Barry Chapman
@bchpmn.bsky.social
Pharmacist in Edinburgh.
Special interests: substance use, harm reduction, health inequalities, reducing stigma
Irish. Partial to European train adventures and dissonant music.
Personal account. All wafflings contained herein are my own opinion
Special interests: substance use, harm reduction, health inequalities, reducing stigma
Irish. Partial to European train adventures and dissonant music.
Personal account. All wafflings contained herein are my own opinion
The new years rung in definitely with Neil Landstrumm, Kathryn Joseph, Tinderbox orchestra, and finally the kids wigging out to Valtos.
January 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The new years rung in definitely with Neil Landstrumm, Kathryn Joseph, Tinderbox orchestra, and finally the kids wigging out to Valtos.
Finishing 2025 floored by a cold so this evening with be cosy (and likely early) but happy new year one and all.
Here are my sounds of 2025 (not all from this year, just what I was listening to)
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Here are my sounds of 2025 (not all from this year, just what I was listening to)
music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Twentytwenty5 by Barry Chapman on Apple Music
Playlist · 29 Songs
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December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Finishing 2025 floored by a cold so this evening with be cosy (and likely early) but happy new year one and all.
Here are my sounds of 2025 (not all from this year, just what I was listening to)
music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Here are my sounds of 2025 (not all from this year, just what I was listening to)
music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Positive news for harm reduction in England and Wales. Good to see work by colleagues in NHS Grampian being held up as an exemplar.
Government launches consultation to help combat rising drug deaths from opioids, as part of record £3.4 billion in investment in drug and alcohol services.
#Pharmsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Pharmsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Lives to be saved by boosting access to drug overdose medication
Government launches consultation to help combat rising drug deaths from opioids, as part of record £3.4 billion in investment in drug and alcohol services.
www.gov.uk
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Positive news for harm reduction in England and Wales. Good to see work by colleagues in NHS Grampian being held up as an exemplar.
Reposted by Barry Chapman
Was thinking about this last year, and the things that mattered in it, and then some music came on and, well...
Absent Friends
Salute once more to JD Twitch
joemuggs.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Was thinking about this last year, and the things that mattered in it, and then some music came on and, well...
We have arrived in the southern Pyrenees to our lodgings for this Christmas. The weather forecast is for snow overnight
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We have arrived in the southern Pyrenees to our lodgings for this Christmas. The weather forecast is for snow overnight
Longford’s finest 💪
OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
Congrats to Specialist Journalism winners @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin of Democracy for Sale #BJA2025
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Longford’s finest 💪
A Mexico rematch in the Azteca, we will take that (if we qualify that is) m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0Z...
John Aldridge loses it V Mexico World Cup 94
YouTube video by Chimpanzeethat
m.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A Mexico rematch in the Azteca, we will take that (if we qualify that is) m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0Z...
Reposted by Barry Chapman
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Moving some things at home today and this popped out of a book. The lineup of the long gone T on the Fringe. Look at the ticket prices!
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Moving some things at home today and this popped out of a book. The lineup of the long gone T on the Fringe. Look at the ticket prices!
mbv chewing up Glasgow tonight. 15 year old me mind blown. 45 year old me not far behind. Wonderful
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
mbv chewing up Glasgow tonight. 15 year old me mind blown. 45 year old me not far behind. Wonderful
Ah really sad news. RIP Mani what a bass line m.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
m.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ah really sad news. RIP Mani what a bass line m.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
Absolutely tremendous. I moved here in Sept 1998, and thought secretly that it might have been me jinxing them 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Absolutely tremendous. I moved here in Sept 1998, and thought secretly that it might have been me jinxing them 🏴
What an amazing few days of football
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What an amazing few days of football
Reposted by Barry Chapman
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It’s not always easy being an Irish football fan, especially over the last 7-8 years, but oh my god the highs are absolutely the highest
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s not always easy being an Irish football fan, especially over the last 7-8 years, but oh my god the highs are absolutely the highest
Reposted by Barry Chapman
Build the statue now
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Build the statue now
Amazing work from colleagues in Bristol
Voice of the Voiceless: co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in pharmacies
Voice of the Voiceless: co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in pharmacies
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Amazing work from colleagues in Bristol
Voice of the Voiceless: co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in pharmacies
Voice of the Voiceless: co-produced materials to help reduce stigma for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in pharmacies
Been in Linlithgow tonight at the world premiere of a pals composition for string orchestra. Can’t often say that.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Been in Linlithgow tonight at the world premiere of a pals composition for string orchestra. Can’t often say that.