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
It's been bugging me that the preview link on my first post about my grandmother's writings has her dates wrong, so I've started a new thread for her writings here:
bsky.app/profile/nchr...
bsky.app/profile/nchr...
September 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's been bugging me that the preview link on my first post about my grandmother's writings has her dates wrong, so I've started a new thread for her writings here:
bsky.app/profile/nchr...
bsky.app/profile/nchr...
An eight year old boy waits for his father's return from the war.
mkgreen19091970.substack.com/publish/post...
mkgreen19091970.substack.com/publish/post...
The Welcome
An eight year old boy waits for his father's return from the war.
mkgreen19091970.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An eight year old boy waits for his father's return from the war.
mkgreen19091970.substack.com/publish/post...
mkgreen19091970.substack.com/publish/post...
An unexpected turn of events brings a second chance to a pair forbidden from marrying. open.substack.com/pub/mkgreen1...
This one is the only story from granny set before the 20th Century
This one is the only story from granny set before the 20th Century
Youth Can Wait
When a teenage British merchant's son makes an unexpected proposal to his German professor's daughter both families forbid the union, but an unexpected turn of events brings the pair a second chance.
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
An unexpected turn of events brings a second chance to a pair forbidden from marrying. open.substack.com/pub/mkgreen1...
This one is the only story from granny set before the 20th Century
This one is the only story from granny set before the 20th Century
Written by my granny, who died 14 years before I was born. I'm digitising her writings and putting them online as I've *loved* having a window into her world through her writing for the first time this year and hope some other people might enjoy it too.
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Written by my granny, who died 14 years before I was born. I'm digitising her writings and putting them online as I've *loved* having a window into her world through her writing for the first time this year and hope some other people might enjoy it too.
If you've still got books I'd love one.
September 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you've still got books I'd love one.
"defective rhymes that the poetry machine had taken to emit."
June 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"defective rhymes that the poetry machine had taken to emit."
"Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element - direct observation."
Something something raised by TV something
Something something raised by TV something
June 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element - direct observation."
Something something raised by TV something
Something something raised by TV something
"seized with the terrors of direct experience"
Alas, relatable
Alas, relatable
June 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"seized with the terrors of direct experience"
Alas, relatable
Alas, relatable
Quote:
"the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of for bringing things to people"
"the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of for bringing things to people"
June 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Quote:
"the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of for bringing things to people"
"the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of for bringing things to people"
I have read Doppelganger and liked it. I also used to have an instant message group at work dedicated to forwarding messages to other Naomis we'd received in error, and to this day I occasionally need to forward emails to the actress Naomi Christie when they land in my inbox.
June 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I have read Doppelganger and liked it. I also used to have an instant message group at work dedicated to forwarding messages to other Naomis we'd received in error, and to this day I occasionally need to forward emails to the actress Naomi Christie when they land in my inbox.
Literally the next thing down on my thread was this: bsky.app/profile/grin...
What’s better than the news? Well, everything, obviously. But also specifically this cheery new episode, featuring @regretteruane.bsky.social and I on gonks, concrete and out of control chintz
The latest Monstrosities Mon Amour podcast is out! And it features the sublime @regretteruane.bsky.social on Glasgow’s brutalist bazaar the Savoy Centre and ubiquitous 80s ceramic design, Eternal Beau johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
May 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Literally the next thing down on my thread was this: bsky.app/profile/grin...
I have many thoughts about waiting lists. The first one is - presume the nursery doesn't really have one and just call or visit them at regular intervals to find out if there's a space going. Happy to share my many other observations on childcare if you'd like.
April 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have many thoughts about waiting lists. The first one is - presume the nursery doesn't really have one and just call or visit them at regular intervals to find out if there's a space going. Happy to share my many other observations on childcare if you'd like.
I'd do it with a vlookup. ChatGPT (or any other GenAI) can tell you the details on how or StackOverflow if you're oldschool.
April 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I'd do it with a vlookup. ChatGPT (or any other GenAI) can tell you the details on how or StackOverflow if you're oldschool.
The show is also featured on Pick of the Week (at about 18m 30s) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Nihal Arthanayake
Nihal Arthanayake curates a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The show is also featured on Pick of the Week (at about 18m 30s) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...