incomparable.
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The Trump Administration looks determined to roll back diversity, equality and inclusion, but what if anything does this mean for UK businesses? There is ample evidence that some transatlantic…
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April 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Outside the US, reaction to the Trump administration's stance on DEI has gone from bemusement to concern. Join us on 30 April not just to hear from us but network with your peers and hear how they're dealing with the this and other issues. Our food's great & the view incomparable.
Ok Flo, ok Joan: take it away.
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ok Flo, ok Joan: take it away.
Today is the first day in 2025 when my inbox is under control. There may be a second, possibly in the late Autumn. Like a sort of bi-annual Easter, depending on a celestial calendar.
March 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today is the first day in 2025 when my inbox is under control. There may be a second, possibly in the late Autumn. Like a sort of bi-annual Easter, depending on a celestial calendar.
What a gig! Birmingham Contemporary Music Group celebrating reggae, Handsworth & Bob Marley. Cutting edge World premier string quartet weaved into classic Steel Pulse. Town Hall sold out: audience young old black white: everyone on their feet at some point. Unconfined joy, everywhere.
February 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What a gig! Birmingham Contemporary Music Group celebrating reggae, Handsworth & Bob Marley. Cutting edge World premier string quartet weaved into classic Steel Pulse. Town Hall sold out: audience young old black white: everyone on their feet at some point. Unconfined joy, everywhere.
Time to shut the laptop and have some lunch.
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Time to shut the laptop and have some lunch.
Lawyers, ever logged back on late in the evening to do something mundane but necessary - say, a timesheet - but something in the day is just niggling away & you just can't help pulling out some case law & the text book for a quick check & hello why is it nearly midnight & worse why don't I care?
February 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lawyers, ever logged back on late in the evening to do something mundane but necessary - say, a timesheet - but something in the day is just niggling away & you just can't help pulling out some case law & the text book for a quick check & hello why is it nearly midnight & worse why don't I care?
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I’ve never watched The Traitors and to be honest it’s not as good as never watching Love Island.
January 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’ve never watched The Traitors and to be honest it’s not as good as never watching Love Island.
The cat has promoted itself to “dog“. It has occupied the miniature schnauzer’s bed and is farting gently at my feet as I work.
January 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The cat has promoted itself to “dog“. It has occupied the miniature schnauzer’s bed and is farting gently at my feet as I work.