Naomi Christie
@nchristie.bsky.social
Free time me: writing creative non-fiction and sci-fi, digitizing my grandmother's mid-century writing
Work me: software engineer, former journalist
Work me: software engineer, former journalist
A wartime housewife leaves London with her young family… but where's her husband?
open.substack.com/pub/mkgreen1...
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The Intrigue
Everyone in the little town of Dillmarket agreed that Margaret Norton was wonderful.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A wartime housewife leaves London with her young family… but where's her husband?
open.substack.com/pub/mkgreen1...
open.substack.com/pub/mkgreen1...
Today marks the first time I've left the UK since:
- COVID
- Brexit
- Motherhood
It feels like a time machine.
- COVID
- Brexit
- Motherhood
It feels like a time machine.
July 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today marks the first time I've left the UK since:
- COVID
- Brexit
- Motherhood
It feels like a time machine.
- COVID
- Brexit
- Motherhood
It feels like a time machine.
How did it take this long for me to come across The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster?
June 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How did it take this long for me to come across The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster?
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If your piece of creative non fiction doesn't end up with half your family in tears and the other half not speaking to you, was it even non fiction?
May 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If your piece of creative non fiction doesn't end up with half your family in tears and the other half not speaking to you, was it even non fiction?
I was thinking, why so much Star Wars in the NYT puzzles today? Then I checked the date
May 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I was thinking, why so much Star Wars in the NYT puzzles today? Then I checked the date
Pressing question of the day: in the UK what do we call the material suburban roads are made of? Tarmac? Asphalt? Something else?
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pressing question of the day: in the UK what do we call the material suburban roads are made of? Tarmac? Asphalt? Something else?
Working on a memoir on being raised in the conservative-voting, CofE, subtopian village of Stubbington in the 90s by inter-faith parents with the cultural values of the left-wing metropolitan elite in the hopes the many tales of culture clash will amuse you and help me better understand my identity.
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Working on a memoir on being raised in the conservative-voting, CofE, subtopian village of Stubbington in the 90s by inter-faith parents with the cultural values of the left-wing metropolitan elite in the hopes the many tales of culture clash will amuse you and help me better understand my identity.
I'm on this show about 12 minutes in talking about the challenges of writing a memoir about growing up in a hard-to-describe place.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, The Story of Solent City
Owen Hatherley presents the extraordinary story of the Solent City plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm on this show about 12 minutes in talking about the challenges of writing a memoir about growing up in a hard-to-describe place.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...