Jill Chambers
@jillchambers.bsky.social
(she/her) Adventures in creative living. Sometimes paid for them. Scouse/Geordie hybrid. Solar powered hygienic hippy. Mother of dog. Fond of circles, jazz flute and the colour green.
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
Have been standing admiring my newly cleaned, decluttered and sorted living room just taking in the calmness. Feeling proud and emotional. Have been living in dysfunction for so very long.
ADHD really buggers up your life, but once you know you have it, you can get support to get your life back.
ADHD really buggers up your life, but once you know you have it, you can get support to get your life back.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have been standing admiring my newly cleaned, decluttered and sorted living room just taking in the calmness. Feeling proud and emotional. Have been living in dysfunction for so very long.
ADHD really buggers up your life, but once you know you have it, you can get support to get your life back.
ADHD really buggers up your life, but once you know you have it, you can get support to get your life back.
So now that my apps are starting to refuse to open owing to the fact that there hasn't been enough memory to update them for months, I guess today is the day I FINALLY transfer my precious pictures and videos from my SD card to my laptop.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
So now that my apps are starting to refuse to open owing to the fact that there hasn't been enough memory to update them for months, I guess today is the day I FINALLY transfer my precious pictures and videos from my SD card to my laptop.
My parents had a newsagents and some of the covers on this fab thread are making me very nostalgic.
Also very interesting to see how illustration has changed over the years.
Kudos for putting this all together @markbungle.bsky.social Blimey!
Also very interesting to see how illustration has changed over the years.
Kudos for putting this all together @markbungle.bsky.social Blimey!
In 2023, Radio Times celebrated its centenary, so here is a thread of every single front cover of the #ChristmasRadioTimes over the last 100+ years, including all prices, number of pages and full credit to every artist and photographer. Here we go...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcz...
Further Christmas Wrapping: 100 Years of Radio Times
YouTube video by Bob the Fish Productions
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My parents had a newsagents and some of the covers on this fab thread are making me very nostalgic.
Also very interesting to see how illustration has changed over the years.
Kudos for putting this all together @markbungle.bsky.social Blimey!
Also very interesting to see how illustration has changed over the years.
Kudos for putting this all together @markbungle.bsky.social Blimey!
Had a DVD -tastic weekend while deep cleaning the living room. Finally saw Home Alone for the first time yesterday and all I can think about was how come the house was spotlessly clean and tidy when the family came home?
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Had a DVD -tastic weekend while deep cleaning the living room. Finally saw Home Alone for the first time yesterday and all I can think about was how come the house was spotlessly clean and tidy when the family came home?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My beautiful special time machine!!!!!
RIP lovely friend.
☠️☠️☠️☠️❤️💔
My beautiful special time machine!!!!!
RIP lovely friend.
☠️☠️☠️☠️❤️💔
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My beautiful special time machine!!!!!
RIP lovely friend.
☠️☠️☠️☠️❤️💔
My beautiful special time machine!!!!!
RIP lovely friend.
