James Chapman
@jamesmchapman.bsky.social
Director of PR firm Soho Communications. Former director of comms at HM Treasury. Former political editor, occasional columnist for @cityam.bsky.social. Views my own. www.sohocommunications.co.uk
Ah forgot I’d shared with you already. Glad you like it.
Me and a Gun was definitely the lead single from Little Earthquakes in the UK. I bought it!
Me and a Gun was definitely the lead single from Little Earthquakes in the UK. I bought it!
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ah forgot I’d shared with you already. Glad you like it.
Me and a Gun was definitely the lead single from Little Earthquakes in the UK. I bought it!
Me and a Gun was definitely the lead single from Little Earthquakes in the UK. I bought it!
My gig of the year tonight: @gregoryalanisakov.bsky.social at the Apollo.
An incredible band with violin, double bass, banjo, piano, guitar, drums and harmonica. And best of all, that voice. I left a fan for life.
An incredible band with violin, double bass, banjo, piano, guitar, drums and harmonica. And best of all, that voice. I left a fan for life.
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My gig of the year tonight: @gregoryalanisakov.bsky.social at the Apollo.
An incredible band with violin, double bass, banjo, piano, guitar, drums and harmonica. And best of all, that voice. I left a fan for life.
An incredible band with violin, double bass, banjo, piano, guitar, drums and harmonica. And best of all, that voice. I left a fan for life.
Not sure the man responsible for this poster is best placed to lecture anyone else on taking politics “into the gutter”.
September 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Not sure the man responsible for this poster is best placed to lecture anyone else on taking politics “into the gutter”.
Tori Amos, London 2023
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tori Amos, London 2023
Amen to this.
And this is the best album art ever.
And this is the best album art ever.
September 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Amen to this.
And this is the best album art ever.
And this is the best album art ever.
That this can be posted by a former MP shows how far we have sunk.
August 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
That this can be posted by a former MP shows how far we have sunk.
Where will all this end?
I dread to think.
Next time you’re in York, do make a point of popping in to the Dragon House Chinese takeaway to show them this doesn’t represent the decent majority in the UK.
I dread to think.
Next time you’re in York, do make a point of popping in to the Dragon House Chinese takeaway to show them this doesn’t represent the decent majority in the UK.
August 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Where will all this end?
I dread to think.
Next time you’re in York, do make a point of popping in to the Dragon House Chinese takeaway to show them this doesn’t represent the decent majority in the UK.
I dread to think.
Next time you’re in York, do make a point of popping in to the Dragon House Chinese takeaway to show them this doesn’t represent the decent majority in the UK.
Always reluctant to join in BBC bashing but really…hours of fawning coverage for proposals from a party of 4 MPs, no mention of Farage’s role in Brexit which helped cause the small boats issue he now bemoans, and this headline that reads like a press release. Something has gone seriously wrong there
August 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Always reluctant to join in BBC bashing but really…hours of fawning coverage for proposals from a party of 4 MPs, no mention of Farage’s role in Brexit which helped cause the small boats issue he now bemoans, and this headline that reads like a press release. Something has gone seriously wrong there
Spot the difference
August 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spot the difference
Hahahahaha… Brexit has been a success… I can hardly breathe.
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hahahahaha… Brexit has been a success… I can hardly breathe.
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
Listening to Tori Amos’s Winter, about her relationship with her father, whose death she announced.
Dr Edison launched her career, accompanying her to play in bars in Washington as a teenager.
“I tell you that I’ll always want you near /
“You say that things change, my dear”
youtu.be/_PDlGUdDF8Y
Dr Edison launched her career, accompanying her to play in bars in Washington as a teenager.
“I tell you that I’ll always want you near /
“You say that things change, my dear”
youtu.be/_PDlGUdDF8Y
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Listening to Tori Amos’s Winter, about her relationship with her father, whose death she announced.
Dr Edison launched her career, accompanying her to play in bars in Washington as a teenager.
