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Tony Chapman

@tonychapmanuk.bsky.social

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Sociologist working on #thirdsectortrends at St Chad's College, Durham University. Also interested in towns and how social relationships play out at home, work, civil society, film & fiction.

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Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to the 8,680 voluntary organisations which took part in Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2025. Results will start being published in late October. @ncvo.bsky.social @acevo.bsky.social @pbe.co.uk @ukcf.bsky.social @lbfew.bsky.social

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · 17d

Third Sector Trends in England and Wales' survey will close on 30th September (midnight). We have over 8,625 responses so far. Please take part: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/thi... @ncvo.bsky.social @acevo.bsky.social @pbe.co.uk @ukcf.bsky.social @lbfew.bsky.social @ukcf.bsky.social

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Sep 10

With help from Community Foundations around the country this week, #thirdsectortrends has reached 8,000 responses. Open until 30th Sept. Please take part: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/thi...

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jul 11

We rest #thirdsectortrends in England and Wales 2025 once the school holidays start and then get going again in September. We now have 6,700+ returns. Thank you! Please encourage others to take part: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/thi...

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jun 23

As we enter Small Charities Week, #thirdsectortrends in England and Wales 2025 has just passed the 5,000 mark. Thank you! Please encourage others to take part:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/thi...

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North Tyneside VODA @northtynesidevoda.bsky.social · Jun 5

Third Sector Trends is back in the North East!

This major survey helps build a picture of how local voluntary and community organisations are doing. It’s quick, confidential and only happens every 3 years.

🔗 Have your say: https://ow.ly/OQIS50W01gx
#ThirdSectorTrends #VCSE

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're making good progress with #thirdsectortrends in England and Wales 2025 and have just passed the 4,000 mark. Thank you! Please encourage others to take part:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/thi...

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Feb 12

National Library of Scotland

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social).

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Feb 7

Fawning photography... Even sycophants can get it right but at what reputational/ethical cost?
www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

The Aga Khan – a life in pictures

Prince Karim al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan and spiritual leader of the world’s Shia Ismaili Muslim sect, has died

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Feb 7

Film star Albert Finney, a bookmaker’s son from Salford, died #OTD 2019, aged 82. Here he is at his dad's betting shop, Broughton Road, Salford, 1970s.

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Feb 7

Interesting. www.economist.com/obituary/202...

Marianne Faithfull battled labels all her life

The singer and icon of the 1960s died on January 30th, aged 78

www.economist.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Feb 5

Nelson, Lancashire, 1960, by John Bulmer (b.1938).

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jan 25

Storm damage and sturdier than you'd expect.

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jan 24

Henri Bergson was once the world’s most famous philosopher
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
From The Economist

Henri Bergson was once the world’s most famous philosopher

He sought to reconcile science and metaphysics

www.economist.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jan 19

Learning to fake it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘She would have been in awe of him’: how Laurence Olivier gave Margaret Thatcher private seduction lessons

New drama, When Maggie Met Larry, reveals exactly how the world’s most famous actor coached the fledgling Iron Lady

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jan 12

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Couldn’t put it down: David Hurn’s photographs of people reading – in pictures

The Magnum photographer has collected images he took around the world while working as a photojournalist for a new book

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Jan 9

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 15

Using camouflage to make an entrance. Interesting notion.

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024...

Hiding in plain sight: Americans’ obsession with camouflage is a sign of paranoid times

From Chappell Roan to rightwing-coded ‘it’ girls, Americans of all stripes are embracing the aesthetic. It’s the latest indication of a new political moment

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 15

Here's one to fill your day.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I’m nearly 80 and there’s a void in my life that hobbies can’t fill

It’s about facing the freedom you have now, not as an overwhelming burden but as an opportunity

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 14

An idiot, certainly... Not sure about the useful part... as his handler would now attest surely?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Prince Andrew may have been a victim of Chairman Mao’s ‘magic weapon’ | Isabel Hilton

The United Front Work Department aims to befriend, bribe and seduce ‘useful idiots’. Was Andrew caught up in its net?

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 14

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I was a long-haired teenage boy in the 1960s. Why did everyone hate us so much?

It wasn’t always clear why our buzz-cut parents felt so threatened by our cascading locks – but guys like me needed to express ourselves

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 14

For once, a little hope in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

South Korea's president impeached by parliament after mass protests over short-lived martial law

Yoon Suk Yeol will be immediately suspended from office and the prime minister will serve as acting president.

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 11

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?

Musk’s platform has lost 2.7 million active US users in two months, while its rival has gained 2.5 million

www.theguardian.com

Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social · Dec 7

A man of the people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn

President-elect tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services

www.theguardian.com