☠️☠️☠️☠️❤️💔
Reposted by Jill Chambers
ARTISTS! BANDS! MUSIC FANS! Can you lend FOTN your ears & expertise this weekend to help some deserving artists find a wider audience? Please drop by the Listening Post & tell us your favourite tunes at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch591 Big love & warm thanks if you’re able to help x
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ARTISTS! BANDS! MUSIC FANS! Can you lend FOTN your ears & expertise this weekend to help some deserving artists find a wider audience? Please drop by the Listening Post & tell us your favourite tunes at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch591 Big love & warm thanks if you’re able to help x
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Everything Everything (x 3. 4 as of next wk)
Hozier
Bros (at old Wembley Stadium)
Lindisfarne (mid 80s lineup with Alan Hull and Ray Jackson)
Gong (Alston Town Hall with Daevid Allen)
Everything Everything (x 3. 4 as of next wk)
Hozier
Bros (at old Wembley Stadium)
Lindisfarne (mid 80s lineup with Alan Hull and Ray Jackson)
Gong (Alston Town Hall with Daevid Allen)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Queen
Dire Straits
Billy Joel
Squeeze
Gillan
Queen
Dire Straits
Billy Joel
Squeeze
Gillan
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Everything Everything (x 3. 4 as of next wk)
Hozier
Bros (at old Wembley Stadium)
Lindisfarne (mid 80s lineup with Alan Hull and Ray Jackson)
Gong (Alston Town Hall with Daevid Allen)
Everything Everything (x 3. 4 as of next wk)
Hozier
Bros (at old Wembley Stadium)
Lindisfarne (mid 80s lineup with Alan Hull and Ray Jackson)
Gong (Alston Town Hall with Daevid Allen)
Doing a little dance of relief that I don't need to buy a new Shark, and it tripped the electrics and then died owing to a neglected lower filter (I'm quite good at cleaning the upper ones) combined with a pipe blockage. A thorough clean and a new fuse and we're back in business.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Doing a little dance of relief that I don't need to buy a new Shark, and it tripped the electrics and then died owing to a neglected lower filter (I'm quite good at cleaning the upper ones) combined with a pipe blockage. A thorough clean and a new fuse and we're back in business.
I have a settee in my sitting room rather than a sofa in my lounge.
Does anyone else have a settee in their sitting room or is it just me?
Does anyone else have a settee in their sitting room or is it just me?
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have a settee in my sitting room rather than a sofa in my lounge.
Does anyone else have a settee in their sitting room or is it just me?
Does anyone else have a settee in their sitting room or is it just me?
Singing along to Dubstar's 90s classic Stars on #BBC6Music with a huge lump in my throat.
The lyrics hit different mid-life and everyone and all that's familiar start to fall. So many beautiful shining stars.
✨❤️
The lyrics hit different mid-life and everyone and all that's familiar start to fall. So many beautiful shining stars.
✨❤️
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Singing along to Dubstar's 90s classic Stars on #BBC6Music with a huge lump in my throat.
The lyrics hit different mid-life and everyone and all that's familiar start to fall. So many beautiful shining stars.
✨❤️
The lyrics hit different mid-life and everyone and all that's familiar start to fall. So many beautiful shining stars.
✨❤️
'Morning bots.
Trying breakfast in front of my SAD lamp today. Less than 4wks to go to the shortest day and then we're heading back in the right direction.
Look at us, it's dark and miserable but we're somehow still rocking it!
Trying breakfast in front of my SAD lamp today. Less than 4wks to go to the shortest day and then we're heading back in the right direction.
Look at us, it's dark and miserable but we're somehow still rocking it!
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
'Morning bots.
Trying breakfast in front of my SAD lamp today. Less than 4wks to go to the shortest day and then we're heading back in the right direction.
Look at us, it's dark and miserable but we're somehow still rocking it!
Trying breakfast in front of my SAD lamp today. Less than 4wks to go to the shortest day and then we're heading back in the right direction.
Look at us, it's dark and miserable but we're somehow still rocking it!
Not to brag, but I had tea sitting at the dining table in my conservatory tonight. Since my ADHD diagnosis in July I have decluttered my entire upstairs, finished off my kitchen that was installed nearly 3yrs ago, resealed my bath/shower and cleared the conservatory. A diagnosis can be life changing
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Not to brag, but I had tea sitting at the dining table in my conservatory tonight. Since my ADHD diagnosis in July I have decluttered my entire upstairs, finished off my kitchen that was installed nearly 3yrs ago, resealed my bath/shower and cleared the conservatory. A diagnosis can be life changing
This happy little dink turned 3 today, so we went to Blyth beach to celebrate. We shared cheesy chips after the walk and he's just wolfed down a nice fresh fillet of fish for tea.
Happy birthday Kiko. 🥳❤️❤️❤️
Happy birthday Kiko. 🥳❤️❤️❤️
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This happy little dink turned 3 today, so we went to Blyth beach to celebrate. We shared cheesy chips after the walk and he's just wolfed down a nice fresh fillet of fish for tea.