“I tell you that I’ll always want you near /
“You say that things change, my dear”
youtu.be/_PDlGUdDF8Y
Dr Edison launched her career, accompanying her to play in bars in Washington as a teenager.
“I tell you that I’ll always want you near /
“You say that things change, my dear”
youtu.be/_PDlGUdDF8Y
Just 29% of Brits would vote for Brexit today, according a poll in @thetimes.com. The omertà among the main parties on the issue of rejoining cannot last forever.
August 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Just 29% of Brits would vote for Brexit today, according a poll in @thetimes.com. The omertà among the main parties on the issue of rejoining cannot last forever.
The Reform obsession at BBC News is out of hand. Something has gone badly wrong there.
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Reform obsession at BBC News is out of hand. Something has gone badly wrong there.
This is beyond parody. The head of Reform’s “DOGE team”, which is supposed to be identifying local government waste, now wants to hire expensive vanity cameramen to allow Reform politicians to posture online.
June 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is beyond parody. The head of Reform’s “DOGE team”, which is supposed to be identifying local government waste, now wants to hire expensive vanity cameramen to allow Reform politicians to posture online.
They’re arresting judges now in the US. Things there have got very dark very quickly.
April 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
They’re arresting judges now in the US. Things there have got very dark very quickly.
Jacob Alon performing tonight at Wilton’s, London’s oldest music hall, for the launch of Earth:Raise, the UK’s biggest environmental fundraiser run by @biggive.bsky.social.
The aim is that by next World Earth Day, it has grown into a LiveAid style musical event. Great to be working on the comms.
The aim is that by next World Earth Day, it has grown into a LiveAid style musical event. Great to be working on the comms.
April 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jacob Alon performing tonight at Wilton’s, London’s oldest music hall, for the launch of Earth:Raise, the UK’s biggest environmental fundraiser run by @biggive.bsky.social.
The aim is that by next World Earth Day, it has grown into a LiveAid style musical event. Great to be working on the comms.
The aim is that by next World Earth Day, it has grown into a LiveAid style musical event. Great to be working on the comms.
Great gig by @fatherjmisty.bsky.social, who I’ve loved ever since he recorded as plain old J Tillman, @royalalberthall.bsky.social.
There’s always something special about shows in this place. He played lots of songs from his latest Mahashmashana, which was one of my albums of the year last year.
There’s always something special about shows in this place. He played lots of songs from his latest Mahashmashana, which was one of my albums of the year last year.
April 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Great gig by @fatherjmisty.bsky.social, who I’ve loved ever since he recorded as plain old J Tillman, @royalalberthall.bsky.social.
There’s always something special about shows in this place. He played lots of songs from his latest Mahashmashana, which was one of my albums of the year last year.
There’s always something special about shows in this place. He played lots of songs from his latest Mahashmashana, which was one of my albums of the year last year.
It’s all going brilliantly. Well done MAGA!
April 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s all going brilliantly. Well done MAGA!
Superb gig by Ryan Adams at the Eventim Apollo last night. I’ve followed him through all the ups and downs. He played for a solid three hours with a short break. One of the greats of his generation.
April 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Superb gig by Ryan Adams at the Eventim Apollo last night. I’ve followed him through all the ups and downs. He played for a solid three hours with a short break. One of the greats of his generation.
How does Nigel Farage get these sort of advertorial headlines? Still? After the Brexit disaster he’s led Britain into and everything we know about him?
March 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How does Nigel Farage get these sort of advertorial headlines? Still? After the Brexit disaster he’s led Britain into and everything we know about him?
RIP Washington Post. No coming back from this for a once great title. Very sad to see it destroyed in this way.
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
RIP Washington Post. No coming back from this for a once great title. Very sad to see it destroyed in this way.
Here is Tori’s funny voicemail message. She is a total legend.
February 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here is Tori’s funny voicemail message. She is a total legend.