Jem Condliffe
@chloechadwell.bsky.social
Editor / MD of trad local weekly newspaper in Cheshire (UK). Drummer, dog owner, podcast fan. Also magazines, coffee, Motörhead, trees, rocks. Cheese. (Chloe Chadwell was the works slang for ‘it’s all good’ in the 1970s. No idea why).
Local journalist here: Mia Brookes is local to us and almost every quote we’ve run from her includes the word “stoked”. (We often have to run a translation as to what an ollie boollie sidewind backstrap 1260 nosegrind is).
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Local journalist here: Mia Brookes is local to us and almost every quote we’ve run from her includes the word “stoked”. (We often have to run a translation as to what an ollie boollie sidewind backstrap 1260 nosegrind is).
Me too. I used to have a lance armstrong wristband and my wife used Lance and right. Since the bastard disgraced himself, I have to literally imagine writing to work it out. I’m autistic, it’s possibly a result of that.
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Me too. I used to have a lance armstrong wristband and my wife used Lance and right. Since the bastard disgraced himself, I have to literally imagine writing to work it out. I’m autistic, it’s possibly a result of that.
There’s a Government job for you, copying pizza firm T&Cs to start a ferry company.
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
There’s a Government job for you, copying pizza firm T&Cs to start a ferry company.
Wait till you get to the boring and unresolved elf liberation issue. I just wish her editor had told her it was 250 page book and done some editing.
February 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Wait till you get to the boring and unresolved elf liberation issue. I just wish her editor had told her it was 250 page book and done some editing.
Valid use of that meme.
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Valid use of that meme.
Sorry to be boring but as someone who makes up pages, I wonder how that happened? Do they not start pages from a clean template, but instead clear old pages and reuse them? Or was it the last thing a sub pasted and copied?
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Sorry to be boring but as someone who makes up pages, I wonder how that happened? Do they not start pages from a clean template, but instead clear old pages and reuse them? Or was it the last thing a sub pasted and copied?
It’s not too bad when it’s a US firm, but UK firms having us at the end is super annoying when buying on line. We need to take back control of our orders.
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
It’s not too bad when it’s a US firm, but UK firms having us at the end is super annoying when buying on line. We need to take back control of our orders.
We were at Bluedot, billed as a family festival and with loads of kids. Jarvis played. Did that song. 20,000 parents pretending nothing unusual was happening.
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
We were at Bluedot, billed as a family festival and with loads of kids. Jarvis played. Did that song. 20,000 parents pretending nothing unusual was happening.
Only did that once. Never again. My Asda delivery driver was Dawn, said text.
Opened door and said “Hello Daw…” as it was a bloke with a pony tail.
“Sorry, text said you were Dawn.”
“I am, I’ve just started transitioning.”
Opened door and said “Hello Daw…” as it was a bloke with a pony tail.
“Sorry, text said you were Dawn.”
“I am, I’ve just started transitioning.”
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Only did that once. Never again. My Asda delivery driver was Dawn, said text.
Opened door and said “Hello Daw…” as it was a bloke with a pony tail.
“Sorry, text said you were Dawn.”
“I am, I’ve just started transitioning.”
Opened door and said “Hello Daw…” as it was a bloke with a pony tail.
“Sorry, text said you were Dawn.”
“I am, I’ve just started transitioning.”
Kliph on drums, surely? Doesn’t really matter, though, when they open with Race for the Prize, it is the best five minutes of my year.
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Kliph on drums, surely? Doesn’t really matter, though, when they open with Race for the Prize, it is the best five minutes of my year.
“Robert, talk hurty to me, how you upset all those orphans taking pretty pictures off the wall”.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
“Robert, talk hurty to me, how you upset all those orphans taking pretty pictures off the wall”.
We will wash you. We will polish you. We will fetch the mop. Mop. MOP. MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! Not authoritarian in any way…..
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
We will wash you. We will polish you. We will fetch the mop. Mop. MOP. MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! MOP! Not authoritarian in any way…..
I take it all Sun staffers / columnists will now be barred from going to the BBC by cab?
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I take it all Sun staffers / columnists will now be barred from going to the BBC by cab?
Reposted by Jem Condliffe
I tidied it up a bit and gave it a title!
It’s called New Forest 🎨
It’s called New Forest 🎨
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I tidied it up a bit and gave it a title!
It’s called New Forest 🎨
It’s called New Forest 🎨
When did Fesshole become B&Q DIY Advice Daily? Anyway it’s a bad idea because WHO WANTS TO WASH THEIR PLATES IN PISS?
January 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
When did Fesshole become B&Q DIY Advice Daily? Anyway it’s a bad idea because WHO WANTS TO WASH THEIR PLATES IN PISS?
Happy Christmas from Congleton!
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy Christmas from Congleton!