Happy birthday Kiko. 🥳❤️❤️❤️
Happy birthday Kiko. 🥳❤️❤️❤️
Managed to jump start my car using a cheap battery charging unit from Halfords and YouTube tutorials. Result! Currently nice and warm, enjoying a latte in the Toyota lounge with the dog getting a new battery fitted under warranty. Happy camper. 😊
Wow, when hybrid cars screw up, they REALLY screw up don't they? Car's not even 3 yrs old. Have been doing a few hundred miles per wk but didn't go anywhere yesterday and my car refused to start this morning. Electrics just froze. Couldn't even get it to switch off. I just spent £300 on a service. 😭
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Managed to jump start my car using a cheap battery charging unit from Halfords and YouTube tutorials. Result! Currently nice and warm, enjoying a latte in the Toyota lounge with the dog getting a new battery fitted under warranty. Happy camper. 😊
Just in case you were in any doubt, we've properly arrived in dystopia. We've been approaching for a while but we're truly here now.
We can stop all dystopian fiction/films/games since they're pretty much documentaries at this point.
We can stop all dystopian fiction/films/games since they're pretty much documentaries at this point.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just in case you were in any doubt, we've properly arrived in dystopia. We've been approaching for a while but we're truly here now.
We can stop all dystopian fiction/films/games since they're pretty much documentaries at this point.
We can stop all dystopian fiction/films/games since they're pretty much documentaries at this point.
Sorry, but cars win. 'Nipping' to Halfords to get a charging unit meant taking the bus. I learnt the Arriva 'live' tracker is a work of pure fiction, highlights include freezing & slipping in the ice while juggling the dog, a 1/2 hour errand turned into a 2 hr ordeal and bus drivers aren't very nice
Wow, when hybrid cars screw up, they REALLY screw up don't they? Car's not even 3 yrs old. Have been doing a few hundred miles per wk but didn't go anywhere yesterday and my car refused to start this morning. Electrics just froze. Couldn't even get it to switch off. I just spent £300 on a service. 😭
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sorry, but cars win. 'Nipping' to Halfords to get a charging unit meant taking the bus. I learnt the Arriva 'live' tracker is a work of pure fiction, highlights include freezing & slipping in the ice while juggling the dog, a 1/2 hour errand turned into a 2 hr ordeal and bus drivers aren't very nice
Wow, when hybrid cars screw up, they REALLY screw up don't they? Car's not even 3 yrs old. Have been doing a few hundred miles per wk but didn't go anywhere yesterday and my car refused to start this morning. Electrics just froze. Couldn't even get it to switch off. I just spent £300 on a service. 😭
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Wow, when hybrid cars screw up, they REALLY screw up don't they? Car's not even 3 yrs old. Have been doing a few hundred miles per wk but didn't go anywhere yesterday and my car refused to start this morning. Electrics just froze. Couldn't even get it to switch off. I just spent £300 on a service. 😭
Of course it was too little too late. I was begging my elderly parents to stay at home and got them to agree to a kind of lockdown over a week before it was made compulsory. Anyone who could read the news about what was happening in Italy could see. Literally anyone. I was terrified.
Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Of course it was too little too late. I was begging my elderly parents to stay at home and got them to agree to a kind of lockdown over a week before it was made compulsory. Anyone who could read the news about what was happening in Italy could see. Literally anyone. I was terrified.
And tonight girls and boys we* are squaring up the alignment and correcting the compression on my hinged upvc conservatory door to get rid of the draughty gap.
#exciting
* And by 'we' I mean 'me' and the cold, dark conditions are distracting me from thoughts about possible subsidence.
#exciting
* And by 'we' I mean 'me' and the cold, dark conditions are distracting me from thoughts about possible subsidence.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And tonight girls and boys we* are squaring up the alignment and correcting the compression on my hinged upvc conservatory door to get rid of the draughty gap.
#exciting
* And by 'we' I mean 'me' and the cold, dark conditions are distracting me from thoughts about possible subsidence.
