Matthew Chatfield
@virtualranger.bsky.social
That guy from the Isle of Wight with the hat, who likes spiders.
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Newspaper columnists should be forced to update their photo every year. It's jarring seeing a columnist whose work you're familiar with appearing on a tv show and it looks like their face has shrivelled overnight because you've been seeing a photo from 10 years ago.
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Newspaper columnists should be forced to update their photo every year. It's jarring seeing a columnist whose work you're familiar with appearing on a tv show and it looks like their face has shrivelled overnight because you've been seeing a photo from 10 years ago.
The Bugle signature burger: pulled beef chilli, cheese, beef burger and coleslaw. Simple and satisfying. The Bugle, Brading, Isle of Wight.
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Bugle signature burger: pulled beef chilli, cheese, beef burger and coleslaw. Simple and satisfying. The Bugle, Brading, Isle of Wight.
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
I inherited this mini Swiss army knife from my late father. Since I've started carrying it around I have realised how useful it could be: thanks Dad for yet another lesson x
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I inherited this mini Swiss army knife from my late father. Since I've started carrying it around I have realised how useful it could be: thanks Dad for yet another lesson x
Doing a little cat-sitting this week. I mean, he's not a little cat, but you know what I mean.
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Doing a little cat-sitting this week. I mean, he's not a little cat, but you know what I mean.
The tomatoes just keep on going. This isn't even the last of them.
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The tomatoes just keep on going. This isn't even the last of them.
So much of this stuff at the moment ❤️
October 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So much of this stuff at the moment ❤️
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We've got some fantastic nature news to brighten your day 🎉
Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.
Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We've got some fantastic nature news to brighten your day 🎉
Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.
Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.
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Matthew should be shortened to Matth, not Matt.
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Matthew should be shortened to Matth, not Matt.
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“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”
Ironically, seen yesterday on the delayed Wightlink ferry. He nearly got his wish!
September 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ironically, seen yesterday on the delayed Wightlink ferry. He nearly got his wish!
The Isle of Wight is near. There are signs.
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Isle of Wight is near. There are signs.
Graffiti in Margate today. Topical.
September 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Graffiti in Margate today. Topical.
This venue in Margate is so proud of their food hygiene rating they've got it on an A board in the street. That's quite extreme. Possibly they protest too much - makes you wonder what it was rated before.
September 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This venue in Margate is so proud of their food hygiene rating they've got it on an A board in the street. That's quite extreme. Possibly they protest too much - makes you wonder what it was rated before.
Chicane live at Robin Hill, Isle of Wight, last night. A superb evening.
September 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Chicane live at Robin Hill, Isle of Wight, last night. A superb evening.
Why do people put labels on fruit? What good does that do?
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Why do people put labels on fruit? What good does that do?
On my way home.
August 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On my way home.
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The most important thing we learn in school isn't mathematics or neat handwriting. It's that we must pretend that unimportant things are important because of who asked for them. That's the value in homework. It's not the essay that's important. It's the submission.
August 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The most important thing we learn in school isn't mathematics or neat handwriting. It's that we must pretend that unimportant things are important because of who asked for them. That's the value in homework. It's not the essay that's important. It's the submission.
I'm on the ferry. A child is singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas". He's struggling once he gets beyond the geese a-laying so he's starting again.
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm on the ferry. A child is singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas". He's struggling once he gets beyond the geese a-laying so he's starting again.
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🍄Microfungi on insects🍄
Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
August 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🍄Microfungi on insects🍄
Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
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Cat the Baptist
August 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Cat the Baptist
Or both?
Every man driving a convertible with the roof down is either grey or bald. A mate said this 3 years ago and I thought he was generalising. Then I started looking and it's true. Every single time. Has anyone else noticed this?
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Or both?
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Just been reminded of this. Morning all
July 26, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Just been reminded of this. Morning all
Can't deny it
Newspapers with a reader comments feature under articles are inherently less serious than those without. Comments just encourage columnists to be more extreme to improve their reader engagement metrics for the editor.
July 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Can't deny it