#exciting
* And by 'we' I mean 'me' and the cold, dark conditions are distracting me from thoughts about possible subsidence.
Not long after it opened I did an acting summer school at LIPA. As part of the course we had a dance tutor. On the last day she found me sobbing in the studio because I didn't want it to be over. I'll always remember her earnestly telling me to 'dance it out'. The most stage school moment I ever had
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) has secured £2.5 million in capital funding from the Office for Students to drive forward a major development of performance and production facilities at its One Hope Place building. #NewsInBrief
LIPA awarded £2.5m to build future-facing performance and digital innovation hub - Arts Professional
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) has secured £2.5 million in capital funding from the Office for Students to drive forward a major
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Not long after it opened I did an acting summer school at LIPA. As part of the course we had a dance tutor. On the last day she found me sobbing in the studio because I didn't want it to be over. I'll always remember her earnestly telling me to 'dance it out'. The most stage school moment I ever had
Ah the joy of living on a housing estate in a power cut when a dozen nearby house alarms start screaming at midnight.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ah the joy of living on a housing estate in a power cut when a dozen nearby house alarms start screaming at midnight.
Very much appreciating my functioning boiler and 2 new radiators that I didn't have this time last year. Winter loses its sting a bit when you can cuddle up with a warm, clean fluffy dog in a cosy house.
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Very much appreciating my functioning boiler and 2 new radiators that I didn't have this time last year. Winter loses its sting a bit when you can cuddle up with a warm, clean fluffy dog in a cosy house.
Delighted to announce that today is Stand Up Shower Day in the Chambers residence. 🥳
After 15 months of ignoring it, procrastination and things that have gone wrong, the stone tiles now have two coats of sealant and a whole tube of silicone has been used around the bath in 2 stages & is fully cured
After 15 months of ignoring it, procrastination and things that have gone wrong, the stone tiles now have two coats of sealant and a whole tube of silicone has been used around the bath in 2 stages & is fully cured
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Delighted to announce that today is Stand Up Shower Day in the Chambers residence. 🥳
After 15 months of ignoring it, procrastination and things that have gone wrong, the stone tiles now have two coats of sealant and a whole tube of silicone has been used around the bath in 2 stages & is fully cured
After 15 months of ignoring it, procrastination and things that have gone wrong, the stone tiles now have two coats of sealant and a whole tube of silicone has been used around the bath in 2 stages & is fully cured
Got it!
Up at 4.30am. Slug was mooching about in the dishwasher.
Slug has been relocated to the patch of grass at the end of the road.
Hoping it's not a homing-slug and that its family are not partying in my drainage pipes. 🤞
Up at 4.30am. Slug was mooching about in the dishwasher.
Slug has been relocated to the patch of grass at the end of the road.
Hoping it's not a homing-slug and that its family are not partying in my drainage pipes. 🤞
I snuggled up in bed with a bowl of homemade curry, the dog and my phone last night. Fell asleep with all the lights on. Woke up at midnight to find a massive slug in the dishwasher. 🤢 Too tired to cope, so just shut the door. Opened it this morning no slug! Looked all over. Noooo. 😭😭😭🤢🤢🤢
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Got it!
Up at 4.30am. Slug was mooching about in the dishwasher.
Slug has been relocated to the patch of grass at the end of the road.
Hoping it's not a homing-slug and that its family are not partying in my drainage pipes. 🤞
Up at 4.30am. Slug was mooching about in the dishwasher.
Slug has been relocated to the patch of grass at the end of the road.
Hoping it's not a homing-slug and that its family are not partying in my drainage pipes. 🤞
Standing in the Coop queue feeling horrified at 85p for a Cadburys Pud and 80p for one of those two-mouthful mini cans of Coke you used to get on planes (don't know if you still can, it's been 20yrs since I was on one). Insanity!
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Standing in the Coop queue feeling horrified at 85p for a Cadburys Pud and 80p for one of those two-mouthful mini cans of Coke you used to get on planes (don't know if you still can, it's been 20yrs since I was on one). Insanity!